Person:William Lytle (5)

"Sacreed to the memory of Captain William Lytle an officer of the War of the Revolution. He was born in Pennsylvania Feb 17, 1755, died on his farm Sept 19, 1829. Universally beloved for his honesty and firmness in all the relations of life. His youngest son on whom his name was bestowed placed this tablet to his memroy. "

From Tennessee Bible Records - -William was a Captain of 4th Regiment, North Carolina Line, an original memer of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati, Was third son of Robert Lytle. At 21 yrs of age he entered the service as Lt, 6th Regiment, April 16,1776; became Captain 2/28/1779, transferred to First, January 1781 and to the Fourth in 1782. He served to the close of the war with his older brother, Lt. Col. Archibald Lytle and they both became original members of the Society of the Cincinnati at its formation in Hillsboro, October 1783. They were with Washington at the battle of Germantown in Oct. 1777. In 1798 Wm. gave power of attorney to his "trustly friends Absalom Tatom, Wm. Norwood, and Catlet Campbell" to dispose of all his property and settle any debts on the eve of his departure for Tennessee. Two land warrants were issued on March 12, 1784 by Col Archibald Lytle, one for 4640 acres on the main for of Stone River, and the other for 2560 acres on the big Harpeth. The 4640 acres is the original body of land from which 60 acres were given with the reservation of one lot on the public square, by Capt Wm. Lytle for the founding of Murfreesboro, which he also stipulated should be so named in honor of his life-long friend, Maj. Hardy Murfree of the North Carolina Line. This large tract of land had come to Wm. from his brother Archibald at his death. The Deed for the founding of Murfreesboro is dated 1811. Capt Lytle is buried on the homestead at Murfreesboro, tenn. Many of Capt Lytles personal papers (86) now kept in the 'Southern Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William Lyttle & Ann(Nancy) Taylor Lyttle are buried in Murphysboro, Ky in the Lyttle family cemetery now owned by the Carnation Milk Company.

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William Lytle, of Hillsboro, N.C., son of Robert Lytle (1729-1774) and Sarah Mebane Lytle, served in the Sixth, First, and Fourth regiments of the North Carolina Line during the Revolutionary War. He entered as a lieutenant in 1776, and became a captain in 1779. He moved to Tennessee about 1790. He was involved in the Cherokee Treaty of 1791 and other Indian affairs in Tennessee in the 1790's.

Founder of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. William received a large grant of land in Tennessee for his services in the Revolutionary War. He donated the land on which Murfreesboro was built.