Susan, was going to suggest looking into York County, but, see that you have been researching that. Only other thought, is that when researching one branch of my family in Union County Nc, found some of them in Lancaster County Sc. They were on the line and depending on paperwork, some of them shown in Union county Nc, and some in Lancaster County Sc!. Do know that there is a large group of Lyles in/around Rock Hill Sc (york county). Good Luck! beth caldwell -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 3:19 PM Subject: [SCLANCAS] Lyles - Lancaster County, SC >Hi, > >I have been to the courthouse in Lancaster and the SC archives and have come >to a dead-end which has ended with burned courthouse records. > >My ancestors were in Lancaster County, SC but I was wondering if anyone >researching in other SC counties may have come across these unusual names. > >Has anyone researched or come across info on the Lyles families of Lancaster >Co., SC in the 1700-1800's? I have an ancestor (Minor Lyles) who appears >with Charlotte Adams - widow and Elizabeth Lyles - spinster along with his >brothers Duren and Michael. Minor and Duren would have been born in the >1840s. All of the brothers show that they were born in SC as well as their >parents. I am assuming that they were orphaned and then went to live with >Charlotte and Elizabeth. A James Lyles, of an age to be a sibling of >Elizabeth's, lives next door. I am assuming that Charlotte may have been a >Lyles before marriage as well. I haven't been able to find the boys' parents. >With names like Minor and Duren you would think that I could trace them. Dure >n married Sarah Elizabeth Blackmon but had no children. Minor married Rebecca >Hinson and moved to Gadsden, Alabama in the 1890s. Michael married Mary ? and >moved to York County, SC. Minor had a granddaughter named Lily/Lillie and >Michael had a daughter named Lily/Lillie. Minor named his 2 sons John >Franklin and William Riley. >Is there any info on where the Lancaster Lyles clan may have migrated from or >been related to? >Has anyone seen these unusual first names or maybe a Riley/Raley-Lyles >connection? >Any help or leads would really be appreciated! >Thanks Susan