Research Data: 1840 Census - Preston County, Virginia Page 57 of 69 on Ancestry.com Geo. Sisler Jr. ----1 1--1 Geo. Sisler -2-----1 -1111-1 Jno. Sisler ----1 ----1 1848 Land Records, Georges, Fayette, PA Land: Basil Brownfield to Gabriel F. Sisler, 1848: Georges Twp, Fayette Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Paulson. JTPaulsn@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ This Indenture made this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight by and between Bazil Brownfield of Union Township Fayette County and State of Pennsylvania and Sarah his wife of the one part and Gabriel Sisler of George Township County and State aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said Bazil Brownfield and Sarh his wife for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and sixty five dollars to them paid by the said Gabriel Sisler at or before the sealing of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant and bargain and sell unto the said Gabriel Sisler a certain piece or parsel of land situated and laying in George Township County and State aforesaid adjoining lands of Joseph Sweney Othaniel Rhodes Phillip Miller/others whereof said Sisler now resides and bounded as follows Beginning at a stone on Rhoads and Millers lands thence by lands of said Miller S38E.- 50.3 perches to a post thence S.49.E.52.2 Perches to a post thence N.39.: E.130 Perches to a post thence by the lands of Joseph Sweney S.86.W39.3 perches to post thence N4. W22.7. perches to stones thence S86. W66.8 perches to stones thence S53.W 23.6 perches to stones thence N 53 W 65. perches to stones thence S. 45.:W.30.6 perches to the beginning. Containing Fifty five Acres and one road and twenty seven perches. To have and to hold the above described lot or parsel of land together with all and singularly the appurtenances hereditaments whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining to the only proper use benefit and behalf of the said Gabriel Sisler, his heirs or assigns forever and the said Basil Brownfield and Sarah his wife for themselves their heirs executes administrators or assigns will forever warrant and defend the above described lot or parsel of fifty five acres one rood and twenty seven perches of land to the only proper use benefit and behalf of the said Gabriel Sisler his heirs and assigns from any person or persons claiming as to claim by or set their hands and seals the day and date above written Bazil Brownfield (Seal) Sarah Brownfield (Seal) Signed/Sealed in the presence of WW Stumph Received March the 31st AD. 1848 of AM Gim Gabriel Sisler one hundred and Sixty five dollars in full of the within consideration, Basil Brownfield Attest WW Stumph Fayette County On the 31st day of March 1848 Before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the before named Bazil Brownfield and Sarh his wife and acknowledged the foregoing Indenture or deed of conveyance to be their act and deed for the purpose therein expressed she the said Sarh being by me examined separate and apart from her husband said she signed and sealed the same of her own voluntary act without any compulsion or coersion of her said husband they desiring the same may be recorded Witness my hand and seal the day and date above written WW Stumph J.P. (Seal) Recorded and Compared 24th May A.D. 1848 1850 Census - Fayette Co., PA Georges TWP 1 1 John Gable 25 M Farmer - 40 VA Mary 25 F PA Catherine 5 F PA James 1 M PA Rosanna Bumble 35 F PA William Bumble 22 M Laborer PA 4 4 Gabriel Cissler 41 M Farmer 300 Md Elizabeth 39 F PA John W. 15 M VA Maresa 13 F VA William H. 10 M VA Sharlotte A. 9 F PA 321 321 Thomas Cisler 22 M Farmer PA Margaret 21 F PA Albert 11/12 M PA 1850 Census - Fayette Co., PA, Nicholson TWP 224 224 John Cissler 40 M Farmer MD Mary 33 F PA -----? 11 F PA Cassa 8 F VA John W. 6 M Ohio Rufus 4 M Ohio Lydia 2 F PA 1860 Census - Fayette Co., PA Georges TWP 1127 1121 Sisler, Thos 31 M Pa Margaret 30 F Pa Albert 10 M Pa Jas. D. 8 M Pa Phillip 5 M Pa ?Harman 5 F Pa 1379 1375 Sisler, Gabriel 52 M Md Elizabeth 49 F Pa Jno. W. 24 M Va 1391 1387 Seisler, William H. 21 M Day Laborer Va Mary J. 17 F Pa Married within year 1870 Census - Fayette Co., PA Georges TWP 414 418 Sisler, G.F. 64 M Farmer 3000 1178 Maryland Elizabeth 62 F Maryland Annie 8 F Pa Joseph 5 M Pa 1893 Will Of Elizabeth Sisler Wills: Elizabeth Sisler, 1893: George Twp, Fayette County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Paulson. JTPaulsn@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Will of Elizabeth Sisler: Will Book 9, Page 100, Probated 1893. --------------------------------------------------------------- Will of Elizabeth Sisler I Elizabeth Sisler of George Township Fayette County Pennsylvania being in failing health but of sound mind and memory do make & publish my last will and testament To wit: First after my funeral expenses (Interment & c. shall be fully paid out of my effects. I give direct and bequeath to my beloved husband Gabriel F Sisler my entire real estate Situate in George Township Fayette County Penna. together with all my personal effects rights Interests, demands, notes , judgements & whatsoever belonging to me or that I may at any time be possessed of and hereby appoint my husband Gabriel F. Sisler my executor with full power to act as such without giving bond. Witness my hand and seal this 14th day of April A.D. 1891 Signed & sealed in the presence of, Sarah E. Swaney, T.H. Trader Fayette County SS: |Regr. Seal| Be it remembered that on the 6th day of May A.D. 1893 before me David R. Anderson Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration, in and for said County ca,e Sarah E. Sweany and T.H. Trader subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and Testament of Elizabeth Sisler, deceased, who being duly sworn according to law, did each depose and say that they were personally present, and saw the said Elizabeth Sisler sign by mark and seal the foregoing instrument of writing and heard her declare the same to be her last Will and Testament, where of sound and disposing mind and memory, to the best of their belief. That they signed their names as Witnesses thereto, by request of the said Testator in her presence and in the presence of each other. That they know of no undue influence being used in making said Will or any later will made. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of May A.D. 1873 as witness my hand and official seal. Sarah E. Swaney David R. Anderson, T.H. Trader. Register Now May 6, 1893 the testimony of the above witnesses being adjudged sufficient. I do hereby admit the foregoing will to Probate and order the same to be rendered as such. Given under my hand, at, Uniontown, the above date. David R. Anderson, Register. Registered & Recorded May 6, A.D. 1893 David R. Anderson, Register 7/4/90 - Information from Arch Miller as written in his book. (brackets are my comments) Arch Miller c/o Barbershop Fairchance, PA 15436 Gabriel Sisler owned a 500 acre farm surrounding the Miller Cemetery, Glendale Pa. Gabriel's daughter married Phillip Miller's son Victor. The old Sisler place was behind the home Price on the hillside. George W. Sisler was road supervisor in 1819 in Friendsville, MD. Jennie Sisler Jun 30, 1837 - Jan 11, 1901 William Sisler & Jennie Kuntz children: Grant - Lottie Newmyer Anne - John Buttermore Wesley - Mary Myers Leroy - single bn 1866 Jennie - Jessie Cannon (Masontown) Albert - single - left area It is remembered by Ewing Miller, he and his sister Pearl went to the store at Haydentown there meeting their great Uncle Wesley. Wesley walked back with them. They went thru the woods to their home. Upon coming to a fence Wesley spit tobacco juice all over the fence before he let any of them cross it. He said that it would keep the witches away. He also used to kill snakes and hang them on three poles to keep witches away. Gabriel F. Sisler Betsy (Elizabeth) Gabel (Small, thin, wore b. May 18, 1811 mustache, born MD) d. very near 1890 b. Mar. 11, 1807 d. May 22, 1902 101 years old left are: William - Jennie Kuntz Wesley - Mary Myers Jennie - Victor Miller Maresa Jane Tressa Sisler June 30, 1837 Jan 11, 1901 Betsy Gabel's father may have been William from Frionsville [Friendsville?] MD. John Wesley - Apr 22, 1835 Jane - Jun 31, 1837 William Henry - Jun 29, 1839 ------------------------------------------------ Misc: From the SISLER-L Archives: From: lois kleinhenn lanier Subject: Sisler History (fwd) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 18:23:54 -0400 (EDT) For your collective information! Lois L. To: Lois_K_LANIER@umail.umd.edu (112) Subject: Sisler History Dear Lois, I just wrote to a Dallas Johnson and he sent me this information on the Sislers. It is under the title of "Hoye's Pioneer Families of Garrett County" complied by Garrett County Historical Society. 1988 The Sislers were early settlers in Somerset Co., Pa., Garrett Co., Md., and Preston Co., W.Va. John and George Sisler appear to have been the family ancestors here, and it is said they emigrated from Germany, but it is more probable that they were born in Pennsylvania, and that their father or grandfather was the German immigrant. Among the Germans arriving at Philadelphia before the Revolution were Johan Adam Schisler, Sept. 16, 1738 and John Peter Siesler, Oct 17, 1741. In the census of 1790 there were listed as heads of families in eastern Pennsylvania George, Jacob and Michael Sisler; also John Shisler, John Shislor, and in what is now Somerset County, a John "Cislor", is the John Sislor who, with his wife, Sophia, in 1796, deeded a part of a tract called " Allegany" in Allegany Co.,Md. to George Winters vs. John Sisler, dated 1803 by which this deed was confirmed. So the Sislers were a part of the great German migration to Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War, who soon moved west and southwest into Maryland and Virginia. According to West Virginia history a John Shisler came from Winchester, Va. in 1796 and began to manufacture wagons in Morgantown by 1802. John and George Sisler, who settled in what is now Garrett County, were apparently brothers. John Sisler 1st, in 1790, was residing in Elk Lick Township (Salisbury. Pa.) He was not listed in the Maryland census of 1800, so it appears that he did not settle in the Blooming Rose neighborhood of this county until after that date. In 1797 Jacob Markley, who was also from Elk Lick, Pa., bought the old Richard Hall plantation on Blooming Rose, and it is probable that Markleys and Sislers came across the same time. In 1804, John Sisler, Sr. was assessed here with two horses and one cow--- total valuation $53. In 1806, Jacob Markley deeded to John Sisler, for the nominal sum of $10, 100 acres of land beginning at the first line of military lot 2950. This was the original Sisler settlement in this county, the same land that, in 1829, Jacob Cisslor of John deeded his one half interest to his brother, Samuel, for $250. Their father, John 1st, was then "deceased." The old Sisler homestead is in the Trappe Run neighborhood, probably on the old Indian Path from Blooming Rose south to the Pine Swamp near the Virginia line. John Sisler, Sr. is said to have married a Markley, possibly a second wife, who died in 1857 and was buried in the old Hall graveyard at Blooming Rose . He died prior to 1829, about 84 years of age and is said to have been buried in the Kelley graveyard near Cranesville. Children Of John Sisler, Sr: (a) John, m(1)--------------Birch. (2) Harriett Wilhelm. (b) Samuel, m Barbara------------. (c) Jacob, m. Peggy Teets. (d) George, m Clara Wolf. (e) Mariah, m Levi Fearer. (f) Elizabeth, m John Teets. (g) Margaret, m George Kelley. (h) one son, who died in early manhood. Of these children we note that: (a) John Sisler finally resided near Albright's in Preston County. He had eighteen children. (b) Samuel Sisler resided south of Blooming Rose. He had ten children: Alfred, Henry, Samuel, Clara (Friend), Sarah, Ellen(Hook), Elizabeth (Van Sickle), Martha (Reckard), Catherine (Frazee). (c) Jacob Sisler settled on the Charles Miller farm west of Cranesville. He had fourteen children among whom were: John, Harry, Samuel A., George, Henry, Huldah (Kelley). (d) George Sisler resided on the Sisler Farm on Briery Mountain, north of Terra Alta, now owned by his youngest son, Joseph F. Sisler. George Sisler had sixteen children: three of his daughters married residents of Garrett County, viz., Martha (Bishoff) , Margaret (Custer), Amanda (DeWitt). Thomas E. Bishoff of Oakland is a son of Martha Sisler Bishoff. These four brothers had fifty-eight children of whom the only one surviving is Joseph F. Sisler, of Dority near Terra Alta. He was born Feb 4, 1862 and married Rhena M. Cramer. George Sisler, Sr. appears as " George Sisslor" on the assessment roll of the Selbysport district in 1804, assessed with one horse and four cattle. But, George Sisler does not appear in the census of Allegany Co., Md for 1810, and we infer that he had moved across the line into Virginia, though in 1816 a George Sisler was supervisor of the road from Selbysport to Wm. W. Hoyes farm near McHenry. Also in 1828 George Sisler of Allegany Co., Md. sold 26 acres of "Salem" and lot 3101 adjoining on the Youghiogheny River to the Allegany Iron Company as a site for their forge at Friendsville. The History of Preston County says that George Sisler, a pioneer settler of Garrett Co., Md. settled at Blooming Rose near the Preston County line. His sons, George and Samuel, came across the line. Samuel, a soldier in the War of 1812, located after the war near Cranesville. George Sisler, Jr. is said to have settled at Morgan's Glade in Preston County, and have later moved to Point Marion, Pa. He married Deliah, a daughter of David Friend. Their children were: (a) Gabriel, m Elizabeth Gable. (b) John, m Mary Bower and moved to Iowa. (c) Elizabeth , m Moses Martin. (d) Kate, m. William Morton. (e) Margaret. (f) Persis A., m-------------- Friend. (g) Sarah. (h) Mary Ann, m Samuel Rodeheaver. (i) Lorenzo, resided near Morgantown. (j) Samuel, m Mrs. Mahala Rodeheaver Auman. In the 1810 census of Allegany Co., Md. there were listed John Sislor, family of seven, and Samuel Sisler, family of six. Sislers in the Wars. In the War of 1812, in addition to Samuel Sisler, already mentioned, there was a William Sisler, captain of riflemen in Virginia Militia. In the Centenary, Preston Co., W.V cemetery there are buried five Sislers, Union soldiers of our Civil War as follows: Andrew S. Sisler, Co. "F", 17th Wv Andrew S. Sisler, Co. "L", 4th Wv Cavalry. John Sisler died in service. Samuel A. Sisler, Corporal, Co. "A" 7th Wv Samuel B. Sisler, Co "K" 3d Md,, P.H.B. Note: We have written this sketch of the Sisler family as best as we could from the data at hand. We lacked dates and there may be some errors but we hope some members of the numerous Sisler connection will continue the research and write a genealogy that will be worthy of the family. The Boy and the Panther. (As told by George Sisler to his son Joseph) When I was a boy of about twelve years of age my father, John Sisler, lived in the Sisler settlement near where the Trapp Run school now stands: the County around was mostly rough and covered with great forest trees, a favorite refuge for all kinds of wild animals. One day father sent me to the Meshack Browning grist mill at Sang Run. At that time there was only a horse trail from Blooming Rose to a ford across the Yough River at the mouth of White Rock In. Father put a sack of shelled corn on our mare, tied to fast and I sat on the middle of the sack. I called my feist dog to follow and we were off to the mill. But when we came near White Rock the fiest suddenly met a big cat just below the trail and barking furiously, scared if so badly that it climbed a tree near the trail. The old mare was more frightened than the cat; she whirled about and ran home with me. And to tell the truth I was not sorry she did so. Arriving at our home, I quickly told father about the big cat. He unloaded the corn, took down his old flintlock rifle and followed the trail toward White Rock where he found the brave little dog still barking at the panther in the tree. It was easy for father to shoot the beast, which measured eleven feet from tip to tip. But I was too badly frightened to go to the mill that day. Lois: Please say you didn't have this information, my neck is so stiff. ha ha To get a copy of this- you can send a SASE to Dallas Johnson 5607 a Sailfish Drive Lutz.Fl 33549. My great grandfather was Andrew Franklin Sisler and his father was Samuel Blaine Sisler. Samuel's B.D. was 2/7/1838 and Andrew's B.D. was 8/27/1877 Andrew's Children were: George Earl Sisler B.D. 2/18/1918 died 7/2/1951 Charles Audley Sisler B.D. 6/9/1900 Edna Gertrude Sisler (my grandmother) 2/5/02 died 8/20/1991 Opal Mildred Sisler B.D. 4/25/08 died 1/31/1975 Aldona Pearl Sisler B.D. 6/1/1912 Russell Ray Sisler B.D. 6/4/15 died 1996 Woodford Millard Sisler B.D. 2/22/1917 Dana Franklin Sisler B.D. 1/5/23 I hope that you find this interesting and again hope you haven't already read all of this. I also have that Andrew Sislers brothers and sisters were: Marcella Sisler Blane Sisler Lydia Sisler McGinnis Bell Sisler Deavers Lis Sisler Britton Joe Sisler. Got to go for now it is 12:30 a.m. Jane
In a newspaper article from the Apr 19 1902 Daily News Standard in Uniontown Pa Fayette County on Gabriel Friend Sislers 100 th birthday celebration on Mar 11 1902, Gabriel gave the following information; According to his own story Mr Sisler was born in Garrett Co Md. March 11 1802. His mother was a Friend an extensive family from whom Friendsville Md.was named. When he was quite small his parents moved to Belmont Co Ohio,where they resided until he was almost grown.They returned to MD residing at Friendsville for a short time, then moving to Selbysport,where they resided for many years.Gabriel married and moved to Preston Co Va where he lived for 15 years.He then went to Monongalia Co Va. and after living there for 5 years moved to Pennsylvania.He lived for a time in Springhill Twp Fayette Co near Morris' crossroads but later went to Georges Twp. where he resided for many years.He goes on to say all of his friends of former years have departed and he says he is the only one of his family that is left and most all of his children have been dead for many years. He was married to ELIZABETH GABEL on 26 Sep 1834 in Garrett Co Md.
