John P Lyle

Other Events:

• Census: 1800, Union Dist., South Carolina
• Census: 1830, Campbell Co., Georgia
• Census: 1840, Dist. 839, Paulding, Georgia
• Census: 1850, Militia Dist. 839, Paulding, Georgia
• Occupation: 1850, Militia Dist. 839, Paulding, Georgia; Farmer
• Probate: 31 Jul 1851, Paulding Co., Georgia; Estate appraisal
• Residence: 1800, Union Dist., South Carolina; With a girl under age 10 and a woman age 16 to 25
• Residence: 1830, Campbell Co., Georgia; With a girl under age 5, a boy age 5 to 9, a boy age 10 to 14, a man and woman age 20 to 29, and a woman age 40 to 49
• Residence: 1840, Dist. 839, Paulding, Georgia; With a boy aged 15 to 19 and a woman aged 50 to 59
• Residence: 1850, Militia Dist. 839, Paulding, Georgia; With wife Elizabeth (Finley)

Notes:

Around 1785, John moved to Union County, South Carolina when he was 16 years old. He married Elizabeth Finley in 1794 in Union Co. SC.

John P Lyle then moved to Jackson County, Georgia around 1799-1800. He was a farmer and a builder and was in the War of 1812. His militia group was called up during the War of 1812 to fortify "Hog Mountain" in Jackson Co. for the purpose of building a blockade (stockade). The blockade built was called Fort Daniel and today there is a state marker at the site on State Route 124 between Braselton and Lawrenceville. In 1817, John was listed in the Jackson County, GA tax digest and was on the 1820 Census in Jackson Co, GA.

John was shown on the 1830 census Pg 195 in Campbell Co, GA with 3 sons. He is on the 1840 census in Paulding Co, GA and it is thought that he received land in the 1832 land lottery of the Cherokee lands of original Cherokee Co.

He appears with his family on the 1850 census of Paulding Co, GA in Dist 839, page 192, dwelling #661, and is noted to have owned $630.00 worth of real estate.

Name:
Some sources give the middle name "Pleasant"

Buried:
Non-Cemetery Burial
Specifically: Both John and Elizabeth are buried in unmarked graves in the woods in Yorkville, Paulding Co, GA, near White Creek off Proctor Rd which runs off of Woodrow Kay Rd (Old Draketown Road) near Pleasant Grove Rd.

John — Elizabeth Finley. Elizabeth was born 1781-1782, Union Co., South Carolina; died 1861, Yorkville, Paulding, Georgia; was buried Yorkville, Paulding, Georgia. [Group Sheet]