Regarding the Hays Lots 355-B and 356 on which there are now no tombstones, there is exposed the top portion of a brick vault. This is most likely the burial area of the oldest generation of Hayses in Jackson.
THE SOUTHERN STATESMAN, Jackson, September 10, 1831, noted that Colonel Stokely D. Hays had died September 8th of bilious fever in the residence of William E. Butler, aged about 42 years. "His remains were interred at the public burial grounds of this place on the same evening with masonic honors."
Colonel Hays' mother, Jane Donelson, widow of Robert Hays and sister of Rachel, wife of President Andrew Jackson, died February 1, 1834 in Jackson at the age of 68. (NATIONAL BANNER and DAILY ADVERTISER, Nashville, Tennessee, February 13, 1834. She likely lies buried near her son in this burial area along with several other relatives.
In the April 14, 1869 sexton's report to the city council it was remarked that "Gen'l. S. J. Hays, removed from Butler & Hays vault /and/ buried in old cemetery. Mrs. S. J. Hays, Mrs. Deadrick, Lizzie Hays, J. Hays, Mr. Preston, all from Butler & Hays vault /and/ bur. in old graveyard."
These: General Samuel Jackson Hays (1800-1866), wife, Frances Middleton Hays (died 1865); Rachel Donelson Hays Deadrick; Walter Preston and other members of General Hays' immediate family. Jack Darrel Wood of Jackson suggests that this vault was located on General Hays' estate in northeast Jackson which at this time was being sold and subdivided. These remains are now (since spring of 1869) in the long, unnumbered lot designated as being that of General S. J. Hays and Family just east of the Thomas Polk and Haskell lots. There are no individual tombstones on this lot.
Narcissa Hays, spinster daughter of Jane Hays and sister of General S. J. Hays and Colonel Stokely Hays, died in 1865 and is probably buried near her mother. In a deed of July 1827 Jane Donelson Hays gave a slave to her grandson, Richard HICKORY Hays (son of Stokely D. and Lydia Hays). Madison County deed book 2, page 34. Evidently named in part for Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, this man called himself Richard JACKSON Hays and he and family are buried in Lots 355-A and 356-A.
THE SOUTHERN STATESMAN, Jackson, September 10, 1831, noted that Colonel Stokely D. Hays had died September 8th of bilious fever in the residence of William E. Butler, aged about 42 years. "His remains were interred at the public burial grounds of this place on the same evening with masonic honors."
Colonel Hays' mother, Jane Donelson, widow of Robert Hays and sister of Rachel, wife of President Andrew Jackson, died February 1, 1834 in Jackson at the age of 68. (NATIONAL BANNER and DAILY ADVERTISER, Nashville, Tennessee, February 13, 1834. She likely lies buried near her son in this burial area along with several other relatives.
In the April 14, 1869 sexton's report to the city council it was remarked that "Gen'l. S. J. Hays, removed from Butler & Hays vault /and/ buried in old cemetery. Mrs. S. J. Hays, Mrs. Deadrick, Lizzie Hays, J. Hays, Mr. Preston, all from Butler & Hays vault /and/ bur. in old graveyard."
These: General Samuel Jackson Hays (1800-1866), wife, Frances Middleton Hays (died 1865); Rachel Donelson Hays Deadrick; Walter Preston and other members of General Hays' immediate family. Jack Darrel Wood of Jackson suggests that this vault was located on General Hays' estate in northeast Jackson which at this time was being sold and subdivided. These remains are now (since spring of 1869) in the long, unnumbered lot designated as being that of General S. J. Hays and Family just east of the Thomas Polk and Haskell lots. There are no individual tombstones on this lot.
Narcissa Hays, spinster daughter of Jane Hays and sister of General S. J. Hays and Colonel Stokely Hays, died in 1865 and is probably buried near her mother. In a deed of July 1827 Jane Donelson Hays gave a slave to her grandson, Richard HICKORY Hays (son of Stokely D. and Lydia Hays). Madison County deed book 2, page 34. Evidently named in part for Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, this man called himself Richard JACKSON Hays and he and family are buried in Lots 355-A and 356-A.
Regarding the Hays Lots 355-B and 356 on which there are now no tombstones, there is exposed the top portion of a brick vault. This is most likely the burial area of the oldest generation of Hayses in Jackson.
THE SOUTHERN STATESMAN, Jackson, September 10, 1831, noted that Colonel Stokely D. Hays had died September 8th of bilious fever in the residence of William E. Butler, aged about 42 years. "His remains were interred at the public burial grounds of this place on the same evening with masonic honors."
Colonel Hays' mother, Jane Donelson, widow of Robert Hays and sister of Rachel, wife of President Andrew Jackson, died February 1, 1834 in Jackson at the age of 68. (NATIONAL BANNER and DAILY ADVERTISER, Nashville, Tennessee, February 13, 1834. She likely lies buried near her son in this burial area along with several other relatives.
In the April 14, 1869 sexton's report to the city council it was remarked that "Gen'l. S. J. Hays, removed from Butler & Hays vault /and/ buried in old cemetery. Mrs. S. J. Hays, Mrs. Deadrick, Lizzie Hays, J. Hays, Mr. Preston, all from Butler & Hays vault /and/ bur. in old graveyard."
These: General Samuel Jackson Hays (1800-1866), wife, Frances Middleton Hays (died 1865); Rachel Donelson Hays Deadrick; Walter Preston and other members of General Hays' immediate family. Jack Darrel Wood of Jackson suggests that this vault was located on General Hays' estate in northeast Jackson which at this time was being sold and subdivided. These remains are now (since spring of 1869) in the long, unnumbered lot designated as being that of General S. J. Hays and Family just east of the Thomas Polk and Haskell lots. There are no individual tombstones on this lot.
Narcissa Hays, spinster daughter of Jane Hays and sister of General S. J. Hays and Colonel Stokely Hays, died in 1865 and is probably buried near her mother. In a deed of July 1827 Jane Donelson Hays gave a slave to her grandson, Richard HICKORY Hays (son of Stokely D. and Lydia Hays). Madison County deed book 2, page 34. Evidently named in part for Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, this man called himself Richard JACKSON Hays and he and family are buried in Lots 355-A and 356-A.
THE SOUTHERN STATESMAN, Jackson, September 10, 1831, noted that Colonel Stokely D. Hays had died September 8th of bilious fever in the residence of William E. Butler, aged about 42 years. "His remains were interred at the public burial grounds of this place on the same evening with masonic honors."
Colonel Hays' mother, Jane Donelson, widow of Robert Hays and sister of Rachel, wife of President Andrew Jackson, died February 1, 1834 in Jackson at the age of 68. (NATIONAL BANNER and DAILY ADVERTISER, Nashville, Tennessee, February 13, 1834. She likely lies buried near her son in this burial area along with several other relatives.
In the April 14, 1869 sexton's report to the city council it was remarked that "Gen'l. S. J. Hays, removed from Butler & Hays vault /and/ buried in old cemetery. Mrs. S. J. Hays, Mrs. Deadrick, Lizzie Hays, J. Hays, Mr. Preston, all from Butler & Hays vault /and/ bur. in old graveyard."
These: General Samuel Jackson Hays (1800-1866), wife, Frances Middleton Hays (died 1865); Rachel Donelson Hays Deadrick; Walter Preston and other members of General Hays' immediate family. Jack Darrel Wood of Jackson suggests that this vault was located on General Hays' estate in northeast Jackson which at this time was being sold and subdivided. These remains are now (since spring of 1869) in the long, unnumbered lot designated as being that of General S. J. Hays and Family just east of the Thomas Polk and Haskell lots. There are no individual tombstones on this lot.
Narcissa Hays, spinster daughter of Jane Hays and sister of General S. J. Hays and Colonel Stokely Hays, died in 1865 and is probably buried near her mother. In a deed of July 1827 Jane Donelson Hays gave a slave to her grandson, Richard HICKORY Hays (son of Stokely D. and Lydia Hays). Madison County deed book 2, page 34. Evidently named in part for Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, this man called himself Richard JACKSON Hays and he and family are buried in Lots 355-A and 356-A.
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