William Crawford Lyle

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Jackson Co., Georgia
• Census: 1850, Subdiv. 45, Jackson, Georgia
• Census: 1860, Chandler's Dist., Jackson, Georgia; Jefferson P.O.
• Occupation: 1850, Subdiv. 45, Jackson, Georgia; Farmer
• Occupation: 1860, Chandler's Dist., Jackson, Georgia; Farmer
• Probate: 30 Oct 1860, Jackson Co., Georgia; On this date the legal heirs make an agreement to sell his estate, including fourteen slaves, and divide the proceeds. Three of the heirs (two sons and a son-in-law) are given agency by the contract to carry out the sales and division of money.
• Probate: 11 Dec 1860, Jackson Co., Georgia; On this date the estate is sold; the total proceeds are not given in the source, however the land is sold in one parcel for over $4000 and the slaves are sold for over $10000, accounting for probably the vast majority of the value recovered.
• Probate: 15 Dec 1860, Jackson Co., Georgia; A remaining slave, described as "negro girl Ann about 16 years old," who was ill on the day of the public estate sale, is sold for $1000 by agreement of the heirs
• Probate: 17 Dec 1860, Jackson Co., Georgia; Widow Elizabeth (Boring) relinquishes her interest in the estate for $1000
• Residence: 1840, Jackson Co., Georgia; With a boy and girl age 10 to 14, a boy and girl age 15 to 19, two men age 20 to 29, a woman age 50 to 59, and nine slaves
• Residence: 1850, Subdiv. 45, Jackson, Georgia; With wife Elizabeth (Boring) and two children
• Residence: 1860, Chandler's Dist., Jackson, Georgia; With wife Elizabeth (Boring)

Notes:

Buried:
Ebenezer Cemetery

William married Elizabeth Boring 25 Mar 1803. Elizabeth was born 29 Oct 1784, North Carolina; died 17 Sep 1863, Jackson Co., Georgia; was buried Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1800, Union Dist., South Carolina
• Residence: 1800, Union Dist., South Carolina; With a boy under age 10, a boy age 10 to 15, two men and a woman age 16 to 25, a woman age 26 to 44, and a woman over age 45

Notes:

Available online probate records for Jackson Co., Georgia stop weeks before his death (8 Jan 2014)

In the Bible records for Maher he is called a "Scotchman by birth" but this is assumed to refer to his Scoth ancestry rather than his place of birth for Bible records also say he was born in Ireland. The unusual name, Mahershalalhashbaz, is found in the Old Testament, Book of Isaiah, "Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz," meaning "Spoil Speeds. Prey Hastens", an ominous sign concerning the imminent fall of Damascus (Syria) and Samaria (Israel).

In the Oscar K. Lyle book the name of the son of David Lyle and Mary Blair was given as Robert. However the names and dates of birth for all of his sons were exactly the same as those for Maher Lyle found among numerous Bible records preserved by descendants of Maher and Elizabeth Lyle in Georgia; no names of females were given under Robert Lyle in the book. It was also reported by descendants early in the 20th century that Maher was known to have been a nephew of the three Lyle men who lived at Timber Ridge, Virginia, Matthew, Daniel and John Lyle.

Their home in the section of Bedford County, Virginia, became Campbell County in 1781/82 was very near the Halifax County border area.

In family papers it is said Maher Lyle served as a private during the Revolutionary War; was present when General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. No record of his actual service has been found and neither he nor Elizabeth lived long enough to apply for a pension offered in 1832 but when Elizabeth, then living in Winn's District, Jackson County, Georgia, was awarded land during the Land Lottery of 1827, the grant reveals that she was the widow of a Revolutionary War Soldier. There is a record in Campbell county, Virginia at a court held September 1782, which records that Maharshalalhazbaz Lyle proved he furnished Christopher Irvine, Commissioner of Provost Law, with 275 Grass Beef. This was when citizens who had rendered service to the Continental Army during the conflict came before the court requesting payment after the war ended. The Irvines were neighbors of the Gibsons.

It is not known how well Maher got along with his wife's family as it appears in this court case Maher had some problems with what appears to be Elizabeth's brothers:

Union County, South Carolina, Minutes of the County Court June 2, 1794
The State vs William Dasefield, Robert Gibson, John Gibson and william Gibson: "Breaking the Peace"
Maher Liles, came into open court and took the necessary oath prescribed by Law and prayed the court for a continuance of the defendant recognizance, whereforce came the said defendants, together with James Lockhead, Thomas Dean, James Maberry, John Beckham, Senr. Their securities and acknowledged themselves indebted to the state in the sum of viz the said defendants in the sum of twenty five pounds and their securities in the sum of ten pounds, to be levied on their certain goods and chattels, for their good behavior towards Maher Liles and his son Delmar Liles for the term of twelve months and one day.

Records show on November 5, 1783 Mahershalalhashbaz Lile and Betty, sold 166 acres on Cheese Creek in Campbell County, Virginia. It was about this time Maher moved to the 96TH District, Union County, South Carolina. On January 2, 1786, Mark Mitchell of Washington County, South Carolina sold to Mahar Lyle, part of a 300 acre grant to Joab Mitchell. There is also a grant February 12, 1793 for Maher Lyle in the 96th district of Union County for 165 acres on a branch of Mill Creek and Jumping Run of Pacolet River.

From traditional accounts and tax records, Dilmus and William, sons of Maher, moved to Jackson county, Georgia before 1800, settling on land on a branch of the Mulberry river, near the Gainesville-Midland Railroad. It was not long after this that Maher and the rest of the family joined them in Georgia.

There is no record of a deed for Maher Lyle in Jackson County, Georgia and he is not taxed for land but does pay for one slave in the Jackson County Tax List for 1809. Family history relates that the slave was named George, that Maher freed him but that he remained with the family continuing to care for Maher. Maher and Elizabeth are believed to have lived with their son William.

Maher and Elizabeth are said to be buried in a family cemetery near the home. One account says they are buried at the forks of the Little Oconee and Mulberry, but there are no markers or headstones to identify their graves as there are with other members. It is said that Dilmus Lyle and his wife, Katherine Reid, moved to Jackson County Georgia soon after their marriage in 1799. While seeking a swift-flowing stream on which to build a mill, Dilmus, instead, found gold. After staking a claim, Dilmus and Katherine set out to inform their families of this find. It is said that Maher and others of his family decided to move to Georgia to share in this discovery of gold, but upon returning, Dilmus could never locate the site of the stream of gold. Mahar and Dilmus with their families settled on the north shore of the Mulberry River on a road that today branches off of State Road 55. The Lyle family cemetery is here, located on part of what was their property. Maher and Elizabeth Lyle are buried in this cemetery. It is believed their graves are located nearer to the house that presently stands on the property for there are no markers or other means to identify the exact spot.

Birth:
Probably in Larne, County Antrim

Buried:
Lyle Cemetery

Maher — Elizabeth Gibson. Elizabeth (daughter of John Gibson and Elizabeth Call) was born 13 Feb 1741, Virginia; died 15 Jan 1831, Jackson Co., Georgia; was buried Jackson Co., Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Sources differ on the year because of the calendar change in the early 1700s to begin the new year on 1 Jan rather than 25 Mar; the William C Lyle Bible cited here establishes her age at death as 89 years rather than 90

Buried:
Lyle Cemetery

John — Elizabeth Call. [Group Sheet]