Life History

Notes

• In the 1860 census, when this child is 6 months old, the enumerator gives the same name to the baby and the 3-year-old child, except that the baby has the middle initial G.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 57 (scan #879), Hse/Fam #415
  David J Hays 36 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $300 Personal  born GA
  Louisa Hays 26 M Housekeeper born GA
  Polly Hays 6 F born GA
  Salina Hays 3 F born GA
  Salina [sic] G Hays 6mos F born GA
  
  In the 1870 census the last two children are again reported with the same name, except there is a slight difference in spelling.  this is very strange.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia, 15 July, Deep Creek, PO Clarksville, page 82, Hse #656, Fam #606
  Hays, David J 45 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate or Personal Rptd b GA
  Hays, Louisa 36 F W Keeping House born GA
  Hays, Polly 16 F W born GA
  Hays, Selena 12 F W born GA Cannot read or write
  Hays, Salina G 10 F W born GA
  
  For long I was unable to find any details of the children of this family, until July 2014, when I found a marriage record that seems to fit.  I have found what seems to be this youngest daughter's marriage record.  It is in the right place, Habersham County, Georgia, and the name follows the spelling given in the two censuses above, however, puzzling the names of those children may have been to us now.
  
  Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
  Selina Hayes
  Marriage 21 Nov 1878 Habersham, Georgia
  Spouse Henry Taylor
  
  After finding this marriage record on 26 July 2014, I used the new clues to search some more.  I then was able to find Selina's death and burial information on Find a Grave.  The birth date reported on her grave is later than the reported birth information form the 1860 census would indicate.  Note that the age reported in that census was 6 months.for a census date of 1 June.  This places her birth in December 1859.  But the grave reports a birth date in February 1860.
  
  Selina Hayes Taylor
  Birth Feb 26, 1860
  Death Dec 19, 1936
  Inscription:  Wife of Henry Taylor
  Burial Old Toccoa Baptist Church Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia
  Created by Brenda Oct 13, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #78328878, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78328878&ref=acom&ftm=1

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
  • 27 June, PO Clarksville, page 57 (scan #879), Hse/Fam #415
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Habersham County, Georgia
  • 15 July, Deep Creek, PO Clarksville, page 82, Hse #656, Fam #606
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Habersham County GA Marriages