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Submitted: 1/5/17 • Approved: 1/5/17 • Last Updated: 1/8/17 • R135466-G0-S3
July 3, 1802 - August 17, 1875
No Marker. Information from family records show his burial here with a birth date of July 13, 1802, death on August 11,1875. Dates posted are from an application for Sons of the American Revolution on Ancestry.com for James Sawyers, Jr, sergeant in the VA Militia. That application shows him born 3 July 1802 Rockbridge Co, VA with death 17 Aug 1875 Fayetteville, Lincoln Co, TN.
Abner Gains was the son of David Sawyers (died 1820 Lincoln Co, TN) and Elizabeth Paxton (died 1821 Lincoln Co, TN).
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Jimbo
Contributed on 1/5/17 by ashaw444
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