Families: William Tyson Descendants - Grant Parish, La Submitted to USGENWEB by: Grady L McFarland, 379 Packton-Alex Rd, Winnfield,La ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: Personal database records, records of Jack Lawrence, William Tyson / Sarah Vince Family Bible records, 1910 deposition of Zilpah Elizabeth Nugent Richardson (daughter of Edmond Nugent and Elizabeth Ann Tyson) from a lawsuit by Caledonia P. Tyson Long and land/census records. William Tyson Descendants - Grant Parish, La Names are spelled as TYSON for this article, instead of TISON as noted in other articles. Usage of both spellings was encountered often during review of old records. There were two Tysons that emigrated into the present Grant / Rapides Parish border area in 1818. ( William and James ). Land records for James have been found for 1837, but no further found on him. 1870 Grant Census records note an Elizabeth Tyson, age 73, living with a Richardson family - this was probably the wife of James. Extensive records are found for William & Sarah Vince Tyson group. At least three brothers of Sarah Vince emigrated to this area and went on to Texas. They were among the original Texas settlers and had extensive land holdings in the Houston and Conroe area. This is detailed in the 1910 deposition cited. William and Sarah settled in the Bayou Rigolette area. Their children had extensive land holdings in the present Rock Hill area. James Edward moved to the present Tyson Cemetery area on the Winn / Grant line. Generation number is noted by numerical prefix. 1-William Tyson b: 1785 in SC d: Jan 15 1860 in Rapides Parish sp: Sarah Vince b: 1787 in SC m: Feb 21 1808 in Tattnal Co, Ga d: 1830 in Rapides Old records note burial of both at Rigolette Bayou area home place. 2-Elizabeth Ann Tyson b: Dec 28 1808 in Ga d: Sep 5 1878 in Grant Parish sp: Edmund Nugent b: 1808 in Rapides Parish m: Oct 27 1829 in Rapides Parish d: Dec 12 1841 in lower Grant area Burial locations unknown. 3-Matthew Nugent b: 1831 d: 1863 3-Zilpha Elizabeth Nugent b: Mar 18 1836 d: Mar 11 1920 sp: Charles Wesley Benton Richardson b: Jul 18 1840 in St. Helena Parish m: Jan 28 1864 d: Jul 15 1916 Both buried @ Richardson Cem near Colfax 4-Ida Arizona Richardson b: Jan 25 1866 d: Oct 17 1921 sp: Robert Gentry b: Aug 1856 m: Nov 15 1883 d: Oct 15 1900 5-Robert N Gentry b: May 1885 d: Aug 18 1910 sp: Noah Corbett m: Dec 3 1912 4-Iowa Therressa Richardson b: Nov 4 1867 4-Moses Wilson Richardson b: Feb 11 1871 d: Nov 23 1886 4-Lela V. Richardson 4-Mary Emma Richardson b: Nov 20 1874 4-Robert Benton Richardson b: Apr 30 1877 d: Oct 5 1878 4-Effie Geneva Richardson b: Aug 11 1879 d: Jun 3 1945 4-Ada Elizabeth Richardson b: Nov 1 1881 d: Sep 27 1931 4-Eva Cordelia Richardson b: Aug 10 1885 3-Edmund Nugent b: 1837 (census) d: 1863 3-Martha Jane Nugent b: 1838 d: 1838 3-Naomi Ann Nugent b: 1839 d: ab. 1865 in Grant Parish sp: Charles Evans b: 1828 in SC m: 1854 d: aft 1880 in Houston area 4-Edward Nugent Evans b: 1864 d: 1918 sp: Julia Amelia Carver m: Jun 22 1898 4-James Evans b: 1857 4-Eliza Lanoria Evans b: Sep 1859 4-Charles Thomas Evans b: Apr 14 1866 d: Jul 22 1932 in Tx 4-John Evans b: ab. 1877 3-William Nugent d: bef 1850 3-Jame Nugent b: 1846 d: bef 1850 2-James Edward Tyson b: Mar 25 1811 in Ga d: Mar 19 1872 in Tyson Cem area, Grant Parish Note: James Edward Tyson Descendants are not included on this file. Database printout exceeded format size to combine both files. James E Tyson (gg/gf of submitter) married three times and had a large family. His descendants are listed in another file on Grant GENWEB: James Edward Tyson Descendants - Grant Parish. 2-William S. Tyson b: Jan 27 1812 in Ga d: 1863 in Dry Prong business area sp: Sarah Ann Roe b: Jan 27 1824 in Avoyelles Parish m: Jul 1845 in Rapides Parish d: Apr 8 1865 in Dry Prong business area Burial locations unknown - near Dry Prong 3-William Joseph Tyson b: Aug 15 1846 in Rapides Parish d: Jan 2 1921 - Parsonage Cem sp: Elizabeth LaCroix b: 1846 m: Aug 10 1865 d: 1874 4-Maude Tyson b: 1866 4-Bersheba Uretta Tyson b: Jun 11 1866 d: Jan 14 1945 sp: John I Rice b: Mar 1866 m: Jan 8 1890 4-William Vince Tyson b: Apr 21 1868 d: Sep 10 1884 4-James Edward Tyson b: Sep 2 1869 d: Jan 29 1952 - Frazier Cem sp: Elliot Honeycutt b: Jan 17 1878 m: Feb 12 1897 d: Jun 3 1959 5-Bertha T Tyson b: May 10 1898 d: May 25 1973 sp: Alonzo Brown b: Oct 26 1889 d: Sep 30 1974 5-Roy Tyson b: Dec 15 1900 d: Aug 10 1901 5-Bernice Tyson 5-Sarah Elizabeth Tyson b: Apr 5 1902 d: Jun 16 1918 5-Carmel Tyson b: Jan 22 1904 d: Dec 17 1989 sp: Mittie Chellette sp: A.C. Racine 5-Syra Syble Tyson b: Nov 5 1908 d: Jan 2 1911 5-Mildred T Tyson b: Dec 15 1910 d: Nov 3 1997 5-Milford M Tyson b: Nov 7 1914 d: Nov 12 1990 sp: Agnes unk b: Apr 3 1921 d: Mar 26 1995 5-Georgia Tyson 5-Goode Edward Tyson b: Dec 7 1910 d: Feb 21 1993 sp: Jewel Marie Sandifer b: Aug 9 1914 5-James Edward Jr Tyson 5-Agnes L Tyson 4-Mary Elizabeth Tyson b: Apr 2 1872 d: Oct 8 1875 sp: Laura Evangeline Satcher b: Sep 11 1855 m: Dec 1874 d: Apr 9 1925 4-Laura Olive Tyson b: Dec 24 1875 4-Maude Gertrude Tyson b: Apr 19 1878 4-Alice Ernestine Tyson b: Jan 29 1880 sp: D A Hagarty 4-Irma Tyson b: Oct 16 1881 sp: J A Clayton 4-William White Tyson b: Aug 28 1883 sp: Ethel Claverie 4-Francis Nicholas Tyson b: Jan 5 1886 d: 1891 4-Job Middleton Tyson b: Feb 19 1891 4-Warren Joseph Tyson b: Jun 28 1893 d: Dec 2 1922 sp: Hazel F Cagle b: 1897 m: Apr 10 1921 5-William Arleigh Tyson 5-Warren Joseph Tyson 5-Laura Louise Tyson 4-Arleigh Aswell Tyson b: Jan 24 1899 3-Samuel Seaborn Tyson b: May 9 1848 d: Sep 30 1851 3-Rosana A. Tyson b: Jan 31 1850 sp: Green Benny Hennigan b: Mar 5 1854 m: 1872 4-Lavency Cumi Hennigan b: Apr 26 1873 d: Feb 27 1913 sp: Wiley Jr Walker 3-Sarah Elizabeth Tyson b: Dec 16 1852 d: Dec 16 1916 sp: George W Bruce b: 1853 m: bef 1878 4-Joseph Leroy Bruce 4-Samuel Bruce 4-Zeba Bruce 4-Drew Bruce 4-George Seaborn Bruce 4-J. A. Bruce 3-James E Tyson b: Nov 9 1855 d: Nov 5 1863 3-Naomi Ann Tyson b: Mar 7 1858 d: Jun 1 1939 - Frazier Cem sp: Edward William Pollard b: Mar 14 1859 in Miss. m: Oct 23 1883 d: Feb 7 1933 in Red River Parish 4-William Edward Pollard b: Aug 3 1884 d: Apr 16 1945 sp: Minnie Josephine Smith b: Dec 3 1886 in Miss. m: Feb 15 1906 d: Mar 17 1979 in Winnfield 4-Green Matthew Pollard b: Sep 12 1886 d: Mar 29 1965 in Houston area 4-Edward Coody Pollard b: Apr 14 1888 d: Feb 16 1960 4-George Hamilton Pollard b: Feb 18 1890 4-Euna Olive Gertrude Pollard b: Aug 12 1892 d: Aug 19 1984 sp: Robert B Walker b: Dec 29 1892 d: Aug 18 1968 4-James Bonnett Pollard b: Nov 15 1894 d: Jan 26 1964 4-Leroy Monroe Pollard b: Aug 14 1897 d: Dec 13 1961 4-Samuel Hopper Pollard b: Aug 9 1900 d: Dec 10 1967 3-Job Hambleton Tyson b: Dec 30 1860 d: Aug 7 1940 in Grant Parish - Frazier Cem sp: Francis Emoline Richardson b: Oct 28 1861 m: Oct 28 1883 d: Sep 20 1920 4-Lillie Belle Tyson b: Oct 24 1883 d: Oct 12 1885 4-James Joseph Tyson b: Sep 9 1884 d: Jun 7 1956 sp: Lillie Bell Smith b: Oct 14 1883 in Miss. m: Apr 21 1907 d: Oct 12 1985 in Rapides (Grant) area 5-Jewel Isom Tyson b: Jan 17 1909 d: Oct 24 1975 5-Frances Lee Tyson b: Dec 1 1912 d: Jan 14 1994 sp: Charles Eddy b: Aug 14 1911 d: Apr 16 1989 4-Albert Sidney Tyson b: Dec 10 1885 sp: Mattie Neal m: Aug 7 1918 5-Neal Tyson 5-Lucille Tyson 4-Sarah Eliza Tyson b: Jan 10 1887 d: Dec 18 1943 sp: Enos Slayter b: Dec 1 1882 m: Sep 11 1902 d: May 8 1943 5-James H Slayter 5-Katherene Slayter 5-Ruth Slayter 5-Tollie Roy Slayter b: Aug 17 1908 d: Dec 4 1976 5-Vera Slayter b: Mar 19 1911 d: Dec 24 1993 5-Herbert Othel Slayter b: Mar 27 1913 d: Dec 11 1986 5-Winfred Slayter b: Aug 7 1915 d: Oct 30 1990 5-Albert Lee Slayter b: May 29 1920 d: Sep 15 1982 4-Laura Lavonia Tyson b: Apr 4 1888 sp: Oliver Cleveland Arrington b: 1883 m: Jun 5 1908 4-Francis Vashti Tyson b: Sep 22 1889 sp: Vandy Preston Tullos m: Jan 5 1908 4-Job Wynn Tyson b: Nov 21 1890 d: Apr 5 1958 sp: Katie Bell Lanier b: Sep 18 1896 m: May 26 1918 d: Nov 25 1962 5-Joseph Doyle Tyson 5-Shefford Eugene Tyson b: Nov 30 1921 d: Nov 25 1962 5-Mildred Omera Tyson 5-Marcia Elline Tyson 5-Immojean Tyson 5-Nelwyn Wynn Tyson 4-Margaret Castletine Tyson b: Feb 27 1892 d: Oct 11 1978 4-Charles Frederick Tyson b: Apr 28 1893 d: Jul 25 1939 sp: Pearl Hattaway b: Nov 22 1896 d: Sep 2 1940 4-Naomi Alice Tyson b: Aug 23 1894 d: Dec 11 1949 sp: William Oliver Garlington b: Nov 7 1893 m: Mar 24 1917 d: Aug 2 1963 4-Ruth Elizabeth Tyson b: Nov 19 1897 d: Nov 3 1898 4-Avy Audrie Tyson b: Feb 11 1899 d: Oct 24 1987 sp: Matthew Reecy Honeycutt b: Dec 15 1849 d: 11/31/1936 4-Jacob Leroy Tyson b: Feb 17 1901 d: Jun 6 1977 sp: Delphine Marie Couvillion 5-Joseph Eddington Tyson 5-Richard Anthony Tyson 5-Erline Marie Tyson 3-Susan Tyson b: Aug 22 1863 d: Jul 28 1939 - Parsonage Cem sp: Benjamin Franklin Bruce b: Apr 20 1857 d: Jul 7 1888 4-Cora Louise Bruce b: Oct 13 1881 d: Jun 19 1909 4-William Joseph Bruce b: Aug 17 1883 d: Sep 7 1977 4-Joseph Job Bruce b: Jul 30 1885 4-Benjamin E Bruce b: Aug 9 1887 d: Oct 25 1926 sp: James E Holmes b: 1859 d: 1899 4-Rosa R Holmes b: May 1890 d: Mar 1901 2-Samuel Seaborn Tyson b: 1814 d: ab. 1863 2-Jacob ( Jobe ) G. Tyson b: Jan 18 1818 in Miss. d: Mar 22 1866 sp: Sarah Ann Nugent b: Dec 23 1813 m: Dec 12 1842 in Rapides d: May 12 1876 Burial location unknown 3-Leroy S Tyson b: Mar 8 1843 d: Apr 8 1864 in Battle of Mansfield 3-Francis Tyson b: Dec 25 1845 d: bef. 1850 census 3-Olliver Alexander Tyson b: Feb 16 1848 d: Oct 15 1917 sp: Mary Ann Swafford b: Sep 8 1850 m: Feb 18 1869 d: Aug 1 1931 4-LeRoy Swafford Tyson b: Nov 23 1869 d: May 6 1902 sp: Elizabeth Glen m: Aug 1 1893 5-Oliver R Tyson sp: Minnie O Brown m: Mar 7 1897 5-Ruth Tyson 5-Cason Tyson 4-Lillie Tyson b: Jun 27 1872 d: Mar 24 1921 sp: John Singer m: Dec 22 1888 3-Jesse Bynum Tyson b: Dec 18 1849 d: May 15 1899 3-Mary Emma Tyson b: Oct 18 1851 d: Jul 31 1876 3-Edward B Tyson b: Jul 17 1857 d: Aug 14 1874 2-Hamilton Tyson b: Aug 14 1823 in Rapides (Grant) area d: Mar 14 1872 in Winn Parish, near Atlanta Burial location unknown sp: Laura Ann Irwin b: Dec 3 1833 in Rapides (Grant) area m: Dec 4 1856 d: Jan 30 1864 3-Alexander Tyson b: 1854 3-Sara Elizabeth Tyson b: 1857 d: Oct 10 1912 3-Francis V Tyson b: 1859 3-Laura A. Tyson b: Apr 11 1863 d: Jan 25 1911 sp: R E Sullivan b: Jul 19 1845 d: Mar 28 1932 sp: Eliza Stephens b: 1845 (1870 census) in Ala. m: Dec 21 1864 d: 1910 Eliza married Andrew L Jones after death of Hamilton and had at least one more child. Children of Hamilton lived with them. 3-Cornelia Florence Tyson b: 1866 (census) d: 1915 sp: George Marabe Jones 3-Anna Tyson b: 1867 (census) d: infant 3-Cavey C. Tyson b: 1870 (census) d: 1911 3-Ira Hamilton Tyson b: May 20 1872 d: Oct 6 1907 - Atlanta Cem 2-Zachariah Tyson b: ab. 1825 in Rapides (Grant) area d: bef 1860 sp: Mary Goree m: 1854 Above names may not be inclusive of all - these are ones that records were found for. Many of the Tysons / children were buried in unmarked locations or died young without children.