| 3. |  Sheriff James Gwytherine Hayes  (1.Isaac1) was born on 5 Apr 1831 in Louisiana; died on 2 Sep 1876 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 5 Nov 1850, Opelousas St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- Census: 02 Jul 1860, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; PO Grand Coteau
- Military: 1862, Civil War - B Unit 18 Louisiana Infantry
- Census: 4 Jun 1870, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Notes:
Census:
residence 1770
Bosman Hayes Jr. family (bro of James G. Hayes)
residence 1773
McClelend Benjamin 52 1798 Louisiana
Mary 51 1799 Mississippi
Abner 18 1832 Louisiana
Albert 15 1835 Louisiana
Toledans 9 1841 Louisiana
residence 1774
Andrews, Tedeas 26 1824 Louisiana carpenter (Thaddeus Andrus)
residence 1775
Hays, Isaac 43 1807 Louisiana planter
Hays, Ellen 33 1817 Louisiana
Hays, James 20 1830 Louisiana
Hays, Elisa 16 1834 Louisiana
Hays, Haphra 4 1846 female Louisiana
Hays, Virginia 29 1821 Louisiana (Virginia Andrus sister to Thaddeus)
Census:
1860 July 2 Saint Landry
Post Office: Grand Coteau
352 Bosman Hayes 58 1802 St. Landry farmer 12,200 50,000
Louis Hayes 22 farmer 1200
Irma Johnson 20 1840 St. Landry
Mary U Hayes 18 1842
Dallas Hayes 16 1844
Lalya W. Hayes 13 1847
Joshua Hayes 56 1804 farmer 1500 1500
353 James Hayes 30 farmer 1830 4500 570 <<<
Virginia Andrus 29 1831
Hayes Ida 9 1851
Hayes Clerance 6 1854
Hayes Joseph 4 1856
__ Betsy 57 1803 Mulatto North
__ Dillea 16 1844 black St. Landry
346 Hayes Martha 48 1812 farmer 100 St. Landry
Andrus Armida 34 1826 St. Landry
Hayes Isaac 20 1840 St. Landry
Hayes Louis 1842
Andrus Rachel 9 1851
Dunck, Joseph 14 St.Landry
347 Green Thomas 30 1830 farmer Calcasieu
Rachel Cole 28 1832 Calcasieu
Adeline Green 8 1852 St. Landry
Green, Solomon 4 1856 Calcasieu
Green, Urih 3 1857 Calcasieu
Green Martha 7/12 1859 St. Landry
348 Laughlin Madeson 40 1820 farmer 500 St. Landry
Green Anna 35 1825 St. Landry
Laughlin Thomas 17 1847 farmer
Laughlin Tabitha 15 1845
Laughlin Marguerite 12 1848
Laughlin Nancy 10 1850
Laughlin Alviny 8 1852
Laughlin Solomon 6 1854 St. Landry
Laughlin Allin 4 1856 St. Landry
Military:
Civil War Service Records Record
Name: James G. Hayes
Company: B Unit: 18 Louisiana Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Corporal Rank -
Discharge: Captain
Allegiance: Confederate Hayes,
James G.,Corpl. Capt.
Co. B, K, 18th La. Inf.
En. Oct. 5, 1861,
Camp Moore, La. Roll for Nov. and Dec.,
1861, Absent, on leave since Nov. 16.
Leave expired Dec. 31, Urgent business.
Roll for May and June, 1862, Present.
Apptd. Capt. May 10, 1862.
Rolls from July, 1862, to June, 1863, Present.
Roll for July and Aug., 1863, Absent, on sick furlough.
Civil War Service Records Record Name: James G. Hayes Company: A Unit: 44 North Carolina Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Sergeant Rank - Discharge: Sergeant Allegiance: Confederate
Notes: Hays, James Gardner
Census:
Hayes, James 40 1830 Louisiana 16,000 5,000 Hotel keeper
Hayes, Margaret 26 1844 Louisiana
Hayes, Ida 19 1851 Louisiana
Hayes, Clarance 16 1865 Louisiana
Hayes, Joseph 14 1856 Louisiana
Hayes Delia 1 1869 Louisiana
Lambert, Isora 13 1857 female Louisiana
next door
White B.R. 70 1800 North Carolina
White, Eliza 65 1805 North Carolina
Stanley, Geo. F. 36 1834 New York
Andrus, Elisha 23 1847 Louisiana
Died:
The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, September 17, 1870
Page 2, Column 5
The Opelousas Tragedy.
In Thursday morning's Picayune we gave an account of the killing of Capt. J.G. Hays, in the jail of Opelousas, by T.W. Evans, the jailor and deputy sheriff, with brief mention of the events which led to Hays' incarceration. The murder was one of the most brutal and deliberate on record, and provedthe assassin to have been of a singularly callous nature. ? He had shown such apparently kindly consideration for his victim, as we have subsequently learned, as to have completely lulled the latter's previous distrust, though Hays' friends continued to warn him against Evans, knowing Evans' desperate character. But to all warnings Hays would reply that he was in no danger; that no harm could come to him there, and that Evans had proven himself most kind and indulgent.
They not only sat and chatted together, but frequently dined at the same table. Even on Friday evening Hays shared his repast with the man who was within a few hours to be his murderer, the latter so completely masking his bloody intent as to propose sending for a bottle of wine. [This was declined by Hays, as he never drank.] We must turn to the pages of the house of Borgia for a murder parallel to this in cold-blooded deliberateness. We now learn that Evans was at first arrested on suspicion, or circumstantial evidences; though he had hardly been seized when the cumulative evidence of his guilt became overwhelming, and immediately upon the opening of the preliminary examination he confessed himself Hays' murderer. The desperate character of the man ? already found guilty of murder in Calcasieu parish ? the atrocious nature of the assassination, the general esteem in which the victim was held, the law's delay and uncertainty,quickly sealed Evan's fate. Without a murmur of dissent, or any semblance of tumult, he was taken in broad daylight to the public square and hung by an outraged community. ?
Picayune, 11th inst.
(posted on Ancestry.com by Don C. Miles Sr.)
James married Virginia "Jennie" Andrus on 18 Oct 1850 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Virginia (daughter of Joseph Hilaire (Elah) Andrus, Jr and Suzanne McCleland) was born on 11 Oct 1830 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 10 Oct 1867 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Myrtle Grove, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Ida Hayes was born about 1851 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1900.
- 10. chief of police Clarence L. Hayes was born in 1854 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1900 in of, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
- 11. Joseph Hayes was born in 1856 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1860 in of, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
- 12. Delia Hayes was born in 1869 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1870 in of, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
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James married Margaret Isabelle Green "Maggie May" White after 1855. Margaret was born on 14 Nov 1843 in Franklin Co, Tennessee; died on 8 Jun 1917 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1806 - 1867 (60 years)