Soldier Information
Name: William Hays
Alias: Haze
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1834
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 9
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 31, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: H Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
Hays died in in the hospital at Pt of Rocks, Virginia; never received bounty payment.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: February 4, 1865
Military Death Location: Point of Rocks, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Death Date: February 4, 1865
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: November 4, 1869
Application No.: 181657 Certificate No.: 153598
Other Family Pension Information
Pension Card Link: View
Application Date: February 4, 1867
Application No.: 141530 Certificate No.: N/A
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pension Notes:
Mother, Phillis Hays, applied for William’s pension in 1867, but there is no certificate number, which indicates her application was denied.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
Freedman’s Bank Link: View
Freedman’s Bank Notes:
Widow’s bank record (Melvina Hays)
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Family Information
Mother First Name: Phillis Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Melvina Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Alice Hays 1854
Anna Hays 1849
Family Notes:
In reviewing the Louisville City directories between 1870 and 1913, I am able to determine the ‘spouse’ for Alice Hays as George Price, and daughter Leeanna went by the name Annie or Anna Price. Mother, daughter, and granddaughter lived together from 1880 until Melvina’s death in 1906. No further information could be found for Melvina Hays’ daughter Annie Hays. Anna Price later married Fred Owsley and continued to live in Louisville. It is probably this Mrs. Ann Owsley who is the informant on the death certificate for Alice Price.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
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1870 Profession: Domestic servant
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Cook
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census information not found
1910 Census
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: George Hays Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
It does not appear that George Hays filed a slave compensation claim application for William Hays.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 23
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $30,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $12,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 42
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $40,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $4000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found