Lyle Cemetery
Around dogwood tree
2014
Located behind the old Lyle house on the south side of Old Highway 34 between Jonesborough and Telford; across from Hartman Drive. The abandoned white brick house is gone. There were many burials here but all of the markers left have been moved next to a dogwood tree.The plot measures approximately 150 ft. x 80 ft.
GPS Location: 36° 15.843N 082° 29.885W
The following is from Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles M. Bennett and the Watauga Association of Genealogists, V.II, page 1. Used with permission from Loraine B. Rae. Mr. Bennett copied these April 23, 1958.
Nave, Julia I. March 1, 1877, m. J.F.M. Lewis, August 23, 1896, d. Feb. 4, 1902 [Found 2014 by Gordon Edwards]
Lewis, James F.M., 1865-1940
Lyle, Elmira J., wife of C.J. Lyle, Nov. 28, 1843 – July 28, 1890 [m. Charles J. Lyle Dec. 21, 1861; nee Chase]
Lyle, C.J., Dec. 20, 1840 – Dec. 4, 1892 [Found 2014 by Gordon Edwards]
Lyle, Cyrus W., Ord. Sgt. Co. F 60 Tenn Mtd. Inf, CSA, Nov. 12, 1831 – May 18, 1897 [m. Sarah Butler, May 25, 1865]
Lyle, Fannie, Feb. 4, 1843 – Sept. 16, 1854 [Found 2013 by Gordon Edwards]
According to family and newspaper records, the following are also buried here:
Cassandra Boren Lyle Brown [dau. Chaney and Mary Pearcefield Boren; b. ca 1808/9, d. 1862; m. 1) Samuel A. Lyle, Jan. 23, 1823; 2) Byrd Brown, June 12, 1846, as his second wife.]
Arch Piper, d. Oct. 1892, age 74
Miss Katie Chester, d. Sept. 1893
[Cyrus W., Charles J., and Fannie were children of Samuel and Cassandra Boren Lyle. CMB]
Additional information:
1880 Census Washington County, TN
p. 483 Lyle, Cyrus W. 49, Sarah 38, Lucinda 14, Charles H. 12, Julia K. 10, Sarah N. 4, Susan E. 2.
p. 484 Lyle, Charles J. 39, Elmira, J. 36, Charles A. 18, Mary G. 16, Fannie D. 13, Samuel A. 11, Robert E. 8, Walter H. 6, Allice C. 2.
p. 484 Chester, Elizabeth 52, Catherine F. 28, Jessie 26, William P. 23.
p. 449 Hunter, M.C. 61 (m), Lucinda 46, John 22, Wm. H. 15, Cyrus 13, Mary 8, Charly 6.
1870 Census Washington County, TN
District 5
58 Lyle, C.A. 29, Elmyra J. 26, Charles A. 7, Mary G. 5, Fannie D. 3, Samuel A. 1.
61 Lyle, Cyrus W. 38, Sarah 36, Lucinda 3, Charles 2.
70 Chester, Elizabeth 42, Katie 19, Jessie 17, Wm. P. 14
74 Piper, A.R. 47, Julia C. 46, Fannie 14, Charles 11, Robert 7, Benjamin 3, GIBSON, Charles 14.
114 Hunter, Montgomery 51, Lucinda 36, John 11, William H. 5, Silas E. 3 POINDEXTER, Jane 28, Anna M. 12, James N. 10, Darcus E. 8 MOOR, Thomas 22.
1860 Census Washington County, TN
608 Piper, Arch R. 37, Julia 35, Sydney 16, Samuel 14, William 10, Francis 8 (m), Charles 1, LYLE, Cyrus 28, Charles 19.
568 Chester, Elizabeth 32, Kate 10, Casandra 8, William 5.
410 Brown, Bird 59, Casandra 51, John J. 20, Louisa 18, Saml. A.L. 12, HUSK, Henry 18, Thomas 15.
1850 Census Washington County, TN
865/893 Piper, Archibald 26 b. VA, Julia A. 23 b. TN, Sidney 6, Samuel 4, William 2, Elizabeth MOORE 20.
143/148 Chester, William P. 25, Elizabeth C. 22, James P. 10, Catherine L. 3/12
1176/1204 Brown, Bird 48 b. TN, Cassandra M. 41 b. TN, Jacob L. 20, Jacob 10, Louisa 8, Samuel A. 2; LYLE, Wm. H. 21, Cyrus 18, Lucinda 16, Henry 13, Charles 9, Frances 7.
From Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870 by Goldine Burgner:
William P. Chester to Elizabeth C. Lyle __ May 1848.
Lucinda Lyle to Montgomery C. Hunter 14 September 1852.
Chanes [Chaney] Boren to Mary Pearcefield, September 21, 1796.
From Washington County, Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldine Burgner:
Chana (Chance?) Boren April 8, 1834
Wife Jane. youngest daughter Loretta P. Boren to be educated. To wife, one secretary, 6 Windsor chairs, large falling leaf table. Daughter Cyrena C. Wilds, wife of John A. Wilds – 1/2 tract of land in Washington County on Brush Creek adjoining Elijah Boren. Daughter Casandra Lyle, wife of Samuel A. Lyle – land on Sinking Creek with Mill and water. Daughter Sabrina A. Young, wife of Thomas T. Young – land on Sinking Creek and another tract where Benjamin Drain lives on Brush Creek. Daughter Lucinda P. Lyle, wife of John Lyle. Daughter Lauretta P. Boren. $600 to John Dorsey Boren, grandson of Nicholas Boren. Executors: John A. Wilds, Abraham Hoss. Wit.: Nicholas Prescutt, Henry Hoss, Abraham Hoss, Benjamin Drane. Signed: Chance (?) Boren.
Casander M. Brown April 30, 1862
Children: Lucinda wife of Montgomery C. Hunter, Julia C. Piper, Elizabeth C. Chester. Sons, Cyrus W. Lyle, Charles J. Lyle, Matthew H. Lyle, Samuel A.L. Brown son by my last marriage. Grandchildren: Catharine, Casander Rebecca, William P. Chester – minor children of William Chester deceased. To daughter Julia C. Piper – 30 acres on Sinking Creek adjoining Doct. Thomas Young & Samuel Miller, which I got from my father. My first husband Samuel Lyle. Executor: Wilson Bayless, Wit.: A. Taylor, Wilson Bayles. Probated August Term, 1962. Signed: Cassandra M. Brown.
Researched and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web March 2014 by Betty Jane Hylton a member of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
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See also the Chester-Mahoney Cemetery