Overview Location Date Constructed/ Founded Associated Surnames Historical notes Associated Slave Workplaces Associated Free Persons Associated Enslaved Persons Research Leads and Plantation Records Miscellaneous Information References Users Researching This Workplace

Overview

 

Location

Greene Co., AL

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

unknown

 

Associated Surnames

Hays

 

Historical notes

none

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

Fairview Plantation Greene AL (Greene Co., AL), Boligee Hill Plantation (Greene Co., AL)

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Associated Free Persons

 

• George Hays (b.?-d.1838) - owner

• Ann Hays - wife of George Hays; inherited Hays's Mount
• George Ann Hays - daughter of George and Ann Hays
• Mary Hays - daughter of George and Ann Hays
• Charles Hays - son of George and Ann Hays

 

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Associated Enslaved Persons

 

1838 - Slaves named in the Will of George Hays (bequeathed to wife Ann Hays)

From The Southern Debate Over Slavery (Schweninger, 2008)

• Brister - carriage driver

• Dick - gardener

• Eliza - house servant

• Mary Bowden - house servant

• Sarah - house servant

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Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

• none

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Miscellaneous Information

 

• George Hays also owned a plantation in Mississippi.
• Hays's Mount was bequeathed to Ann Hays while the remainder of the Hays estate was bequethed to the children. Ann Hays challenged this provision of the Will via a lawsuit and acquired a larger share of the Hays estate (including a plantation and 43 enslaved persons).

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References

 

• Schweninger, L. (ed). The Southern Debate Over Slavery: Volume2, Petitions to Southern County Courts 1775 - 1867. University of Illinois, 2008.

 

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