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Behetheland “Hetty” Gaines Lyon

Birth	:	1778 Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	1865 North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Lyon Cemetery, Danbury, Stokes County, USA
Description	:	She married James Lyon on 1 APR 1792 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Buried in the family cemetery on their plantation. Two of their sons removed to Alabama when young to live with their uncle, Col. George Strother Gaines, first at St. Stephens in 1817, and later at Demopolis. They were James Gaines Lyon and Francis Strother Lyon. The latter was admitted to the bar in Alabama in 1821 and eventually became a U.S. Congressman and Confederate Congressman and head of the Alabama State Bank. A family tree compiled circa 1900 by her great-granddaughter, Ms. J.L. Abbot Jr. of Mobile,... Read More	She married James Lyon on 1 APR 1792 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Buried in the family cemetery on their plantation. Two of their sons removed to Alabama when young to live with their uncle, Col. George Strother Gaines, first at St. Stephens in 1817, and later at Demopolis. They were James Gaines Lyon and Francis Strother Lyon. The latter was admitted to the bar in Alabama in 1821 and eventually became a U.S. Congressman and Confederate Congressman and head of the Alabama State Bank. A family tree compiled circa 1900 by her great-granddaughter, Ms. J.L. Abbot Jr. of Mobile, says of her father: "Capt. James Gaines... See (Benson John) Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution. Served under Gen. Green. Was Senator in Chatham Co., N.C." Some other sources indicate this may be incorrect. Daughters of the American Revolution (# A072767.) The children of James Lyon and Hetty Gaines were: 1. Mary Lyon 1795- (some say) 2. Edmund Pendleton Lyon died a child 3. James Gaines Lyon b. 1795 VA or N.C. went to Alabama in 1816 with his brother F.S. Lyon to live with their uncle George S. Gaines; m.1 Lavinia Crall Henry; m.3 Rosina A. Fisher 4. Christina Harmon 1798-1845/7 VA m. 17 July 1819 Stokes Co, NC Joseph Martin 5. Francis Strother Lyon 1800-82 m. Sarah Serena Glover 6. William Henry Lyon 1802-1867 of Demopolis 7. Elizabeth Lyon b. 1805-d. after 1850 unmarried 8. Sarah Ware Lyon 1809-58 m. Joseph F. Flippin 9. Frances F. (Fannie) Lyon 1812-1850s m. Samuel M. Flippin 10. Nancy Behetheland Lyon 1817- bef.1852 m. William Martin Moore Hetty Gaines Lyon was a direct descendant Cornelius Dabney, the Indian Interpreter for Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey, who was a grand-niece of Pocahontas, and married Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah as his second wife. Lineage: Cornelius Dabney, Indian interpreter +1st wife Edie George Dabney +Elizabeth Anderson Susannah Dabney +Francis Thornton Strother Elizabeth Strother +James Gaines Behetheland Gaines +James Lyon Descendants of Cornelius Dabney include Patrick Henry (the orator and Governor of Virginia), Dolly Madison (wife of President James Madison), Dabney Carr (brother-in-law of President Thomas Jefferson), Nancy Astor (first woman to sit in the British House of Commons), President Zachary Taylor and his daughter Sarah Knox Taylor, the first wife of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy. Also Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, fourth-great-grandson of George Dabney.

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Behetheland “Hetty” Gaines Lyon's memorial is located at: Lyon Cemetery, Danbury, Stokes County, USA.
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Behetheland “Hetty” Gaines Lyon death on 1865 in North Carolina, USA

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

James Lyon

(1778 - 1858)

Siblings

Children

Elizabeth Lyon

(1805 - unknow)

Sarah Ware Lyon Flippin

(1809 - 1858)

Frances F. “Fannie” Lyon Flippin

(1812 - 1855)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Aarons Corner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Aarons Corner, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5297780, -80.3732190

2. Hall Family Cemetery (Frank Hall grave)
Aarons Corner, Stokes County, USA

3. New-Martin-Overby Cemetery
Aarons Corner, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5218030, -80.3862330

4. Robert Coleman Hart Cemetery
Aarons Corner, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5357770, -80.3541940

5. Smith Family Cemetery (Lum Smith)
Aarons Corner, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5286570, -80.3165280

6. Baileytown Cemetery
Baileytown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5452780, -80.3252780

7. Baileytown Christian Church Cemetery
Baileytown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5430570, -80.3374810

8. Carter Chapel
Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5457660, -80.3628700

9. Charles W. Wall Family Cemetery
Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5230140, -80.3820380

10. Beasley Family Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3769560, -80.0688100

11. Blancett Family Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4166420, -80.0466760

12. Collinstown Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA

13. James Hill Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5297780, -80.3732190

14. John and Jennie Collins grave
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA

15. Joshua Smith Graveyard
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5218030, -80.3862330

16. Leake Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5357770, -80.3541940

17. Martin Family Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5286570, -80.3165280

18. Overby Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5452780, -80.3252780

19. Padgett Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5430570, -80.3374810

20. State Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5457660, -80.3628700

21. Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery
Collinstown, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.5230140, -80.3820380

22. Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery
Dillard, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.3769560, -80.0688100

23. Brim Cemetery
Dillard, Stokes County, USA
Coordinate: 36.4166420, -80.0466760

24. Dunlap Graveyard
Dillard, Stokes County, USA