Person:John Lyle (14)

Watchers
m. Abt 1760
  1. Esther LyleAbt 1760 -
  2. John Lyle1762 -
  3. Mary Paxton Lyle1763 - Aft 1844
  4. Robert LyleAbt 1766 -
m. Abt 1798
  1. Isabella Lyle1800 - 1857
  2. Mary Lyle1802 - 1854
  3. John Tompkins Lyle1804 - 1884
  4. Addison Lyle1808 - 1835
  5. Hester Lyle1811 - 1871
Facts and Events
Name John Lyle
Gender Male
Birth? 1762 Timber Ridge, Augusta County, Virginia[area became Rockbridge County in 1777]
Marriage Abt 1798 Barren County, Kentuckyto Nancy Tompkins

John Lyle was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Biography of John Lyle

“CAPT. JOHN LYLE OF ROCKBRIDGE” CHAPTER IV His son, John Lyle, III, was a boy soldier in the American Revolution and was given a land claim in Kentucky for his service. So, he married about 1793, Nancy, a daughter of John Tompkins, in Barren County, Ky., and they became the parents of fourteen children, of whom only three---John T, Hester, and Lucy A., married. In 1784, Ensign James McDowell, who had married Mary Paxton Lyle, moved to Kentucky and settled on the Georgetown Road, about three miles from Lexington. While devoting his time to farming and stockraising, he did not neglect the military and served against the Indians, achieving the rank of major from Governor Shelby in 1792. Although he was advanced in years, he took command of a company of cavalry, raised at Lexington, which developed into a battalion, for service in the War of 1812. In the battle with the Miami Indians on the banks of the Mississinewa River. Dec. 17, 1812, McDowell won distinction by his bravery and when the war closed, he held the rank of colonel. Moving to Mason County, Ky., he made his home on an extensive estate and here he died at an advanced age. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, all of whom did well and maintained the McDowell-Lyle heritage. Esther Lyle, daughter of Capt. John Lyle, married, Oct. 26, 1787, Joseph Paxton, the Rev. Samuel Carrick officiating. He was the son of Major William Paxton and his wife Eleanor Hays, whose home was known far and wide on the frontier as an “ordinary,” or tavern, a place of warm hospitality fashion and congeniality. From this Lyle-Paxton fireside, lines of most commendable contribution have been woven through Rockbridge County and well beyond. The eldest of the three children was named in honor of his grandfather, John Lyle Paxton. He was born in 1788 and died in 1842. About 1822, he married Esther Cummins, daughter of John Cummins and his wife Esther Reid. They were the parents of one child, Hester (or Esther,) who married Benjamin S. Higginbotham in 1845. In passing, it should be noted that one family genealogist does not mention him as a son of Joseph Paxton and Esther Lyle, but replaces him there with his daughter Hester. But Hester Paxton was born in 1825 and her father in 1788. On August 1, 1791, twin daughters were born to the Paxtons---Sarah and Mary Isabella. On Dec. 29, 1809, Sarah, called “Sallie” by the family, became the wife of Samuel Cummings; they were the parents of eight children, two of whom were twins, Samuel A. and Henry R. The other twin, Mary Isabella Paxton, married, Dec. 20, 1814. Robert Smith Campbell, born March 16, 1790, son of Alexander Campbell and his wife Janet Smith. While living at Donaldsburg, near Timber Ridge, he was an elder in the church there and, when he moved to Lexington about 1843, he became an elder in the Lexington Presbyterian Church. His Lexington home was the house William Alexander built in 1797; it was removed from its site and replaced by the president’s house” --- such is the term used by Gen. Robert E. Lee in referring to the house erected for his use by Washington College. It was built in 1869 and was the home of General Lee for only sixteen months and a half. Of Mary Isabella Lyle Paxton, it was said she was “a famous woman of her day, of great force of character, and possessing a most lovable disposition. “She died, April 19, 1852 and her husband followed her in death, Dec. 12, 1861. Both are buried in the Jackson Memorial Cemetery, in Lexington. It should be mentioned that Paxton was the first steward of the Virginia Military Institute, 1839-1842, and was the Commissioner of Revenue for the county, 1848-1861. To the Robert Smith Campbells eight children were born, all of whom rendered outstanding service to the community and bequeathed a rich heritage to the future. The first-born was Alexander Paxton Campbell, born Oct. 15, 1816, was graduated from Washington College in 1839 and became a teacher in Amherst County. In August, 1840, he married Frances Roberts, daughter of John Roberts and his wife Virginia J.C. Horsley. Back again in Rockbridge County, he became a merchant and did considerable service as a land surveyor. The family moved to Roanoke where he died Jan. 31, 1886. There were four children.


Information on John Lyle

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John LYLE 1762 - ____ ID Number: I101385

RESIDENCE: Rockbridge Co. VA and Barren Co. KY

BIRTH: 1762, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. Virginia RESOURCES: See: [S3671] Father: John LYLE Mother: Isabella PAXTON


Family 1 : Nancy TOMPKINS MARRIAGE: 1798, Barren Co. Kentucky

Mary Paxton LYLE 

Notes

Children: 2 Esther LYLE 2 Mary Paxton LYLE + Col. James MCDOWELL b: 1760