Major Ephraim Lyles (b. Abt. 1720, d. date unknown)
Ephraim Lyles (son of John Lyles and Ann Lyles) was born Abt. 1720 in Brunswick County,Virginia, and died date unknown in Fairfield, South Carolina. He married Ann Margaret Lyther.
Notes for Ephraim Lyles:
Ephraim was killed by Indians in his new home and a Negro servant was murdered by them in the yard, but his widow, Ann and her 7 or 8 children who were in the home at the time, were miraculously spared. from "A Fairfield Sketchbook"
From Mills' Statistics: The first settlement of Fairfield District took place about the year 1745. Colonel John Lyles and his brother, Ephraim, were among the first settlers. They located at the mouth of Beaver Creek, on Broad River. Ephraim Lyles was killed by Indians in his own house; but by a wonderful interposition of Povidence, the Indians went off and left Lyles' seven or eight children and his wife in it, after killing a Negro on the outside. The Lyles were native of Brunswick, Va., but moved to this county from Buis (Bute?) County, N.C.
"The Lyles Family" by William Edrington News and Herald (Winnsboro, SC) March 15, 1901 http://home.earthlink.net/~jbl2403/lyles_family/Fairfield_Co._Lyles.html
Children of Ephraim Lyles and Ann Margaret Lyther are:
+Arromanus Lyles, b. Abt. 1748, Fairfield, South Carolina, d. 02 Sep 1817, Lyles Ford, Fairfield, South Carolina.
Major Ephraim Lyles (b. Abt. 1720, d. date unknown)
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