Ancestors of James Thomas Hays

Generation No. 1

1. James Thomas Hays, born October 26, 1919 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. He was the son of 2. Samuel Cleveland Hays and 3. Maude Myrtle Kinsey. He married (1) Dorothea Metzelene Wright Abt. 1937. She was born June 14, 1920 in McKinney, Collins County, Texas, and died September 02, 1990 in Tucson, Pima County, Texas. She was the daughter of William Francis Wright and Emma Augusta Williamson.

Notes for James Thomas Hays and Dorothea Metzelene Wright:
Certification of Birth Record in file.
Certification of Death in file.
(From lomarose@hotmail.com)
Birth Name: Samuel Cleveland Hays

2. Samuel Cleveland Hays, born October 29, 1883 in Rusk County, Texas; died April 05, 1983 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. He was the son of 4. James Marion Hays and 5. Mary Wells. He married 3. Maude Myrtle Kinsey.

3. Maudie Myrtle Kinsey, born June 24, 1883 in Hamilton County, Texas; died August 13, 1975 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas Tolbert Kinsey and 7. Sarah Ann Smith.

Notes for Samuel Cleveland Hays:
Death Certificate # 028756-83
Death Certificate on file

1900 Texas Census
Samuel Hays, February 1886, age: 15, listed in household of Augustus Barton (brother-in-law) and Alice B. Hays Barton

1910 Texas Federal Census
Rusk County, Texas. E. D. 53, Sheet 8A, Vol. 121, pg. 154, Line 28.
Allice B. Barton, white, age 30, parents Missouri, born Texas, widow.
Sam C. Hays, Brother of Allice B. Barton, born Texas, age 26.

Notes for Maudie Myrtle Kinsey:
Death Certificate # 057508
Death Certificate on file

For SS#, she is listed as Maudie Hays.

Child of Samuel Hays and Maude Kinsey is:

1 i. James Thomas Hays, born October 26, 1919 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; married Dorothea Metzelene Wright Abt. 1937.

 

4. James Marion Hays, born June 08, 1833 in Mississippi. He married 5. Mary Wells December 12, 1878 in Rusk County, Texas. 5. Mary Wells, born Abt. 1848 in Mississippi.

Children of James Hays and Mary Wells are:

i. Alice Bell Hays, born December 25, 1879 in Rusk County, Texas; died July 26, 1973 in Rusk County, Texas, Maple Grove Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas; married (1) Augustus Barton April 27, 1899 in Rusk County, Texas; died January 11, 1909 in Rusk County, Texas, Maple Grove Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas; married (2) Napoleon Bonaparte Williams November 03, 1910 in Rusk County, Texas; born April 14, 1864 in Rusk County, Texas.

Notes for Alice Bell Hays:
1900 Texas Census
Augustus Barton, March 1857, age: 43, Born Georgia, Parents: Georgia
Alice Barton, December 1880, age: 20, Born Texas, Parents: Mississippi
Henry Hays, brother-in-law, March 1889, age 9, Born Texas
Samuel Hays, brother-in-law, February 1886, age 15, Born Texas

1910 Texas Federal Census
Rusk County, E.D. 53, Sheet: 8A, Volume: 121, page: 154.
Sam C. Hays, brother, single, born: Texas, age 26
Allice B. Barton, white, age 30, Parents: Mississippi, Born Texas

2 ii. Samuel Cleveland Hays, born October 29, 1883 in Rusk County, Texas; died April 05, 1983 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; married Maude Myrtle Kinsey.

iii. Henry Basccom Hays, born August 20, 1889 in Rusk County, Texas; died February 14, 1947 in Rusk County, Texas, Maple Grove Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas; married Lela Jane Bane Abt. 1909 in Rusk County, Texas; born August 06, 1891 in Laneville, Rusk County, Texas; died April 23, 1985 in Minden, Rusk County, Texas, Maple Grove Cemetery, Rusk County, Texas.

Notes for Henry Basccom Hays:
1910 Texas Federal Census
Rusk County, E.D. 53, Sheet 8A, Volume 121, page 134, Line 23
Henry Hays, male, white, age 21, born Texas, married 2 years, parents born; Mississippi, Farmer
Lela J., wife, age 18, born Texas
Bertha, daughter, age 5/12, born Texas

6. Thomas Tolbert Kinsey, born April 1842 in Arkansas; died May 20, 1919 in Hamilton County, Texas. He was the son of 12. William Madison Kinsey, Sr. and 13. Nancy Ann Tolbert. He married 7. Sarah Ann Smith April 01, 1869 in Texas.  7. Sarah Ann Smith, born August 1854 in Texas; died April 01, 1940 in Pottsville, Hamilton County, Texas.

Notes for Thomas Tolbert Kinsey:

Thomas Tolbert Kinsey served in Captain William Clements Co. Mtd. Rangers, Coryell County, Texas in 1861. He also served from 1862 until the close of the war in 1865 in Company A, 30th. Texas Calvery, Confederate States Army.

Burial: McGirk Cemetery, Hamilton County, Texas, near Pottsville

Child of Thomas Kinsey and Sarah Smith is:

3 i. Maude Myrtle Kinsey, born June 24, 1883 in Texas; died August 13, 1975 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas; married Samuel Cleveland Hays.

 

12. William Madison Kinsey, Sr., born Abt. 1816 in Walker County, Alabama; died September 21, 1896 in Coryell County, Texas. He was the son of Thomas Kinsey, Sr. and Sarah Jane "Sally" McNutt. He married 13. Nancy Ann Tolbert September 26, 1838 in Lawrence County, Alabama.

13. Nancy Ann Tolbert, born Abt. 1821 in Alabama; died Abt. November 1886 in Ward, Hamilton County, Texas.

Notes for William Madison Kinsey, Sr.:

William Madison Kinsey Sr. was born about 1816 in Alabama to Thomas and Sarah McNutt Kinsey, Sr. William grew up in Walker County, Alabama. On September 26, 1838, William M. Kinsey married Nancy Ann Talbot / Tolbert in Lawrence County, Alabama. William and Nancy were in Tennessee by October 6, 1839, when their first child, Sarah Ann, was born. They moved on and were in St. Francis County, Arkansas in 1840, when the census were taken. They were still in Arkansas in April 1842, when their second child, Thomas Tolbert was born. Some time between April 1842 and 1845, William and Nancy with their two small children moved on to Texas. William was in Rusk County, Texas in 1845. William M. Kinsey was a Mercer Colonist and was given a grant of 640 acres of land on the 7th of May 1850. He settled on land in Hunt County, Texas and was issued a patent on the 3rd of August 1853. William sold that land and moved on into Coryell County, Texas. William's first land on Cowhouse County was 320 acres located on Tablerock Creek, Coryell County, Texas. William owned several small pieces of land on Cowhouse Creek and one large tract which contained 4605 acres. That tract of land was the M. G. Carmana Survey located on Cowhouse Creek near King, Coryell County, Texas. He is on a petition in Bell County in December of 1851. That part of Bell County became Coryell County in 1854.

William and wife Nancy Ann were charter members of the Sugar Loaf Primitive Baptist Church, this was the first Primitive Baptist Church in Coryell County, Texas and was organized by Elder Jesse Graham in August of 1856. In 1857, William and Nancy's daughter Sarah Ann was married to Elder Jesse Graham's son Isaac Jackson Graham.

He served in Captain William Clements', Company Mounted Rangers, Coryell County, 28th Brig. Texas State Troops. He enlisted in 1861. This Company of the Mounted Rangers was organized for the protection of the frontier. The dates that William served is not shown.

He also served in Captain Gideon Graham's, Company for the 2nd. Frontier District, Coryell County, Major G. B. Erath was the commander of the Texas State Troops. William enlisted in January of 1864 at Gatesville, Texas and he served until May 31, 1864. William was paid $20.00.

By an act of the Twelfth Legislature which was appointed on August 13, 1870, a system of public free schools was provided. In accordance with the act trustees were appointed. William Madison Kinsey, Sr. was appointed a trustee in Precinct # 1, 3rd. sub.-district Cowhouse.

He was an ordained Deacon in the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, in Coryell County, Texas in 1891.

William, his wife, Nancy and their daughter, Sarah Ann Kinsey Graham belonged to the Citizen of the Republic of Texas. Sarah Ann Kinsey Graham has a Citizen of the Republic of Texas Bronze Marker on her grave.

He died 21 September 1896 and is believed to be buried in the King Cemetery, King, Coryell County, Texas. (There is no marker and the old cemetery book has been lost.) In the King Cemetery there is an unmarked grave beside William's daughter, Sarah Ann, it is believed that this is William's grave.

More About William Madison Kinsey, Sr.:
Burial: September 1896, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas.

Child of William Kinsey and Nancy Tolbert is:

6 i. Thomas Tolbert Kinsey, born April 1842 in Arkansas; died May 20, 1919 in Hamilton County, Texas; married Sarah Ann Smith April 01, 1869 in Texas.