Posted on: Amherst County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst/10829 Surname: LYON, THURMOND ------------------------- I AM RELATED TO THE LYON AND THURMOND FAMILIES OF AMHEREST CO., VA. THIS IS HOW MY FAMILY LINE GOES. JANE LYON DAUGHTER OF (UNKNOWN LYON) MARRIED SAMUEL W. ANDERSON, HE WAS BORN 1745 AND DIED 1819. THEIR SON JOHN R. ANDERSON BORN 1780 AND DIED 1855 MARRIED IN 1802 MARY THURMOND LYON BORN 1780 AND DIED 1857 IN NELSON CO., VA. MARY THURMOND LYON WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM LYON, SR. AND FRANCES THURMOND BOTH OF AMHERST CO. FRANCES' PARENTS WERE JOHN THURMOND AND ELIZABETH _______. MARY THURMOND LYON ANDERSONS CHILDREN WERE: WILLIAM DIED 1850, DAU. MARRIED JAMES SAUNDERS, FRANCES BORN 1804, ELIZABETH B. 1809 DIED 1889 MARRIED MOSES DODD, MARY POLLY BORN 1809 MARRIED IN 1829 TO WOODSON B. FOX, MILDRED LYON BORN 1822 AND MARRIED IN 1843 THOMAS S. BERRY, MARGARET BORN 1823 MY GR-GRANDMOTHER WAS MILDRED LYON ANDERSON BORN 1822 AND MARRIED THOMAS S. BERRY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE PARENTS OF JANE LYON, WHO MARRIED SAMUEL W. ANDERSON WERE AND THE PARENTS OF WILLIAM LYON, SR. AND FRANCES THURMOND WERE. I WOULD LIKE INFO ON THE SIBLINGS ALSO. I BELIEVE THAT THE LYON FAMILY WAS ORGINALLY FROM FRANCE. DO YOU KNOW THIS TO BE CORRECT? DOES THIS INFO FIT INTO YOUR RESEARCH? THANKS FOR ANY HELP. MAUREEN MASON