This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4Yk.2ACIB/1104.2 Message Board Post: I don't have any information to help you but I do have a couple of family stories that may give you a clue. I am related to the Bircheat Family. As a matter of fact I have pictures of Christopher Columbus Bircheat and Caroline Honeycutt Bircheat. My gg grandfather was the son of Christopher Columbus Bircheat and Caroline Honeycutt Bircheat. Now to the story. My mother who is 86 said that Will Hyde was refered to as Uncle Will, that he took in my step-great grandmother and raised her in his home. My great grandmother was a first cousin to Lucinda Fulton (the step) and my g grandmother's name was Lela Bircheat. Mom says that Uncle Will lived alone after his wife died for many years and that one day he ate breakfast at the home of Josie Yerby (a relative) and then he disappeared and no one was able to find him again. Of course this may be another Will Hyde, or it may be one of the sons of your William Hyde. My Bircheat, Honeycutt, family were all from Shelby/Bibb county originally but moved to Fayette County. I know very little more but maybe this will help. Also do you know where Christopher Columbus Bircheat is buried, I do know that Caroline is buried at East Corona Cemetery at the Walker Fayette County line.