"Tennessee Trails" through Bedford County
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Byler Cemetery is so named because this land was
owned by the Byler Family in the early 1800's. Bylers
owned land from Enon Church to Byler Bottoms.
There arc several fieldstones but only seven tombstones
at present
There is an unmarked grave beside W.T. Vernon's grave, thought to be his first wife's grave, by members of his family. Martha Louise Lawrence Floyd Vernon - 1828- 1870. The Vernons owned this land also, and other owners were John and Mary Smotherman. Clayton and Maggie Carlton, and at present it is located on property owned by Earl and Lavada Carlton on Kingdom Road in Rover. Excerpt from "Rover and Bedford TN Vol 2 by Turner Publishing Co 2000 |
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 35.67440, Longitude: -86.59080
| NAME | BIRTH | DEATH | SPOUSE | PARENTS |
| BYLER, Abraham | May 1775 | 27 Dec 1826 | Nancy Love | Jacob Buehler and Catherine (Kitsch/Kish) Byler |
| BYLER, Nancy C. (Love) | 11 Apr 1775 | 03 May 1842 | Abraham Byler | Joseph and Mary (Teas) Love |
| HEAD, Malinda (Arnold) | 1820 | 1880 | James W. Head | James s/o Enoch & Charlotte (Hume) Head b 13 Nov 1812 died in 1893 (information from Yolanda Morrison Rootsweb World COnnect) |
| JONES, Eliza L. | 15 Apr 1822 | 26 Sep 1873 | ||
| SMITH, Infant Daughter | 26 Oct 1811 | 16 Oct 1811 | J. P. Smith | |
| SMITH, Infant Daughter | 02 Aug 1812 | 02 Aug 1812 | J. P. Smith | |
| VERNON, Samantha Ann (Batte) | 17 Nov 1840 | 14 May 1922 | William Tinsley Vernon | |
| VERNON, William Tinsley | 14 Dec 1826 | 02 Jan 1912 | Samantha Ann Batte m 6 Feb 1879 |
Confederate soldier s/o John and Mary (Peay) Vernon |
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Notes from Jack D. Messer at Rootsweb World Connect Abraham Byler, the son of Jacob and Katherine Kish Byler and the father of the Bylers who settled in Izard County, Arkansas was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania about 1769. He left Pennsylvania as a young man and accompanied his father to North Carolina where he purchased an occupancy of 200 acres on the 4th of March 1789 in Burke County. Like the land his father and brother David bought, Abraham's land fell within the boundaries of Buncombe County in 1792. In 1794 or 95 Abraham Byler had moved to Washington County, North Carolina. Washington County comprised a large portion of present day Tennessee and, by the time Abraham had settled on land on Rouse Creek and Laurel Fork, the land he owned was in the new state of Tennessee and the new county of Carter. In 1799, [ 5 Jun 1799] Abraham was appointed as Sheriff of Carter County, Tennessee by Governor John Sevier. Through his office as Sheriff, Abraham became acquainted with many of the prominent men of the state and was to become engaged in land speculation with the Love brothers, Thomas and Robert, as well as several other families. By 1808, he had moved to land located in Bedford County, Tennessee. He had been appointed a justice of the peace for Williamson County but, when the order was about to be signed by the governor, it was not Williamson County. The appointment was changed to read Bedford County and Abraham became one of the men responsible for the setting up of the Bedford County government. In 1811, he was on the Board of Trustees for the Shelbyville Academy, located in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Between 1795 and 96, Abraham Byler had married Nancy, who is thought to have been the daughter of John Love. Abraham Byler and John Love were working together on several large land deals in the 1790's in Tennessee and, according to Carter County, Tennessee deed records, may have been partners in a mercantile business in Elizabethton. This John Love is thought to have been the same as Col. John Love of Virginia and North Carolina, a brother of Samuel Love, and uncle of Thomas and Robert Love. The prevalence of Love for a middle name in Abraham's children and grandchildren is additional indication of a Love family connection. Abraham Byler died 27 December 1826 and lies buried beside his wife in the Byler Cemetery, Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee. Abraham and Nancy Love Byler were the parents of nine children. Source: The Izard County Historian, Vol 13, No 4, 1982, "The Ancestry of the Byler Family in Izard County" by Edgar D. Byler, III, p 20. Another source gives birth date for Abraham as 31 May 1769 Me: Another source gives birth date for Abraham as April 11, 1768 |
