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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Size | 125 items |
Abstract | William Lytle, of Hillsboro, N.C., was the son of Robert Lytle (1729-1774) and Sarah Mebane Lytle, and served in the Sixth, First, and Fourth regiments of the North Carolina Line during the Revolutionary War. He entered as a lieutenant in 1776, and became a captain in 1779. He moved to Tennessee about 1790. The collection includes personal correspondence, military and business papers of William Lytle, chiefly before 1805. Includes Revolutionary muster rolls, information about the Cherokee Treaty of 1791 and Indian affairs in Tennessee in the 1790s, accounts, inventories, deeds, court papers concerning Tennessee lands, bills, and receipts. Correspondents include Nicholas Long, Alexander Mebane, William Norwood, Montfort Stokes, Absalom Tatom, and James Taylor. |
Creator | Lytle, William, 1755-1829. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William Lytle (1755-1829), of Hillsboro, N.C., was the son of Robert Lytle (1729-1774) and Sarah Mebane Lytle, and served in the Sixth, First, and Fourth regiments of the North Carolina Line during the Revolutionary War. He entered as a lieutenant in 1776, and became a captain in 1779. He moved to Tennessee about 1790.
Back to TopThe collection includes personal correspondence, military and business papers of William Lytle, chiefly before 1805. Includes Revolutionary muster rolls and returns, information about the Cherokee Treaty of 1791 and Indian affairs in Tennessee in the 1790s, accounts, inventories, deeds, court papers concerning Tennessee lands, bills, and receipts. Correspondents include Nicholas Long, Alexander Mebane, William Norwood, Montfort Stokes, Absalom Tatom, and James Taylor.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1773-1782Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
1785-1789 |
Folder 3 |
1790-1799 |
Folder 4 |
1801-1841 |
Folder 5 |
Undated |