Re: Thomas Cleveland Hales, NC
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Re: Thomas Cleveland Hales, NC
Claudia Spell 10/31/01
Hi Claudia, I am glad that I could help you.I havd a pictureyou mightbeinterestedin gettingacopy. It was taken atthehomeplaceinBeaver Dam on SpencerSmithRoad. My Grand-MotherMary"Pint" Hales, wifeof Bun Halestoldmethat the family built it sometime around1910.A man cameby oneday and was takingpicturesandso they had theirs made justasthey were.Themules andthedogare even in thephoto.The peoplein the photoar ThomasJefferson "Mr Jeff" Hales, Bun Hales,THomas Cleveland Hales, Mattie Caroline Hales, Ithink, ErnestHales, soneof Mary andBun Hales, JohnGreen,babybrotherof MaryGreen Hales. John was just alittlefellow whenitwastaken.MyGrand-Mother Hales was expectingababy soshecouldnotbein thepicture because womendidn'tshow themselvesin publice much when theywere expecting.My Grand-Mothercouldread and write but Papa Bun, ThomasCleveland, andMr. Jeff couldn't. This isthewayGrannieHales toldmeas to howthe family lostthehome.Shesaid Papa Bun and them borrowed against the house.GrannieHalessaidshe readthe contract and saw that the manwastryingto cheatthem and shetoldPapa Bun andthemthatthemanwas trying todo this.But in thosedays, women were not suppose toknowanything andthey toldher tostay out of it. Well when itcame time to pay for they borrowed, theycouldn'tpayit.GrannieHales saidsureenough, thecontract saidiftheycouldn't pay, they would havetosell the home anditwas. PapaBun andhis family thenmoved toMassy Hill,whichwascalledthenTolarHart.Theyallwentto work in themills. Then in 1936,they boughtthe houseandland that is still in ourfamily today.The house that they lost,theybuiltthemselves.It still standing today but itisaboutto fall down.But,thesamestain glass windowthatwas in thedoorwhenthe picture wastaken is stillin the doortoday. Someone in Fayetteville ownsthehouseandland now.Asfor William (Billy) and AbigailHales, they areburriedinthewoods in theoldHalescemetary accrossfromEvergreenBaptistChurch.WilliamHales'sheadstoneistheonlyonethat you canread.Someoneput hogsin thewoodswherethecemetaryisandall theheadstones havebeen destroyed except Williams.GrannieHales said that were a lot people burriedin the cemetary.I havethe namessomewhere. There is nowaytobecertain. WilliamHales wastheson of John andFrancis Hales.Williamwas bornin Beaver Dam also.I knowhehadbrothers namedJohn andHugh.John movedtoGeorgia.I have a deedshowing that Hugh Hales in 1845(I think) selling William Hales and a Macklemore( Ican'tremember his first name, John, I think) allhisproperty andgoods. I'm notsurewhathappen to him, I amstill workingonthat.I also believethat William Hales'sparents wereSamuel and Elizabeth Hales.Ihave no documentsayingthis, just like Ihaveno doucment sayingthat John isWilliam's Father.I haveseveralcopies of deedsthatIgot my prooffrom. Alsomy sister Annettewas workingonour roots as farback as1970. Shewent to see alot ofpeoplethat havebeen gone andgot a lot ofinfo.I do know thatSamuelHales was in Bever Dam in 1750.He owned landon Horsepen Branch. I knowwhere this is.It is Way back in thewoodswhere theroadgoesto where Mr. Dally and Mollie Petersonlived.Theyhavelongpassed on.Thereasonitwas calledHorsepenBranch isbecausetheindiansthatlivedaroundBeaver Dam thenused tocatchwild horses andput them there until they hadrounded up asmany asthey wanted.I foundthisin abook in theCumberlandCo. Library.And another reason that I think that Samuel is John's father is that I foundseveral deeds in theBladenCo.Courthouse leaving orselling land to John andhiswife,Francis andI thinkJames, butSamuel and Elizabeth were to havetheir lifetimerights tothehouseand land.This tells methat he was oldanddividinghis landup. I haven't lookedatthem in a longtimeand I justcan'trememberif therewereanymorepeoplenamed. Thesdeed were all dated 1826.So that'sanotherreason Ibelieve hewas dividingup his land.Also,all theland and plantation(that't whathomes were called in those days.AndIhavea deedthatshowsFrancisHaleswastohaveherlifetimerightstothehomeandlandonClayfort. Thisbecame the home ofSimon Hales,son ofWilliamandAbigail Hales. His family cemetaryisstill there butthehomewasdestroyedin thetornado manyyearsago.I canremembergoing in itwhen Iwasa child. A familybythename ofHarris livedin it.Itwsabighouse.Idon'tifJohn andFrancisareburriedin thecemetary.Ifthey were,they probablyhadwoodenheadstonesandare longgone.I'll Stophere fornow. If you orany ofyourrelativesknow anythingaboutourfamily, please send itto me.Later
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