James was born about 1829.
In the 1850 census James (age 21) was in Division 25, Early, Georgia, United States.[1] The household was:
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
John Hays
63
Hulda Hays
60
Etheldred Hays
33
James Hays
21
Dicey Hays
17
James Hayes was a Carpenter. He passed away about 1908 and is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (#2), Early County, Georgia.
Military
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY E, 59th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ANDERSON'S BRIGADE, HOOD'S DIVISION LONGSTREETS CORPS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C.S.A. CLAY COUNTY, GEORGIA COTTON PLANTERS GUARDS
HAYES, James - Appointed 3rd Corporal of Co. C, 7th Regt. Ga. State Troops Nov. 16, 1861. Mustered out May 1, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 59th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 10, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865. (Born in Early County, Ga. Aug. 11, 1827. Died there Aug. 19, 1908.)
Sources
↑1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 25, Early, Georgia; Roll: 68; Page: 334a Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #18619954 (accessed 9 December 2021)
James Hays (21) in Division 25, Early, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-M4M : 19 May 2020), James Hayes, Early, Georgia, United States; citing p. 116, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ8-4DL : 7 February 2020), James Hays and Maryan Jhinkins, 21 Dec 1856; citing Marriage, Early, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 164,093.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L5-BWM : 14 July 2016), James Hayes, Urquharts, Early, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 263C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0144; FHL microfilm 1,254,144.
1926 "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDN1-GZS : 24 December 2014), James Hayes in entry for William Joshua Hayes, 12 Aug 1926, Early, Georgia, United States; citing reference 19233, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2364179.
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