Looking for any information about Edmond/ Edmund LYON, b. 1788. Edmond and his sister Elizabeth (Betsey - would also love to know anything about her!) were orphans living with their grandfather, Robert LYON, when he died in Caswell County in 1804. Robert's will provides a legacy for them, and they become wards of their uncle, William LYON of Caswell County. About 1808, Edmond Lyon marries Elizabeth (Betsey) Cheatwood Dennis. After selling her inherited estate (from first husband, John Dennis/Tennison), they move west, eventually settling in Overton County, TN. Robert LYON's eldest son appears to be the orphans' father, but I can find nothing to indicate who either the son or his wife may have been. Does anyone have a Caswell-Orange-Person area daughter who may have married into this LYON family and then died young? Robert's other children: William (dies in Caswell in 1820 leaving wife Martha), Robert, jr. and John; daughters Ann Daniel (Nehemiah), Jane Johnston (Nuam?/Nunn?), and Mary Middlebrook (John). There are two other LYON lines in Caswell in 1800: heirs of John Lyon, who died there in 1784, and Alexander, son of William Lyon of Culpeper Co, VA. All three lines could be related, but I know of no documentation that connects them - yet! All assistance, clues, guesses gratefully accepted. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange GENDEX at http://www.gendex.com/gendex/ has over 1500 databases on line