One of the original precincts of the Lords Proprietors. Named 
after Edward Hyde, Governor of the Colony. 
Area, 43O square miles. 
Population: 9,278. White males: 2,725; white females: 2,539. 
Foreign born: 12. Negro males: l,996; Negro females, 2,018. 
White males over 21 years: 1,295; Negro males over 21: 806. 
White polls: 857; Negro poll: 467. 
Value of real estate: $652,965; increase of $18,4ll over 1904. 
Value personal property, $458,343, increase of $26,067 over 
1904; including 1,440 horses, 467 mules, 1 jack, 112 goats, 
7,56O cattle, 11,000 hogs, 2,650 sheep. Property listed in 
1905 by whites, $963,823; by negroes, $47,487.
No. Schools: White: 32; Negro: 24.
Tax Rate: County, 16 2/3c. on $100; poor, 7c.; special, 20c.; 
Bonded debts $1,000. Floating debt, $1,000. 
Post Offices: Americus, Englehard, Fairfield, Lake Comfort, 
Lake Landing, Makelyville, Middleton, Ocracoke, Scranton, 
Sladesville, Swan Quarter (c.h.), Wysocking. 
Public Roads: L. L. Rue, Swan Quarter, Supt. Worked by 
Old State Law. No. Miles: 165.

Fairfield Canal & Turnpike Company, 4.00 miles, 
          assessed value: $7,650.00
Old Dominion Steamship Company, assessed value: 
          $8,041.68
Fairfield and Elizabeth City Transportation Co., 
          assessed   value: $1,500.00
Washington & Hyde County Telephone Co., 21.00 
          miles, assessed value: $321.80

CLERK OF COURT - R. D. Farris, Swan Quarter
SHERIFF - T. J. Mann, Lake Landing
REGISTER OF DEEDS - L. L. Rue, Swan Quarter
TREASURER - E. B. Bell, Swan Quarter
CORONER - R. E. Windly, Lake Landing
SURVEYOR - C. L. Mann, Englehard
STANDARD KEEPER - R. L. Young, Fairfield
CO. ATTORNEY - S. S. Mann, Swan Quarter
CO. SUPT. OF HEALTH - E. H. Jones, Lake Comfort
SUPT. OF HOME - J. T. Sawyer, Swan Quarter
CO. SUPT. SCHOOLS - S. J. Beckwith, Swan Quarter
CO. BOARD OF EDUCATION - W. P. Burrus (chm), Englehard
                         Z. T. Fortescue, Sladesville
                         M. S. Credle, Swan Quarter
CO. COMMISSIONERS - C. J. Squyers (chm), Americus
                    J. M. Hall, Middleton
                    W. S. Harris, Swan Quarter
CO. BOARD OF ELECTIONS - J. S. Simmons, Fairfield
                         Geo. Makely, Lake Comfort
CONSTABLES - Fairfield Township, J. F. Notson (?)
             Swan Quarter, D. M. Griffin
             Lake Landing, S. S. Marshall, Englehard

LAKE LANDING - B. L. Silverthorn, Englehard
               J. A. Cox, Middleton
               S. T. Gaskins, Lake Landing
               I. B. Warson, Englehard
               H. S. Gibbs, Middleton
               George I. Watson, E. H. Jones 
               & T. R. Burson, Lake Landing
SWAN QUARTER - William Watson, Swan Quarter
               Jno. M. Jarvis, Swan Quarter
               L. P. Spencer, Swan Quarter
               E. 0. Spencer, J. B. Cartwright 
               & George T. Credle, Swan Quarter
FAIRFIELD -    S. B. Sadler, Fairfield
               E. P. Carter, Fairfield
               E. S. Baum, Fairfield

Miss A. J. Fuler, Beaufort
Miss Bessie Mann, Middleton
Miss Margaret Lewis, Scotland Neck
F. C. Barber, Lake Landing
Mrs. A. E. Weston, Lake Landing
James Gibler, Lake Landing
Miss Janie Mann, Lake Landing
Miss Viola Guthrie, Englehard
Lawrance Roper, Englehard
Clem. Credle, Swan Quarter
Niss Ada Mason, Fairfield
Miss Lula Swindell, Fairfield
Miss Etta Berry, Swan Quarter
Miss Pearl Berry, Swan Quarter
J. C. Williams, Swan Quarter
J. R. Credle, Swan Quarter
Miss Annie Bridgman, Swan Quarter
Miss Janet Hays, Louisburg
Miss Mollie Sadler, Sladesville
Miss Ellen Atkinson,, Scranton
Miss Ora Cradle, Sladesville

B. H. Black, Middleton
T. P. Bonner, Fairfield
W. Y. Everton, Swan Quarter

G. G. Newman, Sladesville
S. S. Lupton, Sladesville
W. D. Lupton, Sladesville
John L. Roper Lumber Co., Scranton
W. T. Perry, Swan Quarter
W. C. Davis, Englehard
Charles Brinn, Swan Quarter
S. C. Brinn, Swan Quarter
A. Berry, Swan Quarter
George V. Credle, Sr., Swan Quarter
George L. Swindell, Swan Quarter
A. B. Swindell, Swindell
Swindell Bros., Swindell
Dixon Williamson, Lake Comfort
E. B. Bell, Lake Comfort
Weston & Co., Lake Comfort
George I. Watson, Wysocking
O. T. Cradle, Wysocking
P. H. McKinney, Wysocking
J. R. McKinney, Wysocking
E. W. Farrow, Wysocking
J. M. Hall, Middleton
J. W. Gibbs, Middleton
S. A. Windley, Lake Landing
Loyd Waston, Lake Landing
A. S. Gibbs, Englehard
J. E. Spencer, Englehard
E. S. O'Neal, Fairfield
R. N. Cartwright, Fairfield
C. A. Mann, Middleton
Gratz Cradle, Sladesville
R. D. Harris, Swan Quarter

J. M. Clayton, Englehard
J. M. Hall, Middleton
Jeptha Mason, Fairfield

Chrarles Brinn, Swan Quarter
A. Spring, Sladesville

JOHN L. ROPER LUMBER CO.
Mr. Atkinson, Manager, Scranton
BELHAVEN LUMBER CO.
J. N. Edwards, Supt., Makelyville
JUNIPER BAY LUMBER CO.
P. Knickerbocker, General Manager, Wysocking
J. E. SPENCER LUMBER CO.
J. E. Spencer, Manager, Engelhard
Alex Spring, Sladesville

E. H. Jones, Lake Comfort
O. H. Gibbs, Middleton
N. M. Gibbs, Fairfield
R. N. Cartwright, Fairfield
J. A. Mann, Fairfield
M. M. Murray, Lake Landing
R. E. Windley, Lake Landing

Mayor: E. O. Spencer
Town Commissioners: C. A. Jones
                    W. T. Berry
                    Charles Brinn
Chief of Police: J. W. Hayes
Postmaster: A. Berry

Charles Scarlett, Principal
Miss Etta Berry, Principal

METHODISTS: 
W. Y. Everton, Pastor
CHURCH OF CHRIST: 
H. S. Daverport, Rector, Belhaven

W. B. Swindell
W. J. Harris

W. T. Berry
Charles Brinn
George V. Credle, Sr
S. C. Brinn
George L. Swindell
A. Berry
R. D. Harris

S. S. Mann
Walter Jones
J. A. Leigh

W. J. Harris
G. Brinn
J. W. Hays
Frank Hays

SOURCE: The North Carolina Year Book and Business Directory, 1906, Published every year by The News and Observer, Raleigh, N.C.

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