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Humberson LYON

SAR Patriot #: P-240140

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: 2nd Lieutenant / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A072753

Birth: abt 1757
Death: bef 16 Mar 1784

Qualifying Service Description:

Maj William Edmondson; Col William Campbell, VA Militia, Sep - Oct 1780
NSDAR cites: Furnished Supplies, Militia

Additional References:

Summers, Hist. of SW VA, 1746-1786, Washington Co, 1777-1870
Summers, Annals of SW VA, 1769-1800, pg 1118
Moss, Bobby Gilmer. The Patriots at Kings Mountain. Blacksburg, SC: Scotia-Hibernia Press, 1990; fourth printing, 1999, pg 160
1909 U.S. Gov't Monument at Kings Mountain

Spouse: (1) Nancy Pemberton; (2) Sarah XX;
Children: Stephen;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1980-08-06	OK	Unassigned	Larry E Stephenson (113033)	Stephen
1988-08-16	TX	222290	Edwin Lee Stephenson (131685)	Stephen
2022-03-25	TX	98582	John Howard Rose (206347)	Stephen
2024-12-13	CA	109965	Jeffrey Prang (167736)

Burial:

Kings Mountain Battleground (aka King) Cemetery_(C-0040274)

Location:

Blacksburg / Cherokee / SC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

70465

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

127222676

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Among KIA on plaque, 1909 Monument, KM National Military Park

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Fredrick Arnold Weyler
Three generations of Humberson Lyon lived west of the Blue Ridge on the Virginia frontier. Augusta County, VA (Chalkley p 70) court recorded the estate settlement for the elder in 1766 mentioning H Lyon junior with a settlement to neighbor Rees Bowen.

Samuel Gilbert (FPA #s8569) and Jacob Crabtree (FPA #r2420) each deposed that from May1776 he served five months with Lieutenant Humberson Lyon. Washington County began in 1777, so it would have been Fincastle County. We presume that he is the second generation.

In April 1780 Washington County recommended Humberon Lyon to the governor as Washington County militia lieutenant among other reorganizations (the state line was marked making Col. Evan Shelby and others into NC, not VA citizens)..

Draper in Heroes of Kings Mountain and Lewis Preston Summers in Annals of Southwest VA list Humberson Lyon killed at Kings Mountain. But various Washington County records continue to mention Humberson Lyon. He had his farm surveyed in 1781. He sold venison to the county. He paid 1782 taxes in Aaron Lewis’ precinct. In 1783 he expanded his Saltville VA area plantation on the Holston north fork at Cedar Creek. In 1784, his will and estate settlement were recorded, widow Nancy Pemberton Lyon.
There was no estate settlement for Humberson Lyon in 1780. Thus the patriot killed at Kings Mountain was young unmarried Private Humberson Lyon III.

Fredrick Arnold Weyler
Andrew Jackson-TN
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