| Sources:
1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Marriage Index: KY,
NC, TN, VA, WF, 1728-1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund
CD-229): not found.
2. Mrs. Garland C. Norris, compiler. nd. Property Tax
List of Culpeper County, Virginia, 1783. Archives
Division, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA (online in archives of the
Culpeper County, Virginia, USGenWeb site): "List of William McClanahan,
Gent."•
| Line |
Name |
| 71 |
Thomas Grimsley... |
| 88 |
William Harris... |
| 112 |
William Lyon... |
| 115 |
Alexander Lyon, son Jacob... |
3. Alvaretta K. Register. 2001. State Census of
North Carolina, 1784-1787. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore
MD (online at Ancestry.com):•
| Page
in Book |
177 |
178 |
| County |
Wilkes |
| District |
A List of the number of Souls in Capt. Johnson's Dist.
July 7th, 1787. Returned by Ams. Hammon. |
| Page
/ Line in Census |
1 / 13 |
1 / 14 |
1 / 16 |
3 / 39 |
3 / 40 |
| Head-of-Household |
William Harris |
Jacob Lyon |
William Loyon |
Thomas Grimsley |
Elexander Lyon |
| WM
21-60 yrs |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| WM
under 21 or over 60 |
1 |
. |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| WF
all ages |
7 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Blacks
12-50 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Blacks
under 12 or over 60 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
William's complement of children jibes exactly (i.e., four boys,
three girls) with the list given by CORBIN (2009:23-24).
4. 1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #4 of 14; official enumeration date 2 Aug 1790; extracted by Diana
Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
NC |
Wilkes Co. |
Roll M637_7 |
p. 155 |
Ln. 14R |
Wm Lyon |
1-4-4-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 free white males |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= William (b. 1752) |
| 4 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= James (b. 1775) or John (b. 1774)
= William (b. 1777)
= Alexander (b. 1785)
= Jesse (b. 1789) |
| 4 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Magdalene (b. 1752)
= Sarah (b. 1781)
= Frances (b. 1782)
= Mary (b. 1783) |
5. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #30 of 49; official enumeration date 4 Aug 1800; extracted by Diana
Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1800 |
NC |
Wilkes Co. |
Morgan |
Roll M32_33 |
p. 51 |
Ln. 21 |
William Lyon |
31201-12001-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 3 males |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Lewis (b. 1793)
= Son (b. ca. 1791)
= Jesse (b. 1789) |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Alexander (b. 1785) |
| 2 males |
16-25 |
1774-1784 |
= William (b. 1777)
= James (b. 1775) or John (b. 1774) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= William (b. 1752) |
| 1 female |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Daughter |
| 2 females |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= Magdalene (b. 1752) |
Listed one line below Jacob LYON.
6. 1810 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #4 of 56 — indexed "Lyan"; official
enumeration date 6 Aug 1810; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1810 |
NC |
Wilkes Co. |
Wilkesborough |
Roll 43 |
p. 851 |
Ln. 5 |
William Lyon |
01301-00201-01 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1794-1800 |
= Lewis (b. 1793) |
| 3 males |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= Son (b. ca. 1791)
= Jesse (b. 1789)
= Alexander (b. 1785) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
by 1765 |
= William (b. 1752) |
| 2 females |
16-25 |
1784-1794 |
= |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
by 1765 |
= Magdelene (b. 1752) |
| 1 slave |
all ages |
by 1810 |
= ? |
7. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
can't find.
8. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #31-32 of 44; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by
Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1830 |
KY |
Lawrence Co. |
Roll M19_38 |
p. 288 |
Ln. 5 |
Wm Lyons Sr |
000 000 000 100 - 000 001 000 100 |
no slaves |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
70-79 |
1750-1760 |
= William (b. 1752) |
| 1 female |
30-39 |
1790-1800 |
= ? |
| 1 female |
70-79 |
1750-1760 |
= Magdalene (b. 1752) |
Listed between John LYONS and Jesse LYONS.
9a. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #37-38 of 50; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by
Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1840 |
KY |
Lawrence Co. |
Roll 117 |
pp. 39B-40A |
Ln. 16 |
Jesse Lyons |
210 000 010 010 - 011 110 110 |
no slaves |
0200000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 2 males |
4 or under |
1835-1840 |
= Colba (b. 1837)
= Corbin (b. ca. 1835) |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Ransom (b. ca. 1831) |
| 1 male |
50-59 |
1780-1790 |
= Jesse LYON (b. 1789) |
| 1 male |
80-89 |
1750-1760 |
= William S. LYON (b. 1752) |
| 1 female |
5-9 |
1830-1835 |
= Daughter (b. 1833) |
| 1 female |
10-14 |
1825-1830 |
= Miranda (b. 1827) |
| 1 female |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= Mary (b. 1821) or Sarah (b. 1823) |
| 1 female |
20-29 |
1810-1820 |
= Lucinda (b. 1819) or Rena (b. 1817) |
| 1 female |
40-49 |
1790-1800 |
= Anna (b. 1793) |
| 1 female |
50-59 |
1780-1790 |
= ? |
| 2 |
persons employed in agriculture |
It appears our subject is a widower living with his married son, Jesse.
Or is Magdalene estranged from William and living somewhere else?
9b. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com,
Image #50 of 50; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana
Gale Matthiesen):¤-
| 1840 |
KY |
Lawrence Co. |
Roll 117 |
p. 46A |
Ln. 7 |
Rev War Pensioner: Wm Lyons |
æ 88 |
Here on the last lines of the listing are the Revolutionary War Pensioners
all together.
10. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):
| Name |
William S Lyon |
Magedelene Corbin Lyon |
| Birth |
Feb. 17, 1752
Culpeper Co., VA |
Nov. 8, 1752
Wilkes Co., NC |
| Death |
Apr. 18, 1847
Blaine,
Lawrence Co., KY |
1847
Lawrence Co., KY |
| Note |
"William Lyon was not born in North Carolina, as
the headstone reads. He joined the Revolutionary Army on 29 Mar 1781 at
Wilkes County, NC. He mustered out on 04 Jul 1783, also at Wilkes County.
He married and had his 3 eldest children in Culpeper County, Virginia." |
"Previously married to Mr. Brown. Tombstone reads
Magdilla Brown Lyon." |
| Burial |
Doctor Rice Cemetery
Martha, Lawrence County, Kentucky |
| Inscription |
WM. LYON
BORN IN N.C.
DIED IN KY.
A volunteer of the
revolution. |
MAGDILLA
BROWN
LYON |
| Spouse |
Magedelene Corbin Lyon 1752-1847) |
William S Lyon (1752-1847) |
| Memorial
# |
60434833 |
60434917 |
| The two stones do look like a pair, though they're in separate photos,
so you can't tell how near they are to one another in the cemetery.
There are no dates on the stones, so be aware they must have been supplied
by the submitter from some other sources. Were the stones placed
at the time or added later by family genealogists? I'm especially
suspicious of "Magedelene's" entry because there's evidence that William's
wife may have died between 1830 and 1846, and William's wife was very young
to have had a prior husbend. Unless the stone is adjacent to William's,
I would assume this was the marker for another woman, one whose maiden
name was BROWN. It's extremely rare — as in never seen it happen
— that a woman's prior husband's surname is included on her tombstone.
Please see
this page for a discussion of the reliability of death certificates
and tombstones. |
11. Kenneth Corbin. 2009. The Leaves of the Corbin
Tree. Vol. 1 of 2. Self-published,
Louisville, KY:
| The author did not routinely
put surnames in all-caps, so I have converted them to make for easier scanning
for names. Also, the text was obviously computer-generated from a
genealogy database, so it's needlessly verbose. For the sake of of
brevity, I've extracted the facts and re-worded the text. |
| p. 23 |
83. Magdely CORBIN, b. 8 Nov 1752, Stafford
Co., VA; m. William S. LYON, s/o Alexander LYON and Elizabeth, at Lawrence
Co., KY; d. 1847, at Martha, Lawrence
Co., KY; bur. Rice Farm Cemetery, Martha, Lawrence Co., KY...
William S. LYON, b. 17 Feb 1752, Culpeper Co., VA; d. 15 Apr 1847,
Martha, Lawrence Co., KY, age 95; bur. aft. 15 Apr 1847, Rice Farm Cemetery,
Martha, Lawrence Co., KY; served Revolutionary War 1775-81.
Known children:
| |
283. |
|
i. |
|
John LYON, b. 10 Feb 1774, Culpeper Co., VA; m. 1805, Mary HOLBROOK,
b. 1755, d/o William HOLBROOK and Agnes COLLIER; d. 11 Sep 1862, Lawrence
Co., KY (æ 88). |
| |
284. |
|
ii. |
|
James LYON, b. 8 Jul 1775, Culpeper Co., VA; m. Melinda SARTER;
m. 8 Jun 1822, Lawrence Co., KY, Nancy LARGE; d. 17 Jul 1864, Martha, Lawrence
Co., |
... |
| Transcriber's comment. This is a very strange migration pattern:
from Stafford/Culpeper Cos., VA, to Lawrence Co.,
KY, back to Culpeper Co., VA, to Wilkes Co., NC, then again to Lawrence
Co., KY. I don't believe for a minute they were married in Kentucky. |
| p. 24 |
| |
|
|
|
|
KY (æ 89); bur. Rice Cemetery, Martha, Lawrence Co., KY. |
| |
285. |
|
iii. |
|
William Fant LYON, b. ca. 1777, Culpeper Co., VA; m1. 2 Aug 1819,
Wilkes Co., NC, Sally HOLBROOK; m2. 1828, Morgan Co., KY, Sarah GRISDALE;
d. 1858, Randolph Co., MO... |
| |
286. |
|
iv. |
|
Sarah LYON, b. 1781, Wilkes Co., NC; m. 1805, Levi SPARKS; d. 21
Oct 1855, Lawrence Co., KY. |
| |
287. |
|
v. |
|
Frances LYON, b. 1782, Wilkes Co., NC; blind. |
| |
288. |
|
vi. |
|
Mary "Polly" LYON, b. 12 Sep 1873, Wilkes Co., NC; d. 21 Sep 1864,
Lawrence Co., KY (æ 81); bur. Holbrook Family Cemetery, Martha, Lawrence
Co., KY; m. 2 Jan 1812, NC, John HOLBROOK, b. 10 Feb 1786, Traphill, Wilkes
Co., NC, s/o William HOLBROOK & Agnes COLLIER; d. 11 Sep 1862, Martha,
Lawrence Co., KY (æ 76). |
| |
289 |
|
vii. |
|
Alexander LYON, b. 1785, Wilkes Co., NC; d. 8 May 1879, Traphill,
Wilkes Co., NC; bur. Roaring River, Wilkes Co., NC; m. Sarah SPARKES, b.
1792, d/o John SPARKS & Sarah SHORES; m. Elizabeth BLACKBURN. |
| |
290 |
|
viii. |
|
Jesse LYON, b. 12 Apr 1789, Wilkes Co., NC; d. 2 Apr 1879 (æ
89); m. 17 Jul 1815, Wilkes Co., NC, Anna Frances HOLBROOK, b. 1793, Traphill,
Wilkes Co., NC, d/o William HOLBROOK & Agnes COLLIER. |
| |
291 |
|
ix. |
|
Lewis LYON, b. 1793, Wilkes Co., NC; d. 19 Sep 1851, Little Fork,
Elliott Co., KY; bur. Little Fork Cemetery, Little Fork, Elliott Co., KY;
m. 16 Sep 1823, Lawrence Co., KY, Lena GRIZZLE. |
... |
12. Lyon(s)
Families Association of America: Database (on CD as of 22 Feb 2010;
these are member submissions). |
