Jesse Hayes' parents were James Lewis Hayes Sr and Bashaba Sartain. Jesse was born on top of the mountain two miles before you get to Duck after you leave Ivydale. There is a steep road leading up to what used to be Blaine Robinson's place, and the remains of a road leads on up to the top of the mountain. That is where Jesse Hayes and his family lived when he was born. They carried water up the mountain from the Elk River and caught rain water in barrels. You need a four wheeler to navigate the old road, which is private property. Blaine is buried up there. Blaine was married at one time to Lulie Hayes, the daughter of Jesse & Manerva Johnson Hayes. One of Jesse Hayes' brothers, Columbus Hayes and his wife Caroline, lived on that mountaintop farm before Blaine bought it.
Jesse Hayes cut quarry stones for bridge building at the turn of the century in Clay County for 50 cents a day. After he paid off his farm in 1904, he never worked off his farm again. He always kept $600 in his wallet to pay for his funeral. Everything they needed they grew on the farm except kerosene, flour, lard, and coffee. Jesse built the farm house in 1910. Until then they lived in a big square barn that Manerva's parents John William Johnson and Mattie Blankenship Johnson gave them when they married in 1894. The farm used to belong to Manerva's parents. All ten of the kids were born in that barn. The only thing that remains of the house is the base of the stone chimney that Jesse Hayes built with quarry stone he cut himself.
Jesse Hayes cut quarry stones for bridge building at the turn of the century in Clay County for 50 cents a day. After he paid off his farm in 1904, he never worked off his farm again. He always kept $600 in his wallet to pay for his funeral. Everything they needed they grew on the farm except kerosene, flour, lard, and coffee. Jesse built the farm house in 1910. Until then they lived in a big square barn that Manerva's parents John William Johnson and Mattie Blankenship Johnson gave them when they married in 1894. The farm used to belong to Manerva's parents. All ten of the kids were born in that barn. The only thing that remains of the house is the base of the stone chimney that Jesse Hayes built with quarry stone he cut himself.
Jesse Hayes' parents were James Lewis Hayes Sr and Bashaba Sartain. Jesse was born on top of the mountain two miles before you get to Duck after you leave Ivydale. There is a steep road leading up to what used to be Blaine Robinson's place, and the remains of a road leads on up to the top of the mountain. That is where Jesse Hayes and his family lived when he was born. They carried water up the mountain from the Elk River and caught rain water in barrels. You need a four wheeler to navigate the old road, which is private property. Blaine is buried up there. Blaine was married at one time to Lulie Hayes, the daughter of Jesse & Manerva Johnson Hayes. One of Jesse Hayes' brothers, Columbus Hayes and his wife Caroline, lived on that mountaintop farm before Blaine bought it.
Jesse Hayes cut quarry stones for bridge building at the turn of the century in Clay County for 50 cents a day. After he paid off his farm in 1904, he never worked off his farm again. He always kept $600 in his wallet to pay for his funeral. Everything they needed they grew on the farm except kerosene, flour, lard, and coffee. Jesse built the farm house in 1910. Until then they lived in a big square barn that Manerva's parents John William Johnson and Mattie Blankenship Johnson gave them when they married in 1894. The farm used to belong to Manerva's parents. All ten of the kids were born in that barn. The only thing that remains of the house is the base of the stone chimney that Jesse Hayes built with quarry stone he cut himself.
Jesse Hayes cut quarry stones for bridge building at the turn of the century in Clay County for 50 cents a day. After he paid off his farm in 1904, he never worked off his farm again. He always kept $600 in his wallet to pay for his funeral. Everything they needed they grew on the farm except kerosene, flour, lard, and coffee. Jesse built the farm house in 1910. Until then they lived in a big square barn that Manerva's parents John William Johnson and Mattie Blankenship Johnson gave them when they married in 1894. The farm used to belong to Manerva's parents. All ten of the kids were born in that barn. The only thing that remains of the house is the base of the stone chimney that Jesse Hayes built with quarry stone he cut himself.
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