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     John McKinley Hager was born on 23 July 1852 in Boone County, Virginia. He was the son of Alfred Allen Hager (1834-1915) and Mahala Toney Hager (1833-1915.)²

     On 20 June 1863, the western part of Virginia was admitted to the Union as a new state named West Virginia.

     John married Gertrude Bias, daughter of Roland S. Bias and Sarah Ann Turner, in 1881. I cannot find a marriage record as of 12 May 2021. I did find a marriage record for J. W. Hager and a Rebecca E. Bias for 6 Aug 1885 in West Virginia (on Ancestry.com.)¹

     John McKinley Hager died in 1904 in Lincoln County, West Virginia,² and was buried in John McKinley "Shug" Hager Family Cemetery, Branchland, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

     "John McKinley Hager was shot and killed in some sort of dispute in 1904. My grandfather Robert Hager used to say that he carried a gun in case he ever caught up with the man that shot his father when he was only 4 years old. Known as "Shug" he had a farm in Branchland, Lincoln County. I visited this farm in 1989 when my grandmother Ruth Cook Hager died in Lesage, WV. Allen Hager guided a convoy up into the backwoods. We drove up creek beds that doubled as roads. We were confronted by the local marijuana growers like my cousin had warned, but he had met them before and we were cool. The old farm house stood until the year before and had burned. Allen narrated and operated the video as we made our way up the hill to the old cemetery on the hill.

     The old cemetery was over grown and all the headstones were nothing more than flat stones turned on end. There were several monuments, but only two that had a readable name. I did not write it down but I think it was Betsy or Bessie Hager, or just Betsy, born and died in 1886 at age 6 months. I suspect this is one of John and Gertrude's children. The other was Mahala Toney Hager wife of Alfred Allen Hager and mother of John McKinley Hager.

     There looked to be at least a dozen and possibly two dozen graves. It was hard to tell since the trees were growing up through the graves and the stones had fallen flat. I know that at least three of my fathers brothers and sisters are buried there. His twin brother Robert 'Bobby' Wallas age 18 months, Annus Fern age 7 and Guy McKinley age 11. They all died in a two week period in October 1931of scarlet fever. My father Billie was legally blind in one eye from the fever. That never affected his aim while shooting and playing pool. But it did prevent his service in WW II. He had passed his first physical and entrance requirements by lying about his age and peeking through his fingers while covering his good eye. The next physical they caught his blind eye and he could not serve. My father was well known for his hunting skills and would sell wild game. He told me one time his father gave him one 22 bullet, when he was ten, and he brought back two squirrels both from one shot.

Some notes by James Allen Hager s/o James Elbert and Irene (Fekete) Hager s/o Robert Ballard and Ruth Clara (Cook) Hager s/o John McKinley 'Shug' and Gertrude (Bias) Hager:

     A visit to the Hager Cemetery on Shug Hager's Place, Allen Hager (me) has maps of area. Shug and wife and many children buried here also child of Robert and Ruth Elbert's Mom and Dad. My grandparents Alfred's wife Mahala has the only stone of manufacture all others have only rocks. Demple knows who's in which or he knows someone who knows.

     The old structure of Shug Hager still stood when first seen by this author. But burnt before our second trip. A white frame box of a house with large timber floor joists a tin roof with stone steps and good water.

     Note when I went to this farm in Lincoln County, West Virginia in 1989 the old house of Shug Hager was still standing. An overseer was caring for it what is left of it now is a pile of burnt out rubble. I feel the people who were to protect it burnt it, to deny us areas on for returning - but we have - for on the back side of the property is the Hager grave yard, 1 marker (Mahala's) then 20 stone markers. Great grandpa and grandma among them. One child of Robert and Ruth - grandparents. This property is owned by some doctors in Florida. 300 acres - they (want, at last we know, $25,000 for the property).

     Some Hagers who are related to us have come back to their roots and own the old home steads in Lincoln County.

From Lou Marie McComas Carey as written by Ruby Hager McComas:

     Mary Ann Perry (my grandmother) married John M. Hager, who had moved from Kentucky to Virginia. Mary Ann and John had four children: Alice, Wallace, Walter, and Albert, and this family also lived in Chapmanville. John Hager was a farmer, music teacher, and choir director. He was a traveling music teacher and moved from town to town teaching music "schools" (people would sign up for a fee for so many sessions to learn to sing). After several years of an absent husband, Mary Ann divorced John. As a single mother of four, she lived with her father, Oliver Perry, on his land in Logan and Boone Counties. I do not know how many years she lived at home, but she eventually married Judge Bailey, and they both lived with Grandpa Perry in Chapmanville. Judge Bailey and Mary Ann Perry-Hager-Bailey had four girls."²

     Benjamin Franklin Hagler was born in 1838.²

     In 1872, he married Callie Rauscher who died in 1876.²

     Benjamin married Charlotte Elizabeth Pollard, 23, daughter of James Joseph Pollard and Sarah Elizabeth Turner, on 12 February 1878 in Houston County, Tennessee.³

     Benjamin Franklin Hagler died in 1893² and was buried in Hagler Cemetery, Erin, Houston County, Tennessee.²

     On 10 February 1931, Bettie Pollard Hagler's obituary names her deceased husband, Benjamin Hagler (a Confederate veteran); her parents; brother, R. V. Pollard of Greenwood, Miss; two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Buquo, Nashvill (I have no idea who this could be) and Miss Sallie Pollard of the Yellow Creek community; four sons: Grover Hagler, Paris Tenn; W. I. Clay and Ben Hagler of Erin; a daughter, Mrs. Daisy Stokes of Cumberland Furnace and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Blanche Atkins of Nashville.⁴

     William R. Hagood was born in August 1829 in North Carolina.³
     His surname also is spelled as Hagwood.⁴

     On 23 December 1852, he married Martha A. Peoples at Granville County, North Carolina.²

     He performed his Military Service on 26 April 1861 at Granville County, North Carolina, by enlisting as a private in Company B, 12th North Carolina Infantry as a Confederate soldier.⁵

     William R. Hagood married Phoebe Gibbs Mabry, daughter of Jones Mabry and Anne Rives. There is a civil marriage record for a Ransom Hagwood, 1868 in Warren County, North Carolina on FamilySearch, but the name of the bride is omitted from the index. On a different reel I found him with no marriage date or name of bride, but with Matthews Goodrich as security? I have poured over images on FamilySearch of marriage licenses/records, and have not found any record of this marriage at all as of 17 Dec 2020.

     I have entered the 1880 census record in Ballard County, Kentucky for a William Hagood, born in North Carolina, and his wife, Feby, whose birth year and birth place fit. None of the Duke children are living with her. Only a daughter, Betty Ross, with her child, Edwin, age 3, which doesn't fit with Nancy Agnes, the only daughter I currently have, but she could be her husband's daughter from a previous marriage. A J. W. Hagood was living in Warren County, North Carolina for the 1860 census when he was 28 years of age and was born there.^6,7,8

     Lila C. Hail was born on 31 October 1902 in Devine, Medina County, Texas. According to her obituary she was the daughter of Thomas and Otera Pearl (Harper) Hail.^3,4
     She was also known as Hale.

     Lila C. Hail, 26, married Irving E. Berry, 30, son of James Henry Thomas Berry and Araminta A. Turner, on 19 September 1929 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. I cannot find a marriage record for them as of 16 Nov 2020.

     They had six daughters and two sons.^1,5

     Lila C. Berry died on 27 July 1988 at age 85 in Czech Catholic Home, Hillje, Wharton County, Texas,^3,6,7 and was buried in San Fernando Cemetery #3, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.³

     Lydia A. Haines was born circa 1843 in New York.¹

     Lydia A. Haines married Augustus McDonald Fowler, son of Edmund Forrest Fowler and Susan Dillard Turner. I absolutely cannot find a marriage record on Ancestry or FamilySearch for them as of 3 Jul 2021.¹

     Sarah Paulina Haizlip was born on 13 July 1844 in Virginia.³

     Sarah Paulina Haizlip married James Madison Marshall.¹

     Sarah Paulina Marshall died of stomach cancer on 28 November 1920 at age 76 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina,² and was buried in Salem Chapel Christian Church Cemetery, Forsyth County, North Carolina.³

     Ann Elizabeth Halbrook was born circa 1849 in Kentucky.²

     Ann Elizabeth Halbrook married Stephen Thomas Rives, 33, son of John William Rives and Lucy Brown Collins, on 24 December 1877. I cannot find a marriage record anywhere as of 31 Dec 2016.¹

     John T. Hale was born circa 1853 in Indiana.²

     John T. Hale married Almira Dickerson, daughter of Terisha T. Dickerson and Clarissa Beamis, on 13 October 1880 in Umatilla County, Oregon.¹

     Anna Hall was born on 23 May 1875, daughter of John Edward Hall and Isabella H. Turner, in Virginia.^1,2
     She was also known as Annie.³

     On 13 December 1893, she married John W. Lobban at Nelson County, Virginia.^2,3

     Anna Lobban died on 21 May 1916 at age 40 in Rockfish District, Nelson County, Virginia,² and was buried in Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery, Avon, Nelson County, Virginia.²

     Bella Watson Hall was born on 20 June 1869, daughter of John Edward Hall and Isabella H. Turner, in Palmyra, Nelson County, Virginia.²

     On 1 January 1890, she first married Charles Lawrence Yancey at Albemarle County, Virginia.^3,4

     On 9 September 1922, she married Edward L. Williams at Nelson County, Virginia.^5,2

     Bella Watson Williams died on 8 March 1954 at age 84 in Warwick, (Independent City), Virginia,² and was buried in Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery, Avon, Nelson County, Virginia.³

     Elizabeth Ann Hall was born on 21 October 1849 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Edward and Mary Barker Hall.²

     Elizabeth Ann Hall married Samuel Mabry, son of Charles Mabry and Catherine Sallet. I cannot find a marriage record anywhere for this couple as of 23 Dec 2016. I did find marriage records for three of their children with Elizabeth listed as Bettie.¹

     Elizabeth Ann Mabry died on 5 November 1930 at age 81 in Bardwell, Carlisle County, Kentucky,² and was buried in Hebron Church Cemetery, Lowes, Graves County, Kentucky.²

     Gertrude Hall was born circa 1867, daughter of John Edward Hall and Isabella H. Turner, in Virginia.¹

     I cannot find a marriage or death record for her as of 25 Feb 2021.

     Harvey E. Hall was born in December 1878, son of Richard Watson Hall and Mariah Overton Turner, in Virginia.¹

     I cannot find a marriage or death record for him as of 25 Feb 2021.

     John Edward Hall was born in 1843 in Albemarle County, Virginia.²

     John began military service on 20 May 1861 at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia, as a Private in Company F, 44th Virginia Infantry as Confederate soldier. He had been a student.²

     He also served in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry.²

     He was hospitalized several times during the Civil War, for injuries, scabies, inflammatory rheumatism, etc.²

     John married Isabella H. Turner, daughter of William Hopkins Turner and Mary Perkins Moon, on 22 February 1865 in Albemarle County, Virginia.¹

     John Edward Hall died on 6 February 1908 in Charlottesville, (Independent City), Virginia,² and was buried in Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery, Avon, Nelson County, Virginia.³

     John Marvin Hall was born circa 1879, son of John Edward Hall and Isabella H. Turner, in Virginia.²

     I cannot find a marriage or death record for him as of 25 Feb 2021.

     John Turner Hall was born on 20 April 1874, son of Richard Watson Hall and Mariah Overton Turner, in Virginia.^1,3

     John Turner Hall died on 5 May 1901 at age 27³ and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, (Independent City), Virginia.³

     Mattie Hall was born circa 1876, daughter of John Edward Hall and Isabella H. Turner, in Virginia.¹

     I cannot find a marriage or death record for her as of 25 Feb 2021.

     Molly Lutie Hall was born on 27 April 1881.²

     Molly Lutie Hall married Virgil Lee Quesinberry.¹

     Molly Lutie Quesinberry died on 12 June 1962 at age 81² and was buried in Bell Spur Cemetery, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Virginia.²

     Nettie B. Hall was born in August 1882, daughter of Richard Watson Hall and Mariah Overton Turner, in Virginia.¹

     I cannot find a marriage or death record for her as of 25 Feb 2021.

     Richard O. Hall was born in August 1886, son of Richard Watson Hall and Mariah Overton Turner, in Virginia.¹

     I cannot find a marriage or death record for him as of 25 Feb 2021.

     Richard Watson Hall was born on 17 November 1846 in Virginia. He was the son of John and Angeline Hall.^3,4

     Richard, 25, married Mariah Overton Turner, 25, daughter of William Hopkins Turner and Mary Perkins Moon, on 9 January 1872 in Albemarle County, Virginia.¹

     Richard Watson Hall died on 20 December 1913 at age 67 in Charlottesville, (Independent City), Virginia,⁴ and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, (Independent City), Virginia.⁴

     Samuel Watson Hall was born on 25 December 1877, son of Richard Watson Hall and Mariah Overton Turner.¹

     Samuel Watson Hall died on 23 June 1895 at age 17¹ and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, (Independent City), Virginia.

     Inscription:
     "son of
     R. W. & Ma O. Hall."¹

     Sherman Taylor Hall was born on 12 September 1889, son of Thomas J. Hall and Mary M. Simpson, in Surry County, North Carolina.²

     Sherman married Susan Poline Turner, daughter of Charles Ellis Turner and Montana Ording Moore. I am unable to find a marriage record on either FamilySearch or Ancestry.com as of 1 Jul 2021, but he is listed as her husband on her death certificate. This marriage was called to my attention by Donna Rowland via email dated 1 Sep 2016.¹

     Sherman Taylor Hall died on 30 April 1966 at age 76 in Winston-Salem,² and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.²

     Thomas J. Hall was born on 22 September 1861 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Hall and Sallie Gwynn.²

     He was a Quaker.²

     Thomas J. Hall married Mary M. Simpson.¹

     Thomas J. Hall died on 16 June 1945 at age 83 in Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina,² and was buried in Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Salem, Surry County, North Carolina.²

     William Edward Hall was born on 22 August 1872, son of John Edward Hall and Isabella H. Turner, in Virginia.^1,2

     On 17 October 1900, he married Grace Gertrude Payne at Bath County, Virginia, who survived him.^2,3

     William Edward Hall died of Prostate Cancer with metastasis on 7 October 1946 at age 74 in Mechams River, Albemarle County, Virginia.²

     Anna Eliza Halley was born on 2 March 1865 in Illinois. She was the daughter of John Henry Halley (1828-1898.)^1,2

     Anna married Joseph Desha Turner, son of John W. Turner and Averilla Carter Collier, circa 1888. I cannot find a marriage record for them as of 16 Apr 2021, but am basing the year of marriage on the 1910 census.¹

     Anna Eliza Turner died on 14 July 1910 at age 45² and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Pawnee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma.²

     John Walker Hallmark was born on 8 August 1862 in Kentucky.^3,2

     John Walker Hallmark, 20, married Attoway Grace Green, 18, daughter of Robert C. Green and Winneyfred P. Rowland, on 18 October 1882 in Henderson County, Kentucky.¹

     John Walker Hallmark died on 29 March 1945 at age 82² and was buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky.²

     Edna Mae Halm was born circa 1903, daughter of Oscar J. Halm and Marguerite C. Klein, in Kingsbury, Guadalupe County, Texas.⁴
     She also is reported to have been born in 1902.⁵
     Her surname also is spelled as Holm.³

     Edna married Jesse A. Turner, 22, son of James Calvin Turner and Phila Martha Berry, on 16 March 1921 in Guadalupe County, Texas.^1,2

     Edna Mae Turner died on 30 December 1934 in 952 E. College, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas, of an endocrine disturbance (classification not made),³ and was buried on 31 December 1934 in San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas.^3,5

     Oscar J. Halm was born in 1875 in Texas. He was the son of William Halm (1843-1928) and Katherine Kuhlmann Halm (1845-1931.)^1,2
     He was also known as Holm.³

     Oscar J. Halm married Marguerite C. Klein circa 1902.^3,1

     Oscar J. Halm died in 1963 in Guadalupe County, Texas,² and was buried in San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas.²

     Lucy Ham was born before 1770, daughter of Stephen Ham and Mildred Rucker.³
     She also is reported to have been born in 1773 in Amherst County, Virginia Colony.⁴

     Lucy and James J. Turner Jr. obtained a marriage bond on 25 November 1795 in Amherst County, Virginia, with Stephen Ham, her father, as security and W. R. Crawford as witness.⁵

     Lucy Ham married James J. Turner Jr., son of James Turner and Rebecca Hamner, on 25 November 1795 at Amherst County, Virginia, with Rev. Charles Crawford officiatiing at the ceremony.^6,7

     On 29 April 1809, Lucy certified that she freely and voluntarily acknowledged the indenture between her husband, James, and Henry Smith, dated 8 Feb 1805, in which she and her husband had conveyed to Henry Smith 145 acres of land in Amherst county.⁸

     On 1 September 1810, she is named Lucy Turner in her father's will of this date.¹

     On 4 October 1834, John H. Turner, in his nuncupative will of this date, left his estate to his wife (unnamed). If his wife has a son, his brother Stephen H. Turner is to educate him to be a lawyer. He requested that his mother, Lucy Turner, devise his protion of her estate to his wife. Seaton H. Turner is one of the witnesses.

     "We heard John H. Turner say on the 4th, 5th, 6th Oct 1834 at his own dwelling house in the town of Gallatin in the county of Sumner during his last illness that he wished the following disposition to be made of his property and that the most of his creditors were in good circumstances and he wished them to be as indulgent as possible with his wife and that after the payment of his debts that what ever property was left he wished to go to his wife and that if his wife had a child and it was a son he wished his brother S. H. Turner to educate him and make a lawyer of him and they he requested his Mother Lucy Turner to devise his wife so much of her property as she intended to devise to him.
     James L. McKain
     Seaton H. Turner.

          State of Tennessee, Sumner County Court November Term 1834. A nuncupative will of John H. Turner dec'd was produced in open court and proved to have been the request of John H. Turner dec'd during his last illness in relation to a distribution of his estate and reduced to writing with in less than ten days after his deceased by the witnesses James S. McKain and Seaton H. Turner by whom the same is proved and orderedd to be recorded. A copy test.
A. H. Douglass Clerk"

     Therefore, the question is: were the three daughters by a previous wife? Or, are they misattributed to him?⁹

     Lucy Turner died in 1846 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
     Find A Grave does not have a burial listing for her as of 18 Jan 2019.¹⁰

     On 28 January 1848, the Estate Settlement (Estate #689) for Lucy Ham Turner used to be available online at //members.aol.com/jogt/turnerly.htm. However, nothing on this site can be accessed as of 10 Oct 2009. The estate was settled on January 28, 1848, at which time Seaton H. Turner was deceased.

     The following is a copy I downloaded from the Thiessen site:
Sumner County, TN
Estate #689
Lucy Ham Turner
     We the undersigned being called by the Legatees of the Estate of Lucy Turner Decd to sep apart and lot the negroes of said Estate we have proceded to the same and find that each legatee is entitled to one thousand forty three dollars 75 cents.
     We have allotted to S. H. Turner the following negroes (viz) Bon $100, Lucy of Hannah at $650 London $350 Making in all $1100.
     We have set apart to Simpson Payne () Mariah at $525 & Lewis at $450 Making $975.
     We have set apart to the heirs of Seaton H. Turner Charles te at $525 & Jourdon at $500 Making $1025.
     We have set apart to Johnetta Turner heir of John Turner () Joseph at $675 Celia at $225 Sarah at $175 Making $1075.
     We say that S.H. Turner pay to Simpson Payne $56.85? and that S.R. Anderson guardian of Johnetta Turner pay the said S. Payne $12.50 to Make said Payne shear of negroes to an equal shear and that S. R. Anderson Guardian as aforesaid pay the Heirs of Seaton H. Turner $18.75 being what the negroes lack of being their shear this 28th day of January 1848.
Josiah Walton
D. E. Brooke
Daniel Mulloy
Benj. Roney

     We agree to and confirm this the division as dated, herewith, and have paid and .... the negroes & money as specified Give .... our hand this 28 Jany 1848.
S. R. Anderson Guardian of Johnetta Turner
Simpson Payne
James Douglass
A. G. Douglass
W. D. Payne
S. H. Turner
attest
Josiah Walton
Benj. Roney

     A large part of the third page is illegible. It looks as if the opposite page was blotted onto it, or writing was put on the back and bled through. This transcription begins with the fourth line: Mrs. Lucy Turner, deceased ........ Stephen H. Turner......W. D. Payne who married Eliza ..daughter of Seaton H. Turner deceased & A. G. Douglass who married Dorothy Turner who was the daughter of the said Seaton H. Turner, Simpson Payne who married the daughter of the said Lucy Turner dcd Elizabeth - and Samuel R. Anderson who is the guardian of Johnetta Turner, the daughter of John J. Turner decd. the son of the said Lucy Turner decd. Witness to that the said do ....... above named attest this day agreed and ............ Daniel Mulloy, Joseph Walton, Benjamin Roney and Dudley E. Brooks, to value and divide equally among them as the heirs of the said Lucy Turner deceased the negroes the property of the said Lucy Turner as described Except Bon, who we have agreed that said slave shall be the property of S. H. Turner for the sum of one hundred dollars. And further agree and make ...... the said Stephen H. Turner is to ................ the hands of his wife Mc having awarded and in making to carry out the will and .... desires ...........of the decd. lady. Given under our hands and .... this 28th day of January 1846.
S. H. Turner (Seal)
W. D. Payne
A. G. Douglass by James Douglass
Simpson Payne [al ? - he was in Mississippi so could not sign]
S. R. Anderson (Seal)
Guardian of Johnetta Turner

     I have not found this in the online inventory/property settlement file at FamilySearch online records after going through the Sumner County, Tennessee Probate Inventories, Settlements, 1836-1861 book! There is a break in this microfilm in that one Inventories and Settlement book ends in 1847, but the next one begins in 1857 even though it states that it coveres May 1857 to Jun 1861. I have no explanation as of 24 Jun 2019.¹¹