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William H Hays

William H Hays

Male 1804 - 1882  (78 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 45 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name William H Hays
    Birth 1804  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _TAG Uncle/Aunt ancestors 
    _UID 5D86898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000084D 
    Death 24 Jul 1882  Marion Co, SC (now Dillon Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Parker Barfield Cem, Dillon Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40306  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2025

    Father Benjamin Hays,   b. 1760/1765, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1835, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Mother Elizabeth,   b. 1770/1774, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1840/1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage Bef 1791  Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 326058D036D23E43B3909A9038E0B71B9A72 
    Family ID F9039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Amelia Thompson,   b. 5 Jun 1802, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1854, Marion Co, SC (now Dillon Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Marriage Bef 1827  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 9BADC8DC001D464D9DEBF45ECF56740A19B2 
    Children 
     1. Lewis W Hays,   b. 1826/1827, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 34 years)
     2. Mary Hays,   b. 1827/1828, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 23 years)
     3. Daniel Hays,   b. 12 Feb 1830, Marion Dist, SC (now Dillon Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1901, Marion Co, SC (now Dillon Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Jane Hays,   b. 1831/1832, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 19 years)
     5. Bennet Hays,   b. 1833/1834, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 17 years)
     6. Allen T Hays,   b. 1835/1836, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 25 years)
     7. William D Hays,   b. 1837/1838, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 23 years)
     8. Martha A Hays,   b. 1847/1848, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 13 years)
    Family ID F15498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

    Family 2 Elizabeth Ford,   b. 13 Aug 1816, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1863, Marion Dist, SC (now Dillon Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Marriage 1850/1857  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 1B5F3961F30E7A4AAA1400C273D3AF519F42 
    Children 
     1. Charles P Hays,   b. 1856/1857, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 14 years)
     2. Walter F Hays,   b. 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 1 years)
    Family ID F15499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

    Family 3 Mary Ann Elvington,   b. 29 Jan 1830, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1921, Dillon Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Marriage 1860/1866  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID A98F40140083CE428852E2A7A572A1E51F92 
    Children 
     1. Sally E Hays,   b. Jan 1866, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 35 years)
     2. Celia M Hays,   b. 1866/1867, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 14 years)
     3. Emma Maria Hayes,   b. 1867/1868, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1929, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     4. Alice E Hays,   b. Jan 1871, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 30 years)
     5. Nancy F Hays,   b. Nov 1872, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 29 years)
    Family ID F15500  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I'm aware.
      (1) I am interested in all Marion Co., SC families to some extent.
      (2) This person is an uncle/aunt of my aunt-in-law Debra Rogers McIntyre.


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      http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


      !NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 374 Marion Co., SC Benjamin Hays 1835
      Will dated 1 Jan 1835 pr 26 Jan 1835
      dau Sealy Allin and her two youngest daus Elizabeth and Nancy Ann.
      sons James, Joseph, William, Levy and Jesse Hays.
      To John Martin his wife Elizabeth Martin, her sons Alexander, Jehu and Stephen Wilson.
      Wife Elizabeth
      dau Sally wife of Samuel Smith.
      ...
      Guardian Bond 14 Feb 1845 John Martin gdn to -
      A. H. Martin, Stephen Wilson, Taltha A. Martin, Jamse Martina nd Elizabeth Martin, grandchildren of Benjamin Hays.
      ...;


      !CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 890/894
      William Hays 47 Farmer $2000 Marion
      Amelia 48
      Lewis 23 "
      Mary 22
      Daniel 20
      Jane 18
      Bennet 16
      Allen 14
      William 12
      Martha 2;


      !CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Allen's Bridge PO # 1801/1765
      Wm H. Hays 56 Farmer $2000/19000 SC
      Elizabeth 43
      Lewis W. 33 Farmer
      Allen T. 23 Turpentine $0/200
      Wm D. 21 Farm Laborer $0/100
      Martha A. 12
      Chas P. 3
      Walter F. 1/12


      !CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Hillsboro, Nichols Depot PO # 130/131
      William Hays 65 Farmer $3000/300 SC
      Polly 40 Keeping House
      Sally 4
      Celia 3
      Emma 2
      Charles 15 at home;


      !CENSUS:1880 Marion Co., SC Hillsboro # 355/358
      W. H. Hays 75 M Farmer SC-SC-SC
      P. A. f 50 Wife M Keeps house
      S. E. f 14 dau at home
      C. M. f 12 dau at home
      E. M. f 11 dau at home
      A. E. f 9 dau
      N. F. f 8 dau;



      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 167-170
      ...
      The daughters of Major Jesse Ford, as remembered, were Elizabeth, Mary, Caroline and Virginia. Elizabeth married William H. Hays; by him she had several children; Mary married John I. Gaddy, and died in a year or two childless; Caroline married Dr. George E. Shooter, and raised a large family, unknown ; I do not remember what became of Virginia. ;

      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 170-173

      Hays.—Another family of note in Hillsboro Township is the Hays family. The common ancestor of that family was Benjamin Hays; I do not know who his wife was; he raised a considerable family of sons and daughters; the sons, as remembered, were James, Jessee, William H., Joseph B. and Levi H. Hays ; the daughters, as remembered, were Mrs. Elias Allen, the mother of the late Rev. Joel Allen, and Thompson Allen, of Marlborough County; Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Buck Swamp, who died in 1857, and Mrs. John Martin, of Buck Swamp and Maiden Down; there may have been other daughters. These sons and daughters are all dead, some of them for many years, but were the stock of a numerous progeny —down to a second and third and even to a fourth generation ; many of them unknown to the writer, and, therefore, can say but little about them.
      ...
      William H. Hays married, first, a Miss Thompson, and from that marriage sprang children, one named Lewis, as now remembered; his wife died, and he then married Miss Elizabeth Ford, daughter of Major Jessee Ford ; this wife had children unknown to the writer; the Ford wife died, and he married, a third time, a Miss Elvington, by whom he had children, how many is unknown. ;


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