- He was 2nd Lieutenant in 3rd Regiment, 10 December 1776
- 1st Lieutenant, 3rd Regiment, 20 February 1777
- Prisoner at Staten Island, 22 August 1777
- Cap. Lieut., 3re Regiment, 11 February 1780
- Exchanged 22 December 1780, and did not rejoin regiment
Other members of his family are buried at St. John's Church graveyard, Broad Creek, and at Christ Church graveyard, Accokeek.
Incidentally, the property at which development was recently stopped, and which is being converted into parkland, is NOT the historic Tent Landing. Although this property has sometimes been referred to as "Tent Landing", the original landing is actually almost 1/2 mile to the north- northwest, near the cul-de-sac of Mariner Drive.
Good luck with finding his grave location!
Susan G. Pearl, Historian
Prince George's County Historical Society
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: Does anyone know where Revolutionary War Hero,
: Captain Henry Lyles is buried. He stopped a
: British landing party on the banks of the
: Potomac in April of 1781. Today this
: location is called Tents Landing and was
: saved from development in recent years. His
: funeral was at the Old Presbyterian Meeting
: House in Alexandria in 1786, but he was not
: buried in their grave yard.
:
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