HAIRSTON.org ID#8274, b. about 1796, d. about 1848
| Birth* | Samuel Jackson HAYS was born about 1796 This date is based on Samuel Jackson Hays paying a poll tax in 1818, presumably when he turned 21.2 |
| He was the son of Jonathan Jackson HAYS and Jane Jenette PHILLIPS.1 |
| Property* | "Oct. 4th, 1796. Jonothan Jackson Hays, to Samuel Jackson Hays, both of Franklin County, land in Franklin County, originally surveyed for Jean Phillips and confirmed by grant Sept. 24th, 1788, to Jean now the wife of said Hays. $10 consideration land on Trail Creek. Test. Ezekiel Wells, Samuel Wells, Daniel Beall." - Jackson County Deed Book A&B page 63. FSL #7842254 image 85.3  |
| Deed | On March 20 1817, Samuel Phillips gives to John Phillips Hays a slave girl named Lucy about 5 years old. - Franklin County, Georgia Deed Book HH, Page 125. FSL #8153361 image 139.4 |
| Deed* | On March 21, 1817, Samuel Phillips sells 200 acres in Clark County, originally granted to Jane Phillips, for $800. - Franklin County Deed Book HH, page 123. FSL 8153361-138.4 |
| Deed | On March 29, 1817, Samuel Phillips gives his nephew Samuel Jackson Hays a slave named Kitty. - Franklin County Deed Book HH, page 126. FSL 8153361-140. |
| Tax Rolls | 1818 - Jackson Hays pays 1 poll in and taxes on 200 acres in Clarke County originally granted to J. Phillips. Capt. Job Hammond District, Franklin County. All men in Georgia over 21 years of age had to pay a poll tax. Also, land tax was paid in the county where the owner resided.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1819 - Jonathan J Hays pays taxes for Jackson Hays ( 1 poll and 200 acres in Clarke County). Capt. Hammond District, Franklin County.2 |
| Tax Rolls* | 1820 - Jackson Hays pays 1 poll and taxs on 200 acres originally granted to Phillips. Capt. Hooper District, Franklin County, Georgia.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1821 - Jackson Hays pays poll and taxes for 200 acres originally granted to Phillips. He also pays poll taxes for John Hays. Capt. Hooper District, Franklin County. |
| Tax Rolls | 1822 - Jackson Hays pays poll and taxes on 200 acres originally grant to Phillps in Clarke County. He also pays taxes on 1,832 acres in Franklin and Early for Jonathan J Hays. Capt. Hooper District, Franklin County. |
| Tax Rolls | 1823 - Samuel Phillips pays 3 polls and taxes on land in Franklin and Wayne counties. Capt Hammands District, Franklin County. |
| Tax Rolls* | 1826 - Samuel Phillips pays poll for John Hays. He also pays poll and taxes on 200 acres in Clarke County for Jackson Hays. Capt. Bioswell District, Franklin County. |
| Tax Rolls* | 1828 - Two Listings - 1. Jackson Hays pays 1 poll and taxes on 146 acres in Clarke county originally granted to Phillips. 2. Jackson Hays pays for 2 polls and taxes on 1,121 acres in Franklin county and 490 acres in Wain county for Samuel Phillips. Dennis Phillips is listed next to these listing. Capt. Coker District, Franklin County.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1829 - Jonathan J. Hays pays 1 poll and taxes on 200 acres originally granted to Phillips in Clarke County for Jackson Hays. Franklin County. |
| Will | In Samuel PHILLIPS's will dated 25 February 1830 in Franklin, Georgia, Samuel Jackson HAYS was named as an heir; He willed 2 large tracts of land to his nephew Jackson Hays. Also named Louisa Gorham, Jane Gorham, Amanda Gorham and Thomas Gorham as heirs. Executors are Jackson Hays and Dennis Phillips. Witnesses are John A. Green, Dennis Phillips and Nancy Green. (Note: Samuel signed with his mark. Dennis Phillips was born 19 Apr 1791 in Lenoir County, NC to Thomas Phillips and Hannah Weathington. I have not found anything that states that Dennis and Samuel were related, but it is possible.)5 |
| Tax Rolls | 1830 - Jackson Hays pays taxes for himself and the estate of Samuel Phillips, Capt. Crawford District, Franklin County.2 |
| Property | 1830 - Jackson Hays and Dennis Phillips, executors of the estate of Samuel Phillips, sell a tract of land to Benjamin Whitaker on 7 December 1830. - Franklin County Deed Book DD, page 289. FSL 7898920-537. |
| Tax Rolls | 1831 - Jackson Hays pays taxes for himself and the estate of Samuel Phillips in Franklin County.2 |
| Marriage | He married Nancy GREEN on 26 January 1832 in Franklin, Georgia, Nancy Green and John A. Green witnessed Samuel Phillips's will on February 25, 1830. - Family Search Library Film #7750770, image 333.6 |
| Tax Rolls | 1833 - Jackson Hays pays for Sarah Green, 200 acres. Capt. Adams District, Franklin County, Georgia.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1833 - Jackson Hays pays taxes for himself and for the estate of Samuel Phillips. Capt. Ginns District, Franklin County, Georgia.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1834 - Jackson Hays pays 4 poll taxes and taxes for himself and for the estate of Samuel Phillips dec'd, in Capt. Watsons District, Franklin County.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1835 - Jackson Hays pays 3 poll taxes and taxes for estate of Samuel Phillips dec'd and for Sarah Green dec'd in Franklin County.2 |
| Tax Rolls | 1836 - Jackson Hays pays taxes in Capt. Adderhold District, Franklin County for himself and the Estate of Samuel Phillips, dec'd.2 |
| Property | On April 25, 1840 Jonathan J. Hays sells 294 acres to Jackson Hays for $300. - Franklin County Deed Book AB, page 124. Family Search Library Film #8153362, image 137. |
| Property | Jackson Hays had a survey of 320 acres in Franklin County on 7 Feb 1843. Headright and loose lottery plats, 1772-1909. Family History Library Film #004725689, image 20. |
| Property* | 1843 - Jackson Hays, acting as the executor of the estate of Samuel Phillips deceased, has the January 1831 sale of 260 acres of land in Franklin County by Samuel Phillips to Thomas King recorded on 24 December 1844, in the Franklin County Deed book CC, page 284. Jackson Hays purchased the same property from Thomas King on 11 February 1843 and had it recorded recorded on the same Franklin County Deed Book CC page 284. FSL 7898921-206. |
| Tax Rolls | 1845 - Jackson Hays, no poll, pays taxes on 200 acres in Capt. Byram, Franklin County. |
| Tax Rolls | 1847 - Jackson Hays, non-resident, pays taxes in Capt Briant District, Franklin County. |
| Tax Rolls | 1847 - Jackson Hays, non-resident, pays taxes for 200 acres in Capt. Byramm District, Franklin County. |
| Death* | Samuel Jackson HAYS died about 1848; Date is based on deed, dated 5 December 1848, indicating he was deceased. |
| Property* | On December 5, 1848 a deed was recorded in Franklin County by John L. Varner, the administrator of the estate of Jackson Hays, late of Cobb County for sale of 490 acres to John V. Lattner. The land was once granted to Jonathan J. Hays. Franklin County Deed Book HH, page 124. Family History Library film #008153362, image 137. |
| NOTE* | NOTE: All men in Georgia over 21 had to pay a poll tax or head tax, whether or not they owned property. This tax dates from 1780s. In 1826, men over the age 60 were exempted from the poll tax. |