Byrnville Cemetery, Jackson Township, Harrison   County, INDIANA      By Ruth Binkley Corydon, Indiana  August 1970      Burial grounds of Charles Leason BYRN and Temple Coleman BYRN Families, who   migrated to Indiana in 1806 and 1809 respectively. They were born in Rowan   Co.,NC, sons of Charles and Ann Byrn who lived near Salisbury, NC. They traveled   by covered wagons via Flower and Cumberland Gaps and crossed the Ohio Falls   by flatboat. They cut the road as they came during a 5 week trip. Leason   was 29 and Temple was 30 years old when they came. Charles Leason BYRN was   born in 1777.      His wife, Anna CLODFELTER (Virginia Dutch) came with him from North   Carolina. There were no more records of her birth, death or burial place   available. Since the BYRN Pioneer Cemetery is on Leason's farm, it is no   doubt the burial place of him and his wife Ann, and perhaps as many as 20   or more BYRN family members in unmarked graves.      The BYRN Pioneer Cemetery is located ½ miles north of Brynville on the   high east bank od Corn Creek. Leason's mill site is in the flat below the   cemetery. His cabin stood 1/5 mile north of the mill, beyond the cemetery,   on the ridge above the big spring. No burials were made here until sometime   after 1806. The last grave on record in this old cemetery is that of Temple   Cole (Known as Rogers). He was born Nov. 27, 1809 and died Sept 19, 1885.   Leason's brother, Temple buried his forst wife, Sarah in the Pioneer Cemetery.   She came with her husband from North Carolina. She was of English Ancestory(while   the BYRN'S were Irish from Dublin Ireland, Her father -in-law having come   from there)      Her grave stone reads: Sarah BYRN, Born Feb 22, 1896 and died October 14,   1823. Age 38 yrs, 7 months and 22 days. The consort of T.C.Byrn, Sr.      During the Indian Wars of 1811 she told of how she found a large snake in   the blankets one night as she slept with the children in a sink hole but   she "feared the snakes in the sink holes less than the Indians." Her husband,   Temple and Leason fought in the Battle of Tippicanoe, where Leason was   wounded      After Sarah BROOKS (Sally) BYRN'S death at age 37, Temple married   Elizabeth VAN FOSSEN. In 1837 he had a town of Byrnville laid out   on his land, north of the Cave Spring and his cabin site, included the lots   where his eldest son, Joel BYRN had built his cabin in 1832.      In 1846 Temple set aside at the southwest corner of town for the Brynville   Cemetery when Joel's daughter, Emily BYRN, died young. His granddaughter   was the first person buried in the new cemetery. After that date, few families   continued to bury in the Pioneer Cemetery and the Byrnville Cemetery has   continued in use to the present day for the whole community.      Temple Cole BYRN'S stone stands in the Byrnville Cemetery. It reads: born   1778 and died June 4,185778 yrs., 8 months and 26 days. (Mason) A field stone   lays on either side of his marker. No doubt one is for his second wife,   Elizabeth, as his first wife, Sallie is in the old cemetery. When Temple   rode his covered wagon into Leason's barnlot, he was playing his fiddle.   Leason's remark on seeing his brother in this distant country after 3 years   absense was "I came a thousand miles to get away from that fiddle but it   followed me".      A camp of Delware Indians lived up the hollow from Leason's place until the   government moved them out about 1812.      Some Indians, "gypsies", passed through. The baby died and they buried it   in the BYRN Cemetery and planted a cedar tree to mark the grave. There are   conflicting stories as to which cemetery has the Indian baby as a big Cedar   Tree grew in both of them.      Beside the four members of the BYRN Family already mentioned, as buried in   the Pioneer Cemetery, there are stone markers for;   Temple C. BYRN, Jr. born in Rowan Co, NC born 12-30-1805 and died 7-17-1843,   Aged 37 yrs, 6 months & 17 days. His wife Elizabeth SLAUGHTERBACK   may be in an unmarked grave beside him.   Sarah (BELL)BYRN, wife of T C BYRN. Dec 27,1815 to Mar 26, 1881   Mary Alice, dau of T C and S. BYRN, Jan 1,1818 Aged 5 yrs, 11 mns, 28 da.   Norbin BYRN, child of T C and S BYRN.   Dudley BYRN, child of T C and S BYRN  Netta Belle BYRN. Drowned in a tub of water when baby      Charles Leason BYRN (Suter) b. 1803 in Rowan Co.,NC Died 8-8-1883.   Son of Charles Leason and Ann CLODFELTER. . "Suter" had three wives.   Emeline EVILSIZER**Nancy KENOYER, Nancy (BOWEN) HAZZARD. Forty   years ago, "Suter" BYRN had these stones for his wives and children; Cina,   Douglas, and Grant BYRN. Now the markings have been lost.      In the Byrnville Cemetery we find broken gravestones, field stones, and probably   many unknown graves with no stones, but the names of all those early generations   of the BYRN Family have been reorded and preserved for future generations   by the fine work of my high school history teacher, Gordon   SAPPENFIELD, now deceased. I have a copy of his record of the BYRN   Family Tree which I Prize highly. There are other copies among interested   members of the BYRN family. Temple C. BYRN, the pioneer, was my ancestor   5 generations ago.      Ruth Baker Binkley, wife of Dr. H. Binkley   Corydon, Indiana       ** This marriage record shows Caroline   Evilsizer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandi Evilsizer Koscak (© 2000 Sandi Evilsizer Koscak)