Lytle Family Locations
Updated December 17, 1997
Lytle Surname Distribution in the U.S.
The color of each state indicates how frequently you will find someone with this surname in each state. For instance, if a state is colored red, then 1 in 100 people (or more) in that state have the surname. Similarly, yellow means approximately 1 in 300 have the surname, green means 1 in 1000, and blue means 1 in 10,000 (or less). To check other names, see U.S. Surname Distribution
Note the heaviest distributions are in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana and the midwest.
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Lytle's Pond was named for Andrew Lytle.
Be sure to see Jana Ulrich's Lytle pages.
You might want to look at a Map of Lancaster County Townships to see old and new bondaries. A couple of neighboring counties are also shown.
John W. Lytle (1774 ? - 1853)
married to Edith (Lytle) (1781 - ?)
John W. Lytle, sometimes spelled Little and Lytel, came to Texas in November 1829 from Louisanna as one of Austins Colonist, a farmer with a family consisting of himself fifty five (55) years of age, Wife Eidth 48 years of age and four children, Two sons Erastus and HARVEY N. LYTLE (my great great grandfather), and two daughters, Edith and Rebecca Lytle.
John W. Lytle was granted a league of land in Galveston County on Dickerson Bayou and Moses Lake by the Mexican Government in 1933 consisting of 4428 acres. He died in 1853 exact date unknown, and that same year a deed was put on record in the Galveston County records showing a purported sale of this tract of land. In 1874 the heirs of John W. Lytle sued and recovered one half of the property, which they in turn deeded to various persons, the last being a deed from J. M. Gray and wife Susan Gray, T. H. Lytle and Shelby Lytle in 1884 to C. Nolan of Galveston Co. who I believe still owns part of the land. (this story was written along time ago and I have been holding on to this paper)
Erastus Lytle, a single man of 21 years, applied for land in Feb. 1836 and was issued a land Certificate Jan. 25th 1862 for 1476 acres in Brazoria County which he still owned at his death August 23rd, 1862. He died without a will and the land was divided equally between his two sisters and brother.
Edith Lytle Married Alexander Farmer of Galveston County, and left various heirs who have disposed of their interest in the estate.
Rebecca Lytle married Z. P. Eagleston of Bastrop County and the disposed of their interest in the Erastus Lytle estate to J. H. Shappard of Brazoria Co.
HARVEY N. LYTLE (great great grandfather) was a single man when he was granted 1476 acres in Brazoria County and had served in the Texas Mexican War, his grant was issued Jan. 21, 1838 Certificate No. 170. He married Mary Jane Scoby of Brazoria County, about 1847 or 48. She died leaving an infant daughter Mary Edith Lytle who inherited some property from her mothers estate, her father Harvey N. Lytle was duly appointed her Guardian and administered her estate until his death.
Harvey N. Lytles second wife was Eliza Adkins of Galveston Co., and they had three children Walter,(believed to be William Thomas Lytle) not Walter) Shelby and Susan. Susan married John M. Gray of Bastrop Co.
Harvey N. Lytle died August 25, 1865, without leaving a will disposing of his estate and left his widow Eliza and four children, Mary Edith the child by his first wife, and Walter T. (William Thomas), Shelby and Susan all very young children, except Mary Edith. He left a large estate consisting of lands, cattle, horses, and his homestead in Bastrop Co. and a one third interest in his brothers estate, he had no debts. All he did posessed of was disposed of by an Administrator shortly after his death, leaving his widow and minor children with no means of support.
(This Data was compiled by Rose Britton Walker.)
I have held onto this story and now I am in search of facts and figures and more information to the story. (See also Lytle queries #84)
