Joel Henry Dyer

1754 - 1825  (71 years)

• Name	Joel Henry Dyer
  Birth	1754	, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jun 1825	, Madison, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I16570	Master
  Last Modified	25 May 2012

  
  

  Father	James Dyer,   b. 1712, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. May 1771, , Halifax, North Carolina, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Eleanor "hellena" Henrietta Elizabeth Brown,   b. 1720, , Halifax, North Carolina, USA d. 1771, , Halifax, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1742	, , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F4290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sophia Weston,   b. 1758   d. Bef 16 Jul 1802 (Age < 44 years)
  Marriage	1775	, , Tennessee, USA
  Children	1. Robert Henry Dyer,   b. 1774, Holston River, Grainger, North Carolina, USA d. 11 May 1826, Dyer, Gibson, Tennessee, USA (Age 52 years)   2. Nancy Tabitha Dyer,   b. 1777, , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA d. 1807, Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA (Age 30 years)   3. Sarah Dyer,   b. 18 Jul 1781, Grainger, North Carolina, USA d. Oct 1828, , Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 47 years)   4. Elizabeth Dyer,   b. 1784   5. Catherine Dyer,   b. 1790   6. Charlotte Dyer,   b. 1795   7. Mary Henrietta Dyer,   b. 1795   d. 28 Mar 1844, , Marshall, Mississippi, USA (Age 49 years)   8. William H Dyer,   b. Abt 1798, , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA d. Oct 1828, , , Tennessee, USA (Age 30 years)   9. Sophia Weston Dyer,   b. 14 Apr 1800, , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA   10. Joel Henry Dyer,   b. 6 Aug 1801, , Madison, Tennessee, USA d. 25 Mar 1866, Cross Timbers, Love, Texas, USA (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F4304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sallie James Christmas,   b. 1785, , Haywood, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Dec 1831, , Haywood, Tennessee, USA (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	16 Jul 1802	, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
  Children	1. Maria T Dyer,   b. 14 Oct 1804, , , Tennessee, USA d. 28 Mar 1844 (Age 39 years)   2. James S Dyer,   b. 4 Oct 1806, Carthage, Smith, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Apr 1875, , Yell, Arkansas, USA (Age 68 years)   3. Drucilla Dyer,   b. 1808, , , Tennessee, USA   4. Joel S Dyer,   b. 1811, , , Tennessee, USA d. 21 Jun 1837, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, USA (Age 26 years)   5. Sarah Ann Dyer,   b. 1814, , , Tennessee, USA d. 1912, Mount Joy, Delta, Texas, USA (Age 98 years)   6. Charles C Dyer,   b. 1815, , , Tennessee, USA d. , Lauderdale, Tennessee, USA   7. James Monroe Dyer,   b. 17 Feb 1816, , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA d. 31 Mar 1871, Lexington, Holmes, Mississippi, USA (Age 55 years)   8. Cornelia Jones Dyer,   b. 1817, , , Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F4303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1754 - , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1775 - , , Tennessee, USA Marriage - 16 Jul 1802 - , Davidson, Tennessee, USA Death - 11 Jun 1825 - , Madison, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Major Joel Dyer Obituary Jackson Gazette 18 Jun 1825 Died - At his residence in this county on Saturday morning last, (June 11, 1825), Major JOEL DYER, aged seventy-one years, one of the few surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Major Dyer was an early settler in Middle Tennessee, from whence he removed to this District in 1821. He was a man much respected for his benevolence of character and esteemed by all who knew him, as a good Citizen and an honest man. He has left an affectionate wife, and upwards of 100 descendants and a large number of relatives and friends to regret his death. He was confined with the dropsy for several months and although in great pain he bore his afflictions with fortitude and died without a murmur. Thus we see the soldiers of the Revolution falling around us like the leaves of the majestic oak, before an autumnal blast; but altho they are consigned to their mother dust, their deeds of valour and the glorious result of their patriotic devotion to their country, will live in our recollections, and their name be handed down to the latest generation. Son of John and Elizabeth Dyer, who later lived in Christian County Kentucky. Father of Robert Henry Dyer, sometime member of Tennessee General Assembly, grandfather of Joel Henry Dyer, attorney general for 16th District 1831-36. Went to Tennessee in 1792 and settled on Poor Valley Creek, near Mooresburg in Hawkins County. In 1796 appointed 2nd Major of Hawkins County Militia. He was also sometimes Justice of the Peace for Hawkins County. Senate, 2nd General Assembly, 1797-99; representing Hawkins County (2nd session only; replaced Joseph McMinn, resigned). About 1812 Joel removed to Rutherford County and was involved in many land transactions. With the opening of the Western District he removed to Madison County in 1821. He inherited land from both his father and father-in-law, purchased 640 acres, and founded a town along the Forked Deer River. The Tennessee General Assembly established Dyer County in 1823 and named it in honor of Colonel Robert H Dyer. John McIver and Joel H Dyer donated sixty acres for the new county seat, named Dyersburg, at a central location within the county named McIver's Bluff. In 1825 Joel Dyer surveyed the town site into eighty-six lots. The first courthouse was built on the square in 1827. It has served as the county set ever since.