Robert Hays

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c1806

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1875-09-05

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"Robert Hays" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00018482, (accessed April 16, 2024).

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Jackson County, Kentucky, attorney. South Carolina native. Son of Alexander Hays and Nancy Gilbert Hays. Married to Nancy Hays. Father of Susan Hays, Elizabeth Hays, America Hays, Martha Hays, Mary Hays, James Hays, Franklin Hays, Richardson Hays, Nancy Hays, and William Hays. Married to Sarah V. Hays. Father of Ann Hays. Resident of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1830. Resident of Knox County in 1840. Farmer in Laurel County in 1850. Attorney in Jackson County in 1860. Served as a captain in the United States Army and provost marshal for Kentucky's 8th Congressional District from 1863 to 1865.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States(1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 240.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 324.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Laurel County, p. 41B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, p. 916.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, Precinct 3, p. 185A.
The Army & Navy Official GazetteVol. I, 1863-1864 (Washington, D.C.: John C. Rives,1864), 454.
The Army & Navy Official GazetteVol. II, 1864-1865 (Washington, D.C.: F. & J. Rives,1865), 523.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Jackson County, Deaths.
"Volunteers! Volunteers!!!"Louisville Daily Journal(Louisville, KY), December 15, 1863, p. 4.

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