Individual Details
Mahala Dyer
(Abt 1801 - 21 Apr 1876)
Mahala named as Mahaly Brock in her father's will. She married Moses Brock, 20 Sep 1833 in Grainger Co TN. Thomas Brock, Bondsman.
Wills and Settlements; Grainger Co TN 1839-1847
LDS #0464102
p.34/9 Silas McBee purchased plates, cups & saucers & a cupboard, table, chest, 1 pr sheep shears, tub,etc. at estate sale of William Dyer, 25 Jan 1839 - probably his father-in-law. Widow Dyer also made purchases. Jackson Dyer, Callaway Dyer, Moses Brock, Isaac Vitteto, James Vitteto Booker Dyer Executor. 25 Jan 1839. Supplemental account - notes. - recorded 15 Apr 1839. Booker Dyer, Executor of William Dyer Dec'd
p.515/195 Settlement with Booker Dyer executor of estate of William Dyer dec'd. 14 May 1842
Vouchers from Martin Cleveland, Calloway Dyer, James Dyer Sr.
Moses Brock who intermarried with Mahaly Dyer one of the Legatees, Rec dated 25 Jan 1840 $35.11
Silas McBee who intermarried with Sarah Dyer one of the Legatees Recipt 15 Dec 1839 $35.12
Rec. 8 Jun 1842
1850 Census. Pike Co AR, Missouri Twp, Hh 280
Moses Brock, age 47, b. TN. Mahala, age 48, b. TN
Anna, age 20, Chareta 18, Booker 16, Nancy A. 14, George 13, Moses 10, Sarah 11, John 7
1860 Census. Pike Co AR, Missouri Twp, Brocktown, Hh 429
Moses Brock, age 57, b. TN. Mahala, age 58, b. TN
M. K. Brock, 19 [male] b. TN. J. W. Brock 17 [male] b. TN.
on same page:
Samuel Brock, age 37, b. TN, wife is "E. J. Brock" also b. TN and children - the eldest age 9 and born in Arkansas. There are other Brock families in Pike Co and I doubt that this is son, although he likely is kin.
1870 Census. Pike Co AR, Missouri Twp, Brock Town, p.216, Hh 58
Moses Brock, age 67, b. TN. Mahala, age 68, b. TN.
Hiram P. Howard, age 24, farm labor, b. TN
other Brocks on the same census page:
Geo W. age 33, b. TN and family
John W., age 27, b. TN and family
Moses K., age 25, b. TN and family
and on the previous page was Elizabeth Brock, widow, age 40 and her family - she was born in TN
Events
| Birth | Abt 1801 | Grainger County, Tennessee | |||
| Death | 21 Apr 1876 | Pike County, Arkansas |
Families
| Father | William Dyer ( - 1838) |
| Mother | Nancy Ward (1775 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Dyer (1798 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Dyer (1799 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Owen Dyer (1800 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Anderson Dyer (1804 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Booker Dyer (1807 - ) |
| Sibling | Calloway Dyer (1810 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Cynthia Dyer (1812 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Andrew Jackson Dyer (1814 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Wisner Dyer (1820 - 1908) |