Name |
Thomas LYTLE |
Prefix |
Captain |
Born |
6 Jun 1750 |
Anson County, North Carolina [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Military |
1776 |
American Revolutionary War [1, 2, 3] |
- "Captain Thomas Lytle entered military service in Rowan Co., N. C. in 1776 serving under Colonel Christopher Beekman. Captain Lytle commanded a company of troops in the Cross Creek Expedition against the Scotch Tories in March, 1776. This expedition was the sequel to the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge which occurred several weeks earlier, in February, 1776.
In the summer of 1776, Lytle commanded a company of men in Rutherford's Cherokee Expedition. This campaign was in the late summer and fall of 1776 directed against the Overhills Cherokees.
After return to Burke County, Lytle took command of the western Catawba frontier forts at Fort Cathey, Fort Davidson, and Fort Wofford."
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Military |
1780 |
American Revolutionary War [1, 4] |
- "In 1780 he served under Lt. Col. Robert Holmes and Colonel Frederick Hambright at the seige of Charleston. Most of these troops returned home just before the fall of Charleston in May 1780.
Under Colonel Hugh Brevard, of Burke County, Lytle served as a company commander and was at King's Mountain, but did not participate in the battle."
--> Emmett White book
Captain, Brevard's NC Legion --> tombstone
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Property |
1782 |
Burke County, North Carolina [5] |
N.C. Land Grant, 440 acres on McCorkles Creek |
Address: n/a |
Property |
1783 |
Burke County, North Carolina [5] |
N.C. Land Grant, 250 acres on Hall's Creek. |
Address: n/a |
Property |
1 Aug 1783 |
Burke County, North Carolina [5, 6] |
Grant number 1360. 200 acres on both sides of bull creek. Book, page: 77:144. |
- Issued: 16 Nov 1790
Entered: 01 Aug 1783
Name: Thomas "Little"
|
Census |
1790 |
Burke County, North Carolina [7] |
- "Thom Litle" was enumerated as head of household and the only male age 16+. The household also includes one female (Susannah 34) and three males under 10 (John 6, George 5, and Millington 1). There is one slave.
|
Census |
1800 |
Burke County, North Carolina [8] |
- "Thomas Little" was enumerated as head of household and the only male age 45 and over. The household includes a female age 26 to 44 (Susannah 44), two males under 10 (Thomas, Jr 3 and unknown), one male 10 to 15 (Millington 11), one male 16 to 25 (likely George 15), and one female under 10 (Elizabeth 10). There are also 11 slaves.
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Census |
1810 |
Morganton, Burke, North Carolina |
- Thomas Lytle (Sr) was enumerated as head of household. He is the only male over 45. Also in the household are one male aged 10 to 15 (likely Thomas Lytle Jr., 13), one male 16 to 25 (likely Millington, 21), one male 26 to 44 (likely John, 36), one female 10 to 15 (likely Elizabeth, 15), one female 16 to 25 (likely Millington's wife Mary Potillo, 18), and one female 45 and over (likely Susannah Potillo Lytle). There were also seven slaves.
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Census |
1820 |
Burke County, North Carolina [9] |
- Thomas Lytle, Sr. is enumerated as head of household, the free white male, aged 45+. The household also includes a FWM aged 16-25, likely Thomas Lytle, Jr, a free white female aged 16-25, likely Jennie McEntire, a FWF aged 26-44, likely Elizabeth Lytle, and a FWF aged 45+, likely Susannah Potillo. There are also 5 male slaves under 14, 1 male slave aged 14-25, 1 male slave aged 26-44, 2 female slaves aged 14-25, and 2 female slaves aged 26-44. Son Millington Lytle is enumerated next door.
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FAN |
Benjamin Burgin |
FAN |
John Burgin |
FAN |
Peter Stroud |
FAN |
Thomas Hemphill |
Military |
1833 [1] |
- Applied for Revolutionary War Pension. He was awarded $217.33 per annum.
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Died |
31 May 1835 |
Burke County, North Carolina [1, 4] |
Buried |
Aft 31 May 1835 |
Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina [1, 4] |
Address: Bethel UMC-Old Cherry Springs Cemetery |
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Captain Thomas Lytle Headstone
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Notes |
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Person ID |
I1591 |
Kendrick-Hemphill |
Last Modified |
15 Jan 2012 |
Family |
Susannah PERKINS, b. 1752, d. 17 Nov 1840 (Age 88 years) |
Married |
1772 [10, 11, 12, 13] |
- While, some sources say that Captain Thomas Lytle was married to Susannah Patillo, I don't think this is accurate. A Thomas Little (Lytle) did marry a Susannah Petillo in Tryon or Lincoln county, however that marriage took place in 1783, after the Revolution, which would discount the stories referring to her during the war (although to be fair, none of the stories referencing "Mrs. Lytle" mention a first name, so it's possible he was married more than once).
Additionally, the book _Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina_ says he was married to Susannah Perkins and that the marriage took place in Rowan County.
However, their first recorded child was born in 1784, which argues for the Susannah Petillo marriage in 1783.
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Children |
| 1. John P LYTLE, b. 1784, Burke County, North Carolina , d. Aft 1861, , McDowell, North Carolina (Age 78 years) |
+ | 2. George W LYTLE, b. 27 Nov 1785, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 29 Jan 1858, , McDowell, North Carolina (Age 72 years) |
+ | 3. Millington LYTLE, b. 1789, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 1874, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 85 years) |
+ | 4. Elizabeth Sophoronia LYTLE, b. 23 Jul 1795, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 16 Jun 1837, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 41 years) |
+ | 5. Thomas LYTLE, b. 6 Jun 1797, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 17 Apr 1883, Crooked Creek, McDowell, North Carolina (Age 85 years) |
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Last Modified |
27 Nov 2015 |
Family ID |
F45 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |