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It comes from Dollarhyde, anyway. Hyde referred to a trapper who sold pelts, or hides. Perhaps "dollar" is a type of animal in Old English that could be trapped, or else it is probably and adjective describing the trapper (like "good trapper" or "tough trapper" or whatever).
I don't have my Old English studies with me now, or I'd look it up.
I don't have my Old English studies with me now, or I'd look it up.
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'Dollarhide comes form Delahyde or De la Hyde, meaning "of the land" and likely came to the British Isles from Normandy with William the Conqueror.' -from the Dollarhide family page on http://www.murrah.com/gen/dolrhide.htm
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