George Sawyer

1793 - 1852  (59 years)

• Name	George Sawyer
  Born	6 Feb 1793	Berlin, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Dec 1852	, Kaufman Co, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I6819	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Josiah Sawyer,   b. Berlin, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Mother	Prudence Johnson,   b. 22 Jul 1759, Leominster, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	4 Jan 1786
  Family ID	F10784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Hoar,   b. 9 Oct 1791, Berlin, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1867, , Kaufman Co, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1816	Berlin, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Electa Sawyer,   b. 2 May 1816, Bolton, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 11 Jul 1897, , Kaufman Co, Texas, USA  (Age 81 years)   2. Ivers Sawyer,   b. 11 Aug 1818   3. Louisa Sawyer,   b. 7 Aug 1820   4. George Neville Sawyer,   b. 5 Dec 1824   5. Lucy Ann Sawyer,   b. 27 Sep 1828, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 6 Feb 1891  (Age 62 years)   6. Mary Augusta Sawyer,   b. 24 Dec 1831, Northboro, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 1909, Kaufman, Kaufman Co, Texas, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F2941	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Name: George Sawyer Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: Baptism/Christening Place: Birth Date: 06 Feb 1793 Birthplace: BERLIN,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Josiah Sawyer Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Prudence Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50057-1 System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM Source Film Number: 873748 Reference Number: Collection: Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 http://www.txgenweb5.org/txkaufman/wall/sawyerg.htm Before coming to Texas George Sawyer owned and operated a Silk Factory in Massachusetts until about 1842. This factory believed to be located somewhere in Worcester County. At that time there was a rather large scale operation of raw silk factories in an experimental venture, one of these being Benjamin Franklin. Obviously his venture proved unsuccessful, so George, along with many other of his kin, responded to the advertisement for settlers in Texas. They signed up with the Colony of Charles Fenton Mercer and his Associates, whose Colony would consist of land in the Robertson and Nacogdoches Districts of Texas. They traveled down the Mississippi River by boat and overland to what is now Navarro and Henderson Counties in Texas. On April 29, 1850 in the town of Buffalo, Henderson Co., Nacogdoches District Cert. 455, 3rd Class 640 acres was issued to George Sawyer and patented May 27, 1852 by Mercer's Colony Certification and patented by the State of Texas. This survey was located in what is the modern-day Crandall area of Kaufman Co. Henderson County is a parent county of Kaufman and Van Zandt Counties, but most of the family would eventually settle in Kaufman County. George lived long enough to see the land patents granted. After the death of George, his wife Lucy made her home with their daughter Mary Augusta and husband James W. W. Gibbs in Crandall. She lived with them until her death and is buried in the Crandall Cemetery; the original part of this cemetery being partially on the Gibbs property, so it is assumed that it was first a family cemetery. In 1856, Kaufman County Deed records indicate that George Sawyer's heirs sold his headright to Abner Johnson. Submitted by Linda Feagin Harwell