Colonel, Confederate States Army. Son of Boone Hays, grandson of the famous pioneer, Daniel Boone.
Hays - The will of Boon Hays, probated (1851) in Jackson County, names his children: Louisa (Deering) "now dec'd.," Zurilda (McMurtrey), Elandia (Chick), Miriam (McMurtrey), Mary (Hedges), and Hays boys named Linville, Amazon, Samuel, and Upton. Witnesses: P. M. Chouteau, B.F. Thompson, and Ed Price. (Deed Book S, p. 394)
Source: The Marriage Records of Jackson County, Missouri, 1829-1850. Vol. 1.
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Upton Hays, along with his brother Amazon, served as Deputy with the Jackson County, Mo Deputy County Marshal William G. "Whig" Keshlear who served for 2 four year terms after the war. It is said that the deputy marshals "could shoot as hard and straight as bandits … and for once the bandits backed off."
Source: "Jail Break." Lockdown: Outlaws, Lawmen, & Frontier Justice in Jackson County, Missouri. By David W. Jackson & Paul Kirkman. Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, MO, 2012. pp. 75.
Suggested edit: I found an interesting newspaper article and uploaded it here about Upton Hays.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Hays - The will of Boon Hays, probated (1851) in Jackson County, names his children: Louisa (Deering) "now dec'd.," Zurilda (McMurtrey), Elandia (Chick), Miriam (McMurtrey), Mary (Hedges), and Hays boys named Linville, Amazon, Samuel, and Upton. Witnesses: P. M. Chouteau, B.F. Thompson, and Ed Price. (Deed Book S, p. 394)
Source: The Marriage Records of Jackson County, Missouri, 1829-1850. Vol. 1.
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Upton Hays, along with his brother Amazon, served as Deputy with the Jackson County, Mo Deputy County Marshal William G. "Whig" Keshlear who served for 2 four year terms after the war. It is said that the deputy marshals "could shoot as hard and straight as bandits … and for once the bandits backed off."
Source: "Jail Break." Lockdown: Outlaws, Lawmen, & Frontier Justice in Jackson County, Missouri. By David W. Jackson & Paul Kirkman. Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, MO, 2012. pp. 75.
Suggested edit: I found an interesting newspaper article and uploaded it here about Upton Hays.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Colonel, Confederate States Army. Son of Boone Hays, grandson of the famous pioneer, Daniel Boone.
Hays - The will of Boon Hays, probated (1851) in Jackson County, names his children: Louisa (Deering) "now dec'd.," Zurilda (McMurtrey), Elandia (Chick), Miriam (McMurtrey), Mary (Hedges), and Hays boys named Linville, Amazon, Samuel, and Upton. Witnesses: P. M. Chouteau, B.F. Thompson, and Ed Price. (Deed Book S, p. 394)
Source: The Marriage Records of Jackson County, Missouri, 1829-1850. Vol. 1.
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Upton Hays, along with his brother Amazon, served as Deputy with the Jackson County, Mo Deputy County Marshal William G. "Whig" Keshlear who served for 2 four year terms after the war. It is said that the deputy marshals "could shoot as hard and straight as bandits … and for once the bandits backed off."
Source: "Jail Break." Lockdown: Outlaws, Lawmen, & Frontier Justice in Jackson County, Missouri. By David W. Jackson & Paul Kirkman. Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, MO, 2012. pp. 75.
Suggested edit: I found an interesting newspaper article and uploaded it here about Upton Hays.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
Hays - The will of Boon Hays, probated (1851) in Jackson County, names his children: Louisa (Deering) "now dec'd.," Zurilda (McMurtrey), Elandia (Chick), Miriam (McMurtrey), Mary (Hedges), and Hays boys named Linville, Amazon, Samuel, and Upton. Witnesses: P. M. Chouteau, B.F. Thompson, and Ed Price. (Deed Book S, p. 394)
Source: The Marriage Records of Jackson County, Missouri, 1829-1850. Vol. 1.
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Upton Hays, along with his brother Amazon, served as Deputy with the Jackson County, Mo Deputy County Marshal William G. "Whig" Keshlear who served for 2 four year terms after the war. It is said that the deputy marshals "could shoot as hard and straight as bandits … and for once the bandits backed off."
Source: "Jail Break." Lockdown: Outlaws, Lawmen, & Frontier Justice in Jackson County, Missouri. By David W. Jackson & Paul Kirkman. Jackson County Historical Society, Independence, MO, 2012. pp. 75.
Suggested edit: I found an interesting newspaper article and uploaded it here about Upton Hays.
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893)
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