Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 893/897
Levi H. Hays 45 Farmer $2000 Marion
Elizabeth 36
Samuel 18 "
William 16 "
Mary 14
David 12
Elizabeth 10
Irene 7
John 5
George 3;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC # 1759
Wm B. HAYS, 26
Martha J. 24;
!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Hillsborough # 207
William HAYS, 36 SC
Martha, 35
Elizabeth, 9
Nacny, 4
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Madison, 12;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Hillsborough pg 120A
W. B. HAYS, 46 SC/SC/SC
C. I. 45 wife NC/NC/NC
W.E. 19 dau SC/SC/NC
A. W. 13 dau
E. J. 10 dau
M. L. 7 dau;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 162-166
...
Another daughter of old Captain William Page married Levi H. Hays, and was the mother of our very worthy fellow-citizen, W. B. Hays, in Hillsboro Township. ;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 170-173
...
Levi H. Hays, the youngest son of old Benjamin, married a daughter of Captain William Page, near Buck Swamp Bridge; he raised a family, how many is not known ; our respected and highly esteemed fellow-citizen, William B. Hays, is a son of Levi H. Levi H. Hays was a most excellent man and useful citizen in his neighborhood in his day; he served as a Magistrate for several years, and gave general satisfaction in that responsible and indispensable position ; he preceded some of his older brothers to the grave.;