Captain
Britton
Clinton
Tyler
Born in Hancock County, Georgia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Tyler
and Sarah (Shi) Tyler
Brother of
William Patterson Tyler Sr., Jane (Tyler) Thompson, Sarah Josephine (Tyler) Benton, Louisa (Tyler) Lesueur and Thomas M. Tyler
Husband of
Massylvia (Kerby) Tyler
— married
22 Apr 1833 in Jasper Co. Georgia
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah T Tyler, Jerusha T Tyler, Josephine Tyler, Josephine Rebecca (Tyler) Bell and Dewitt C Tyler
Died
at about age 60
in Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2015
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Biography
Captain Britton Clinton Tyler
- Birth: 21 Oct 1808 Hancock County, Georgia, USA
- Death: 1869 (aged 60–61) Texas, USA
Parents:
" Thomas Tyler and Sarah Shi.
Britton served as a Captain, Troup County, February 1830-September 19, 1836, War of 1812. He is listed as a Trader in Murray County, near Dalton, Georgia, census 1850 and city tax recorder.
The Tyler family refuged ahead of Sherman's Union forces to Cedar Bluff, Alabama, and in 1870 were in Cherokee County, Alabama. At this time he was married to his second wife, Caroline and her children, lived with the Tyler family. Shortly after this they had moved to Texas.
Van Bell and his family also refuged ahead of Sherman's forces to Cherokee County, Alabama. Also, his son Robert also went to Texas at a later date. Maybe he went to visit the Tyler family, soon after was murdered? Greg Bell 12-22-2017
Burial
- Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Researching for burial site
- Find A Grave: Memorial #47185441
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Britton by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Britton by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- John Tyler
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #106685
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~1.56%
Andrea (Bell) Missroon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A378999 [compare], Ancestry member abmissroon1
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Donna (McGill) Perkins :
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