Elliott County Civil War Veterans of 1890 By Mr. John A. Stegall 
johnstegall@hotmail.com . Used with permission of Mr. John A. Stegall. One
installment in a series of articles Mr. Stegall publishes in The Elliott County
News, this article first appearing in the May 9, 1997 edition of said paper and
a continuation from Apr 4, 1997.  Transcribed with permission from Mr. Stegall
by Samone Ratcliff on Mar 22, 2000.
 
            William H. H. Lewis: Pvt., Co., A. 54th., Ky., Inf.  This veteran
stated that he entered the military service on Sept 14, 1864, and served for a period of one year and 2 days, havingbeen discharged Sept 16, 1865.  He mentioned no war-related injuries, but did say he sufferedfrom "Rheumatism". His post office was Wyett, which had been established by William H. H. Lewison Aug 16, 1889, and named for Wyett Adkins, a prominent resident of the vicinity near the headof Devil's Fork.  William H. H. Lewis was appointed the first postmaster of Wyett.
            This particular Lewis family appears to have lived in the Devil's
Fork area in extremewestern Elliott County, and, more precisely, on Lewis Branch, which may have been named forWilliam Henry Harrison Adkins.
            The 1850 Morgan Co census shows that a William H. Lewis, aged 37,
was living in that county.  His wife, Elizabeth, was 32.  Morgan Co marriage records show that
William and Elizabeth Henry were married Dec 25, 1834.  Their children named in the 1850 census were: William, 14;Daniel, 12; Eliza, 10; John, 8; Leander, 3; and Isaac, 6 months.
            This Lewis family does not appear in the 1860 Morgan Co census, a Lewis family researchersays they were living in Rowan Co, and indeed, the 1860 Rowan Co census names a
W.H.H. Lewis, age 48, as a resident of that county.  Judging by the names of his neighbors
(Nickell, DeHart,Fannin, Fultz and Adkins), it appears that he was living in the extreme
southeastern section of Rowan Co.  In this census, William's wife was recorded as Honor M., age 40.  This would have beenhis second wife, who, according to Morgan Co records, was Honor Cassity.  She and William weremarried June 9, 1861.
            William H. H. Lewis was still a resident of Rowan Co when the 1870 census was taken.  Hestated that he was 57 years of age: Honor was 50.
            By 1880, William H. H. Lewis was again a resident of Elliott
County's Devil's Fork Precinct.  He was 67 years of age; "Honor M." was 61.  Only one child, Laban T., 21, was at homewith them. I do not find William H. H. Lewis named in the 1890 Elliott Co tax assessments; neitherdo I find him listed in the 1900 census for that county.  It is my belief that he died during the 1890s.  I have heard of a Lewis cemetery in the Devil's Fork area, maybe over in Morgan Co.  This may be were William H.H. Lewis is buried.
 
 
            James F. Lion (Lyons): While claiming to have been in the Union
Army, this veteran gavethe census taker no information other than his post office, which was
Newfoundland. According to the incomplete marriage records of Elliott Co, a James
F. Lyon, 28, and bornin Tazewell Co, VA, and Phebe Conn, 19, were married July 16, 1878.
            This same James F. Lyon and Phebe Conn Lyon are found living in the
Newfoundland Precinctat the time the 1880 census was taken.  They had one child, Laverna, age 1 year.  If the ages quoted above for James F. Lyons are correct, he would
have been unusually young to have served in the Civil War.
            The 1890 Elliott Co Tax Assessments for the Newfoundland Precinct
does not indicate anyone by the name of James F. Lyons in that precinct as a landowner or the
nearest neighbor to any other Newfoundland resident.
            I am unable to locate any additional information on James F. Lyons.
 
 
            Jared C. Lyon: Pvt., Co., I, 5th., Ky., Vol., Inf.  Again, we find a
Confederate veteran, who, somehow, was named in the census intended for Union veterans.  He indicated that heserved a period of one year from Oct 1861 to Oct 21, 1862.  He further indicated that his companywas "disbanded", and that he was "Not discharged".  His address in 1890 was Gimlet.
            Family records indicate that this veteran's actual name was Jarret
Corbin Lyon, but thathe usually went by the name Corbin J. Lyon.  This same source states that his parents were Jesseand Mary "Polly" Wellman Lyon.
            On Sept 9, 1869, Jarret (or Colby) Lyons married Perlina Sparks at
the home of herparents, Nelson and Peggy Mauk Sparks, on Big Gimlet Creek, Carter Co, KY.
            The same source that provided the information regarding Jarret's
marriage, also indicatesthat he was born in Feb of 1838, in Lawrence Co, KY, and the Perlina was born Aug 1845, probablyin the same county.
            I do not find Jarret and Perlina mentioned in the 1870 Elliott Co
census; neither do Ifind them in the 1880 report for Elliott Co.  Perhaps they were residents of
Carter Co duringthat time.
            The 1890 Elliott Co Tax Assessments indicates that a Jared C. Lyon
was the owner of 71acres of land in the Moccasin Precinct.  It was also indicated that there were three children between the ages of 6 and 20 in the Lyon household.
            When the 1900 Elliott Co census was taken, Jarret C. Lyon stated
that he was born in Feb 1838, an was 62 years of age at the time (June 5, 1900); Perlina was 54, having been born in Augof 1845.  They said they had been married 30 years and were the parents of three children.  Theirson, George Elmon, age 29 (born in Oct 1870), was still at home with them.  A niece, Lidda M.Sparks, 16 (Mar 1884) was also living in the Lyon home.
            In 1910, Jarret and Perlina Lyon were living in the home of their
son, George E. Lyon. Jarret was 72 years of age; Perlina was 64. Perlina Sparks Lyon died in 1910; Jarret in 1913.  Both are buried in the Clark Cemeteryon Rt. 504, in Elliott Co.
            George Elmon Lyon(s), the oldest child of Jarret and Perlina, was
born Oct 15, 1870.  Hemarried Lucinda Cox, who was born May 19, 1863.  George died Feb 29, 1952; Lucinda died Jan 1, 1968.  They had 2 children; Edna who never married, and Grace, who married Ernest Rose, and still lives near Rt. 504.