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Cemetery:           Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
Name:               Joseph Emanuel Lyon

Date Of Photograph: May 27, 2011
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Joseph Emanuel Lyon
SC Militia
Continental Line
Revolutionary War
1754    1830

Joseph Emanuel Lyon. Born February 13, 1754 in England, Lyon was a jeweler by
trade. He came to the colonies as a British soldier. He was captured during
fighting in Germantown, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1777. Obviously a pragmatic
soul, he took the oath of allegiance and joined the Colonial Army. He was
wounded at the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina on January 17, 1781.

The Lyon family history holds that Joseph had been left for dead on the Cowpens
battle field. A passer-by saw that he was alive and carried water to him in his
hat. The Revolutionary War Samaritan carried him home and cared for him until he
recovered. Patriot Lyon was ever after crippled, losing an arm as a result of
his wounds. Lyon was a teacher by profession.

Source of above: http://biffle.org/johnga3.html

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