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Research Highlights [CLIENT] Hayes1712 NT1712674 26 March 2018 Research Highlights GOALS Research the paternal ancestry of Lewis F. Hayes back to when the Hayes family first came to America. He was born about 1847 in South Carolina and died in Madison County, Arkansas around 1872. His parents were James and Jane Hayes, both born in South Carolina in 1795 and 1802. Include as many biographical details about each family as possible. PROGRESS Determined that James Hayes died between 1870 and 1880, likely in Madison County, Arkansas. Found that Jane, wife of James Hayes, lived until at least 1892 when she was awarded a pension on behalf of her son James who died in the Civil War. James and two of his brothers, John and Joseph, all served in the Union Army in the First Arkansas Cavalry. Lewis would have been too young to join the army with his older brothers. Ordered the Civil War pension application, filed by Jane Hayes, from the National Archives. It will be forwarded on to the client when it arrives. Learned that Madison County, Arkansas, where the Hayes family likely lived during the Civil War, was terrorized by “bushwhackers” during the war years. They damaged property and stole food, clothing, and livestock, leaving many families destitute. Verified that the Hayes family did come from Pickens County, South Carolina. This was the birthplace recorded for three of James and Jane Hayes’ sons, John, Joseph, and James, in their respective Civil War service records. Found that James Hayes was listed near a Thomas Hayes of the right age to be his father in both the 1830 and 1840 United States Censuses in Pickens County, South Carolina. A John Hayes of around the same age as James was also listed nearby in both censuses. Learned from the reverse side of the 1840 United States Census entry for Thomas Hayes that he was a pensioner who served in the Revolutionary War or the military and was 89 years old in 1840. Discovered an 1841 deed in Pickens County records in which Thomas Hayes transferred land to James and John Hayes, who he specifically named as his sons. This document verified the connection between Thomas Hayes and James Hayes as father and son and James and John Hayes as brothers. Learned, from the 1841 deed, that Thomas Hayes had a third son named Joseph who either died by that time or did not want his share of his father’s land. James purchased the land that had been intended for Joseph. Determined that Thomas Hayes had been in Pickens County since at least 1819, when he purchased the land he later deeded to his sons James and John. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Search Revolutionary War service records and pension records, found on the Fold3 website, for Thomas Hayes’ pension and service records. A patriot search for Thomas Hayes on the Daughters of the American Revolution website may also provide helpful information about his unit and service. 2. Find Thomas Hayes in additional United States Census records, including the 1820, 1810, 1800, and 1790 censuses. Identify others with the Hayes surname living nearby who could be close relatives, such as Thomas Hayes’ father or siblings. 3. Continue to search Pickens County, South Carolina deeds for transactions involving Thomas Hayes as grantor or grantee. He may have bought land from or sold land to other relatives, perhaps including his father or siblings. Digitized microfilm images of the deeds are available through the FamilySearch website between 1828 and 1856. As research progresses, pre-1826 records for Pickens County will be found under the jurisdiction of Pendleton District. 4. Review the Civil War pension records when they arrive for any additional detail about the family. 2 Research Report The objective of this session was to research the paternal ancestry of Lewis F. Hayes back to when the Hayes family first came to America. Lewis was born about 1847 in South Carolina and died in Madison County, Arkansas around 1872. His parents were James and Jane Hayes, both born in South Carolina in 1795 and 1802. We were also to include as many biographical details about the family as possible. Time was spent reviewing the information already gathered by the client, so as to not duplicate any previous research. Lewis F. Hayes was said to have married Mahala Ritchie, daughter of Nicholas Ritchie Sr. and Nancy Patrick, in about 1868. The couple had been identified in the 1870 United States Census living in Valley, Madison County, Arkansas with their young son, James. Lewis’ birthplace was given as South Carolina and he was 22 years old, placing his birth year in about 1847 or 1848. Mahala Ritchie had been found in the 1880 United States Federal Census with her second husband, Joseph Colyer. Living with the couple were Mahala’s three sons by Lewis F. Hayes: James Hayes, age 11, John Hayes, age nine, and Thomas Hayes, age seven. Two other young Colyer children were in the household, Crocket, age five, and M. A., age one. It was assumed that Mahala was the mother of both these Colyer children. Interestingly, all the children’s birthplaces were given as Arkansas, with the exception of seven-year-old Thomas, who was said to have been born in Missouri. The children’s ages in the 1880 census suggested Lewis F. Hayes died between 1872 and 1875. Family stories have indicated he died in a snow storm, possibly in another state while on business. The client had also identified Lewis Hayes as a child in the household of James and Jane Hayes in the 1850 and 1860 United States Censuses. In 1850, the family lived in Gilmer 3 County, Georgia and in 1860 they lived in Cooke County, Texas. In 1850, James and Jane’s presumed children Thomas, Joseph, William, John, James, Winney, Julia, and Lewis were in the couple’s household. When the 1860 census was taken, presumed children Joseph, James, Winna, Celia, and Lewis lived with James and Jane. In both census records, the birthplace for all family members was given as South Carolina. Lewis’ middle initial F. was included in the entry in the 1850 census. Lewis’ age in 1850 was given as three and he was 13 in 1860, placing his birth year in about 1847. The client had also discovered Lewis’ parents, James and Jane Hayes, in the 1870 United States Census. That year they were living in the same town of Valley, Madison County, Arkansas with their son, Lewis. The birthplace for each of them was listed as South Carolina, and James was 69 years old while Jane was 64 years old. James was said to be 55 years old in the 1850 census record and 64 years old in the1860 census record. Jane’s age was recorded as 48 in 1850 and 53 in 1860. Combined, the ages recorded in 1850, 1860, and 1870 census records suggest James Hayes was born between 1795 and 1801 and Jane was born between 1802 and 1807. Finally, the client had also connected James Hayes to 1840 and 1830 United States Census records for Pickens County, South Carolina. This was also the county where James Hayes and Jane were said to have married in 1834, though no documentation for the marriage had been noted. In summary, it appeared the Hayes family had followed the following migration pattern, moving to Georgia sometime between Lewis’ birth in about 1847 and the time the 1850 United States Census was conducted: Until at least 1847 - South Carolina (possibly Pickens County) By 1850 - Gilmer County, Georgia By 1860 - Cooke County, Texas 4 By 1870 - Madison County, Arkansas Research began in Madison County, Arkansas records, working backward through time to collect evidence to connect the Hayes to the correct locality and family in South Carolina and to gather biographical information about the family. Madison County, Arkansas Lewis Hayes and his parents James and Jane arrived in Madison County, Arkansas by 1870 and Lewis presumably married Mahala Ritchie there. Marriage records were not kept by Madison County until 1896, so documentation of the marriage, if it exists, may only be found through a church record. A database of Arkansas church records was searched as well as a list of pre-1900 marriages compiled by a local historian from public and private records, but no record was found for Lewis and Mahala’s marriage. Records from newspapers published in the area between 1870 and 1880 were checked for any mention of Lewis’ supposed death in a snow storm out of state, but nothing was found. Death records were not kept by the county until 1914. Madison County wills before 1902 were destroyed in a courthouse fire, but other county probate records were checked for anything regarding Lewis Hayes’ estate. Again, nothing was found. Several published histories about Madison County were searched next for information about the Hayes family. One contained very helpful information, a work published by the Madison County Genealogical and Historical Society about the history of the town of Witter, which is in central Madison County. The author, Joy Russell Anderson, mentioned that a local great-granddaughter of James and Jane Hayes named Willie Bell “Billie” Hayes died in 2002 at the age of 100 and was in possession of a Hayes family Bible. It is unclear what information in the Hayes family profile in the Witter history book actually came from this Bible, other than the fact that James and Jane Hayes both died in Madison County. Anderson 5 noted that she had not found the graves of James and Jane in the area and suspected they were “buried in fieldstone graves in the Witter Cemetery.”1 In rural areas in the 19th century, a family may have created a grave marker for their deceased loved one out of a field stone or wood when there was not a local gravestone carver, or they were too poor to afford one.
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