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John (530) married Margaret Gray (546) circa 1749 after the death of Margaret's first husband, Spence Monroe.
I have had difficulties ascertaining whether John served in the military during the Revolutionary War period. I have found no record of his service in the Revolutionary War Pension files or Military Service records in the National Archives. However, one of his descendants claimed membership in the DAR on his service, (DAR Record #313510). In this file is a reference to a land grant (#3301) received by John for three years service. Please note that DAR files, as they refer to military service are notoriously incorrect, and are never to be used for proof of service unless corroborated by other records. In this case the land grant #3301, noted in the DAR application was not given to John, but to his son Nathaniel, who did serve. The land bounty applications, mentioned in the DAR file, are to be found in the Library of Virginia in Richmond. Although I have checked those files several times and have never seen an application for John, I have not checked since I saw this specific entry, nor have I seen the file for Nathaniel, so I will reserve judgement until I get a chance to get back to Richmond and examine this particular file.
John (530) started to appear on the Personal Property Tax List of Prince William County, VA, in 1782.
John (530) died in 1791 at Prince William County, VA. His estate was probated in 1791 at Prince William County, VA. This particular probate entry is an inventory of John's estate. No will, list of heirs or accounting was found. Thus we know that John was dead by 1791, and probably in the year 1791, but we do not know the exact date of his death. He appeared for the last time on the Personal Property Tax List of Prince William County, VA, in 1793. John Tyler died in 1791. From 1791 until 1793 the PPTL listing was entered as "John Tyler Estate." In 1793 an agreement between the heirs of John Tyler was recorded. Abstracted, it reads: "Whereas John Tyler, Gentleman, died intestate, possessed of 500 acres in Prince William County, VA on Broad Run, with a number of slaves and stocks and furniture agreeable to an inventory. Charles, William and George as joint heirs with other children of John Tyler are to receive 1/6 of the estate after the death of Margaret Tyler (widow of John) with the remainder to be equally divided between Mary and Sarah Tyler, daughters of Margaret." Margaret Gray Tyler paid the taxes on the estate in her own name until 1807. I presume after that date, Margaret must have died and the terms of this agreement went into effect. Nathaniel Tyler, another son of John and Margaret witnessed this document, but seems to have recived no share. I have no idea why he was not included in the terms of the agreement along with the other children.
John Tyler's immediate family is pretty well defined by probate records associated with his estate. Children shown in this narrative are listed in John's 1793 probate file. In 1832 a certificate was filed by the Prince William County Clerk which names all the living heirs of Nathaniel Tyler, son of John and Margaret. This certificate was requested by Sally Tyler Linton, John's daughter. Although obviously an incomplete listing of the family, as it includes no one not alive in 1832, never the less, it is a goldmine of genealogical information about the family. See Probate File under Nathaniel Tyler, son of John, for details. John's family is also listed as a footnote to an article on the Campbell family in Virginia Genealogies, pp 166. |