Tennessee Militia Infantry Muster Roll
This muster roll lists the names and ranks of the 85 men serving in the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Militia under Captain William McKay from June 20, 1814, to January 27, 1815. Besides Captain McKay, the regiment consisted of three lieutenants, five sergeants, six corporals, an ensign, a drummer, a fifer, and 68 privates. Many of the names include comments about illnesses, promotions, transfers, desertions, and deaths. At the bottom, the document is certified by Captain Mckay and by Robert Hays, Assistant Inspector General, T.M.
Dates
- 1815 January 27
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Abstract
This muster roll lists the names and ranks of the 85 men serving in the 1st Regiment of Tennessee Militia under Captain William McKay from June 20, 1814, to January 27, 1815. Besides Captain McKay, the regiment consisted of three lieutenants, five sergeants, six corporals, an ensign, a drummer, a fifer, and 68 privates. Many of the names include comments about illnesses, promotions, transfers, desertions, and deaths. At the bottom, the document is certified by Captain Mckay and by Robert Hays, Assistant Inspector General, T.M.
Biographical/Historical Note
Colonel Robert Hays was born in 1758 to John and Martha (Thompson) Hays in Salisbury, North Carolina. On January 27, 1786, he married Jane Donelson, which eventually made him brother-in-law to Andrew Jackson. Together they had ten children, these six surviving to adulthood: Rachel (Butler) born in 1786, Martha or Patsy (Butler) born in 1791, Stokely born in 1788, Narcissa born in 1795, Samuel born in 1800, and Elizabeth (Chester) born in 1805. Hays was known for his humor and hospitality, and was dubbed Lord Chief Joker and General Humbugger of North America West of the Appalachian Mountain by a group of friends.
Hays trained as a surveyor, and through that job as well as purchases he amassed over 36,000 acres of land in the general area of Nashville, Tennessee. He held a wide variety of public positions, including trustee of Davidson Academy from 1785 to 1803, Justice of the Peace from 1790, and marshal of the U.S. District Court for Tennessee in 1797. In 1794, he was appointed, along with James White, James Winchester, Stockley Donelson, David Campbell, and William Cocke, to raise funds for clearing a wagon road by selling lottery tickets.
Hays was elected a Colonel by the North Carolina Assembly on December 1, 1787, and then commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the cavalry on December 15, 1790 and again in 1797 by Governor Sevier. In the War of 1812, he began as a deputy inspector, and then was appointed to be Assistant Inspector. Hays died in September of 1819.
No biographical data could be found for William McKay or MacKay.
Arrangement
This document consists of a single oversize folder.
Acquisition Note
Special Collections purchased this document in October 1997.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository