John Hale (abt. 1810 - 1887)

Born about 1810 in Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Lear (Eldridge) Trusty — married [date unknown] in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 1887 at about age 77 in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Private John Hale served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 14 December 1861
Mustered out: 15 March 1865 (paroled)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 5th Regiment, Kentucky Mtd. Infantry and 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry

John Hale was born about 1810 in Virginia and died in 1887 near Magoffin, Kentucky.

Marriages and Children

Lear Eldridge states John's first wife was Sally Hogg.^[1]

According to records, John had the following children with Sarah Fawbush:

• William M. Hale: b. 1834 in Russell, Virginia (see research notes)
• Mary Ann Hale: b. 1844, d. 1928
• Henry Hale: b. 1846, d. 1917
• Eliza Hale: b. 1850
• Madison Hale: b. abt. 1852
• John Hale Jr.: b. 1853, d. 1938
• Silas H. Hale: b. 1855, d. 1915
• Rainey Hale: b. abt. 1859
• Brackenridge Hale: b. 1861

About 1878, John's daughter Martha is born. Her mother is Mary Ann Collins who marries John Colvin in Magoffin, Kentucky in 1882.

Before his death, John marries Lear Eldridge, the former wife of Daniel Trusty. (Daniel's daughter Nancy is John's daughter-in-law.) John and Lear are married in Breathitt, Kentucky by William S. Allen. They live for a few years on the land of John and Nancy J. Gardner in Salyersville, Magoffin, Kentucky.^[1]

Census Records

Perry, Kentucky

• 1850: John (30) brick mason with [wife] Sally (26) and four children: William (7), Mary (6), Henry (3) and Elisa (1)^[2]

Magoffin, Kentucky

• 1860: John (45) house carpenter with [wife] Sarah (38) and eight children: Wm (18), Mary A. (15), Henry (14), Eliza (12), Madison (10), John (6), Silas (5) and Rainey^[3]

Military Service

Though advanced in years, John served as a private in two regiments of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He enlisted on 14 December 1861 in Company A of the 5th Kentucky Mtd. Infantry. He mustered out on 20 October 1862 as "absent with leave from the Col."^[4]

John reenlisted in November 1862 in Company A of the 10th Kentucky Calvary. He was captured at Cynthiana, Kentucky on 12 June 1864. He was paroled on 15 March 1865 and took the oath of allegiance to the United States on 26 June 1865.^[5]

Research Notes

• Birth: The exact year and County of John's birth is uncertain. His son William states John was born in 1808.^[6] His widow Lear states he was born in 1810.^[1] His census records have 1815/1820. While John's place of birth as Virginia is consistent with records, the County of his birth is not. The birth record of John's son Brackenridge states John was born in Wythe, Virginia. According to the Wythe County Historical Society, no Hale family was living there when John was born.^[7] His son William states John was born near Evington, Virginia. William himself was born in Russell, Virginia.^[6] His widow Lear states John was born in Lebanon, which is a town in Russell County, Virginia.^[1]

• Parentage: After taking Y-DNA and Autosomal tests and using various DNA tools, descendant John Hale discovered that Michael Aker is John’s biological father. John’s mother may be someone other than Michael Aker’s wife. Note: This DNA evidence contradicts his son William's statement that John's father died when John was about one year old.^[6]

• Siblings: His son John states that his father had three other siblings: James, Washington, and Sallie Hale.^[8] No additional information was provided about these siblings.

• Death in 1887: John likely passed away sometime in March or April of 1887. His son John states that his father died on 20 March 1887.^[8] His widow Lear states that John died in April 1887.^[1] John's burial clothes were supplied with Magoffen County funds in 1887.^[9]

• Birth mother of William: The birth mother of William is uncertain. On his Eastern Cherokee Application, William states that his mother was Sarah Fawbush.^[10] However, William is the only child born in Virginia about a decade before his other siblings. While he states that Sarah Fawbush was Cherokee on his application, in a later statement, he states that his mother was "a white woman."^[6]

• Branch W. Higgins states that John worked for his father John. John Higgins was a farmer.^[1]

• John is not the Rev. John Hale who passed away on 20 November 1882 and was buried at McGuire Cemetery in Morgan County, Kentucky.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-KWZV : Sat Mar 09 06:19:17 UTC 2024), Entry for John Hale and Lear Eldridge Hale, Nov 1912. Note: In this application, John's son-in-law Andrew Ritchie is a witness. Another witness is John Franklin. John Franklin knew John more than 50 years.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65V-29X : Fri Mar 08 21:47:02 UTC 2024), Entry for John Hall and Sally Hall, 1850.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ19-8JW : Fri Mar 08 17:23:21 UTC 2024), Entry for John Hale and Sarah Hale, 1860.
4. ↑ John Hale, Civil War Service Records, Company A, 5th Kentucky Mtd. Infantry, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31820686
5. ↑ John Hale, Civil War Service Records, Company A, 10th Kentucky Calvary, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/31698357?objectPage=13
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} William's statement, NAM M1104 R, Application 39388, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WX-6KMF?cat=209173
7. ↑ Hale research notes, http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/robynanderson
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Eastern Cherokee Application of his son John: NAM M1104 R, Application 36825, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WX-4VYX
9. ↑ Carlson, Richard Allen, “Who's your people? : cumulative identity among the Salyersville Indian population of Kentucky's Appalachia and the Midwest Muckfields, 1677-2000”, Pages 265, 306-308, https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/h6by-5002
10. ↑ Eastern Cherokee Application of his son William: NAM M1104 R, Application 36527, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WX-CDQH

• Birth record of his son John: "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWV3-PLJ : 4 March 2021), John Hail in entry for John Hail, 1853.
• Birth record of his son Brackenridge: "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJS-MD7 : 4 March 2021), John Hale in entry for Brackenridge Hale, 1861.
• Death record of his son Henry: "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9GG-CMR : 23 February 2021), Jnoo Hale in entry for Henry Hale, 12 May 1917; Death, Clinton, Anderson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
• Death record of his daughter Mary Ann: "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6H6-XHB : Tue Mar 05 05:24:35 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Ann Ritchie and John Hale, 01 Jan 1928

• Eastern Cherokee Application of his daughter Martha: NAM M1104 R, Application 39388, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WX-6KML?i=293&cat=209173
• Eastern Cherokee Application of his daughter Eliza: NAM M1104 R, Application 39587, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WX-W94G-R

• See John Hale, Wikitree Discussion, 2012: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1428/trying-find-information-great-great-grandfather-virginia

• John Hale, FamilySearch profile