[Br²derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0725, Date of Import: Apr 16, 2002]
Killed by the Tories according to "Samuel Combest and His Descendants" book. In March 1781, He was attacked and killed by Tories, who had come to his father's plantation. There being no one at home except women and children, Peggie and Rebecca proceeded to make a crude coffin and bury their brother at night in a shallow grave near the home. At the time of his death, Samuel Wylie had been serving on the side of the Colonists since 1780.