Elijah HAYS2,1,3

about 17851 - before 1860

Life History

about 1785	Born in North Carolina.1
1819	Married Mary WEAVER in Georgia.2
10th Aug 1819	Birth of son William Wiley HAYES in Habersham County, Georgia.4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
1st Nov 1823	Birth of son David Joseph HAYES in Habersham County, Georgia.12,1,5,13,14,15,16,16
about 1832	Birth of son John C HAYES in Georgia.14,17,18,1
Jun 1833	Birth of son Levina HAYES in Georgia.14,17,18,13,5,1
before 1860	Died in Habersham County, Georgia

Notes

Elijah Hays (sometimes spelled Hayes) married Mary Weaver. Some have her full name as Mary Jane Weaver.

Family Data Collection - Marriages
Mary Weaver
Elijah Hays
Marriage 1819 GA

Some genealogies report Elijah's full name as Elijah Joseph David Hayes. I have found no record documenting that name. But these his oldest son is reported in the 1850 census as D J, which would seem to stand for David Joseph.

1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 9 December, District 12, page 118, Hse/Fam #90
Elijah Hayse 65 M Farmer $0 Real Estate Stated b NC
Mary Hayse 49 F b NC
D J Hayse 24 M Farmer b GA
J C Hayse 18 M b GA
L Hayse 16 M b GA

Next door is Mary Weaver Hayes' brother John and his family.

1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 9 December, District 12, page 118, Hse/Fam #90
John Weaver 48 M Farmer $1500 Real Estate b SC
Mary Weaver 48 F b NC
L W Weaver 16 M b GA
N W Weaver 14 M b GA
A W Weaver 11 M b GA
S W Weaver 9 M b GA
Rebecca Davisson (?) 74 M b GA [Mary's mother?]

Also living nearby is another member of the Weaver family, who appears to be another brother of Mary Weaver Hayes.

1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 4 December, District 12, page unreadable, Hse/Fam #28
F A Weaver 25 M Occup Unstated $800 (?) Real Estate b SC

Elijah died some time before the 1860 census.

1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 57 (scan #879), Hse/Fam #414
Mary Hays 20 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $25 Personal born NC
John C Hays 31 M Day Laborer born GA Indiotic
Lavina Hays 27 F Day Laborer born GA

"Elijah Hays b 1785 North Carolina (probably was in Rutherford County NC at that time, but think they lived in the same place but in three different named counties, Tryon, Rutherford and Buncumbe before going down into Georgia. William Hays d 1824 Habersham County, Georgia, I have he had three sons, David Hays, William Hays Jr. & Elijah Hays."
-- Richard D Jones, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 6 June 2019

Sources

1. 1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 9 December, District 12, page 118, Hse/Fam #90
2. Family Data Collection - Marriages
3. Email Sources
4. 1900 Federal Census, Baxter County, Arkansas
- 11 June, Barren Creek Township, District 1, page 5B, Buckhorn, Hse/Fam #81
5. Family Data Collection - Births
6. 1880 Federal Census, Baxter County, Arkansas
- 5 June, Whiteville Township, District 3, page 5, Hse/Fam #42
7. 1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
- 21 August, Page 130, House #944, Fam #927
8. Ancestry Trees
- Hayes in a Haystack, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1930606/person/-291994893
9. 1850 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 4 December, District 12, page 117, Hse/Fam #78
10. 1870 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 20 July, Tocoah district, PO Clarksville, page 891, Hse #713, Fam #665
11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
12. 1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 57 (scan #879), Hse/Fam #415
13. 1900 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 19 June, Taccoa District, Enumeration District 63, page 19B, Hse #280, Fam #287
14. 1880 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 8 June, District 440, Enumeration District 130, page 13, Hse #164, Fam #173
15. 1870 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 15 July, Deep Creek, PO Clarksville, page 82, Hse #656, Fam #606
16. Ancestry Trees
17. 1870 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 15 July, Deep Creek, PO Clarksville, page 82, Hse #655, Fam #605
18. 1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
- 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 57 (scan #879), Hse/Fam #414