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James "Jim" Salyer 1821–1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1821

Birth Location: Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA

Death Date: 1877

Death Location: Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, USA

Father: Samuel Sr.

Mother: Sarah Castle

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James "Jim" Salyer was born in 1821 in Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA, the child of Samuel P Salyer Sr And Sarah Ann Castle. James "Jim" Salyer passed away in 1877 in Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • James "Jim" Salyer was born in 1821 in Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA, the child of Samuel P Salyer Sr And Sarah Ann Castle.
  • James "Jim" Salyer passed away in 1877 in Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, USA.

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James Salyer's Ancestors

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James Salyer
1821–1877
Birth Place: Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA
Parents
Samuel P. Salyer Sr.
1787–1876
Borens Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Sarah (Ann) Castle
1789–1879
Russell, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Mary (Jane) Saylor
1767–1835
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Colonies
Joseph (William) Castle
1749–1804
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret ((Cherokee Indian)) Lewis
1753–1853
Cherokee Nation East, Overhills, Great Tellico, Monroe, Tennessee, Native America
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Castle
1717–1789
Sowega Clan
1719–1789
(Andrew Clan
1734–1792
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Catherine Hobart
1676–1748
Chief *
1674–1777
Spheliziknopo Ounaconoa
1682–1740

James Salyer's Timeline

2 Records

1821
1821
Birth of James "Jim" Salyer in Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA
Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA
1877
1877
Age 56
Death of James "Jim" Salyer in Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, USA
Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1821
    Event Place: Copper Creek, Russell Co, VA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1877
    Event Place: Nickelsville, Scott, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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