Equilla ???

Notes:

Mark Freeman's notes for Equilla Byler http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/mclemore.html

Her surname, often repeated, is not certain. May be Aquilla Bierly.

She is also called Aquilla Byler, or Equilla Tiner (1850 census, listed as 90 years old; 1860 census, 98 years). She likely married 2nd Mr. Tiner.

Abraham & Jacob, were neighbors of the McLemores in Bedford & Giles Co. TN. When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale.

Byler is often described as a Swiss name, descendants of the Beiler family that immigrated from Bern, Switzerland to Pennsylvania. One family was that of Jacob Franklin Byler, born about 1765 in Pennsylvania - went with his parents to (now Rowan Co.) North Carolina where he later married Bathsheba Oxford, daughter of Samuel Oxford and Bathsheba Barrett.

Samuel Oxford's wife Bathsheba Barrett was the daughter of Jonathan Barrett (Perrot) and Jar Fly Jarman, said to have been a full blood Catawba Indian.

Some of the descendants of this family went through Tennessee. There is not a known link to this Equilla Byler. A lot of info is available on the Byler family.

When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale. It is possible that the surname for Equilla / Aquilla was taken from this, and not a marriage record.

A two page document entitled "McLemore History" by Rueben McLemore, Jr." states that when Richard McLemore "came to Lauderdale county he brought with him an old relation, a Mrs. Tiner. When she died he buried her behind the church he had built. One after another his family was added to the same plot until, after some time, the McLemore Cemetery was instituted and given to the usage of the public." The McLemore Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is located at the corner of Sixth Street and Tenth Avenue. Others buried there include victims of the 1871 riot and the 1878 yellow fever epidemic.

Equilla married Amos McLemore between 1785 and 1787. Amos (son of Moses McLemore and ??? ???) was born between 1760 and 1766 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Moses McLemore was born about 1787 in South Carolina; died on 18 Mar 1857 in Copiah County, Mississippi.
2. John McLemore was born on 2 Sep 1793 in South Carolina; died about 1854 in Perry County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi.
3. Amos McLemore, Jr. was born on 18 Sep 1796 in South Carolina; died on 12 Sep 1872 in Clarke County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke County, Mississippi.
4. Richard McLemore was born on 21 Sep 1798 in South Carolina; died on 11 Aug 1881 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
5. William McLemore was born between 1800 and 1804 in South Carolina; died in Feb 1853 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
6. Josiah McLemore was born about 1803 in South Carolina; and died.
7. Sarah Joriah McLemore was born about 1806 in Tennessee; died about 1859.
8. Mary McLemore was born between 1807 and 1809 in Bedford County, Tennessee; and died.
9. Beatrice Elizabeth McLemore was born about 1810 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died on 4 Jul 1881 in Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Copiah County, Mississippi.