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Note: 1820 Johnston, North Carolina; Roll: M33_80; Page: 258; Image: 178. 2000200101003101010000-01 (? on '-')
1830 Madison, Tennessee; Roll: 179; Page: 77. 021001-200001
1840 Graves, KY p25, next to Henry.
From LDS:
Micajah MIDYETT (1775-1851)
s/o Christopher & Mary Midyett, Sr.
In Hyde Co., NC until 1804
From: Hyde Co., NC to Johnston Co., NC by 1813
From Johnston Co., NC to Graves Co., KY by 1828
From Graves Co., KY to Henry Co., TN by 1846
[Age 75 & Liv. w/dau. Zilphia Bratton in 1850 Henry Co., TN, 14th Dist, p370]
Marriage record has him marrying "Nicy" Brooks in Johnston Co in 1821... ?
SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: ALTON PAYNE FILES
MICAGA MIDYETT WAS BORN IN FRANCE AND LEFT HOME AT ABOUT AGE 16 AND WAS A
SAILOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS A LICENSED EXHORTER OR GUIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO
WERE GOING ON LONG JOURNEYS ACROSS THE OCEAN. HE WAS PAID IN VARIOUS WAYS
INCLUDING LAND GRANTS IN AMERICA. HE MARRIED IN AMERICA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF
THE METHODIST CHURCH. (There have been no records that I have seen to document
this French ancestry.)KMS
SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HYDE CO., N.C. DEED BOOK L; PAGE 153
CHRISTOPHER MIDYETTE OF HYDE COUNTY, N.C. TO MICAJAH MIDYETTE OF HYDE COUNTY,
N.C. FOR: "NATURAL LOVE AND AFFECTION THAT I HAVE AND DO BARE TOWARDS MY SON".
LYING ON SWAN QUARTER ON THE EAST SIDE--BEGINNING AT A CYPRESS AT JOHN SMITH'S
AT HIS PATENT RUNNING SOUTH 40 DEGREES WEST 40 POLES TO A BLACKGUM; THENCE
NORTH 78 DEGREES WEST 67 POLES TO A POST; THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES EAST UP TO
THE PUBLIC ROAD; THENCE WITH THE ROAD TO THE SMITH LINE, THEN WITH SMITH'S LINE
TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 30 ACRES. THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE FEB. 4, 1800.
WIT: JESSE MIDYETT CHRISTOPHER x MIDYETT
THOMAS x FOODREY
PROVED: FEB. TERM 1800
SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HYDE CO., N.C. DEED BOOK M; PAGE 223
FRANCIS CREDLE, SR. OF HYDE CO., N.C. SOLD TO MICAJAH MIDYETT OF HYDE CO.,
N.C., FOR 10 1/2 DOLLARS, A TRACT OF LAND LYING ON SWAN QUARTER AND JOINING THE
SOUTHERN END BY THE LAND WHICH CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT FORMERLY BOUGHT OF SAID
FRANCIS CREDLE--BEGINNING AT A MARKED BLACKGUM AT THE BEGINNING OF SAID
CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT'S, RUNNING SOUTH 4 DEGREES WEST 56 POLES TO BAILEY
McCARTEY'S LINE; THENCE WITH BAILEY McCARTEY'S LINE TO THE SECOND CORNER OF
CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT'S DEED FROM SAID CREDLE; THENCE WITH CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT'S
LINE SOUTH 78 DEGREES EAST 67 POLES TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 10 1/2 ACRES.
THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE NOV. 4, 1802.
WIT: JESSE MIDYETT
CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT FRANCIS x CREDLE
PROVED: FEB. TERM 1803
SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HYDE CO., N.C. DEED BOOK M; PAGE 370
MICAJAH MIDYETT OF HYDE CO., N.C. TO JESSE MIDYETT OF HYDE CO., N.C. FOR
$80.00. LYING ON THE EAST SIDE OF SWAN QUARTER BAY--BEGINNING IN THE MAIN ROAD
AT CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT'S CORNER, RUNNING UP THE SAID ROAD NORTH 58 DEGREES WEST
35 POLES; THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES WEST ALONG MY OWN LINE 55 POLES TO WILLIAM
CARTEYES' LINE; THENCE SOUTH 20 DEGREES EAST TO CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT'S LINE 44
POLES AND THEN ALONG CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT'S LINE AND MY OWN LINE NORTH 40
DEGREES EAST 80 POLES TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 15 3/4 ACRES. THIS
INDENTURE WAS MADE MARCH 3, 1804
WIT: THOMAS TALEY MICAJAH MIDYETT
JONATHAN JARVIS
PROVED: MAY TERM 1804
SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HYDE CO., N.C. DEED BOOK M; PAGE 373
MICAJAH MIDYETT OF HYDE CO., N.C. SOLD TO CHRISTOPHER MIDYETT OF HYDE CO., N.C.
FOR $90.00, A TRACT OF LAND LYING ON THE EAST SIDE OF SWAN QUARTER BAY &
BEGINNING AT A BRIDGE ON THE MAIN ROAD AND ALONG THE SAID ROAD NORTH 58 DEGREES
WEST 29 POLES; THENCE ALONG THE DIVISION LINE SOUTH 40 DEGREES WEST 82 POLES TO
WILLIAM CARTYES' LINE SOUTH 20 DEGREES EAST 20 POLES; THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES
EAST 11 POLES TO THOMAS FODREY'S LINE; THENCE WITH HIS LINE WEST 40 DEGREES
EAST 110 POLES TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 15 3/4 ACRES.
WIT: THOMAS TULES MICAJAH MIDYETT
JONATHAN JARVIS
PROVED: MAY TERM 1804
SOURCE FOR THE FOLLOWING: HYDE CO., N.C. DEED BOOK R; PG. 4-5
MICAJAH MIDGET OF JOHNSTON CO., N.C. SOLD TO JAMES PUGH OF CURRITUCK CO., N.C.,
FOR $300.00, A TRACT OF LAND IN HYDE COUNTY ON MATTAMUSKEET IN THE SETTLEMENT
OF MT. PLEASANT & JOINING THE STEPHEN BROOKS PATENT, BENJAMIN GIBBS, MICAJAH
MIDGETT, ISRAEL BROOKS, WILLIAM BROOKS, BANISTER MIDYETT AND CROOKED CREEK,
CONTAINING 60 ACRES. THIS INDENTURE WAS MADE FEBRUARY 28, 1815.
WIT: ISRAEL BROOKS
HENRY BARNES M. MIDJETT
REG: NOV. 23, 1815
In Hyde county N.C. until 1804. Fron Hyde county to Johnston County N.C by 1813, from Johnston County N.C to Graves County Kentucky by 1828. From Graves County Kentucky to Henry County Tenn by 1846. At age 75 He was living with his daughter Zilpha Bratton in 1850 in Henry County Tenn.
From Kay Lynn Midgett Sheppard:
In Feb. 1800 Christopher Midyett made a gift of 30 acres in Swan Quarter to Micajah Midyette "for the natural love & affection that I have towards my son." The 1800 Hyde county census has Micajah Midyett with 2 males 0-10, 1 male 16-26, 1 female 0-10 and 1 female 16-26. In 1802 he bought 10 1/2 acres in Swan Quarter from Francis Credle. Witnesses on this deed were Jesse Midyett and Christopher Midyett, his older brother & father. Micajah sold 2 tracts of land in 1804 of 15 3/4 acres each.
The author was unable to find Micajah listed in any 1810 census but an 1813 deed from John Allen of Johnston County, N.C. to Micajah Mydyett of Wake County, N.C. for lot #32 in the town of Smithfield leads me to believe he was moving West. Between 1813-1823 Micajah owned up to 20 different lots in this community. He was more than likely a carpenter by trade, for in 1819 the commissioners of Smithfield delegated him to build a market house and paid him $114.50 for his services.
In November 1817 he received a land warrant for 50 acres on the Tennessee River in Caldwell Co., Kentucky and in 1825 he and Jarrett M. Jelks received Grant #24419 for 44 acres in Madison Co., Tennessee (G.Dist Bk.BB, p605). Caldwell county encompassed a goodly portion of southwest Kentucky in 1820 but by 1830 it had been broken down to several smaller counties including Calloway and Graves counties. The Graves county tax lists from 1828-1833 show Micajah with 80 acres in a place known as Bayou de Chien (now in Hickman Co., Ky.). The 1840 Graves county census shows Micajah as head of household and between the age of 60-70 and one female 60-70.
Additional grants
1827 Madison 16 acres, W. Dist., Bk1, p580, g#589
(could be son's) 1848 Madison Co, TN 100 acres, W. Dist. jBk 9, p.261, g#6560
The last known location for Micajah was noted in the 1850 Henry Co., Tn. census where he is listed as 75 years of age living with his daughter, Zilpah, and her husband Hugh Bratton. It is assumed by the author that Micajah died in Henry county.
Known children of Micajah Midyett & Pency Brooks are:
1. Jesse Midyett born 18 May 1796; died about 1840 Madison Co., Tn.; married 1st Sarah Collie 9 July 1818 Caldwell Co., Ky.; married 2nd Adeline T. Mitchell 24 Oct. 1833 Gibson Co., Tn.
2. Sabra Midyett born 7 April 1799 and remained in Hyde county; married John M. Morgan before 1830.
3. Zilpha Midyett born 17 Aug. 1801 and was still living in Carroll Co., Tn. in 1880; married William Hugh Bratton 27 July 1820 Caldwell Co., Ky.
4. Fannie Midyett born 18 March 1803; married Richard Swan 3 Dec. 1819 Caldwell Co., Ky.
5. Matilda Midyett born 19 May 1805 and was still living in Graves Co., Ky. in 1870; married 1st John Hill 22 May 1846; married 2nd Francis Kitts.
6. Henry Midyett born 24 April 1807 and was still living in Graves Co., Ky. in 1860; married Mary Meadows in 1828.
7. Sallie Midyett born 16 Jan. 1809; died 10 Aug. 1863; married John Cooke 9 Sep. 1827.
8. Nathan Midyett born 3 Nov. 1810; died in Pulaski Co., Arkansas; married Elizabeth Lucy Bell among others.
9. Micajah "McCay" Midyett born 7 July 1816; died 23 June 1890 Henry Co., Tn.; married 1st Ruth C. Weaver 9 Jan. 1844 Henry Co., Tn.; married 2nd Elizabeth J. Newton Young 30 Nov 1854 Weakley Co., Tn.
10. Pency Midyett born 20 Dec. 1820; married W.J. Stone 28 Nov. 1842 Caldwell Co., Ky.
Grantee: Midgett, Micajah
Acres: 50
Book: P
Survey Date: 11- 6-1817
County: Caldwell
WaterCourse: Tennessee R
Reference: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER VI KENTUCKY LAND WARRANTS (1816-1873)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 646
More Info: Grantee: Midgett, Micajah
Acres: 50
Book: P
Page: 313
Date Survey: 11- 6-1817
County: Caldwell
Watercourse: Tennessee R
Grantee: Midgett, Micajah
Acres: 160
Book: 6
Page: 48
Township: N W Qr Sec 12
Range: T-3 R-5 E
Reference: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 848
More Info: Grantee: Midgett, Micajah
Acres: 160
Book: 6
Page: 48
Township: N W Qr Sec 12
Range: T-3 R-5 E
Grantee: Midgett, Micajah
Acres: 160
Book: 9
Page: 283
Township: S W Qr Sec 16
Range: T-3 R-6 E
Reference: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 848
More Info: Grantee: Midgett, Micajah
Acres: 160
Book: 9
Page: 283
Township: S W Qr Sec 16
Range: T-3 R-6 E
20 slaves in 1840
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