Marriage Record
Thomas Bell, Sarah Troxel, 9 Feb 1818
USA
from grtnewt3@juno.com

I have a copy of a piece of paper that says: " This is to certify that I have joined, in the holy state of matrimony Thomas Bell and Sarah Troxel the 9 of February 1818 given render my hand this 6 day of June 1818." signed. John Stephenson Esq. Thomas Bell and Sarah Troxel were our ggg-grandparents.

Explanation
Tamsey Jane Bell, wife of Pleasant Caylor, was our great grandmother. Her parents were James Bell and Margaret Ann Bell. However, James and Margaret were never married to each other. Instead, James married Malinda Bell and raised Tamsey in this family unit.

Marriage Record
Reubin Roberts, Martha Ellen Caylor, 6 Jan 1887
Wayne, KY
USA
from grtnewt3@juno.com
Age of groom is listed as 21 yrs.His occupation is listed as farmer. This is his first marriage and he was also born in Wayne Co. as was his father. His mother was born in TN. (Reubin is the son of Andrew J. Roberts and Susan Clark.)The age of the bride is listed as 17 yrs. and this is her first marriage. She was born in Wayne Co. as was her mother. Her father was born in Whitley Co.,KY. They were md. at Pleasant Caylor's home. (Martha's parents were Pleasant "Ped" Caylor and Tamsey Jane Bell.)

Martha was the sister of our grandfather, Leander Sherman Caylor and the great grandmother of Lila Diane Sawyer.

A Short Life
George W. Caylor was a brother of our grandfather,Leander Sherman Caylor. Although a promising educator, George died at the young age of 19 from tuberculosis.

Will Caylor
1.William H. CAYLOR was born 25 JUN 1883 in Kentucky, and died 27 AUG 1961. He married Mary Elizabeth STEPHENS, daughter of William Clark STEPHENS and Elizabeth Jane "Liza Jane" WILSON. She was born 27 DEC 1879 in Marsh Creek, Whitley County, Kentucky, and died 16 MAY 1962 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Children of William H. CAYLOR and Mary Elizabeth STEPHENS are:

2 i.Joseph Edward CAYLOR was born 23 OCT 1908 in McCreary County, Kentucky, and died 31 DEC 1974 in Kentucky.
3 ii.Grace S. CAYLOR was born 1913 in McCreary County, Kentucky. She married Dutch FISCHBACK.
4 iii.William Robert CAYLOR was born 30 JAN 1915 in McCreary County, Kentucky, and died 6 JAN 1936(murdered) in Pine Knot, McCreary County, Kentucky.

Will Haywood Caylor was the brother of our grandfather, Leander Sherman Caylor. Will was an attorney practicing law in McCreary County, Kentucky.

Battles
"Diane Sawyer’s Civil War Serendipity – Almost Private Frederick Sawyers, Diane’s paternal great-grandfather, participated in 12 battles during his almost 13-month service with the Union Army – among these was a battle on October 2, 1864, at Saltville, Va. On the opposite side of the family tree, Diane’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Corporal Pleasant Caylor, enlisted in the Union Army in 1863. In October 1864, his company fought in a battle at Saltville, Va. Pleasant however didn’t fight at Saltville, having stayed in Kentucky with about two-thirds of his unit."
From The Ancestry.com U.S. Military Collection

Pension Increase
1906 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 2292-2296. 1006. May 7, 1906. [H. R. 15487.] [ Private, No. 2144.] Truman Aldrich. Pension increased. May 7,1906. [H. R. 15548.] [ Private, No. 2145.] Jacob Ferber. Pension increased. May 7, 1906. [H. R. 15569.] [ Private, No. 2146.] Harriet A. Duvall. Pension. May 7,1906. [H. R. 15616.) [ Private, No. Pleasant Calor. Pension increased. May 7,1906. [H. R. 16621.] CHAP. 2292.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Truman Aldrich. Eension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Truman Aldrich, late of Company F, One hundred and forty-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay bim a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the Approved, May 7, 1906. CHAP. 2293.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Jacob Ferber. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Jacob Ferber, late of Company A, Third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved May 7, 1906. CHAP. 2294.—An Act Granting a pension to Harriet A. Duvall. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Harriet A. Duvall, widow of Thomas S. Duvall. late captain Company A, Kentucky Home Guards, and pay her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month. Approved, May 7, 1906. CHAP. 2295.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to Pleasant Calor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Pleasant Calor, late of Company D, Thirtieth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of twenty-four dollars per month in lieu of that he is now receiving. Approved, May 7, 1906. CHAP. 2296.—'An Act Granting an increase of pension to Caleb M. Tarter. [Private. No. 2148.] Be it enacted by the Senateand House of'Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions" and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Caleb M. Tarter

Explanation
Nora Caylor Bell and her husband, Hilary, were either buried or were originally intended to be buried in the Grant Roberts Cemetery but they later moved to the Elk Springs Cemetery in Monticello,Ky. The original headstones were left in place in the Grant Roberts cemetery and new headstones were erected in the Elk Springs cemetery.

Revolutionary War Pension Application
"Big Jake" Jacob Troxel Revolutionary War Pension Claim....
REVOLUTIONARY WAR CLAIM R 10777 State of Tennessee

Marion County – County Court August Session 1832 On the 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the worshipful Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Marion and the State of Tennessee now sitting, being a court of record, Jacob Troxel, a resident of Marion County and State of Tennessee, aged about 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth make on his oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed Jun 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and have as herein after served as herein after stated, to wit: First: He was drafted in Loudoun County in the state of Virginia in the winter he believes of the year 1777, his captain's name he can not recollect He with the company to which he belonged was ordered to guard and conduct some prisoners taken from the British to the lower parts of Virginia which services he performed then returned to Loudoun County and was dismissed by his officers but got no discharge was in service something more than one month.

In the winter (as well as he can recollect), of the year 1778 he volunteered in a horse company at a place called Red Stone, the name of the county not recollected, he believes in the state of Virginia. His officers were Captain Ford and Colonel Crawford the same that was afterwards burned by the Indians Marched to Fort McIntosh and there joined the regulars commanded by Colonel Campbell and General McIntosh had the command of the troops and marched against the Shawnees and Delaware Indians after remaining at a Fort the name of which he does not recollect he returned and was dismissed by his officers about harvest in the same year after having served six months got no discharge.

In the summer of the year 1781 he was drafted in Loudoun County and state of Virginia, His officers were Captain Lewis and Colonel West. He joined the troops under General Washington who was marching to York Town in Virginia and remained under Washington until after Lord Cornwallis was taken and for some time afterwards and was then dismissed by Captain Lewis some time in the fall of the same year after having been in service six months but got no discharge.

He knows of no person living by which he can prove his services. He was acquainted with General Washington and Colonel Campbell and officers of the regular Army besides other officers whose names he does not recollect.

He was born (from the best information he can collect) in the year 1759 in the county of Frederick in the state of Maryland and lived there 13 years and removed to Loudoun County state of Virginia where he lived 19 years removed back to the state of Maryland and remained there 4 years, removed to Sullivan County in the state of Tennessee and remained there 4 years, removed to Sevier County in the state of Tennessee and remained there 3 years removed to Pulaski County, Kentucky and remained there 2 years removed to Wayne County Kentucky and remained there about 20 years and removed to Jackson County Alabama and remained there 4 years and from there he removed to Marion County in the State of Tennessee where he has lived about 4 years.

He states that he is known in his neighborhood to John Hail, Luke Hendrox, esquire, Richard Blevins, Josiah Conn a clergyman, James Cooper and Tarton Blevins who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He states that he has no record of his age nor never has seen one. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Jacob Troxell

We, Josiah Conn a clergyman, a resident of the county of Marion and John Hail and Richard Blevins, residents of the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Troxell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion .
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Josiah Conn
John Hail
Richard Blevens

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Josiah Conn, who has signed this proceeding ________ is a clergyman resident in the county of Marion and that John Hail and Richard Blevins ____ has signed the same, are residents of the same county and are creditable persons and that their statements are ____ to credit.

John Mitchell Jon_______ Amos Griffith

I, John P. Kellly, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Marion County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Troxel for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and private seal of office for the time being no seal of office ____ at office in Jasper this 23tr day of August 1832 . Jno Kelly, Clk ------------

In the Military Record is a letter from the Treasury Department dated 25 April 1916 to the Commissioner of Pensions reading:

“Sir: In reply to your letter of the 21st instant, you are informed that according to the latest account rendered by the U.S. Pension Agent at Knoxville, Tennessee, the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Jacob Troxel, Pri. Army Rev, certificate No. 19080, at $43.33 per annum to July 1, 1843, the date of his death, to William O. Winston, Attorney for Elizabeth Troxel, widow. Said pensioner died in DeKalb County, Alabama, where he had resided.
Respectfully, Oscar A. Price, Auditor”

There is a letter from the Treasury Department dated Sept. 9, 1845 to the Commissioner of Pensions, giving the same information as above.

There is a brief listing of Jacob's three terms of service, and several questions. One was: In what battles was he engaged? the answer -- none.
There are several letters written over the years from private citizens (descendants) inquiring about Jacob's service in the Revolution. Records of one only Jacob Troxell exist in the Military Archives of Virginia.

Pension claim R 10777
Elizabeth, his widow survived him, and was denied a continuance of pension, probably because she could not document their marriage. Jacob was granted a pension of $43.33 per year … the petition was dated August 23, 1832, Jacob was 75 yrs old.

From the 1835 TENNESSEE PENSIONERS ROLL (Revolutionary War) MARION COUNTY TENNESSEE
JACOB TROXELL
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA LINE
ANNUAL ALLOWANCE: $43.33
ANNUAL ALLOTMENT: $ 129.99
DATE STARTED: August 2, 1833
AGE: 75

A few comments ....

Jake's widow Elizabeth hired an attorney to assist her in continuance of Jake's pension ... their efforts failed, and we cannot understand why. Her marriage record to Jake is extant, as is his marriage record to Elizabeth Brewer. Our guess is ... her assets were too great, and she did not need the money.


Jacob & Nancy
"CHARLES McCLUNG Son of William and Eleanor McClung. He married Nancy Chitwood, daughter of Pleasant Chitwood. Charles was listed as born in 1802 and Nancy Chitwood born in 1803. The Pleasant Chitwood Bible shows they were married Nov. 18 1824. Charles died in 1834 and his estate was probated in Monroe County. After Charles McClung died in 1834 in Monroe County, his wife Nancy Chitwood McClung eventually returned to the same area as where her parents Pleasant Chitwoods lived. She eventually married Jacob Caylor who had been appointed administrator of Charles' estate in Monroe County along with Nancy. He was also appointed guardian of her two boys but he was never appointed guardian of her daughter Sarah McClung. Hugh McClung was appointed guardian of Sarah McClung and Charles estate file contains a copy of Hugh's final settlement with her on her fathers estate after she married Andrew Elswick in 1843. Nancy Chitwood McClung married Jacob Caylor in Whitley County Kentucky and I have found evidence that is where they lived and died and had more children. Whitley County was originally part of Pulaski County KY. Nancy was married to Charles McClung and following his passing, she eventually married our great-great grandfather Jacob Caylor who was an administrator of Charles McClung's estate. After Jacob passed away in 1852, Nancy married Jacob Bell in 1861."


Excerpt from Judith in the Ozarks Web Page



Civil War Note
Pleasant Ped Caylor was a Corporal in Company D of the Kentucky 30th Infantry(Union). He was mustered in April 5, 1864 at Camp Burnside, Kentucky and mustered out April 18,1865 at Frankfort, Kentucky. He participated in battles at Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge and several battles in Virginia. . .

UPDATE: The above information was originally gleaned from a 1922 publication titled "History of Kentucky". Since the time of the original story I have discovered that this publication contained several errors. In particular most of the Civil War battles listed above did not involve the Kentucky 30th Infantry. I base this upon the report issued by the Adjutant General of Kentucky, D. W. Lindsey, to the Kentucky Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette, in 1867. According to this report, the Kentucky 30th Infantry participated in the following battles:
Lexington,Ky
Cynthiana,Ky
Shelby County,Ky
Saltville,Va(twice in 1864)
Marion,Va
New Market,Ky
Laurel Gap
Clinch Mountain
Seven-Mile Ford,Va
Owen County,Ky
Kingsport,Tn
Brush Creek,Tn
Chaplintown,Ky
Bradsfordville,Ky
Marion County,Ky
Albany,Ky

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The Marcum family of Scott County, Tennessee are ancestors of today's Caylors. Click HERE for a first hand history of the Marcum family during the Civil War in Tennessee as told by Julia Ann Marcum.
Julia Ann Marcum is the 1st cousin, thrice removed of the children of James C. Caylor Jr. and Jessie Marcum.

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My grandparents, Sherman & Frances Caylor by George Thomas Caylor
My grandparents were married on July 4,1905 at the home of Ayers & Molly Alexander. Papa Caylor engaged in several endeavors to feed and house his family. These included farming, custom hauling as a teamster, and well drilling. I remember my grandparents as being very devout Christians, members of the Monticello Church of Christ. When I was very young, I lived with my grandparents for a period of time because of a sickness in my immediate family. During this time with my grandparents, I never heard a cross word pass between them nor did I have any directed at me. They were simply the kindest persons that I have ever had the privilege to know,

My uncle Howard Caylor by George Thomas Caylor
Howard Caylor was my father's older brother. At my request, Uncle Howard wrote several pages of his memoirs before he passed on. In his memoirs, Uncle Howard discuses his baby brother, George(my father), extensively. He says that my father was quite sickly as a baby, but he apparently overcame it as he grew older. During the Depression years, my Uncle Howard worked instead of attending school so that my father could attend High School. Uncle Howard seems to be quite proud of his brother's accomplishments as he should be since he helped make it possible. My personal recollections of my Uncle Howard are that he possessed a dry humor and he enjoyed using it on me. He would frequently ask me questions akin to "are you still beating your wife?". No matter how you replied, you knew you had been zinged! Uncle Howard was not particularly big physically(he reminded me of Henry Fonda), but he had a big heart, someone you were glad to know.

About Mark Caylor

Mark Caylor, Joel & Mary's oldest son, holds numerous records in the Loveland High School wrestling annals. Of the top 50 wrestlers of all time, Mark ranks 38th. Of the top 25 single season point winners, Mark ranks 16th. Of the top 50 most career points, Mark ranks 29th. Of the top 25 with career victories by pins, Mark ranks 8th. Of the top 25 single season victories by pins, Mark ranks 5th. Mark competed in the Heavyweight class. Throughout Mark's career as a Loveland wrestler, his team was considered to be a powerhouse in Ohio High School wrestling. You can see the details of Mark's wrestling records HERE


Diane Sawyer-Princess Cornblossom Connection?



Big Jake & Princess Cornblossom

I am very much aware of the story about George Jacob "Big Jake" Troxell and Princess Cornblossom, but I have questions about its factual basis. However, assuming the veracity of the story, I am puzzled by Diane Sawyer tracing her lineage through Mary Ellen "Polly" Caylor instead of her great-great grandmother Tamsey Jane Bell. Mary Ellen "Polly" Caylor was not her/our progenitor whereas Tamsey Jane Bell was. Kinship through Mary "Polly" Caylor to Princess Cornblossom is by marriage only but kinship through Tamsey Jane Bell is by blood.

Our great grandmother,Tamsey Jane Bell, was the illegitimate daughter of James Bell and Margaret Ann Bell, first cousins. Margaret Ann Bell was the daughter of Thomas Bell and Sarah Sue Troxell. Sarah Troxell was the daughter of George Jacob Troxell & Princess Cornblossom. Princess Cornblossom was either the sister of or the daughter of Chief Doublehead of the Cherokee Nation(Doublehead's Cherokee name was Tal-tsu'tsa', but he was known as Doublehead to the whites. His name has also been listed as Dsu-gwe-la-de-gi and as Chuqualatague.)

However, I am also familiar with the controversy surrounding the story. For instance, the Cherokees insist that someone named Princess Cornblossom never existed in the Cherokee nation and that all of Chief Doublehead's kin have been accounted for and none were ever married to George Jacob Troxell. The Cherokees also insist that the event referred to as the Massacre at Yahoo Falls in 1810 in which Princess Cornblossom met her demise never happened and the US Forestry Service states that there is no physical evidence of the event occurring.

To date, the only commentary on Cornblossom and Yahoo Falls that I have found always seems to trace back to certain members of the Troxell family although other Troxell members totally discount the story as a myth. In fact, some of the Troxell's claim that Cornblossom never existed and that Jacob Troxell married Elizabeth Chartier, not Cornblossom, who was the mother of Sarah Troxell. Naturally, this leaves me in a quandry as I am unsure as to which direction my lineage should go and accuracy is non-negotiable otherwise why bother with a family tree. So, at this point, I can only continue to research this issue and hope that I can eventually find a satisfactory conclusion.

Rebecca Jane Woodall

It has long been rumored that our great-great-great grandmother Rebecca Jane Woodall was of Indian extraction. In fact, it was even said that her true name was Wood Owl. Now, however, some of the descendants of the Woodall line have decided to either confirm or refute this rumor once and for all. Below is the final report on this effort by the Woodall's which was taken from a Genealogy.com GenForum posting by Jeff Woodall :

DNA testing and Woodall/WOOD OWL/SUMPTER Theory Posted by: Jeff Woodall (ID *****8889)Date: January 11, 2008 at 16:48:47 of 23839

Recent DNA test results show that Rebecca Jane Woodall (named Rebecca Jane "WOOD OWL" by a story on the internet etc.) did not have Indian blood on either her female line or her male line!

Rebecca Woodall's Paternal (father's line) is Family Group 1 on the Woodall DNA Project which is Haplogroup R1b1. Descendants of Rebecca Woodall’s male line have taken the test . We have 4 Woodall males who descend through Rebecca Woodall’s brothers who have taken the Male DNA test and they are Haplogroup R1b1, including myself. ;) No Indian Blood! (Haplogroup R1b1 is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype.)

Rebecca Woodall’s Maternal (mother’s line) was not Indian. Deborah Cooper recently stated on the Woodall forum of genforum, “The maternal (mitochondrial dna) test is back. It is the lineage from mother to mother to mother etc. Rebecca Jane Woodall's mother is NOT Indian. We belong to the Hapalogroup H. There are no Native Americans in this group. The original Hapalogroup H started in Saudia Arabia, then spread to the Ukraine, and finally branching off into the British Isles, Spain, and Italy. Dan Troxell's story of Rebecca being full blooded Cherokee is false.”

THIS IS REBECCA WOODALL’s FAMILY! Rebecca Jane Woodall (b. abt 1809 KY) is the daughter of Wm Woodall b. 1768 in Goochland Co.,Virginia & his wife Sara Thommasen. Her brothers include Stephen Woodall b. 1805 KY (m. Ann Sumpter in Wayne County in 1827. Ann Sumpter is Joseph Sumpter’s sister, by the way… thus making their children double cousins!), James Woodall B. 1820, and a William Woodall b. abt 1814 KY. Rebecca Woodall m. Joseph Sumpter in 1831 Wayne Co. KY. Please go to this link and you will learn more about Rebecca’s family.

http://home.cfl.rr.com/woodalldna

Click on Oldest Ancestors, then you will be able to view Rebecca Woodall's in family group 1.

An interesting fact abt these siblings: Stephen Woodall, James Woodall & Rebecca Woodall Sumpter all had daughters by the name of “Marietta”.

There is NO INDIAN BLOOD from Rebecca Woodall’s father or mother. Rebecca Woodall was not Indian, although Dan Troxell would like people to believe his unsubstantiated stories placed online and in a Kentucky publication some years ago.

I guess this clears up the "Wood Owl" theory. Without DNA testing where would we be with our research? Regards, Jeff Woodall

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