Elizar Tryon (abt. 1822 - abt. 1863)

Born about 28 Mar 1822 in Connecticut, United States

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Died about 18 Aug 1863 at about age 41 in Leon, Texas, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

There are two Tryon men, Seldon Tryon and Elizur Tryon, born in Connecticut in 1812 and 1822 respectively, and appearing in the 1850 and 1860 census records of the Houston/Walker/Leon counties area of Texas. Both died in 1863.

Seldon was a farmer and had many slaves. He married and had their first child in North Carolina, lived in Arkansas in 1840, and lived in Texas by about 1843.

Elizur was a blacksmith. He married in Connecticut and had their first child, Seldon, there in 1848 and is in Texas by 1850.

It is almost certain that these two men are brothers. On other sites they are listed as sons of Elizur Tryon and they do fit with that Elizer's census records for 1820 and 1830. Beyond the census records and coincidence of name, there is nothing to connect them to parents. The two other Elizur Tryons in Connecticut can be eliminated because these two men don't fit into their census records but that just removes the relationship by commonality of name. The senior Elizur in Connecticut had over 20 slaves in the 1830 census and that is unusual among the Tryons of Connecticut. I think it is likely enough that they are sons of Elizur to attach them.

Research Notes

There is a family bible page posted on ancestry.com that gives birth dates of Elizur and many descendants. It is named there "Albert and Mary Tryon Family Bible." The earliest record is for Elizur Tryon, b. Mar. 28, 1822. There and on another page from this bible his name is spelled in the traditional way "Elizur".

The death certificate of his son Albert says Elizur was born in England but the informant also did not know the name of Albert's mother so the information is doubtful.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-J28 : 23 December 2020), Elizur Tryon, Walker, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). This record has wife Charlotte and son Seldon. Walker, TX, is about half way between today's Leon county and Houston.

• 1850 United States Agricultural Schedule; Census Place: Houston, Texas; Archive Collection Number: T1134; Roll: 2; Page: 421; Line: 19; Schedule Type: Agriculture. NOTE: his holdings are larger, and worth more, than all of his neighbors except one.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFT-QLJ : 18 February 2021), E Tryon, 1860, Leon Division, Leon, Texas. This record has wife Susan and son Seldon of the right age to be the same as in 1850.

• Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900, for E C Tryon, enlisted 13 Mar 1862, Leon City, Co. D, Gould's battalion, Texas Cavalry, CSA (ancestry.com)