John
Tyus
Born in Surry, Surry, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Tyus
and Naomi (Davis) Tyus
Brother of
Naomi (Holdsworth) White [half], Walter Holdsworth [half], Mary Holdsworth [half], Ann Holdsworth [half], William Scarborough [half], Edward Scarborough [half], Thomas Scarborough [half], John Scarborough [half], Christopher Scarborough [half] and David Scarborough [half]
Husband of
Mary (Jordan) Tyus
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Sowery) Tyus
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Tyus, John Tyus, Priscilla Tyus, Joanna Tyus, Thomas Tyus, Grace (Tyus) Moss and Richard Tyus
Died
at about age 45
in Surry, Surry, Colony of Virginia
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
John Tyus, Sr. death and buried is unknown. [1]
This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.
Name
- Name: John /Tyus/[2]
Court Records
1707 --- September -- John Tyus a juryman - a suit beteween Richard and Sarah Lewis against George and Lidia Norwood, extras, for the estate of William Norwood, deceased. --- SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS 1701-1711, BOOK VI, page: 301.
1708 --- Jury Court - John Tyus, a juryman - a suit between Benjamin Foreman and John Sugar -- SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS 1701-1711, BOOK VI, page: 312.
1710 --- John Tyus, Edward Scarbrough, Joseph Collier and Gregory Rawlings or any three of them being first sworn before one of Her Majtices are nominated and appointed to value and appraise the estate of Rich Hyde, deceased; and ordered that Mary Hide, executor of the last will and testament of the said deceased, present an inventory and the said appraisement at the next court -- Count Court Records 1701-1711 Book: VI, page: 355 -- February 1710 ----- SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS 1701-1711 BOOK: VI, by Weynette Haun, 1992, page: 108.
1711 --- February Court - John Tyus, Edward Scarborough and William Moss or any two of them being first sworn before any of Her Majectic Justices of the Peace this county are nominated and appointed to value and appraise the estate of Noah Barefoot, deceased, and ordered that Grace Barefoot, executor of the said deceased's estate, present an inventory and the said appraisement at the next court - September 711 - County court Records 1701-1711 Book: VI, page: 375 --- SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS 1701-1711 BOOK: VI, by Weynette Haun, 1992, page: 124.
1711--- March Court - John Tyrus, a juryman - a suit between Benjamin Chapman ans Amos Timis and Elizabeth, his wife ----- SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA COURT RECORDS 1701-1711, BOOK VI, page: 391.
1711 --- Noah Barefoot - Estate - Administratior: Grace Bedingfield -- appraised By: John Tyas and Edward Scarbroo -- D: November 25, 1711 -- Book: 6, page: 83 -- Surry County, Virginia ----- WILLS ADMINSTRATIONS - SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1671-1750, by Eliza Davis, 1955, page: 12.
NOTE: John Tyas is Edward Scarbroo's half-brother - their mother is Amy (Davis) Holdsworth/Scarborough/Tyus
Researched By Richard Parker
Tithables
1698 --- Surry County, Virginia Tithables in 1698 -- Thomas Tyas -- John Tyas ----- COLONIAL SURRY, by John B. Boddie, 1966, page: 2094.
Will
1725 --- WILL
John Tyus made his will on June 9, 1725 and same was probated March 16, 1726. (Book: 1, page: 631) He gave to son John 100 acres adjoining Bartholomew Andrews on Johnschweon Swamp where son John now lives; daughter Grace Moss 1 shilling; daughter Elizabeth Tyus one shilling; wife, Mary, rest of estate for life; but if she marry, the personal estate to equally divided between my wife and my five children as named, John, Thomas, Priscilla Tyus, Joann Tyrus, Richard Tyus. To my son Richard, 100 acres after his mother's death. Wife Executrix. witness: John Allen, Richard Lewis, Daniel Duggard. First marriage (children): Elizabeth, Priscilla, Joanna, Thomas, Grace, John -- second Marriage (children): Richard Tyus.
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES VOL. II, by John Bodie, 1955, page: 386.
2nd Source: WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS OF SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1671-1750, by Eliza Timberlake Davis, 1955, page: 166.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial Number: 100133843
- ↑ Source: #S-2050775427 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13232476&pid=88306912
- WikiTree profile Tyus-4 created through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on Jul 28, 2011 by Bob Carson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.
- Source: S-2050775427 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;;; Note: Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), _APID: 1030::0 CONT This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. CONT
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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You have Walter Holdsworth as the father of John Tyus. This is incorrect and should be changed. Walter died in 1672 and John was born 1681. You do have Amy married to Thomas Tyus and that is who John Tyus's father is.
Please change this. It's confusing.
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