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Seth Hays--Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail
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9-Dec-2000 Family Group Sheet
Husband: John HAYS #9230
Born: BEF 1740 in: IRL
Died: in:
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Unknown HAYS #9231
Married: in: OrangeCo, VA
Born: BEF 1740 in:
Died: in:
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1 William HAYS #7313 died at age: 50
Born: 1754 in: NC
Died: 13-Dec-1804 in: Femme Osage, St. CharlesCo, MO
Spouse: Susannah BOONE #7311 b. 2-Nov-1760 d. 19-Oct-1800
Married: Mar 1775 in: Blackmore's Station, VA
9-Dec-2000 Family Group Sheet
Husband: William HAYS #7313 died at age: 50
Born: 1754 in: NC
Died: 13-Dec-1804 in: Femme Osage, St. CharlesCo, MO
Father: John HAYS #9230
Mother: Unknown HAYS #9231
Wife: Susannah BOONE #7311 died at age: 39
Married: Mar 1775 in: Blackmore's Station, VA his age: 21 her age: 14
Born: 2-Nov-1760 in: Yadkin River, RowanCo, NC
Died: 19-Oct-1800 in: St. CharlesCo, MO
Father: Daniel BOONE #7309
Mother: Rebecca BRYAN #7310
F Child 1 Elizabeth HAYS #10102 died at age: 52
Born: 12-Jun-1776 in: Fort Boonesborough, KY
Died: 3-Aug-1828 in:
Spouse: Isaac VAN BIBBER #10103
Married: 1797 in: KY
F Child 2 Jemima HAYS #10104 died at age: 65
Born: 31-Aug-1778 in: Fort Boonesborough, KY
Died: 6-Nov-1843 in:
Spouse: James DAVIS #25219 b. 1761-1781 d. 1795-1867
Married: 1792-1823 in:
M Child 3 William HAYS #7335 died at age: 65
Born: 1780 in: Boone Station, KY
Died: Mar 1845 in: Williamsburg, CallawayCo, MO
Spouse: Phoebe STEVENS #9229 b. 1791 d. 1848-1886
Married: 1811-1812 in: CallawayCo, MO
F Child 4 Susannah HAYS #10105 died at age: 102
Born: 1782 in: KY
Died: 1809-1884 in:
Spouse: Joshua DODSON #10106
Married: 1809-1841 in:
M Child 5 Daniel Boone HAYS #10109 died at age: 67
Born: 1783 in: KY
Died: 1850 in: Marysville, CA
Spouse: Lydia Ann SCHOLL #25222
Married: 3-Jun-1807 in: ClarkCo, KY
F Child 6 Delinda HAYS #10107 died at age: 89
Born: 1778-1798 in: KY
Died: 1820-1887 in:
Spouse: Lewis JONES #10108
Married: 6-Apr-1815 in:
M Child 7 Daniel HAYS #10110 died at age: 82
Born: 1776-1798 in: KY
Died: 1782-1880 in:
M Child 8 Greenup HAYS #10111 died at age: 82
Born: 1776-1798 in: KY
Died: 1782-1880 in:
M Child 9 Jesse HAYS #10112 died at age: 19
Born: 1778-1798 in: KY
Died: 1817 in:
F Child 10 Mahala HAYS #10113 died at age: 85
Born: 1776-1798 in: KY
Died: 1792-1883 in:
Spouse: Jonathan DAVIS #10114
Married: 1792-1834 in:
9-Dec-2000 Family Group Sheet
Husband: William HAYS #7335 died at age: 65
Born: 1780 in: Boone Station, KY
Died: Mar 1845 in: Williamsburg, CallawayCo, MO
Father: William HAYS #7313
Mother: Susannah BOONE #7311
Wife: Phoebe STEVENS #9229 died at age: 95
Married: 1811-1812 in: CallawayCo, MO his age: 32 her age: 21
Born: 1791 in: KY
Died: 1848-1886 in: Williamsburg, CallawayCo, MO
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1 Seth M. HAYS #7336 died at age: 61
Born: 23-Apr-1811 in: CallawayCo, MO
Died: 1873 in: Council Grove, MorrisCo, KS
Buried: 1873 in: Greenwood Cemetery, MorrisCo, KS
Ref: Occupation: trader/store&saloon keep
F Child 2 Eliza Wilcox HAYS #25217 died at age: 79
Born: 1824 in: MO
Died: 1903 in: Ft. Smith, AR
Spouse: Orville Crawford WORD #25218 b. 12-Oct-1813 d. 25-Jul-1867
Married: 13-Jan-1845 in: Mexico, CallawayCo, MO
M Child 3 William "Will" HAYS #25216 died at age: 81
Born: 1804-1831 in:
Died: 1810-1912 in:
9-Dec-2000 Family Group Sheet
Seth M. HAYS #7336 died at age: 61
Born: 23-Apr-1811 in: CallawayCo, MO
Died: 1873 in: Council Grove, MorrisCo, KS
Buried: 1873 in: Greenwood Cemetery, MorrisCo, KS
Ref: Occupation: trader/store&saloon keep
Father: William HAYS #7335
Mother: Phoebe STEVENS #9229
Seth M. HAYS
Seth M. Hays was a great grandson of Daniel Boone.
1839-1844 Seth M. HAYS was living in Westport, now part of Kansas City,
Missouri.
1844-1845 Seth HAYS, about thirty-three years old, followed the Kansas River
west into present-day Kansas.
April 1845 Charles B. Chouteau and Seth M. HAYS were in charge of Frederick
Chouteau's trading post (located on what is now Mission Creek in the
westernmost part of Shawnee County, west of Topeka, about two miles from the
Kansa Indian Mission that Methodist missionaries had founded in 1835).
In the spring of 1846 the Kansa signed a treaty with the government, ceding
their land along the Kansas River in exchange for a new but smaller
reservation located along the upper valley of the Neosho River, in what is now
Morris County, Kansas. Seth HAYS, perhaps sensing that Chouteau's trading post
would soon close its doors, returned to Westport.
April 1847 At Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail, Albert G. BOONE (grandson
of Daniel BOONE and cousin of Seth HAYS) and James G. HAMILTON, of Westport,
Missouri, (by virtue of their Kansa Indian trading license) established a
trading post on the Kaw reservation. Boone and Hamilton placed bachelor Seth
M. HAYS in charge. Seth M. HAYS, a citizen of Westport, Missouri, having
obtained a license from the Government to trade with the Indians in "Kansas."
April 1847 Seth M. HAYS was the first permanent white settler in Council
Grove. When he arrived in 1847, he brought with him a Mexican teamster, who
also was a handyman and interpreter, and a freed black slave (Aunt Sallie).
Seth M. HAYS built a log cabin (trading post) near the west bank of the Neosho
River near where the Commercial House later stood. He lived there with Aunt
Sallie, his housekeeper.
Mid-May 1853 At Council Grove, there is a large, well-furnished store (run by
Seth M. HAYS), where a constant supply of everything required for the road is
kept.
Soon after Kansas Territory was organized in 1854, the government ordered a
census of the territory. When census taker James R. McClure arrived in Council
Grove the following year, he reported that there were thirty-nine people
living there aside from the Indians. He also noted that Seth HAYS operated a
well-furnished store and "kept for sale all kinds of goods needed by the
constant stream of teamsters" who passed through the settlement following the
Santa Fe Trail.
1857 The HAYS House, said to be the oldest continuously operating restaurant
west of the Mississippi River, was founded by Seth M. HAYS.
The Council Grove Town Company was organized in 1857, with Seth HAYS, Thomas
Huffaker, the Chouteau brothers, and a few other residents as stockholders;
and in 1858 the territorial legislature approved the incorporation of the
town.
February 2, 1858 Hezekiah Brake, Mr A., Louis Boyse reached Council Grove that
night, and began our arrangements for the trip to New Mexico. Seth M. HAYS
kept a store and an outfitting station at Council Grove at this time. He had
in keeping now six small Mexican mules, a good pony, a large wagon, and
various other necessary acquisitions to our outfit. It took us four days to
get the animals ready and lay in a supply of everything needful for our
journey. An freed slave who worked for Mr. HAYS roasted coffee, made cakes,
and gave us a keg of pickles and sauerkraut as relishes.
October 1858 The first term of the court was held, and the place of holding it
was in the old log cabin built by Seth M. HAYS. The court officers were:
William Weir, of Wyandotte County, was prosecuting attorney; L. McCarthy,
clerk, and W. B. Harrold acted as Sheriff. The place where the jury
deliberated upon their verdict was under the shade of a tree that stood in the
yard.
1867 Seth Hays adopted a daughter. This is the same time frame that the
Quaker Manual Labor School closed (reopened 1869-1873). His daughter was not
Kaw (Morris County Historical Society).
1867 The Seth HAYS home was built of bricks from a local factory and native
lumber. Hays slave, Aunt Sallie, lived in the basement and cared for the
family until her death in 1872.
1868 The Missouri, Kansas, and Texas (Katy) Railroad, built through Morris
County in 1868, passed through and brought citizens to Council Grove. Wagon
freighting over the Santa Fe Trail began to decline. Seth HAYS sold out and
started a saloon called the Brown Jug. To attract attention in the growing
community, HAYS hired a man with a bagpipe to entertain customers. His
business prospered, and when members of a church were without a meeting hall,
HAYS let them use his saloon. When the church held services, he would remove
all evidence of his business and would cover some of the walls and the bar
with wagon canvas. The Brown Jug was the first school in Council Grove.
1872 Seth HAYS's housekeeper, Aunt Sallie, died. Her funeral was held in
HAYS's home.
1873 Seth Hays died and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Council Grove,
Morris County, Kansas.
SOURCES:
[Ref. Barry, Louise. The Beginning of the West - Annals of the Kansas Gateway
to the American West (1540-1854). Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society,
1972. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 78-172252] [Ref. Dary, David. More
True Tales of Old-Time Kansas. University Press of Kansas. 1984]
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