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Descendants of John & Martha (Simpson) Gaylor

Generation No. 1

1. John³ Gaylor (John², James¹) was born 1822 in TN, and died Abt. 1853 in Possibly on the trail to MO. He married Martha Ann Simpson Abt. 1844 in Warren Co TN, daughter of William Simpson and Matilda Rowland. She was born 11 Feb 1827 in TN or Ohio, and died 16 Feb 1887 in Cherokee Nation, Ind Terr.

Notes for John Gaylor:
Compiler: Donald Earl McKinney Jr, Alma, KS (email: mckinney@kansas.net)
These notes were compiled from material gathered by personal research & correspondence, ongoing since 1980. Other than my parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles & other individuals mentioned in the narrative, I am especially grateful to the following "cousins" whose records, photographs, stories & oral traditions, along with my own, helped us all gain a better understanding of our family heritage. Whenever these notes are shared with others for display on the internet or in correspondence with other interested individuals, it will be appreciated that proper genealogical etiquette be observed, acknowledging the compiler. Any "legitimate" additions or corrections, etc. will also be greatly appreciated.
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Georgia Hulett & daughter Jean Werts, Dubois, Wyo, descendants of Jack Gaylor
Linda French, Wagoner, OK, descendant of Jack Gaylor's brother "Tom" Gaylor
Jim Odell, Mae Windrix & Linda Smith of OK, descendants of Jack Gaylor's half-brother Bob Brummett
Raymond&Carolyn Simpson, descendant of Martha Gaylor's brother William Rowland Simpson
Gayle Wilcox&Mary Louise Bates, Texas, descendants of Martha Gaylor's sister Roseanna (Simpson) Mitchell
Ann Corum, Hazel Green, AL, descendant of John & Sarah (Downey) Gaylor
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John Gaylor was born about 1822 in Tennessee & is believed to have been the son of John & Sarah (Downey) Gaylor who left Gwinett County, Georgia, settling in Tennessee about the time of John's birth. They moved on to southern Illinois (Franklin County) by 1830, however, returned to Tennessee during the late 1830's before heading back to Cherokee County, Alabama where relatives still resided. John Sr's half-brother Andrew James Gaylor, born 1816 in Gwinett Co GA, was residing in that area during this time & the family resided near him in 1840 after returning from Tennessee. Just across the state line was Floyd Co GA where more relatives resided. These families traveled back & forth across the state line through the years, residing in both states.
John Gaylor Sr, born abt 1798, is believed to have left North Carolina soon after the War of 1812 with his father James Gaylor, a Revolutionary War veteran, along with other relatives. The old patriarch James Gaylor, 2d wife Margaret & children later left Gwinett County GA , settling on the Cherokee lands of northeast Georgia about the time son John Sr went to TN & IL. They were considered "intruders" since this land was not yet officially open for white settlement. John Sr's wife Sarah was the daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Downey who had also settled in Gwinett County, Georgia. Joseph Downey was a Revolutionary War veteran from South Carolina. The Downey family also settled in northwest GA, near the Gaylor's, after it was opened up for white settlement.

27 Jan 1815 - Marriage Record (Jackson Co GA
JAMES GALOR married PEGGY MATTHEWS
(Peggy is nickname for MARGARET// 2d marriage of James Gaylor, born 1754-62 NC; Andrew James Gaylor, born 1816, was their first son and John Gaylor, born 1790's, later of Coosa Co AL was a step-son of Margaret)

1817 - Tax List (Jackson Co GA)
JAMES GAYLOR (Rev War vet & father of John Gaylor, born 1790's)
JOSEPH DOWNEY (Rev War vet & father of SARAH, who married John Gaylor)

20Jan1819 - Marriage Record (Jackson Co GA)
JOHN GAYLOR(born 1790's) married SARAH DOWNEY(born abt 1797)
(Son of Rev War vet James Gaylor)

1820 - Federal Census (Gwinett Co GA)
MARGARET GAILOR, b:1776-1794 (Males 110000/Fem 21110) 6 Children
(Note: Margaret "Peggy" Matthews, mentioned above, who married Rev War vet JAMES GAYLOR in Jackson Co GA in 1815. Highly probable that this was a 2d marriage for both. James was in prison during this census. Margaret was the mother of Andrew James Gaylor, b:1816. Old James was probably the father of the younger females of this census, with the older children being from Margaret's first marriage.)

1820 - Federal Census (Gwinett Co GA)
JOHN GAILOR, b:1798 (Males 000100/Fem 10100)
(John & Sarah Downey Gaylor with daughter M. Emeline. They moved to TN soon after this census)

20 Mar 1820 - State Prison Census (Gwinett Co GA)
JAMES GAYLOR, Age 66, NC, 5ft 6 1/2 in, Fair, Eyes Grey, Hair Grey;
1 year sentence for cattle stealing, 20 Mar 1820 - 20 Mar 1821 (Served his sentence)

11 Nov 1827 - Land Lottery (Gwinett Co GA)
JAMES GAILOR, R.S.
JOSEPH DOWNEY, R.S.
(Both drew land for "R.S." Revolutionary War service)

1830/31 - From "Whites Among the Cherokees"
Oaths of Allegiance & Lists of White Settlers
Cherokee Land NW GA/north of Chatahoochie River.
JAMES GAYLOR, wife & 7 children
(Note: This was Rev War vet James with 2d wife Margaret & younger children, including Andrew James Gaylor, b:1816. The other children were from James & Margaret's previous marriages. This land opened up legally to whites in 1832 with James being considered an "Intruder" when he settled there around 1830. Evidently he was granted permission to remain in the area, which was near Cave Spring, later to become part of Floyd County, Georgia. )

1830 - Franklin Co IL (Federal Census)
JOHN GAYLOR(21001-12001) (John & Sarah Downey Gaylor)
Note: John Sr & family had moved from TN to IL about 1829. A few years later, they returned to TN. John's father, James Gaylor & half-brother Andrew James Gaylor (and Margaret) left Gwinett Co & settled in the Cherokee lands of NW GA near Cave Spring before it was officially opened for settlement. James Gaylor signed an Oath of Allegiance in 1831 which supposedly authorized his settlement in that area. This area opened up and became a part Floyd Co GA in 1832. John Gaylor's wife Sarah's parents Joseph & Elizabeth Downey also moved during the 1830's from Gwinett Co to Cave Spring as did Britton Meeks & his family.

1840 - Cherokee Co AL (Federal Census)
JOHN GAYLOR(3201001-1300001)
(Note: John Sr & family had returned to GA/AL area from TN about 1839. John's half-brother, Andrew James Gaylor was just across the state line in Floyd Co GA. Andrew & family soon moved back across to Cherokee Co AL. John & Sarah's future sons-in-law, Hosa & Redding Meeks were living with their father Brittain Meeks, next door to Andrew James Gaylor in Floyd Co GA during this 1840 census)

1840 - Cherokee Co AL (Federal Census)
JOS. DOWNEY (Males 0000110001/Fem 0100000001) Pg 144
(Joseph Downey died in 1843 and his widow Elizabeth moved back to Floyd Co GA)

1840 - Floyd Co GA (Federal Census) Dist 829 near Cave Spring
A.J. GALOR (Male 100110/Fem 00010001

It is now believed that John Gaylor, Jr, after reaching adulthood, left Cherokee County, Alabama & moved back to Tennessee during the 1840's where his sweetheart, Martha Ann Simpson still resided. Martha was born 11 February 1827, probably in Ohio, but as a child resided near McMinnville in the southwest part of Warren County, Tennessee, near present day Coffee & Grundy counties. Martha's parents, William & Matilda (Rowland) Simpson, were originally from Shenandoah County, Virginia, leaving that area during the 1820's. It is likely they took the northern route to the "west", along the Ohio River, residing briefly in Ohio before eventually settling in Tennessee by 1830. Several of Matilda (Rowland) Simpson's siblings are now believed to have left Virginia & settled in that area of central Tennessee several years earlier. These siblings are believed to have included brothers Reason & George Rowland as well as sister Rosanna (Rowland) Reeder. There were, however, several unrelated Rowland & Simpson families from North Carolina who also resided in this area of Tennessee.

Shenandoah County, VA
WILLIAM SIMSON married MATILDA ROLLAND 17 February 1808

1810 - Federal Census (Shenandoah County, VA)
Simpson, Susanah Page 246 00000-00001
Simpson, William Page 245 10100-00100-1other free person
Rowlands, Resen Page 169 00100-20100
Rowlands, George Page 170 00001-21101-2 other free persons
Reeder, Benjamin Page 170 11201-22210
Reeder, Henry Page 205 11101-00301

1830 - Federal Census (Franklin Co TN) Pg 93
Simpson, William 0010001/0121001

1840 - Federal Census (Warren Co TN) Pg 350
Simpson, William 0100001/0011001

Martha Simpson married John Gaylor Jr about 1844. A marriage record cannot be found for John & Martha and the county in which they were married is not known for sure, but was probably near McMinnville, Warren County. Their first son, Andrew Joseph "Jack" Gaylor was born in 1846, probably in Warren County. Daughter Sarah Matilda was born 1847 & another son Abslom in 1849. Sarah Matilda is believed to have been named after her paternal & maternal grandmothers.
Martha's father died in Warren County during the 1840's & her mother Matilda resided with the Gaylor family when they moved north to the Granville area of southern Jackson County, Tennessee. This move was made about 1847, since an "unclaimed letter" for Matilda Simpson is on record at the McMinnville Post Office during that year. Martha's brother William Rowland Simpson, born 1831, was residing next door with his young bride Eliza, the daughter of Robert Biggs. William & Eliza Simpson raised their family near that Granville area of Jackson County, Tennessee.
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1850 - Federal Census (Jackson County, TN) Page 314 15th District
GALER, JOHN,Born TN,Age 28, Farmer/NoLand
Martha,Born TN,Age 22
Joseph, born TN,,Age 5/////Sarah,BornTN,Age4/////Abslom,Born TN,Age1
MATILDA SIMPSON,Born VA,Age 65 (Mother of Martha & William Simpson)
(Son John Thomas "Tom" Gaylor was born after this 1850 census)
(NEXT DOOR)
SIMPSON, WILLIAM,Born TN,Age 18, Elisa 20/TN
(Don's Note: This district #15 (at that time) was near Granville in the southwestern corner of Jackson County). "Old Cherokee Families", page 225, a book concerning early settlers of Indian Territory (Okla) states: "John Thomas Gaylor, born June 20, 1851 in Marion Co., Tennessee."
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Soon after the 1850 census, John & Martha moved their family to Marion Co TN in southern TN near the Alabama & Georgia borders, where their youngest son John Thomas "Tom" Gaylor was born in 1851. This is very near where some of John's relatives still resided in that area of Alabama/Georgia, including his uncle Andrew James Gaylor. John's parents, John & Sarah, had settled farther south in Coosa County, Alabama during this time.
Not much else is known about John Gaylor Jr, but it seems likely they journeyed back to Alabama & Georgia for a brief visit with relatives before beginning their long arduous trip to Barry County, located in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri. Martha's older sister Roseanna had already settled in Barry County with her husband Rev Joel F. Mitchell about a decade earlier. Rev Mitchell, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, was instrumental in starting several Baptist churches in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas, including Twelve Corners Baptist Church near Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
George & Isabella Rowland & their son George P. Rowland, left Franklin County, TN during the 1830's & also settled in this area of Barry County. George Rowland, born 1770's in Virginia, is believed to be Martha's uncle, an older brother of Martha's mother Matilda. The Rowlands later moved to nearby Pea Ridge & were members of the Twelve Corners Baptist Church organized by Martha's brother-in-law, Rev Joel Mitchell.
It seems quite likely that Martha's mother Matilda still resided with them when they moved on to Missouri. As mentioned above, Matilda's other daughter Roseanna Mitchell & George Rowland's family had settled there several years earlier. It is not know for sure which route John & Martha Gaylor took to Missouri, but it is possible they gathered all of their earthly belongings & took the old trail used by the Cherokees over a decade earlier on the infamous forced removal march called the "Trail of Tears". Many white settlers from Tennessse, AL & GA used this old trail enroute to new lands of the west in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. This old trail went through Nashville & middle Tennesse, the western corner of Kentucky, southern Illinois to Cape Girardeau, MO, continuing on through southern Missouri & into southern Barry County, Missouri.
It is also possible they boarded a keelboat or steamship & headed down either the Tennessee or Cumberland River. The Tennessee River flowed south from Tennessee into Alabama, then west through northern Alabama, north through western Tennessee & Kentucky, emptying into the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, just south of the Illinois border. The Cumberland River flowed west across northern Tennessee, then north thru Kentucky, emptying into the Tennessee River, south of Paducah.
These are the routes many settlers from Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia took to the lands of the "west". John's parents, John & Sarah (Downey) Gaylor probably took one of these routes, either water or overland, when they left Tennessee & settled in southern Illinois during the 1820's.
The Ohio River flowed west for a few miles before emptying into the Mississippi River near Cairo in the southern tip of Illinois, where Missouri, Kentucky & Illinois join. From there, if John Jr & family took this route, their boat would have journeyed south, down the Mississippi. Then they may have outfitted a wagon & joined up with a wagon train heading cross country over the mountainous and difficult terrain of southern Missouri into Barry County. They settled in southwestern Barry County, Missouri in an area known as Roller's Ridge of the Washburn Prairie, Sugar Creek Township, near what is is now known as the town of Seligman. It is believed that John Gaylor, Jr died about 1853 possibly along the trail & never made it to Barry County.

More About John Gaylor:
Ancestry: ScotIr/Eng
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Baptist
Residence1: Tennessee(1822-1829)
Residence2: Franklin Co IL (1829-1839)
Residence3: Cherokee Co AL/Floyd Co GA (1839-1844)
Residence4: Warren&Jackson Co TN (1844-1851)
Residence5: Marion Co TN(1851-1853)
Residence6: Barry Co MO (1853-1854)

Notes for Martha Ann Simpson:
While in Barry County, the widowed Martha married widower William Brummett in September 1854. Her brother-in-law, Rev Joel Mitchell performed the ceremony. Joel F. Mitchell was a baptist minister, slave owner and Confederate sympathizer who was bushwhacked by Federals during the Civil War.

13 Sep 1854 - Barry Co MO (Marriage Record) MARTHA ANN GAILOR to William Brumet. J.F. Mitchell, M.G.

William Brummett was an older man, born about 1811, whose first wife Nancy Ray died around 1854. William had several children from his previous marriage to Nancy Ray. They were Elizabeth, Mary Jane, Narcissa, Martha, William, Johnson & John Brummett. Mr Brummett became the step-father of the Gaylor children. They all still resided in Sugar Creek Township, Barry County, MO. Their close neighbors, other than Martha's sister Roseanna, were Montgomery Hamilton, the King & Harbin families, & other families who were all pioneer settlers of that area. Widow Nancy Pallett and her family had settled there from Cass County MO during the 1850's. Her son Richard Pallett married Roseanna (Simpson) Mitchell's daughter Martha Jane.

The turmoil of pre-civil war years was gradually increasing in this area of Missouri, Arkansas, & nearby Kansas during this time of the mid 1850's. The Brummett & Gaylor families were not slave owners, or large land owners, just simple, hard working farmers, who struggled to make a living during their journeys throughout the south. Their neighbors on the Washburn Prairie, including the Mitchells, were mostly slave owners & established land owners, also from the south, but there were also many northerners who had settled all around them. Most of these settlers who were from diverse backgrounds of various areas of the country, both north and south, were good, descent people. However the emotional issues of the day were about to get out of hand with political extremists & local "bushwhackers" from both groups leading the nation to the eventual Civil War. Martha's brother-in-law Rev Joel F. Mitchell, a Confederate sympathizer, was killed by Federal bushwhackers during the war.

From "The First Century of Seligman, Missouri, 1881-1981" is the following:
page 11 "During the Civil War, the country about Seligman was divided--Union and Confederate--mostly Confederate. The area was infested with bushwhackers--groups of men, riding horseack and attacking defenseless men and women in their homes--some supported by the Union Army. - - - - - - - - -Some bushwhackers resorted to torture and murder to obtain information as to where people might have gold or silver buried. Another bushwhacker tactic was to set neighbor against neighbor. - - - - - - - - - -
page 203 "Joel F. Mitchell and his son William F. Mitchell were bushwhacked in 1864 just south of the barn on the Mitchell farm. They along with Roseanna Simpson Mitchell, who passed away in 1898 at the age of 82 and John Pallet are buried just north of the original family home. When Joe Mitchell returned home from the Civil War and learned that his father and brother had been bushwhacked, he saddled a horse and left home to find the men who had murdered his father and brother. He was later killed in the state of Texas by some of those same men who murdered his father and brother."

A couple of years before the war, the Gaylor - Brummett family, also believed to be southern sympathizers, evidently decided that it was time to settle in a safer area where there were fewer northern influences & partisan conflicts between pro and anti slavery or other states rights issues. William Brummett's brother and other relatives had settled in northeast Texas about a decade earlier. William decided to move his family to this area around 1858. It is quite likely that the family traveled in a group of other settlers by wagon train entering northern Arkansas along the old Osage Trail into Fayetteville. Here in Fayetteville, they may have completed the outfitting of their wagons with certain provisions they couldn't find in Barry County.
They most likely headed west into Indian Territory and eventually made it to the Texas Trail, near Fort Gibson and the 3 forks area of the Cherokee Nation. Most early settlers again stocked up and rested as necessary at Fort Gibson after this 2d phase of the trip to north Texas. They headed south along this Texas Trail, which was another major frontier turnpike for freighters and settlers traveling through the Cherokee & Choctaw Nations of Indian Territory. The final phase of this long journey would be crossing the Red River and entering northeast Texas. This road crossed the Red River into Texas at Colbert's "Ferry, just northwest of the area in Fannin County, TX where they settled. The
Gaylor/Brummett family settled a few miles northwest of Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.

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1860 - Federal Census (Ladonia Beat #4, Fannin County, TX) pg 108
Brummett, Wm Born TN, aged 50/Farmer/No Land
M.A.(Martha), born 1827 Ohio
Elizabeth21/Narcissa18/MarthaA16/William13/JohnsonM11/John9 (All Brummett's from William's 1st marr to Nancy Ray)
Also (below) the GAYLOR children from Martha's 1st marriage to John Gaylor
Jack 14/Sarah 13/Abslom 11/John T 10
Jefferson Brummett, Age 2
(Don's Note: The census taker made several mistakes, in names, dates & places of birth. He also grouped all of the Gaylor & Brummett children together using Brummett as the surname for all of them. The youngest (on this census) was Jefferson Brummett, born 1858, age 2, the child of William & Martha Brummett & half-brother of the children listed above. Robert "Bob" Brummett, and probably other children were born to William & Martha Brummett after 1860. After William Brummett died in Farmersville, TX about 1865, Martha, her third husband William C. McCord, and her Gaylor/Brummett chilidren moved briefly back to Barry Co MO and then on to Indian Territory about 1870. No federal census records exist for Indian Territory during 1860's through 1890's, and these other children can't be identified by name.)

Marriages - Fannin County, TX
Sherrill, B.T. married Brumit, Mary 7 Dec 1859
Jordan, Elbert married Gaylor, Sarah M. 20 Apr 1865

From "Historical Atlas of Oklahoma" is the following:
"The Texas Road developed as a natural result of travel from the north and east into the Indian country and later from the demand for a route to the Mexican province of Texas. The flood of travelers along this route made it the most important artery of commerce between the settlements of Missouri and Kansas, at one end, and the Red River, at the other. Immigrants who came in from Arkansas reached the Texas Road at Three Forks or farther south. Salina, North Fork Town, Boggy Depot and many other towns felt the impact of trade incidental to the Texas migration and the return of many settlers to their homes in Missouri, Arkansas, or Tennessee."
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While in Fannin County, William Brummett & Martha had several children of their own, including Jefferson Brummett, born 1858 & Robert Clinton Brummett, born 1860. Several years later, after the Civil War, they moved to nearby Farmersville in Collin County, TX, where William's nephew Harrison Brummett had already moved shortly before the Civil War.
It is believed that William Brummett died during the war. Martha's son Jack Gaylor, the oldest & now head of the household, most likely assumed the responsibility of taking care of the family. He was too young to join the Confederate Army at the beginning of the war, but "became of age" as the war progressed. His responsibilities to his widowed mother and younger siblings probably precluded him from becoming an active participant in the war. Several of the older Brummett & Pendleton men had joined Col Fitzhugh's Regiment, 16th Texas Cavalry of the Confederate Army which served in the campaigns of Arkansas & Louisiana. Jack's maternal uncle, William Rowland Simpson, who remained in Jackson County, TN, served with the 28th Tennessee Infantry of the Confederate Army. Also, Jack's paternal uncles, James F., Joseph J., George W., & William Gaylor, who remained in the AL & GA area, all served with Alabama units of the Confederate Army.
Jack Gaylor was a freighter & scout by profession & it is quite likely he engaged in these occupations throughout northeast Texas & Indian Territory during those years immediately following the Civil War. This was probably his only source of income which he used to help support his mother and siblings. It is not known for sure what became of Martha's son Abslom Gaylor. Martha's daughter Sarah Matilda Gaylor had married Elbert Jordan in Fannin County in 1865 but is believed to have left him & accompanied her mother & brothers
when they moved on to Collin County. Sarah retained her Gaylor maiden after leaving Jordan, but it is very possible she had given birth to a couple of children.

From "Friendly Farmersville" by Charles J. Rike is the following:
"Farmersville was on the regular trail from Jefferson, Greenville, and other eastern points to the thriving village of McKinney and other points West, as well as being about four miles off the Old Central National Road of the Republic of Texas, which ran across the corner of Collin County. - - - - - Farmersville depended on Jefferson, Texas, as the source of many of the necessities of life which could not be produced at home. At the time, Jefferson was the point of entry to the far west- - - - - - The trip from Farmersville to Jefferson consumed about fifteen days by team. In freighting, several teams were in the caravan making the trip. Often in fording streams, several teams had to be hitched to a wagon to pull it across the muddy stream bed.."

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Marriages - Collin County, TX
McCord, Wm. C. married Brummet, Martha Ann 10 Sep 1867
Tatum, Edward F., Ordained Minister of the Gospel

Gaylor, A. J. married Pendleton, Sarah E. 12 Sep 1867
Angel, E. L., M. G.

Pendleton, Melvin C. married Brumett, Narcissus 19 Sep 1867
Tatum, Edward F., Ordained Minister of the Gospel
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Martha married her 3d husband William C. McCord in Farmersville, Collin Co TX. This was in 1867 and soon after that, they all moved back to Barry County, MO for a couple of years. While in Barry County, Martha's daughter, Sarah Matilda married Ivera Wright in 1868. That same year, Martha's step-son John Brummett married her niece, Amanda Mitchell, daughter of Roseanna(Simpson) Mitchell. Baptist minister Williamson Seamster, the founder of the Rock Springs Baptist Church, performed both ceremonies. It is believed the family belonged to the Rock Springs Baptist Church during this period of their return to Missouri.

Marriages - Barry County, MO
Ivera B. Wright married Sarah Matilda Gaylor
4 May 1868
William Seamster, M.G.

John Brummett married Amanda Mitchell
24 Jul 1868

They remained in Missouri about two years and then backtracked into Indian Territory probably using the same Texas & Osage trails they used on their original journey to Texas a decade earlier. They all settled near Fort Gibson about 1869. Martha's step-son John Brummett remained in Missouri & it is believed that wife Amanda died young, about 1880, leaving John with 2 young sons. According to Mitchell family tradition, these 2 sons were left in the care of brother in law James Mitchell, who resided near Seligman, Barry County, MO. John moved on to Arkansas where he married Mary Smith & eventually settled in the Cherokee Nation about 1888 & raised another family near Wagoner.
It is not known for sure what became of Martha's son Abslom Gaylor, either he died in TX or made the journey with the family back to MO and Indian Territory. Nothing more is known about Martha's 3d husband William McCord, but Martha resided for several years with her daughter, Sarah Matilda. Sarah's husband Mr Wright evidently died & she married blacksmith, Frederick M. Uhls. They resided under permit near Ft Gibson in the Illinois District. Sarah M. Uhls & brother "Tom" Gaylor applied jointly for Cherokee Citizenship in 1878, but were rejected. The Uhls family moved to Muskogee where their children were raised. Martha's son "Jack" Gaylor and family left the Cherokee Nation during the 1870's, settling briefly in Arkansas, the gold fields of California, & eventually Wyoming where he raised his family. Martha's son "Tom" Gaylor & his Cherokee wife Nancy Alberty settled northeast of Wagoner in the Cherokee Nation where they raised their family. Tom was a rancher on the Gaylor Bend of the Grand River for many years & also served as a scout, from time to time, for cattle drives coming through the area.. Martha's son Bob Brummett & wife Lummie also resided in this area, however eventually settled near Hulbert.
It is believed that Martha moved to the Gaylor Bend area and died at her son Tom Gaylor's home place in 1887. She was buried in the Gaylor Bend Cemetery. Her son "Tom" Gaylor and other family members were later buried near her. This family cemetery was among the several small cemeteries which were later relocated to the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery near Wagoner during the establishment of Fort Gibson Reservoir.

More About Martha Ann Simpson:
Ancestry: ScotIr
Burial: Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
Religion: Baptist
Residence1: Ohio(1820's)/////WarrenCoTN(1830-1847)
Residence2: JacksonCoTN(1847-1851)////MarionCoTN(1851-1853)
Residence3: Barry Co MO (1853-1858)
Residence4: Fannin/Collin Co TX(1858-1867)//////Back to Barry Co MO(1867-1869)
Residence5: CherNation,IndTerr(1869-1887)

Children of John Gaylor and Martha Simpson are:

+	2	i.	Andrew Joseph "Jack"⁴ Gaylor, born 07 Jan 1846 in Warren Co TN; died 19 Apr 1921 in Yosemite CA.
+	3	ii.	Sarah Matilda Gaylor, born 08 Jan 1847 in Jackson Co TN; died 02 Aug 1888 in Muskogee, IndTerr.
	4	iii.	Abslom Gaylor, born 1849 in Warren Co TN; died Unknown in Unknown.
+	5	iv.	John Thomas "Tom" Gaylor, born 28 Jun 1851 in Marion Co TN; died 25 Nov 1902 in Muskogee,IndTerr.

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