Stokely Donelson Hays, the son of (Col) Robert Hays and Jane Donelson was born in December, 1788, in Davidson County, TN. Stokely married Lydia Butler on May 11, 1811, in Davidson County on the same day his sister, Martha Thompson "Patsy" Hays, married Lydia's brother,William Edward Butler. There is much to be said about Stokely, from his travels with Aaron Burr at the direction of his Uncle Andrew Jackson to his service in the War of 1812 and the Creek War. He was a surveyor and lawyer, a Commissioner of Jackson, and one source called him "the finest looking man in Jackson in the early days of the city"; another source commented he "possessed much personal magnetism". He was over six feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. He died at the home of his brother-in-law Dr William Edward Butler from bileous fever, having just returned from Clinton, Mississippi, tending to business as land registrar.
Stokely Donelson Hays, the son of (Col) Robert Hays and Jane Donelson was born in December, 1788, in Davidson County, TN. Stokely married Lydia Butler on May 11, 1811, in Davidson County on the same day his sister, Martha Thompson "Patsy" Hays, married Lydia's brother,William Edward Butler. There is much to be said about Stokely, from his travels with Aaron Burr at the direction of his Uncle Andrew Jackson to his service in the War of 1812 and the Creek War. He was a surveyor and lawyer, a Commissioner of Jackson, and one source called him "the finest looking man in Jackson in the early days of the city"; another source commented he "possessed much personal magnetism". He was over six feet tall and weighed 200 pounds. He died at the home of his brother-in-law Dr William Edward Butler from bileous fever, having just returned from Clinton, Mississippi, tending to business as land registrar.
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New headstone added to gravesite 17 Oct 2017. Dedication by the Tennessee Society United States Daughters of 1812.
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