Life History

Notes

• "Westberry Hayes; wife Jane; three children, Johnny the eldest, born before the Civil War; Henry; Amandy;  Jasper Hayes; wife Tenn; four children. Boys: Will, George; Girls: Doll, Lizzie"
  Mary Ollie Hayes Hilger, Hayes Family History (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20492695/person/20016033936/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum&ftm=1, private paper, posted on Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com
  
  Jasper is found as W J at age 8 in the 1850 census.
  
  1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 4 September (?), District 12, page 116, Hse/Fam #78
  Wm W Hayse 31 M Farmer b GA
  Mary Hayse 32 F b GA
  - page 117 -
  W J Hayse  8 M b GA
  
  In March 1860 Jasper married Mary Jane Lierecan Pitts.
  
  Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
  William Jasper Hayes
  Marriage 25 Mar 1860 Habersham, Georgia, USA
  Spouse Mary Jane Lierecan Pitts
  Habersham Marriages, Book B, 1841-1874, p 399
  
  In the 1860 census, recently-married 17-year-old Jasper is enumerated as William J Hays, and his 14-year-old wife is named Mary J L A.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 56, Hse/Fam #410
  William J Hays 20 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $25 Personal  born GA
  Mary J L A Hays 14 F Housekeeper born SC
  
  Mary here is born in South Carolina.
  
  I found Jasper and his second wife, reported as Rachael T, in Baxter County, where his parents and the others were living in 1880.  The T matches Tennessee.  Later censuses report Racheal Tennessee as born in Arkansas with her parents both born in Tennessee.   The census dates would support the idea that Jasper's first wife is the mother of his children, and he married Rachael (Tennessee) after he was in Arkansas.  William's burial in Oklahoma also has a headstone memorial for Mary Jane Hayes, but it is inscribed "Barried in Arkansas."
  
  The 1880 census for William with his second wife reports that he and Rachael have been married 20 years, or married about 1879.  This would give us a time before which Mary Jane died in Arkansas, and indicates she probably died in Baxter County.
  
  All the children reported in 1880 were born in Georgia, further supporting this idea.  The mother of the children is reported to have been born in Georgia also, but that is a closer match for Mary's birth in South Carolina than Arkansas.
  
  Some genealogies have Mary's name as Mary Jane Pitts, but details and document sources provided refer to a different Pitts family, so these sources are not reliable other than as possible clues. One or more has a different Jasper Hayes also, with conflicting residences, children's names and other details.  Amazing.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Baxter County, Arkansas, 7 June, Whiteville Township, District 2, page 6, Hse/Fam #55
  Hayes, Jasper W M 37 Laborer GA GA SC
  Hayes, Rachael T  W F 35 Wife Keeping House AR TN TN
  Hayes, Ema  W F 18 Son Laborer GA GA GA
  Hayes, George W M 15 Son Laborer GA GA GA
  Hayes, William W M 13 Son Laborer GA GA GA
  Hayes, Mary 10 Son At Home GA GA GA
  Hayes, Elisabeth 9 Dau At Home GA GA GA
  
  The 1900 census confirms that Rachael had no children.  They are reported married 20 years, so we can say they married in 1879, though it could be early 1880.  The 1880 census did not report length of marriage.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas, 12 June, Springdale Township, District 116, page 16A (scan 317), Hse #342, Fam #345
  Hayes, William J  Head W M  Sept 1843  56 Married 20 yrs [mar abt 1880] No Occup Rptd Rents
  Hayes, Rachiel T Wife W F Nov 1844  55 Married 20 yrs 2 children/2 living AR TN TN
  Hayes, Willie L Grandson W M Jan 1897  9 AR GA MO
  
  The Grandson Willie L is likely the son of William Jasper's son William.
  
  William Jasper Hayes
  Birth 1842
  Death 1928
  Headstone butted up against wife Mary Jane Hayes as if to resemble double stone. Wife most likely buried in Ark. not here. [William married his second wife in 1879 in Baxter County, Arkansas.]
  Burial Oakdale Cemetery, Paden, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma
  Spouse Mary Jane Hayes (1846 - 1879)
  Created by Stephanie Naney Apr 11, 2002
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #6336873, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6336873
  
  Confederate veteram pension records also report his death in 1928, and have an exact date.
  
  Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Index, 1915-1955
  William J Hayes
  Death 11 Dec 1928 Oklahoma
  No spouse named
  Pension #2801
  Application #3790
  Source Index To Oklahoma Confederate Pension Records, p 66

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
  • 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 56, Hse/Fam #410
• 2. Hayes Family History
  • Name: private paper, posted on Ancestry.com; Location: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20492695/person/20016033936/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum&ftm=1;
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
  • 4 December, District 12, page 117, Hse/Fam #78
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Baxter County, Arkansas
  • 7 June, Whiteville Township, District 2, page 6, Hse/Fam #55
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Washington County, Arkansas
  • 12 June, Springdale Township, District 116, page 16A (scan 317), Hse #342, Fam #345
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Index, 1915-1955
• 8. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
• 9. Ancestry Trees