Person:Elizabeth Brawford (1)

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According to Putnam, History of Middle Tennessee or Life and Times of General James Robertson (Nashville, 1859), p.490-491: (footnote from the article by Dan M. Robinson in the TN Historical Quarterly, Fall 1967)- The station of "Granny Hays" was at a spring a short distance south of "Hermitage Church." According to Putnam, there is strong circumstantial evidence that "Granny Hays" was Mrs. Elizabeth Hays, widow of Samuel Hays. Samuel Hays, a veteran of the North Carolina Line, established a station (near the Hermitage--about a mile east) in 1783; took up a preemption grant of 640 acres on Stone's Creek in 1786, and was killed by Indians 'near the door of John Donelson's house' on Feb. 24, 1793. Putnam describes "Granny Hays" as an elderly woman "who never knew fear or how persons felt when they were frightened." The settlement of Samuel Hays estate shows that he left his widow Elizabeth and five sons. Andrew Jackson was named guardian for the three younger sons (Andrew, Campbell, and Charles Hays); the other two were not mentioned by name. They presumably were Robert and David Hays, who are known to be brothers. Incidentally, this article says Col. Robert Hays had only 6 children who survived to adulthood