Cyrus was an enslaved American Indian carpenter born in about 1698. In June 1735 he left his enslaver's property in South Carolina and ended up in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina at John Glover's property. In 1736 Cyrus' former enslaver Andrew Broughton brought a suit against John Glover to try and recover Cyrus. Any further information about the outcome of the case has not been located.