Editing Hyde County, North Carolina (section)

===Early history and creation===
Sources conflict over when the area that eventually grew to encompass Hyde County was settled by Europeans. The earliest known colonial land deeds in the present day county date from 1704 or 1705. European settlement remained sparse over the subsequent decades, though the English established a small fort on the northern shore of Lake Mattamuskeet. In 1711, [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]]-speaking Native Americans in the area joined with the proximate [[Tuscarora people]] in launching [[Tuscarora War|a war]] against the settlers. The conflict was won by the settlers in 1715, with many captured Native Americans enslaved and the remaining Tuscaroras largely expelled from North Carolina. The local Algonquin natives were gathered on the newly created Mattamuskeet Reservation, which comprised most of the eastern mainland section of what eventually became Hyde County. Due to pressure from the settlers, the Native Americans began selling their land in 1731.{{sfn|Wolfram|Thomas|2008|p=51}} By 1792, all of the reservation had been sold, and its inhabitants either left the region or intermarried with local European Americans and African Americans.{{sfn|Wolfram|Thomas|2008|pp=51–52}}

The county was formed December 3, 1705, as '''Wickham Precinct''', one of three precincts within [[Bath County, North Carolina|Bath County]]. The name Wickham was derived from the manor of [[West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire|Temple Wycombe]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England, the family home of [[John Archdale]], [[List of Governors of North Carolina|governor of North and South Carolina]] from 1695 to 1696. In 1712, it was renamed '''Hyde Precinct''' for [[Edward Hyde (c. 1650-1712)|Edward Hyde]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n163 164]}}</ref> Governor of North Carolina from 1711 to 1712. In 1739, Bath County was abolished, and Hyde Precinct became Hyde County. In 1745, [[Lake Mattamuskeet]] and its adjoining territory were transferred from [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]] to Hyde County.