1.  Marriage Record:

.  1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 94; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

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These data indicate:
 

1830 TN Madison Roll M19_179 p 67 Line 11
James S Lyon 200 020 000 100 - 001 001 100

.  1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9-10 of 112; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840

TN

Madison Co.

Roll 529

pp. 70B-71A

Ln. 1

James S Lyon

020 001 - 011 001

12 15 15 0 0 0 - 16 5 8 2 0 0

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These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 white males	5-9	1830-1835	= William (b. 1834) = Samuel (b. 1828)
1 white male	30-39	1800-1810	= James (b. 1801/2)
1 white female	5-9	1830-1835	= Elizabeth (b. 1830/32)
1 white female	10-14	1825-1830	= Eliza H. (b. 1826)
1 white female	30-39	1800-1810	= Martha (b. 1804/5)
12 male slaves	9 or under	1830-1840	= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
15 male slaves	10-23	1816-1830	= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
15 male slaves	24-35	1804-1816	= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
16 female slaves	9 or under	1830-1840	= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
5 female slaves	10-23	1816-1830	= ? ? ? ? ?
8 female slaves	24-35	1804-1816	= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2 female slaves	36-54	1785-1804	= ? ?

.  1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14 of 33):  Dist. No. 15, Madison Co., TN, Roll M432_889, p. 221B, 96/96, enumerated 20 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

James S Lyon	48	M		Farmer	18000	Ten
Martha D   "	45	F				"
Elizabeth C "	18	F				"
William W   "	16	M		Student		"

.  1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #29 of 38):  Jackson P.O., Town of Jackson, Madison Co., TN, Roll M653_1263, p. 221, PN 29, 170/192, enumerated 8 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

James Lyon	58	M		Planter	60,000	80,000	Tenn
Martha G? "	54	F					"
Wade W    "	27	M					"

 
 
 
 

.  Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name	James Sumter Lyon	Mrs Martha D Woodfork Lyon	Eliza H Lyon
Birth	1798 Scotland	Sep. 15, 1805 Jackson, Madison Co., TN	Jan. 17, 1826
Death	1863 Jackson, Madison Co., TN	Jul. 1, 1886 Jackson, Madison Co., TN	Mar. 7, 1846
Note	Extraction of Cisco (1903:26).	WEST TENNESSEE WHIG, Jackson, July 3, 1886. Died. Mrs. M.D. (Martha) Lyon, Born Jackson Co., Tenn., Sept. 15, 1805; married March 24, 1824 (to James S. Lyon); moved to Jackson, March 1825; was a Methodist for over 50 years. Died July 1, 1886.
Burial	Riverside Cemetery Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
Inscription	This grave has a simple, rectangular stone with the incription on top. JAMES SUMTER LYON BORN SCOTLAND 1798 DIED JACKSON TENN 1863	This stone is slightly larger and more ornate than her husband's. MRS. M. D. LYON BORN Sept. 15, 1805 DIED July 1, 1886	This grave has a tall, ornate monument. ELIZA H LYON BORN JAN. 17 -1826 DIED MARCH 7 - 1846
	All three of the above entries include a distance photo of the stones in context. James's stone is on the right, Martha's is in the middle, and daughter Eliza's is on the left.
Spouse	Martha D Woodfork Lyon	James Sumter Lyon
Memorial #	119998489	119999411	119999367

.  J.G. Cisco.  1903.  "Madison County."  American Historical Magazine VIII(1):26-48 (online at books.google.com; boldface added by DGM):

p. 34

James S. Lyon came to this county from Jackson County, March 24, 1825, and soon thereafter bought a large tract of land about three miles northwest of Jackson on which he settled.      Mr. Lyon was a man of wealth.  Besides the place in question he owned large bodies of land in various parts of the State.      He was sheriff of Madison county in 1842-4, but before that period was a deputy sheriff, and as such, had charge of the infamous John A. Murrell, the land pirate, whom he carried to the penitentiary of this State in Nashville after the latter had been convicted in the Circuit Court of this county.  He was selected for that important mission because it was thought that the friends of Murrell might attempt his rescue, and Mr. Lyon being a brave and fearless man, the belief was he would allow no interference with his duty.  Besides holding the positions mentions, Mr. Lyon was a member of the State Legislature from this county.      Before coming to West Tennessee Mr. Lyon married a Miss Woodfolk, of Nashville, a sister of the late General Woodfolk.  She survived her husband twenty-two years, and died in 1886...