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1805-1814 Mason County VA Personal Property Taxpayer lists
Sayre, Daniel Sr is listed all years except 1808.
Sayre, Daniel Jr is listed 1809-1814
Sayre, Daniel (son of David, lived on Mill Creek) 1807/09/10/11/12/13/14
Sayre, David - all years except 1808 - Revolutionary War veteran
Sayre, Joel - 1814
[what happened to Daniel Sr and Jr??]
1810 Mason, VA
David Sayre Snr
1 10-15
1 45+
1 10-15
1 26-45
1920 Mason, VA pg 12 of 14 lower section
David Sayre
2m 16-26
1m 45+
3f 16-26
1f 45+
3 in ag
1830 Mason, VA pg 65
David Sayre Sen'r
1m 0-5
1m 70-80
1f 0-5
1f 20-29
1f 60-70
1840 Jackson, VA 8 (pg 35 of 50) [bet Daniel Sayre & Lewis Acre, David Little is 5 houses before him]
David Sayre Jr
1m 10-15
1m 50-60
1m 70-80
1f 10-15
1f 30-40
1850 Jackson, VA
son-in-law, John Harpold and daughter, Rachel
Sayre David Sr 87 M Farmer N Jersey
Staats Cemetery, Evans, Jackson County, WV
A large monument with names of David and Sarah, with a list of their children, plus names of their son Daniel and his wife Sarah and a list of their children.
Sayre, David 1762-1856
Sayre, Sarah L 1761- 1840, wife of David
Sayre Children of David & Sarah L: Daniel (1785-1866), Anna (1787), Joel, Ezekiel, Abel (1792[?]), Rachel, Sarah and Hannah
Another child?:
Hannah Sayre born 1796 died Aug 31, 1868
"Jackson County in the War"
Revolutionary Soldiers
Sayre, David Jr. Came to Mill Creek about 1805 from Greene County, PA.
Revolutionary War Veteran and Indian fighter.
Mason county tax lists for 1805-14
Mason Co censuses of 1810 and 1820
lists children and spouses, including Hannah, married Julius Campbell
This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"
Sayre Family
The founder of the Sayre family in Jackson County was David Sayre. He was a noted hunter and Indian fighter who came to Mill Creek in 1801, from Greene County, Pennsylvania. He and his wife became members of the Methodist Class, which was organized at the home of Joseph Parsons in 1803, by the Reverend Noah.
Of their children, I have:
Daniel Sayre, born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, on May 22, 1783. He came to Mill creek with his father in 1801. He married Sarah Hall, daughter of Joseph Hall, and located on the Mill Creek Flats. He died in 1880, at the advanced age of 97 years. Of their children:
David Sayre was born on Mill Creek, October 20th, 1810. He was married four times, his first wife being Minerva Stone, and the second was Marthena Hill. He died at Pleasant View, in 1904, aged 93 years.
Daniel B. Sayre, born in 1823, died in 1874.
Thomas Sayre, married Agnes Harper, and lived on West Creek, a few miles below Letart.
Joel Sayre, another son of David Sayre, lived one mile below Ripley, on what is known as the old "Sears" farm. He married Amelia Rice, a daughter of Shadrach Rice, who was in Wayne's campaign against the Indians. They raised a large family, among whom were:
Jacob Sayre.
Charles Sayre.
Ann Sayre, married a Little.
Rachel Sayre, married John Harpold.
Catherine Sayre, married John Flythe.
Jacob Sayre, mentioned above, was the oldest child. He was born on the farm in sight of where Ripley was later built, in 1816, and moved to Sissonville, in 1858. He lived one year in Charleston and later went to Indiana. He returned to Ripley about 1890, when his sister, Mrs. Little, kept house for him.
Before his death in 1904, he moved to East Liverpool, Ohio. After his death there, his remains were brought back to the old Ripley Cemetery. His wife died in Indiana, and his children grew up and remained there.
Jacob Sayre was noted, in his younger days, for his strength and activity. It is related of him that once on the occasion of the visit of a circus and menagerie to Ripely, a resident having become the worse from "one drink too many", had gotten himself engaged in an altercation with some of the employees. Six or eight of them had pitched onto him, and were belaboring him sorely, until Sayre, who had vainly tried to keep his friend out of difficulty, interfered, and not only whipped the men who assaulted him, but cleaned out the whole fighting force of the circus. He could and would hit hard if necessary, but is described as a peaceable, inoffensive and sensible citizen.
Charles Sayre lived on the home place for a while. It was in the hewed log residence of Joel Sayre, near him, in which court was ordered held at the second session in June, 1831.
William Bonnet was jailer, and William Bonnet, Jr. and Silas Carney were guards. It was their business to keep the prisoners on their own side of the "dead line" which marked the limits of the jail, separating it from the court room.
Rachel Sayre, daughter of David, married John Harpold, and lived on Mill creek, above Ripley.
Catherine Sayre, a daughter of Joel, was a deaf mute, and married a man named John Flythe, a like unfortunate, with whom she had become acquainted while attending the State School, at Staunton, Virginia. She died on Clay Lick, a few years ago. It was said, by those who witnessed it, to have been a most affecting sight to see her husband "all fenced around by an eternal silence", take his last farewell from his companion.
Ann Sayre Carter was a daughter of Thomas, and a grand daughter of Daniel and Sarah Hall Sayre. Hugh Sayre, of Reedy, Roane County, was her brother. She married first a Flesher and second, Dr. Carter, of Reedy.
There is another family of Sayres living in the Great Bend, on the Ohio side of the River, about Apple Grove and Letart, quite extensive in numbers, and connected with the Sayres on the east side of the river, though no one with whom I have talked could say in just what way they were connected.
It is quite possible they may be descended from the same David Sayre, or reaching further back to a former generation. The Sayre family tradition is that originally four Sayre brothers came to this county as soldiers with Braddock's Army.
A Daniel and Benjamin Sayre were the first settlers at Sandyville, a more detailed account of them and their families will be found in the Sandy Valley section of this history.
Copy of Tax Receipt for land lying on Mill Creek.
1826. Joel Sayre to the Sheriff of Mason Co, VA. Dr.
To revenue on 37 3/4 acres of land $0 .04
Same two horses .25
To one County levy 1.25
Received payment. R. Mitchell
D'p'ty for M. Kouns, S.M.C.
This was probably the land just below Ripley. Tax on this land in 1857 was $4.49 and in 1866, it was $68.89.
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