Byler4thGeneration

BYLER
Fourth Generation

3. Abraham BYLER b. 3 May 1792, North Carolina, m. Rhoda O'DANIEL, b. 9 Feb 1807, South Carolina, d. 13 Jan 1884,
Texas, buried: Pine Springs Cemetery, Flatonia, Texas. Abraham died 31 Jan 1875, Texas, buried: Pine Springs Cemetery, Flatonia,
Texas. Abraham Byler was the son of Jacob Byler and wife Bathsheba Oxford. He and his wife, Rhoda O'Daniel are buried in Pine
Springs Cemetery about four miles north of Flatonia. They were in Alabama as late as 1834 and in Mississippi as early as 1841 and
as late as 1844. In Guadalupe County, Texas, there is a Power of Attorney given by Abraham Byler to Alfred T. Byler of Moniteau
County, Missouri. The date is 27 Sep 1847. This indicates Abraham was in Texas by this date. Also, this connects him with the
Byler family of Moniteau County, Missouri. Abraham had half a league of land between Muldoon and LaGrange. The Houston
Post for Sunday, Sep 29, 1963 said that on 31 Dec 1867, Abraham Byler bought 896 acres of land off the south end of the
Abbott place. The USC 1870 Fayette County, Texas shows him with real estate worth $10,000 and personal property
worth $35,000. Rhoda's parents were William Scott O'Daniel and wife Mary Caroline Abercrombie. Rhoda had several brothers in Guadalupe County, Texas. One of them was County Clerk. Source: Jacob Byler of North Carolina, by Roger L. Byler, p. 37.
    Children:
    35. i Elizabeth Rhoda b. __ ___ 1828.
    36. ii Parmelia Jane b. 16 Apr 1829.
    37. iii Jacob Franklin b. 13 Oct 1832.
    38. iv Rufus Abraham b. __ ___ 1834.
    39. v Martha "Mattie" b. __ ___ 1841.
      vi Sarah "Ella" BYLER b. 2 Apr 1844, Mississippi, m. William N. WADDELL. Sarah died 14 Sep 1932. William: Was
younger brother of G.W. Waddell who married Ella's sister Parmelia Jane Byler. No issue.

14. Elizabeth BYLER b. 11 Sep 1794, North Carolina, m. Samuel ALLEN, b. South Carolina. Elizabeth died 15 Apr 1876,
buried: Hall Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas.
    Children:
      i Abraham ALLEN.
      ii Bathsheba ALLEN b. __ ___ 1829, Tennessee, d. 1 Feb 1857.
      iii Anderson ALLEN.
      iv Katherine ALLEN.
    40. v Martha.
      vi Samuel ALLEN b. __ ___ 1834.
      vii Mary Ellen ALLEN.
    41. viii Sarah Isabel b. 20 Jul 1840.
      ix John ALLEN.

15. Mary Ann "Polly" BYLER b. 31 Oct 1796, Buncombe County, North Carolina, m. (1) __ ___ 1814, in Giles County,
Tennessee, Benjamin DAVIS, b. South Carolina ?, d. 9 Sep 1824, Giles County, Tennessee, m. (2) 31 May 1825, in Florence,
Lauderdale County, Alabama, Anderson WHITE, b. 7 Jun 1801, North Carolina, (son of William WHITE and Susannah DAVIS)
d. 1 Dec 1885, Grayson County, Texas, buried: Hall Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas. Mary died 15 Dec 1868, Louisiana.
Edgar Byler III says marriage date to Anderson White was 3 May 1825. Is thought to be buried in Opelousas, Louisiana but
not confirmed. Benjamin: Benjamin was a son of Daniel Davis. Anderson: Anderson White was a Confederate soldier.
    Children:
    42. i William Carroll b. 29 Dec 1814.
      ii Abner C. DAVIS b. __ ___ 1817, Lauderdale County, Alabama, d. __ ___ 1835, Texas. Unmarried. J.J. Linn, "Fifty
Years in Texas," lists him as one of the men killed in the battle of San Jacinto. He was in Co. A of 1st Reg. of Texas Volunteers.
Source: Jacob Byler of North Carolina, Roger Byler, p 50.
    43. iii Anna Alina b. __ ___ 1818.
      iv Polly Ann DAVIS b. __ ___ 1821, Lauderdale County, Alabama, m. _____ WILSON.
      v Alvina DAVIS b. __ ___ 1823, Lauderdale County, Alabama, m. James PARKER.
    44. vi Cynthia "Sintly" Tomirous b. 9 Mar 1826.
    45. vii Benjamin Franklin b. 28 Dec 1828.
    46. viii Nancy Emylene b. 6 Apr 1830.
      ix Elizabeth Jane WHITE b. 20 Nov 1832, Haywood County, Tennessee, d. __ ___ 1880.
      x Sarah Frances "Sary" WHITE b. 10 Mar 1835, Haywood County, Tennessee, m. 18 Dec 1851, Aaron HANING. Sarah
died 6 Jan 1857, Howe, Grayson County, Texas.
      xi Dicy Ellen WHITE b. 26 Mar 1837, Missouri, m. 19 Jan 1854, Robert Sylvanus Armstrong BARNETT. Dicy
died __ ___ 1863. Cousin to Sarah Isabel Allen.
      xii James Byler Monroe WHITE b. 10 Apr 1839, Miningport, Morgan County, Missouri, m. (1) Mary COPELAND
BLACK, m. (2) 29 Jan 1860, Lina McDONALD. James died 29 Jul 1929.

16. Sarah "Sally" BYLER b. 7 Jul 1799, North Carolina, m. 12 Oct 1819, Solomon KELTNER, b. 10 Apr 1790, Virginia,
Lutheran, d. 5 Aug 1854, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, buried: Keltner Cemetery, Lauderdale County, TN. Sarah died 12 Oct
1882, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. Solomon: Solomon Keltner was the only Keltner to come to Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
He came with his wife and her family from Giles County, Tennessee which was later changed to Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
He didn't move, the county line just changed.
    Children:
      i Elizabeth KELTNER b. __ ___ 1817, d. 29 Oct 1846, buried: Moniteau County, Missouri. Never married. Died at
Grand father Byler.
    47. ii Mary b. 8 Jan 1819.
    48. iii James S. b. 15 Oct 1821.
    49. iv Jacob Benjamin "Jake" b. 27 Feb 1824.
      v Abraham KELTNER b. Abt __ ___ 1826, d. 1 Sep 1829.
    50. vi John Lemuel b. 1 Sep 1829.
    51. vii Rachel Elvira b. 18 Jan 1832.
      viii Solomon Mack KELTNER b. 24 Jan 1835, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, m. Lucy Angelina BALL. Solomon died
22 Sep 1884, buried: Lauderdale County, Tennessee. He was a brick mason. No children. Raised Susan Howard, b. 1872.
      ix Henry Everett KELTNER b. 25 Nov 1837, m. Deliah E. MERRELL. Henry died 9 Jul 1888.
    52. x Harriett Amanda b. 19 Oct 1840.

17. Anna BYLER b. 16 Jun 1804, North Carolina, m. 2 Jan 1823, Alfred NORMAN, b. 20 Apr 1800, Culpepper County,
Virginia, (son of James NORMAN and _____ _____) d. 9 Jul 1863, California, Moniteau County, Missouri. Anna died 3 Jul 1882,
California, Moniteau County, Missouri. Alfred: Killed by one of his slaves.
Children:
53. i Elisabeth Elvira b. 14 Apr 1830.

18. Elvira BYLER b. 12 Jun 1809, Giles County, Tennessee, m. __ ___ 1832, in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee,
Benjamin Franklin JORDAN, II, b. 11 Nov 1807, Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, (son of Benjamin Franklin
JORDAN, I and Elizabeth JOHNSTON) d. 29 Jun 1868, Buena Vista, Ouachita County, Arkansas. Elvira died 1 Nov 1866,
Buena Vista, Ouachita County, Arkansas.
    Children:
      i Jacob JORDAN b. __ ___ 1834, Haywood County, Tennessee, m. Sallie LEWIS. Jacob died 17 May 1924.
    54. ii Benjamin Franklin b. 16 Sep 1837.
      iii William JORDAN b. 22 Jan 1840, Haywood County, Tennessee, d. 17 May 1917.
      iv Christina C. JORDAN b. 18 Feb 1842, Haywood County, Tennessee, m. 1 Feb 1860, William P. HALE, b. 21 Nov 1829,
Coweta County, Georgia, d. 17 May 1895, Buena Vista, Ouachita County, Arkansas. Christina died 15 Sep 1886, Buena Vista,
Ouachita County, Arkansas.
      v Frances JARDAN b. __ ___ 1843, Ouachita County, Arkansas, m. _____ COLEMAN.
    55. vi John Dawson b. 17 Feb 1846.
      vii Robert Lawson JORDAN b. 11 Jun 1848, Camden, Ouchita County, Arkansas, m. 23 May 1878, Rebecca Louise
GRIMMETT. Robert died __ ___ 1924.
      viii James Wade JORDAN b. 16 Mar 1851, Camden, Ouchita County, Arkansas, m. 15 Dec 1872, Della GRINER. James
died 19 Jun 1905, Arkansas.

19. John BYLER b. 23 Jan 1797, Carter County, Tennessee, m. 15 Jun 1820, in Bedford County, Tennessee, Medean
ATKINSON, b. 3 Jun 1799, (daughter of John ATKINSON, Sr. and Mary DUNN) d. 10 May 1845, Byler Bottoms, Bedford
County, Tennessee, buried: Byler-Marchant Cemetery, Rover, TN. John died 24 Jun 1872, Lunenburg, Izard County, Arkansas,
buried: Lunenburg Cemetery, Izard County, AR.
      John Byler came to Izard County from Bedford County, Tennessee in November, 1849. He had been born in Carter County,
Tennessee on the 23rd of January 1797 and left that county in 1808 when his father moved to Bedford County, Tennessee.
Shortly after arriving in Bedford County, John Byler professed religion and joined the Enon Baptist Church, to which his father,
Abraham had donated land.
      In 1818, troubles with the Seminole Indians called many of the young men of Tennessee to volunteer for military service.
John Byler volunteered on 30 January 1818 and joined Captain Neverly William's company of the Second Regiment, Tenessee
Volunteer Mounted Gunmen. He served until 30 June 1818 and would later draw two land bounties in Izard County for his service.
      On the 15th of June 1820, John Byler married Miss Medean Atkinson, the daughter of State Senator John Atkinson and his
first wife, Mary Dunn. Medean Atkinson was born 3 June 1799 and died at her home, Byler Bottoms in Bedford County,
Tennessee on 10 May 1845. She was buried beside her daughter, Nancy Byler Marchant, in the Byler-Marchant Cemetery.
      When John Byler arrived in Izard County, he settled on Rocky Bayou Creek, near Lunenburg. In 1852, he was elected
to serve Izard County as Surveyor, a position he held until 1856. It is not known what his political views were during the War
of Rebellion. Two of his sons were soldiers of the Confederacy while one elected not to fight but moved to Rolla, Missouri.
John Byler died at Lunenburg on 24 June 1872 and is buried in the Lunenburg Cemetery [No marker].
      Source: The Ancestry of the Byler Family In Izard County Part 1 by Edgar D. Byler, III, Volume 13, Number 4, October
1982, pg 22.
      Note: Spelling of the Atkinson sirname was spelled Adkinson in the original article.
      In the 1870 Federal Census, he was living with his son, John Atkinson Byler and Family.
      From Goodspeed's History of Arkansas, p 960: John Byler, was a private in the War of 1812, and was in the battle of New
Orleans.

Medean: Miss Medean Atkinson married John Byler on the 15th of June 1820. She was the daughter of Senator John Atkinson
and his first wife Mary Dunn. Medean Adtinson died at her home, Byler Bottoms in Bedford County, Tennessee. She was buried
beside her daughter, Nancy Byler Marchant, in the Byler-MarchantCemetery.
    Children:
    56. i Nancy Ann b. 26 Apr 1821.
    57. ii William Lawrence b. 12 Apr 1822.
    58. iii Mary E. b. 20 Mar 1826.
    59. iv John Atkinson b. 26 Feb 1828.
    60. v James H. b. 18 Oct 1829.
    61. vi Barbara Hannah b. 18 May 1831.
    62. vii Joseph Love b. 1 Oct 1834.

20. William Love BYLER b. __ ___ 1800, Carter County, Tennessee, m. __ ___ 1825, in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, Delphia ALSOBROOK, b. 3 Dec 1802, North Carolina, (daughter of James ALSOBROOK and Mary E. BADDY) d. 3 Dec 1857,
Lauderdale County, Tennessee, buried: Prospect Pk Cem, Lauderdale County, TN. William died 2 May 1836, Lauderdale County,
Tennessee, buried: Prospect Pk Cem, Lauderdale County, TN. Roger Byler in his book, page 148 does not list William as a son
of William Love BYLER. He says they lived on the Big Hatchee River in Tennessee. Their mailing address seems to have been
Covington. Delphia: Roger Byler in his book, page 147 lists her as Dalphinia (Delpha) CALDWELL. Another source gives birth
date as 17 Feb 1802 and place of birth as Edgecombe, VA.
    Children:
    63. i Jacob b. 2 Feb 1828.
    64. ii Mary b. __ ___ 1829.
    65. iii James C. b. __ ___ 1834.
      iv Benjamin L.D. BYLER b. __ ___ 1838, m. 15 Jan 1861, in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, Mary E. PERKINS,
b. __ ___ 1842, d. __ ___ 1897. Another source gives birth date as 1832.

21. Jacob Matthew BYLER b. 27 Jul 1802, Carter County, Tennessee, m. (1) 11 Nov 1824, in Bedford County, Tennessee,
Susannah RUCKER, b. 22 Dec 1807, Bedford County, Tennessee, (daughter of Elliot RUCKER and Stacy WHEELER)
d. 18 Sep 1846, Hickman County, Tennessee, m. (2) 23 Apr 1848, in Hickman County, Tennessee, Rachel R. SMITH,
b. 21 Feb 1823, d. 9 Sep 1879, Izard County, Arkansas, buried: Cook Cemetery, Izard County, Arkansas. Jacob died
26 Jan 1868, Knob Creek, Izard County, Arkansas, buried: Cook Cemetery, Izard County, Arkansas. Rachel: Rachel was a
school teacher. While the Civil War was going on she taught her children at home. She gave them all a good education. [From
a letter by Caroline Byler]
    Children:
    66. i Elvira D. b. 19 Aug 1825.
    67. ii Elizabeth K. b. 15 Aug 1827.
    68. iii Abraham Garland b. 9 Jun 1829.
    69. iv Elliott Rucker b. 18 Jul 1831.
      v Nancy R. BYLER b. 19 Feb 1833, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. 7 Nov 1858, Lorenzo LOVITT.
      vi Stacey E. W. BYLER b. 24 Jun 1835, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. 25 Jun 1835, Bedford County, Tennessee.
      vii William Jordan BYLER b. 28 Sep 1836, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. 25 Apr 1861.
      viii Stacy Susannah BYLER b. 8 Nov 1838, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. 2 Oct 1859, Richard BOATMAN. Stacy died
15 Mar 1861.
      ix Jacob Anderson BYLER b. 23 Nov 1840, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. 8 Aug 1847, Hickman County, Tennessee.
      x Mary Louise BYLER b. 2 Aug 1843, Hickman County, Tennessee, d. 30 Nov 1904.
      xi Violet Orpah BYLER b. 18 Aug 1845, Hickman County, Tennessee, d. 13 Aug 1847, Hickman County, Tennessee.
    70. xii Rebecca S. b. 16 Feb 1849.
    71. xiii David Jacob "Jake" b. 19 Jan 1851.
    72. xiv James William b. 17 Mar 1853.
    73. xv John Love b. 12 Aug 1855.
    74. xvi Alexander D. "Aleck" b. 2 Sep 1862.

22. James Taylor BYLER, Sr. b. 11 Apr 1804, Carter County, Tennessee, m. (1) __ ___ 1833, in Bedford County, Tennessee,
Mary RIGGS, b. Abt__ ___ 1814, d. Abt__ ___ 1844, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. (2) Abt__ ___ 1849, in Bedford County,
Tennessee, Mary Jane TAYLOR, b. 10 Dec 1824, Tennessee, d. __ ___ 1869, Izard County, Arkansas, m. (3) Nancy RIGGS.
James died 22 Mar 1879, Lavaca County, Texas, buried: Byler Cemetery, Lavaca County, Texas. James Taylor Byler came to
Izard County, Arkansas probably in the Fall of 1855 or Spring of 1856. It is not known where they were living between 1842,
when Nancy Love Byler died, and when they arrived in Izard County. It is probable that they had stopped in Lauderdale County,
Tennessee where James' brothers-in-law, John and Isaac Maxwell, had settled. James and family did not remain in Izard County long. Sometime between 1870 and 1879 they moved to Lavaco County, Texas where James died on 22 March 1879 and is buried in
the Byler Cemetery there. It is not known whether any of James' children remained in Izard County.
Source: Edgar D. Byler, III - Izard County Historian

From "Jacob Byler of North Carolina" by Roger L. Byler, pp 203-204:
   James Taylor Byler, Sr. was a licensed Baptist preacher, a teacher and a Justice of the Peace. C.C. Byler of Vidor, Texas
has his JP Commission. The late Mr. Marion Byler of Fayette County, Texas told Roger L. Byler that his grandfather (James
Taylor Byler, Sr.) had come from Mountain View, Arkansas to the home of his son T.H. Byler in Fayette County, Texas, arriving
15 Jan 1879 and dying 22 Mar 1879. He is buried in the Byler Cemetery between Muldoon and West Point.
   The following is a letter from James Taylor Byler to his uncle Joseph Byler (brother of Abraham, James Taylor's father):
             "Covington Tipton County Big Hatchee 22 April 1826
   "Dear Uncle    I avail myself the opportunity of informing you that I am in good health hoping these few lines may find you and
yours so too. I have lately taken lodging with Brother William, who is married and is living within 15 miles of the mouth of Hatchee
where I intend making a crop he has five negroes. We have planted about 25 acres in corn which is now up and has three or four
blades on a stalk the balance of our corn we will get planted next week our other crop consisting of cotton, potatoes, and looks
fine and flourishing.
   "I left Fathers on the 19th of January and received a letter from Father dated 30th March which stated they were not well,
they have had a complaint called influenza or cold plague but states they were better but fearful that they were not entirely out of
danger.
   "Uncle Jacob Byler has bought land of Father in this country and intends moving himself and his little sons in laws on to it the
land lies on Cane Creek north of Hatchee where I intend to spend my 70 years allotted to me by scriptue and I am not married
nor do I intend to marry shortly. Sister Elvira, Brother Jacob and William are all married since you were here. William married
Delpha Caldwell. Jacob married Susan Rucker. Elvira married John Maxwell a son of Solomon Maxwell.
   "Tell Cousin Thomas and D.B. Peters that I would be glad to see them here and also for them to see our Hatchee land they can
come quite hand by water and return the same way. I wish to get as many of my acquaintance and relation settled near me as I
possibly can I believe the country to be Healthy, heartsome and really desirable. I believe this will (some day or other) be styled
and contain the Emporium of the West. I judge from its situation and the Vast Extant of wholesome rich country which lies between
the Tennessee River and the Mississippi and knowing this to be the garden spot in it..... I wish I could (see ?) you and the remaining
few of my kindred in that country but my business will not permit of my leaving here yet. The surveying business has once more
revived in this country in which I am bound to attend to - nothing more of a general nature. Brother William wishes his best respect
to be conveyed through the medium of this letter together with mine to honored Grandmother yourself and family Uncle Samuel
Peters and family and I am dear Uncle with due respect your,
                                  Nephew
                                  Jas T. Byler Capt Joseph Byler"

   The following is a transcription of a deed to James T. Byler which gives more on the family of Abraham Byler:
   "Know all men by these presents that I James T. Byler of the County of Williamson and the State of Tennessee am held and
firmly bound unto John Byler, William L. Byler, Jacob Byler, John H. Maxwell guardian of the minor heirs of Elvira Tate Maxwell,
deceased, Thomas Black, Mary L. [Byler], his wife, James P Smith and Orpha D. [Byler], his wife in the general sum of seven
hundred dollars well and truly to be paid I bind myself my heirs exectors and administrators firmly by these present and the condition
of the above obligation is such that whereas the said James T. Byler has this day received of the named John Byler and other legatees
of Abraham Byler, Dec'ed a certain negro boy named Frank for the care and protection of Abraham Byler an Idiot. Then this
obligation to be void otherwise remain in full force in law and equity, this 29th day of December 1842.
                           James T. Byler
   Test, Joseph Tlight, Noah Putnam"

"According to the 1870 Census for Izard County, Arkansas, Catherine was the last child born in Tennessee and Susannah was
the first child born in Arkansas which would mean they went to Arkansas sometime between 1855 and 1858, or probably in 1856
or 1857. His daughter Nancy, age 36, was still at home in 1870. The other children named are from the second wife. In addition
there was a Brian Lewis, wagon-maker living with them."

   Another source says he was born in November 1804. Mary: Marion Byler reported to Roger L. Byler that Mary Riggs was a
full-blood Cherokee Indian and that her mother's maiden name was Black.
    Children:
      i Nancy S. BYLER b. __ ___ 1834, m. (1) _____ JOHNSON, m. (2) _____ COOPER. Nancy died Aft 1870. Nancy
was living at home at the time of the 1870 census. She is said to have married Mr. Johnson and had a child, both the child and
Mr. Johnson died during the Civil War. She, then, married Mr. Cooper. This was probably after 1870. Source: "Jacob Byler
of North Carolina", Roger L. Byler, p. 205
      ii Edward BYLER b. Cir 1836. He was 14 on the 1850 Census but is not shown on later census records.
    75. iii Thomas Harvey b. 18 Aug 1840.
      iv Mary B. BYLER b. 2 Jan 1842, m. (1) _____ MITCHELL, m. (2) _____ McGEE. _____: It is said that she divorced
him when he stole cattle.
      v Sarah J. BYLER b. 5 Apr 1846. She was on the 1850 Census for Gibson County, Tennessee and on the 1860 Census
for Izard County, Arkansas but not on the 1870 census.
      vi John V. BYLER b. Cir 1847, d. Cir 1868, Arkansas. On the 1850 Census he was given as 3 years old, but on the 1860
Census he listed as 14 years old. He was not on the 1870 Census. Another source gives middle initial as W.
    76. vii James Taylor b. 17 Jun 1851.
    77. viii Joseph A. b. 5 Mar 1853.
    78. ix Catherine W. "Kit" b. 23 Sep 1855.
      x Susannah BYLER b. __ ___ 1858, Arkansas. Birth year is about 1858.
    79. xi William Stephen b. 13 Mar 1860.
    80. xii Orpha Angeline "Angie" b. 29 Mar 1862.
    81. xiii Jefferson Miller b. 5 Aug 1865.

23. Nancy Love BYLER b. Abt__ ___ 1805, m. Isaac D. MAXWELL. Nancy died __ Sep 1841, Tennessee, buried: Jacob
F. Byler Home Cemetery.
Children:
i Nancy MAXWELL d. __ Sep 1841.

24. Elvira BYLER b. __ ___ 1806, Tennessee, m. John H. MAXWELL, (son of Solomon G. MAXWELL and _____ _____)
d. Lauderdale County, Tennessee. Elvira died 5 Sep 1834, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, buried: Jacob F. Byler Home Cemetery.
Elvira might have been born in 1807. John: Justice of the Peace - 1838-1843.
    Children:
      i Abraham Byler MAXWELL.
      ii Elizabeth MAXWELL.
      iii Bedford MAXWELL.
      iv Isaac MAXWELL.

25. Mary Love BYLER b. 19 Dec 1809, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. Abt__ ___ 1830, in Bedford County, Tennessee,
Thomas Hill BLACK, b. 4 Aug 1807, Williamson County, Tennessee, (son of William BLACK and Frances HILL) occupation
Col., d. 23 Jun 1889, Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas, buried: Bingham Cemetery, Melbourne, Arkansas. Mary died 14 Dec
1871, Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas, buried: Bingham Cemetery, Melbourne, Arkansas. Mary's headstone gives her name as
Mary T. Black. However, all information I have ever seen says her name was Mary Love (Byler) Black. Thomas:
Col. Thomas Black was born on the 4th of October, 1807. In 1813, Col. Black removed with his father from Williamson to
Bedford County, Tennessee, and when he was in his nineteenth year he was elected lieutenant of the militia. When twenty-one years
of age was promoted to the rank of captian and subsequently in his twenty-sixth and twenty-ninth years he was made adjutant-major
and then colonel of his regiment. When twenty-three years of age he was elected to the Tennessee legislature, where he remained for
four successive terms representing Marshall and Bedford Counties. Within this time occurred the trouble of 1841 and 1842, relating to an ineffectual effort to remove Foster and White from the United States Senate. Col. Black being a Democrat, dyed in the wool, voted accordingly.
In 1849, Col. Black moved with his family to Izard County, from which he was sent to represent the county in 1852. In
1856 he was elected county and probate judge which office he filled successfully for four years, when he was appointed by the
governor for two years more. In 1880, Col Black again represented Izard County in the State Legislature and with the expiration
of this term of office came the end of his public life. His last years were spent in the retirement of his home circle, but he was at
all times keenly alive to passing events. His death occurred at his residence near Melbourne, on the 23rd of June, 1889; when in his eighty-second year, and after a long and useful life.

REF: J.K.P. BLACK, "The Izard County Historian" Vol 2, Nr 2, April 1971, pp 32-33
This article states that this information was a biographical sketch taken from "Goodspeed's History of Northeast Arkansas"
printed in 1889.

Thomas Black was born 4 Aug 1807 Williamson County, Tennessee, died 23 Jun 1889. Col Black of the Tennessee Militia was
elected in 1838 to represent Bedford County, Tennessee in the State Legislature and reelected for three more terms. In 1849,
they moved to a farm near Melbourne, Arkansas. In 1852, he was elected to the Arkansas Legislature and served several terms.
Being defeated, he was elected County Judge in 1858. He ran again for the Legislature in 1860 and was defeated, but ran once
again in 1862 and won. He retired in 1864. He was a secessionist - a large slave owner. He was elected to the legislature again
in 1880. For the 1870 US Census, they were in Rocky Bayou township; for the 1880 US Census, they were in Mill Creek Township
. Thomas Black seems to have been the son of Francis Black who was with him on the 1850 US Census as age 66 born North
Carolina.

REF: JACOB BYLER OF NORTH CAROLINA by Roger L. Byler, published 1985, p 222
    Children:
    82. i William Spencer b. 12 Oct 1830.
      ii Abraham L. BLACK b. __ ___ 1833, Bedford County, Tennessee.
    83. iii Orpha Elizabeth b. 21 Jan 1835.
      iv John BLACK b. __ ___ 1837, Bedford County, Tennessee. Killed during the Civil War.
    84. v James Knox Polk b. __ ___ 1840.
      vi Mary Love BLACK b. 1 May 1842, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. 6 Nov 1895, in Izard County, Arkansas, John Poe RICHARDSON, b. 8 Apr 1835, (son of Thomas RICHARDSON and Margaret MILLER) d. 17 Dec 1904, buried: Bingham
Cemetery, Melbourne, Arkansas. Mary died 22 May 1910, buried: Bingham Cemetery, Melbourne, Arkansas. John: Captain of
Confederate Tennessee Army. Have seen other source that gives name as John B. Richardson. [Believe that to be an error. C.
Hayden 1997]

26. Orpha Dungan BYLER b. 5 Jul 1818, Bedford County, Tennessee, m. 28 Feb 1833, in Bedford County, Tennessee, James P.
SMITH, b. Abt__ ___ 1808, d. 1 Jun 1849, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Orpha died 15 Oct 1863, Izard County, Arkansas,
buried: Lunenburg Cemetery, Izard County, AR. Orpha D. Byler Smith was the youngest child of Abraham and Nancy Love Byler
to settle in Izard County, Arkansas. Following the death of her husband, James P. Smith, 1 June 1849 in Rutherford County,
Tennessee, Orpha D. Byler Smith joined her brothers and sister in Izard County probably settling near Lunenburg in November 1849
. In 1851 she filed for and was granted a land bounty for 80 acres from the Federal government and in 1885 she was granted an
additional 80 acres under the provisions of an Act of Congress in 1855. Both grants were based on the service of James P. Smith
in the Cherokee War of 1838 and the land was located in Township 16, Range 9, Izard County and are recorded in Deed book
12, pages 631 and 637.
   Source: "The Ancestry of the Byler Family in Izard County", by Edgar Byler, III, Izard County Historian, Vol 14, Nr. 1, Jan 1983,
p. 19. James: James P. Smith married Orpha D. Byler 28 February 1833. It is not known when or where James P. Smith was
born or who his parents were. James P. Smith did volunteer for service in the Cherokee War of 1838 and was a member of
Captain George W. Hudlow's company of a regiment of Tennessee Volunteers commanded by Colonel Henderson Yocum. He
served from 13 May to 13 August 1838. About 1844, James P. and Orpha D. Byler Smith moved to Rutherford County,
Tennessee where James died on 1 June 1849.   James P. and Orpha D. Byler Smith were the parents of six children.
   Source: "The Ancestry of the Byler Family in Izard County", by Edgar Byler, III, Izard County Historian, Vol 14, Nr. 1, Jan 1983,
p. 19.

    Children:
    85. i Samuel Rutledge b. 13 Aug 1834.
      ii Thomas SMITH b. __ ___ 1839, Bedford County, Tennessee. He moved to Texas about 1862/3.
      iii Infant daughter SMITH b. 26 Oct 1841, Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. 29 Oct 1841, Rover, Bedford County,
Tennessee, buried: Byler Cemetery, Rover, Tennessee.
      iv Infant daughter SMITH b. 2 Aug 1842, Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee, d. 22 Aug 1842, Rover, Bedford County,
Tennessee, buried: Byler Cemetery, Rover, Tennessee.
      v Mary A. SMITH b. __ ___ 1844, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
      vi Elvira B. SMITH b. __ ___ 1848, Rutherford County, Tennessee.

27. John BYLER b. 20 Apr 1798, Buncombe County, North Carolina, m. Sarah HAYWOOD, b. 18 May 1796, Tennessee,
d. 22 Sep 1862, Adams County, Illinois. John died 12 Feb 1875, Adams County, Illinois.
Children:
86. i Louisa Jane b. 5 Jan 1843.

28. Thomas Dillard BYLER b. 10 Oct 1805, Buncombe County, North Carolina, m. 9 Apr 1829, in Cooper County, Missouri, Jane GILBREATH, b. 22 Dec 1811, Tennessee, d. 11 Mar 1886, Cooper County, Missouri, buried: Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Thomas died 6 Dec 1878, Cooper County, Missouri, buried: Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery.
    Children:
      i Rebecca Jane BYLER b. __ ___ 1831.
      ii John Gilbreath BYLER b. 24 Sep 1832.
    87. iii Joel Woodward b. 18 Feb 1834.
      iv Nancy BYLER b. __ ___ 1836.
      v William Henry BYLER b. __ ___ 1838.
      vi Mary "Polly" Ann BYLER b. __ ___ 1840. Birth date about 1840.
      vii Eliza BYLER b. __ ___ 1841.
      viii Elizabeth BYLER b. 26 Jan 1843.
      ix Thomas Dillard BTLER, Jr. b. 2 Nov 1844.
      x David Newton BYLER b. __ ___ 1845.
      xi Jane R. BYLER b. __ ___ 1846. Birth year is about 1846.
      xii George Washington BYLER b. 20 Oct 1849.
      xiii James BYLER b. __ ___ 1852.
      xiv Alfred Tyre BYLER b. __ ___ 1855.

29. Elizabeth PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1800, m. __ ___ 1818, in Cooper County, Missouri, James HILL, b. Abt ____ 1797,
North Carolina. The obit of Caroline (Hill) Williams says there were 13 children, of whom only two were buried in Missouri.
The rest were buried in California. James:
   The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Luke Williams a Baptist minister being the first to come into the county.
I [Roger L. Byler] think that, at first, he came into the countyonly occassionally. James Hill was the sheriff of Cooper County
for eight years. There was a James Hill who was a charter member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church which was formed out of
members of Mt. Pisgah, who lived south of Moniteau Creek. I do not know that this was the same James Hill.
   There is considerable uncertainty about the Hill family. I have no direct contact with any of the descendants of Elizabeth Peters
and James Hill. Earl C. Phillips, who is a descendant of a sister of Elizabeth gave me the following out of his memory: Elizabeth
Peters m. Kaleb "Cape" Hill and had Carrie Hill who married ____ Crawford, Sally Hill who married _____ Anthony, and Kaleb Hill.
   SOURCE: "Jacob Byler of North Carolina" by Roger L. Byler, p. 244.
    Children:
      i John B. HILL b. Abt __ ___ 1828, Missouri.
      ii Sally HILL b. 30 Oct 1830, m. __ ___ 1868, Joseph ANTHONY. Sally died 16 Sep 1913, buried: Freedom Baptist
Church. She was a member of the Baptist Church at Versailles. They lived near Russellville, Missouri.
      iii Martha HILL b. Abt __ ___ 1833.
      iv Caroline HILL b. __ ___ 1836, m. 5 Jul 1926, A.N. WILLIAMS, d. __ ___ 1918. Caroline died __ ___ 1926, buried:
McGIRK. Caroline was a Baptist. She was buried at McGirk. She died at age 90 years, 5 months and 20 days.
      v Priscilla HILL b. Abt __ ___ 1837.
      vi William H. HILL b. Abt __ ___ 1840.
      vii Caleb I. HILL b. Abt __ ___ 1842.

30. David B. PETERS b. 16 Apr 1805, m. 25 Jul 1825, Lucy Caroline KELLEY.
   David B. Peters married 25 Jul 1825 Luch Caroline Kelley (See Missour Mother of the West, Vol. III) However, the 1850
USC Moniteau County, Missouri shows wife Sarah B. NC. Lucy was received by experience into the California Baptist Church
in 1840. Therefore the children born by 1840 were hers, and all may be hers.
   From First Baptist Church, California, Missouri minutes (formerly Mt. Gilead): 1839 David B. Peters received by letter. 1840
Lucy Peters received by experience. David B. Peters chosen delegate to the association. 1841 David B. Peters appointed Asst.
Church Clerk, sent as delegate to the association, sent to assist Double Springs Church. Oct 1841 David B. Peters appointed
treasurer 1842 Church asked deed of Bro. PEters. He refused and was censured. A Committee form other churches was asked
to consider the matter. They did and decided the church was wrong in censuring Mr. Peters - said he had a right to refuse to give
the deed. They urged the church to receive second deed offered by Mr. PEters. The church received the second deed. 1842
David B. Peters sent as delegate to association. 27 Mar 1843 received Mary K. Peters by experience and baptism. Jul 1843
D.B. Peters chosen as delegate. 1845 D.B. Peters chosen as delegate. 1849 Difference between Peters and Russell - Peters
refused to comply with Church orders - Peters is dismissed and he is restored. 1860 D.B. Peters dismissed, restored and given letter.
Sally F. Peters dismissed. Jane Peters dismissed.
   Moniteau County 1st road districts - p 331 May 1845 D.B. Peters appt overseer Dist. 3. p329 He qualified as public administrator.
p352 May 1845 County divided into 16 school districts and officers appointed. Township 45 R 15 Dist. 7 J. Bolinger and
D.B. Peters appointed as inspectors.
   SOURCE: "Jacob Byler of North Caroline" by Roger L. Byler, p245.
    Children:
      i Samuel PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1829.
      ii Henry PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1831, Missouri.
      iii Sarah PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1833, Missouri.
      iv Scott PETERS b. 4 Jan 1841, m. 23 Jun 1869, in Alabama, Mary J. HORTON, b. 21 Oct 1852, Williamson County,
Tennessee, (daughter of Henry Hollis HORTON, Rev. and Mary Elizabeth MOORE) d. 21 Oct 1926, Missouri.
      Scott Peters was a teacher before the Civil War. He was opposed to the secession but joined the Confederate Army to
be with his brother, David W. Peters. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Champion Hill near Vicksburg being saved by a
Bible he carried in the left shirt pocket. After the war, he continued teaching. In 1877, he graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tennessee. He practiced medicine in Alabama until 1881 when he moved to Tennessee where he practiced
until he retired in 1911. Then, he moved back to Missouri and bought a part of the place where he was born.
      SOURCE: "Jacob Byler of North Carolina" by Roger L. Byler, p 246. Mary: Her father was a Baptist minister and her brother,
Henry H. Horton, was governor of Tennessee.
      v Elizabeth PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1841.
      vi David W. PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1842. HE was a Confederate soldier.
      vii Susan PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1844.
      viii Jane PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1845.
      ix Cornelia PETERS b. Abt 1847.

31. Priscilla V. PETERS m. 8 Mar 1827, in Boonville, Missouri, Harvey HARPER, b. __ ___ 1805, Kentucky, d. __ Nov 1863,
Henry County, Missouri.
    Children:
      i Mary C. HARPER b. __ ___ 1827, m. 4 Nov 1851, William B. SHELLEY.
    88. ii Elizabeth H. b. 19 Jul 1830.
      iii James N. HARPER m. 13 Oct 1853, Elizabeth E. CLARK. James died 13 Aug 1857, Henry County, Missouri.
    89. iv Samuel P. b. 23 Aug 1834.

32. Samuel B. PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1810, Tennessee, m. Utampa _____, b. Abt __ ___ 1819, Tennessee. This information
comes from 1850 USC for Moniteau County, Missouri. I may or may not be the Samuel Peters son of Samuel and Catherine (Byler)
Peters.
    Children:
      i Rhoda PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1838, Missouri.
      ii Hester PETERS b. Abt 1843, Missouri.
      iii James PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1845, Missouri.
      iv Catherine PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1847, Missouri.
      v Nancy PETERS b. Abt __ ___ 1850, Missouri.

33. Catherine "Katy" PETERS b. 19 Nov 1816, m. (1) 31 May 1836, Thomas PATRICK, d. __ ___ 1846, m. (2) 6 Apr 1856,
Samuel COLE, b. 1 Feb 1800, (son of William Temple COLE and Hannah ELLISON). Catherine died 14 Mar 18__.
   She had seven children by her first marriage. Only two survived her. She had four children in her second marriage.
   The USC Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri 1870 gives: Cole, Samuel 70 b. Va. Catherine 52 b. Ky. Madison
H. 17 b. Mo. Jane 13 b. Mo. Gella 11 b. Mo.
   I [Roger L. Byler] think Madison must have been from the first [Samuel's] wife. Jane and Gella are from Katy [Catherine] I
have no record of the other two. The family says there were two children. I suppose the other two must have died young. All
four of the children were born after she was forty years of age.
   SOURCE: "JAcob Byler of North Carolina" by Roger L. Byler, p. 254. Samuel: From History of Howard and Cooper Counties
(MO) published in 1883 by the National Historical Society, "I have been living on my farm for fifty-nine years. I married Miss.
Sallie Briscoe in 1821, by whom I had fifteen children. My second wife was Mrs. Catherine Patrick, by whom I have four children."
    Children:
      i James Maston PATRICK. Lived in Houston, Texas
      ii Sarah PATRICK.
    90. iii Walter.
    91. iv Katy b. 13 May 1847.
    92. v Jane "Jenny" b. 17 Jun 1857.
    93. vi Gillia Corum "Gilli" b. 25 Jan 1859.

34. Sarah "Sally" PETERS b. Abt ____ 1819, m. 16 Jun 1840, Charles Henry GALLAGHER, b. 10 Oct 1810, Alexandria,
Virginia, (son of Bernard GALLAGHER and Margaret STROTHER) d. 10 Jan 1893. Sarah died 18 Sep 1886.
    Children:
    94. i Hamilton Murray b. 26 Apr 1841.
      ii William Holburn GALLAGHER.
    95. iii Sarah Ann b. 17 Jun 1844.
    96. iv Newton Cameron b. 4 Jul 1852.
      v Milton Preston GALLAGHER b. 23 Sep 1854, m. 1 Jan 1879, Thirza Rebecca " Thyrza" BYLER. Baptized 31 May
1896 - First Baptist Church, Tipton, Missouri. Thirza: Thyrza and Milton were second cousins.
    97. vi Peyton Gibson b. 8 Aug 1857.
    98. vii Jesse Newman b. 13 Nov 1861.
      viii Mary Campbell GALLAGHER d. 27 Aug 1933. Unmarried. Rec'd by letter 1868 - First Baptist Church, Tipton, Missouri.
      ix Catherine Peters GALLAGHER d. 5 Dec 1933. Unmarried. Baptized 14 Oct 1874 - First Baptist Church, Tipton, MO.

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