Blackburn near Newton in Catawba County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lieutenant John Hoyle

June 1, 1740 - Sept. 1, 1822

Photographed by Mark Parker, November 23, 2024

1. Lieutenant John Hoyle Marker

Inscription. Juror, soldier, and patriot in the cause of American independence during the Revolutionary War. Served under Colonel Frederick Hambright in the history making Battle of King's Mountain on Oct. 7, 1780.

Erected by John Hoyle Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is October 7, 1780.

Location. 35° 35.943′ N, 81° 19.03′ W. Memorial is near Newton, North Carolina, in Catawba County. It is in Blackburn. It is on Hickory Lincolnton Highway south of Grace Church Road, on the right when traveling south. Location is the cemetery on the north side of Grace Union Church. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4551 Hickory Lincolnton Hwy, Newton NC 28658, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grace Union Church Reformed and Lutheran (within shouting distance of this marker); Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); Startown School (approx. 3.9 miles away); Salem Lutheran & United Church of Christ (approx. 4.6 miles away); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 5 miles away); Pottery Industry (approx. 5 miles away); Daniels Church (approx. 5.7 miles away); Andrew Loretz (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newton.

Also see . . . Patriot John Hoyle. Background and military service of John Hoyle in the American Revolution.

Patriot John Hoyle, for whom our chapter was named, both fought and supplied the troops of the American Revolution. A pay voucher proves his military service and lists his rank at that time as ensign. John Hoyle was the youngest child
Photographed by Mark Parker, November 23, 2024

2. Full view of Lieutenant John Hoyle Marker, original gravestone and NSDAR slab
of German emigrant “Pioneer Peiter Heyl” and was born in Pennsylvania, on 1 June 1740. He was said to be a born leader and sympathized with his English neighbors in their desire for independence. He received 1150 acres of land in Rutherford County, North Carolina (NC), for his service.

John Hoyle was in his mid thirties when the American Revolution began. He had seen service against the Cherokee prior to the war, but there is no evidence that he participated in the patriot cause before 1780 — apparently choosing to remain neutral, as most Germans in that area did during that period. On June 22, 1780, the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill occurred in Lincoln County, NC, where John resided. The battle was significant in that several hundred patriot militia defeated loyalist militia more than three times their size, greatly weakening loyalist sympathies in the back country and strengthening the patriot cause. John had relatives on both sides. Loyalist brother-in-law Peter Costner was killed, patriot brother-in-law Thomas Costner survived the battle, and John’s brother Michael furnished supplies to the patriots during the war. With his
Photographed by Mark Parker, November 23, 2024

3. Lieutenant John Hoyle Marker. Graves of wife Margaret and father Peter are to the left
military background, John Hoyle would have been encouraged to use his skills in the strengthening patriot cause in North Carolina, after 1780.

(Submitted on November 26, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

NSDAR Patriot slab image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, November 23, 2024

4. NSDAR Patriot slab

Front of Grace Union Church. Cemetery is to the right image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, November 23, 2024

5. Front of Grace Union Church. Cemetery is to the right

Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 574 times since then and 177 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 26, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.