Michael T Hyder (1743 - 1790)

Born 1743 in Old Fields, Hampshire, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wood) Hyder — married 2 Dec 1764 in Hampshire, Virginia

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1790 at about age 47 in Washington County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Michael Hyder served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Revolutionary War Soldier Michael Hyder [Sr.] & Elizabeth Woods Hyder. Michael Hyder came to the Watauga Settlement from Hampshire Co., Va. in the year 1766 or 1768. He was one of the earliest settlers on Watauga. He served in the Revolutionary War and was at the Battle of Kings Mountain Oct 8, 1780 ... [editor's note - rather it is thought that Michael Sr. was detailed out of this battle so that he could scout for indians to protect the Watauga Settlement. He was involved in 3 other Rev. War battles] ... ^[1]

• Erected by His Descendants
  • • • To
  • Michael Hyder, Sr.
  • Died June 25, 1790.

"Member of the Watauga Association. In Watauga Fort June 21, 1776. Took part in all 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 expedition to defend Watauga Settlement from Indian Invasion. ^[1]

Grave marked by the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution on Friday, September 18th 2015, Find A Grave: Memorial #25560475. SAR Patriot

Powder Branch

100 yards upstream at a falls stood an old powder mill, where Mary McKeehan Patton made powder for the soldiers who went to King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780. Michael Hyder, Sr., signer of the Halifax Petition in 1776, lived here and is buried on the hill to left of the stream. Both have many descendants here today.^[2][3]

Hider (Hyder). Michael lived on Powder Branch a mile south of Wataugal and signed the Halifax petition of 1776. He was under Sevier at King's Mountain. A direct descendant is Senator R. E. Patton, of Knox county. ^[4]

Name

Name: Michael T /Hyder/^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Birth

1743, Old Fields, Hampshire, Virginia, United States^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}

Death

25 June 1790, Washington County, North Carolina, USA^{[20][21][22][23][24]}

Burial

Carter County, Tennessee, USA^[25][26]

Marriage

2 December 1764^[27]

Marriage

: Husband: Michael T Hyder

Wife: Elizabeth Wood

Child: John W Johan Wilhelm Hyder

Child: Michael E Hyder

Child: Mary Elizabeth Polly Hyder

Child: Jacob Hyder

Child: Joseph Hyder

Child: Katherine Katy Hyder

Child: Jonathan Hyder

Child: Benjamin Hyder

Child: Elizabeth Hyder Parkerson

Child: Katherine Hyder Moore

Child: Sarah Hyder

Child: Jane Hyder

Marriage:

Place: of TN

Marriage:

Date: 2 Dec 1764

Place: Hampshire, Virginia, United States

Marriage:

Place: of TN^[28]

Will

"The will of Michael Hyder, Sr. dated May 20, 1790, is in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee. Will No. 1, p. 21, names wife, Elizabeth; sons, John, Jonathan, Michael, Adam, Jacob and Joseph; there were several daughters not named in the will. They were Polly, Nancy, Katy and Martha Hyder."

Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds By Jeannette Tillotson Acklen

MICHAEL HIDER'S WILL

Jonesborough, State of North Carolina, 1790

Washington County Will Book Volume I, Part I, p. 21, 1779-1858

"In the name of God, Amen; This the twenty-eighth day of May 1790, I Michael Hider of County aforesaid being very sick weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks to God; - therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all and I give bequeath my soul unto the hands of almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried at the descreation of my executors and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life. First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Hider the plantation whereon I now live together with all the houses and orchards and all appurtenances belonging to the same tract of land on the same side of river or branch to be by her fully and fully possessed and enjoyed during her natural life and at her decease to my son Jonathan Hider. I also give to my beloved wife Elizabeth all and singular the stock of horses and cattle belonging to the above plantation also all the sheep and hoggs and farming utensils also all the beds and furniture and household furniture. (Item) -I give my son John Hider the tract of land known by the name of Kites on the tract on the other side of the branch supposed to be two hundred acres together with the plantation and all the appurtenances thereto belonging to the same tract of land on the same side of the river or branch. (Item) — I give to my son Michael Hider the land and plantation known by the name Knellams one hundred acres whereof was bought of Mathew Talbot, Sr. and the other part of said land is divided by a line between John and Michael supposed to contain one hundred and fifty acres in all with all the appurtenances thereto belonging (Item) - I give to my other sons which have no land all my stock of horses cattle hoggs and sheep together with the household furniture to be equally divided among them at my wife's decease namely Adam Hider, Jacob Hider, and Joseph Hider. I also constitute make and ordain my beloved wife Elizabeth Hider executrix together with my son John Hider executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disanull all other wills and testaments by me made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written".

His

Michael x Hider (seal)

Mark

Signed sealed & pronounced

in the presence of

Edmd. Williams

Robert English

Henry English

The foregoing will was proven by the

oaths of Edmd. Williams, Robt. English,

Henry English and subscribing witnesses.

Thereto and ordered to be

recorded.

Elizabeth & John Hider qualified as the

Executrix and Executor at August Session

1790

A story of two Tennessee families : Edwards and Hyder Statement of Responsibility: [by] Ernestine Ratcliffe Edwards

Hans Michael Heider

Husband: Hans Michael Heider

Wife: Katherine Chasteen

Child: Catherine Hyder

Child: Johann Adam Hyder

Child: Anna Marie Hyder

Child: Benjamin Heider

Child: Katherina Heider

Child: Jacob Hyder

Child: George Hyder

Child: Michael T Hyder

Child: Benjamin Heider

Child: Jacob Hyder

Child: Melchois Hyder

Marriage:

Date: 1729

Place: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany^[29]

Additional Information

Michael 3 HYDER b.1743 d. 25 June 1790 (Tennesse Roots book says Michael b. 1740, m. 2 Dec 1764 Hampshire Co. VA d. 25 Jan (not June) 1790. Buried Hyder Cemetery, Powder Branch. m. 2 Dec. 1764 Elizabeth WOOD b. 1745 Hampshire, VA (Bible Records of Mich show Elizabeth Wood b. 9 Apr 1745 Hampshire VA d. 3 Jan 1841, Carter, TN, buried Hyder Cemetery Powder Branch. (Don’t know if it's right but someone listed Elizabeth Wood’s sibling as Jonathan Wood b. 13 Feb 1725, Jebediah Wood b. 25 May 1728, James Wood b. 12 Mar 1730) Michael & Elizabeth Hyder had son John. John was one of 11 children born to them. Nelle Saint says Elizabeth Wood's parents are John & Agness Wood?? TN Roots & Descendants of Michael Hyder by Betty Dean Hamby Cooper says Elizabeth Wood’s were Jonathan Allen WOOD & Persis ROBBINS (don't think this is right?)

--source-TN Cousins-A History of TN People by Worth Ray #976.8 R213 says: JOHN HYDER--Will dated 23 Mar 1833 in which he named his wife Anna & following legatees (it was said 2nd m/ to Nancy Weatherington after 1818 Michael 5 Hyder-my plantation Jane 5 Hyder who married Mr. Haun Nancy 5 Haun LUCINDA 5 YOUNG (Bev's direct ancestor) Lavinia 5 Edens Margaret Emmert

Posted at Find A Grave: Memorial #25560475:^[30] 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.

Michael Sr. is the Brother to Benjamin b:10-16-1745 and Jacob b:1746/1748. Not Father. The Uncle to Mary "Polly" b:abt 1772, John (Wallis) b:3-10-1786 and Nancy b:1786 which is all Benjamin's children. Michael Sr. is the son of Hans Michael, born 1707 in Glashuetten, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, and Katherine Chasteen b: 1709 m: 1729. I can go back three more generations from Hans and six down from John Wallis. My Daughter is a Hyder and I have researched this family for decades. There are web pages to verify all of this.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds By Jeannette Tillotson Acklen page 97
2. ↑ Marking Time: East Tennessee Historical Markers and the Stories Behind Them By Fred Brown page 59, Carter County, Powder Branch
3. ↑ The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: By James Gettys McGready Ramsey. page 142
4. ↑ The King's mountain men, the story of the battle, with sketches of the American soldiers who took part by White, Katherine Keogh Joseph K. Ruebush Company, 1924. page page 188
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18. ↑ Source: #S-988400756 Page: Birth year: 1739; Birth city: Hampshire; Birth state: VA APID: 1,4725::4282012
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29. ↑ Source: #S-988400759 Page: Source number: 6963.038; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::558127
30. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 November 2021), memorial page for Michael Hyder Sr. (1743–25 Jun 1790), Find A Grave: Memorial #25560475, citing Hyder Cemetery, Carter County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by b. bradford (contributor 46797613) .

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Michael Hider", Ancestor # A055092.
  
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See Also:

• “TRUST THE LORD BUT KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY”: BLACKPOWDER MAKERS OF POWDER BRANCH permission to reference article

• The Hyder Family

• michael hyder, sr

• Daughters of The American Revolution Record

HIDER, MICHAEL

Service: NORTH CAROLINA

Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth: 1740 VIRGINIA

Death: 6-25-1790 WASHINGTON CO SOUTHWEST TERRITORY

Service Source: SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 708-711

Service Description: SIGNED WATAUGA PETITION

Residence: WASHINGTON DIST, NORTH CAROLINA

Spouse: ELIZABETH WOODS

SIGNED WATAUGA PETITION

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Kari Lemons for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Kari and others.

• Hyder-167 was created by Elizabeth Luttrell through the import of Luttrell Family Tree.ged on Jun 12, 2015.