Revolutionary War Soldiers Series: Remembering Daniel Tyler
By Betty F. Crum and Pat Young
Waw-wil-a-way Chapter Daughters
of the American Revolution, 250 Project
Note: This year, the United States of America will celebrate its semiquincentennial, its 250th anniversary. The semiquincentennial marks the first nationwide celebration of America's birth since the bicentennial in 1976. Of course, America's independence cannot be celebrated without also honoring the efforts of the Revolutionary War soldiers that led to independence. The Waw-wil-a-way Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, along with the Southern Ohio Genealogical Society, is presenting a series of articles featuring Revolutionary War soldiers who lived and died within the borders of Highland County.
Daniel Tyler was born in Amherst County, Virginia on Feb. 18, 1758 to Nelson Charles Tyler and Elizabeth Wade.
He served in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Virginia Militia under Capt. Samuel J. Cabell, Col. Philip Buckner and with Col. Daniel Morgan’s Regiment of Riflemen.
He was discharged at Valley Forge on Feb. 20, 1778. He fought in several battles. He was at Saratoga in New York, and was a member of Morgan’s Sharpshooters.
Daniel Tyler married Sarah Cash in 1785 in Amherst Co. He moved from Amherst Co. to Bedford Co. about 1806.
He lived in Bedford until the 1830s. Daniel had received a pension as well as a grant of land in Ohio for his war service. Some of his children had preceded him to Ohio, probably to take advantage of the land grant.
Before 1840, Daniel left Virginia and was in Ohio. Of Daniel and Sarah’s nine children all but one settled in Ohio – most in Highland County area. One fun fact: Sarah Cash’s father, Stephen Cash, was also a Revolutionary Patriot, and is the fifth great-grandfather of Country Western singer, Johnny Cash.
One of his daughters, Johanna Tyler, married Thomas W. Brown which started new branches of the Daugherty, Fent, and Combs lineage in this area. About 1826, his son, John Tyler, who had married Eudosia Parker died. Eudosia and most of her children moved west to Ohio into Highland County, with Daniel.
Daniel died in 1845 in Highland County. He is buried on his farm near Centerfield in Madison Twp. In 1924, the Julianna White Chapter of the DAR placed a marker at his grave. A newspaper article documents this event.
The Peoples Press, Highland Co. May 21, 1924 – stated “The Dedication of the memorial to Daniel Tyler, Revolutionary soldier, was carried out by the D.A.R. on Monday afternoon with simple and appropriate ceremonies . . . The grave of the Revolutionary soldier is located on the old home farm on the land owned by Mr and Mrs S.Q. Duncan, one mile south of Centerfield.”
Patricia Young, Waw-wil-a-way Chapter NSDAR. Contributing to this article are Daniel Tyler descendants and SOGS members JoAnn Combs Collins and her daughter Cindy Collins Kanwar.