Individual Details

Michael Hyder

(Abt 1743 - 25 Jun 1790)

Michael Hyder Sr was born circa 1743 at Hampshire Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Wood(s), daughter of John Wood(s) and Agness (Woods), on December 2, 1764. He was a Powder Mill owner & Farmer between 1760 and 1790. He left a will in 1782 at Washington Co., NC. Powder Branch was named after the occupation of Michael and a neighbor , who made gun powder before 1790. He died on June 25, 1790 at Carter Co., TN. He was buried after June 25, 1790 at Hyder Cemetery, Powder Branch, Carter Co., TN. (Bob King)

Husband of Elizabeth Wood. Father of James, Mary Elizabeth 'Polly', Martha, Adam, Jacob, Michael Jr, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Nancy and John. Son of Catherine Chasteen and Hans Michael Hyder.

Drected by his Decendants to
Michael Hyder Sr.
Died 25 June 1790
Member of the Watauga Association in Watauga Fort, June 21, 1776.
Took part in all the early Indian wars in Tennessee under Shelby, Sevier and Christian.

Was in the following battles of the Revolution, Thickety Fort, Cedar Springs and Musgrove's Mill in South Carolina. Was detailed from the King's Mountain, SC espedition to defend the Watauga Settlement from Indian invasion. 

Hider, Michieal
28 August 1778 took the oath of allegiance to this state. (Was TN, Co. Ct. Min, 1/46)

Events

BirthAbt 1743Hampshire, Virginia, British America
Death25 Jun 1790Washington, North Carolina, United States
MarriageElizabeth Wood
BurialHyder Cemetery, Carter, Tennessee, United States

Families

SpouseElizabeth Wood (1745 - 1841)
ChildJohn Hyder (1765 - )

Notes

Death

Hider, Michael
Died before August term 1790 when the will was proved by Edmd. Williams, Robert English & Henry English. Elizabeth Hider and John Hider were executors. (Was TN, Co Ct. Min, 1/456)

Note: Tennessee did not become a state until 1796. What is now Carter County Tennessee was originally part of the "Washington District" organized in 1775. In 1777, the district became Washington County, North Carolina. On June 1, 1796, Washington County, North Carolina was transferred to Washington County, Tennessee by a vote of the U.S. Congress. Records began in January 1778.


Endnotes

1. Jack English, "English ancestors," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, 2007.

2. Bob King, The Hyder Family (http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Hyder.html : accessed 14 September 2009), .

3. Jack L. English, David J English and Robert C English, Mitchell County History - English Family (http://mitchellcountyhistory.org/genealogy_english : accessed 17 September 2009), .

4. Bob King, The Hyder Family (http://fourkings.freeyellow.com/Hyder.html : accessed 14 September 2009), .

5. Marjorie Hood Fischer, Ruth Blake Burns, Tennessee Tidbits, 1778-1914, Volume 2 (Heritage Books,, 2008), p 142; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=JvlLFFs47UEC&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=henry+english+tennessee&source=bl&ots=bHBkn0_fa_&sig=WteRUsWh3jIMqVtCaLsdzqPZDh8&hl=en&ei=eNiySpe-CYGysgP0jq2eDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=henry%20english%20tennessee&f=false : accessed 17 September 2009.