John Baylis Earle (October 23, 1766 – February 3, 1836) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1803 to 1805.

He served as a drummer boy and soldier during the Revolutionary War in the Rutherford County Regiment.

He served as adjutant and inspector general of South Carolina for sixteen years.

He died in Anderson County, South Carolina, February 3, 1836 and was interred in the cemetery on his plantation, "Silver Glade," in Anderson County.

[2] His daughter married Thomas Harrison, a Comptroller General of South Carolina.