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