Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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Mourning Hay was enumerated on a pay roll of Thomas Hamilton’s Company of the First Virginia State Regiment, comanded by Coll. George Gibson from 14 September to 1 October 1777, for the month of October 1777, for the month of November 1777, for the month of December 1777, and was then marked as dead in March 1778. [Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775–1873, Virginia, 1st Regiment.]
King & Queen Sc.
I do hereby certify, that Samuel Hay made oath before me a Justice of peace for the said County, that he is Heir at Law to Mourning Hay who was inlisted by Capt. Wm. Campbell into one of the Virga. State Regiments, that was afterwards put into Continental Service, in which service the said Mourning Hay died. Given under my hand this 15th of Dec.r. 1783.
Anderson Scott
[second paper, obverse]
I DO Certify, That Mourning Hay’s heir is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a soldier of the State line, who has served three years.
Council-Chamber, 6th March 1784.
Thos. Meriwether
[second paper, reverse]
for a Valuable Consideration I do Assign Morning Hay Dr.[?] bounty of land as a Soldier to Wm Reynolds or his assigns
Samuel Hay
[State of Virginia, Land Office Military Certificates, 1782–1876.]
On 6 March 1784, William Reynolds, assignee of Samuel Hay, Heir at Law to Mourning Hay, deceased, was granted a warrant for one hundred acres of land, the said Mourning Hays having served for three years as a soldier in the Virginia State line. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants., State of Virginia, Land-Office Military Warrant 2731.]
On 17 August 1835, “On the motion of William D Dunn and Samuel Dunn it is Ordered to be certified that it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the said William D Dunn and Samuel Dunn are the only heirs of Mourning Haynes decd a revolutionary soldier they being the only children of Mary Hayes a daughter of Samuel Hayes who was the only brother of the said Mourning Hayes — It is further proved to the satisfaction of the Court, that William Wilson also a Revolutionary soldier and James Rowzey another Revolutionary soldier are the nearest relations known of to the said William D Dunn & Samuel Dunn by the maternal line they the said William Wilson and James Rowzey being the only children of two sisters by the name of Dillon, which said two sisters were the sisters of Patsey Dillon the Grand mother of the said William D and Samuel Dunn.” [Essex County, Virginia, Order book 48, page 246.]
King & Queen Sc.
I do hereby certify, that Samuel Hay made oath before me a Justice of peace for the said County, that he is Heir at Law to Mourning Hay who was inlisted by Capt. Wm. Campbell into one of the Virga. State Regiments, that was afterwards put into Continental Service, in which service the said Mourning Hay died. Given under my hand this 15th of Dec.r. 1783.
Anderson Scott
[second paper, obverse]
I DO Certify, That Mourning Hay’s heir is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a soldier of the State line, who has served three years.
Council-Chamber, 6th March 1784.
Thos. Meriwether
[second paper, reverse]
for a Valuable Consideration I do Assign Morning Hay Dr.[?] bounty of land as a Soldier to Wm Reynolds or his assigns
Samuel Hay
[State of Virginia, Land Office Military Certificates, 1782–1876.]
On 6 March 1784, William Reynolds, assignee of Samuel Hay, Heir at Law to Mourning Hay, deceased, was granted a warrant for one hundred acres of land, the said Mourning Hays having served for three years as a soldier in the Virginia State line. [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants., State of Virginia, Land-Office Military Warrant 2731.]
On 17 August 1835, “On the motion of William D Dunn and Samuel Dunn it is Ordered to be certified that it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the said William D Dunn and Samuel Dunn are the only heirs of Mourning Haynes decd a revolutionary soldier they being the only children of Mary Hayes a daughter of Samuel Hayes who was the only brother of the said Mourning Hayes — It is further proved to the satisfaction of the Court, that William Wilson also a Revolutionary soldier and James Rowzey another Revolutionary soldier are the nearest relations known of to the said William D Dunn & Samuel Dunn by the maternal line they the said William Wilson and James Rowzey being the only children of two sisters by the name of Dillon, which said two sisters were the sisters of Patsey Dillon the Grand mother of the said William D and Samuel Dunn.” [Essex County, Virginia, Order book 48, page 246.]