Jacob SALYER¹ {M} = Rowland LITTERAL {F}

Married 8 September 1823

Jacob SALYER:

Born 1798, Russell Co, VA
Died 1865
Based on birthplaces of his children, the family migrated to Floyd Co, KY in the early 1830s. At that time, Jacob began purchasing land in Floyd Co.: 50 acres, Book E-2, p. 220, date of survey 10-2-1834, Pigeon Fork; 100 acres, Book F-2, p. 201, date of survey 2-5-1834, Oil Spring Fork.


Rowland LITTERAL:

Born 1806
Died 12 May 1860, Oil Springs, Johnson Co, KY

John SALYER {M}

Born October 1828

Mahala SALYER {F}

Born 26 February 1831, Floyd Co, KY
Died 24 June 1921

Katherine SALYER {F}

Born 1832

Eveline SALYER {F}

Born 1 April 1836, Floyd Co, KY
Died 24 December 1910

Abigail SALYER {F}

Born 1 May 1837, Floyd Co, KY
Died 12 April 1919, Magoffin Co, KY
Marilyn Jean Munn, 3224 Holt St., Ashland, KY 41101 is the dau of Carl Mise Rowland b. 1900 and he was the son of James Armstrong Rowland b. ca. 1889 and Mary Bell Patrick. Mary was the dau of John Wesley Patrick b. ca. 1836 who married in 1858 to Abigail Salyer. She was born in 1837 to Jacob Salyer b. 1798 and Newcarious Rowland b. 1808. Newcarious's mother was Elizabeth Rowland Litteral who married John Litteral. According to her death record her father was Mike Rowland. James Armstrong was the son of Joseph Lloyd Rowland b. 1835 who m. in 1866 to Nancy Elizabeth Prater b. ca. 1849. I haven't figured out who her parents are. They are buried in the Gardner Cemetery on Ivy Point. (Information from Todd Preston's column in the July 2, 1998 issue of THE SALYERSVILLE INDEPENDENT newspaper.)
Marilyn Munn, 3224 Holt St., Ashland, KY 41101 visited. She is the dau of Carl Mise Rowland b. 1900, son of James Armstrong Rowland b. 1839 and Mary Belle Patrick. Mary B. was the dau of John Wesley Patrick b. 1836 and Abigail Salyer b. 1837. Abigail was the dau of Jacob Salyer b. 1798 and Newcarious Rowland b. 1808 Lee Co. VA. Newcarious was the dau of Elizabeth Rowland who later married a James Litteral. James was the son of Joseph Lloyd Rowland b. 1835 and Nancy Elizabeth Prater b. 1849. Who was Nancy? Joseph was the son of Armstrong Rowland b. 1815 VA. Was he a brother to Newcarious? The answer may be found in early Lee Co. VA records. (Information from Todd Preston's column in the July 23, 1998 issue of THE SALYERSVILLE INDEPENDENT newspaper.)

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, Boyd County
Ashland T. Patrick was born in Magoffin County, Ky., June 2, 1859, a son of John W. and Abigail (Salyer) Patrick, natives respectively, of Magoffin and Johnson Counties, Ky. The paternal grandfather, John Patrick, a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky about 1800 and settled in Magoffin County, where he engaged in farming; his wife was Martha (Kanard) Patrick, of Kentucky. The maternal grandfather of Ashland T. Patrick was Jacob Salyer, also a native of Virginia, but who settled in Johnson County, Ky., was a farmer, and his wife was Newcarius (Litteral) Salyer, of Kentucky. Ashland T. Patrick received his education at Georgetown College, Ky., and at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. He studied law under Judge John E. Cooper, of West Liberty, Ky., and began practice in 1883; two years later he was elected county superintendent of schools, which position he resigned in April, 1886, and was appointed United States commissioner. In 1881 he married Lulie Howes, a daughter of W.W. and Mary (Ferguson) Howes, of Kentucky. They have two children, Lenore and Hortense. Mr. Patrick is a member of the Presbyterian Church, is a Mason, and a Republican.

Mary Jane SALYER {F}

Born 1840, Floyd Co, KY

Jacob SALYER {M}

Born 1846, Johnson Co, KY
Died 1863
Jacob and Laurence Joseph Scarpace's children are 2nd cousins, 5 times removed. Jacob and Joyce Salyers Looper Watt's children are 2nd cousins, 6 times removed.
Death: Jacob died in service at Salyersville, which means he was in the Civil War. Jacob Salyer b. ca. 1846 Johnson Co. Pvt. Co. D 14th KY USA enrolled at Salyersville. (This information was in Todd Preston's column in the May 28, 1998 issue of THE SALYERSVILLE INDEPENDENT newspaper.)

Benjamin F SALYER {M}

Born 15 March 1849, Johnson Co, KY
Died 1 April 1892
Buried Magoffin Co, KY at David M Cooper Cemetery
Burial: This huge cemetery is located at the mouth of Buffalo Creek.

Sally SALYER {F}

1 : "KY Land Warrants"; Page p. 710