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Clayton Hays 1796–1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1796

Birth Location: Greene County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 20 Dec 1847

Death Location: Ft Mier, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Mex-Amer War)

Father: James *

Mother: Elizabeth Clayton

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Clayton Hays was born in 1796 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Hays And Elizabeth Betsy Clayton. Clayton Hays passed away in 1847 in Ft Mier, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Mex-Amer War).

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Biography

  • Clayton Hays was born in 1796 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA, the child of James Hays And Elizabeth Betsy Clayton.
  • Clayton Hays passed away in 1847 in Ft Mier, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Mex-Amer War).

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Clayton Hays's Ancestors

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Clayton Hays
1796–1847
Birth Place: Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
James Hays *
1762–1828
Bedford, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth ("Betsy") Clayton
1760–1828
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Nicholas (Hays) *
1730–1804
Ireland
Alice ("Alley" Hunter) *
1730–1786
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Hays
1704–1789
Eleanor Love
1712–1806
Alexander *
1698–1768
Elizabeth Steel
1715–1770
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Hayes
1672–1725
Eleanor
1683–1715
William Hunter
1682–1742
Elizabeth Cunningham
1683–1746

Clayton Hays's Timeline

2 Records

1796
1796
Birth of Clayton Hays in Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
1847
20 Dec 1847
Age 51
Death of Clayton Hays in Ft Mier, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Mex-Amer War)
Ft Mier, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Mex-Amer War)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Greene County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Dec 1847
    Event Place: Ft Mier, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Mex-Amer War)

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