This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lyon, Cheatwood, Dennis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/1613.2.2 Message Board Post: Edmond Lyon, b. 1788, married Elizabeth Cheatwood Dennis, widow of John Dennis/Dennison/Tennison about 1808. Edmond is the grandson of Robert Lyon, who died in Caswell County in 1804, and was not related to the John Lyon family of Person County, NC. It is possible the two Lyon families (Robert and John) descend from the same 1600s Maryland Lyon family, but that is only speculation. Edmond and Elizabeth moved to Tennessee during the 18teens, settling in Overton County, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. The family name was occasionally spelled 'Lions' or 'Lion' in Tennessee records - neither Edmond nor Elizabeth could read or write.