hmtl5 John Hash b. Abt 1724 d. 13 Apr 1784 Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia: Robinson Genealogy

John Hash

Male Abt 1724 - 1784  (60 years)


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  • Name John Hash 
    Born Abt 1724 
    • No documentation for exact date or location given on Find a Grave
    Gender Male 
    _MILT Revolutionary War. in Captain Enoch Osborne's Company of the Virginia Militia, Montgomery County, Virginia. 
    Died 13 Apr 1784  Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Silas Ward Family Cemetery, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1775  Robinson
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2022 

    Family 1 Rebecca Anderson 
    Children 
    +1. William Horton Hash,   b. 1748, Montgomery County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1820, McPheters Bend, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Jane Hash,   b. 1745, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1822, Independence, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. John Hash
     4. Rebecca Hash,   b. Abt 1758,   d. 1841, Alleghany County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Stodghill,   b. 1735,   d. 1785, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Hash
    +2. Nancy Hash
     3. John Hash,   b. Abt 1758,   bur. Silas Ward Family Cemetery, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Apr 1784 - Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Silas Ward Family Cemetery, Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • There is a lot of conflicting information about John Hash and his family surrounding such basic things as birth dates, number of children, and which children were born to which mother. We have tried to sort through and find work shared by the most reliable researchers who have based their work on documented sources.

      Confirmed information is this: John Hash served in the Revolutionary War. He married twice, had seven children who lived to adulthood, and he left a will in Virginia.

      Any other information that does not include documentation is most probably highly unreliable.

      [1]
    • Fincastle County
      16 Dec 1774. John Hash granted 250 acres, west side New River.
      Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. by Lewis Preston Summers. Published by Lewis Preston Summers, Abingdon, Virginia, 1920. Page 663.

    • Montgomery County. Briefs of Wills, 1776-1800.
      John Hash. His estate to his wife and sons John and William. Witnesses: Enoch Osburn, Thomas T. Vaughan, Robert Baker. Probated May 27, 1784.
      Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. by Lewis Preston Summers. Published by Lewis Preston Summers, Abingdon, Virginia, 1920. page 943-944.

    • Will of John Hash
      Montgomery County, VA WB 4:63-64
      FamilySearch Film #7645566
      In the name of God, Amen. I, John Hash, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God for it, and therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is apointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament.

      And first, I give my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body to ye earth, to be buried in a Christian manner at ye discretion of my executors.

      And as concerning such worldly estate as God hath given me I give and bequeath in ye following manner:

      Item, I give and bequeath to my loving wife my manshun hous and ye sole benifit of all ye land on ye north side of ye creek as long as she lives; with one black horse and a black mare, and two twin cows, one yew and a lam, and a (?), a bed and all ye furniture thereunto belonging; one large pot and a frying pan, one puter dish, one beason, and six spoons ; with 2 spining wheels, and 2 pair of cords and a hackle, one rideing saddle with a box iron and heaters and 2 pleats.

      Item, I give and bequeath to my son John who I had by my first wife, five shillings.

      Item, I give and bequeath to my son William a full and equall share with all my children of all ye remaining part of my estate, except one cow to Enoch Osborn and one to Francis Sturgen, or ye price of a cow each of them .

      Item, I give and bequeath to my son Thomas all my land lying on ye upper side of ye creek so far as to a small run that emties in ye creek above ye ford.

      Item, I give and bequeath to my son John, who I have had by my second wife, all my land on ye Lower side of ye above sd creek after ye deceas of his mother whom I leve ye sole executer of this my last will and testiment.

      I give Richard Hall my grandson a 2-year-old red heafer.

      John (X) Hash

      Signed, seled, ratified and confirmed in ye year of our Lord 1784 and in ye presence of Test.
      Enoch Osborn
      Thomas Vaughn

      https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2019/02/john-hash-revolutionary-war-soldier-montgomery-county-virginia/

    • Inventory of John Hash
      Seven and one half lb wool
      One Horse
      a percle (parcel?) of leather
      fourteen pounds and one half of Iron
      a pasel (pasel?) of iron tools
      Seven pounds and one haf of puter (pewter?)
      one candlestick
      one copper skillet
      four knives and 6 forks
      three pint cups and one collander
      a pesel (passel?) of (?) ware
      one pot
      one riddle (griddle?)
      one hair sifter
      one hime (hymn?) book
      three eggs
      one saddle
      one bed and furniture
      two ploughs irons and handgings
      one arm chir (chair?)
      six chairs
      one Year old Stear (steer)
      Two hoes
      five sheep
      three hogs
      one grinding stone
      Three (hils??)

      https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2019/02/john-hash-revolutionary-war-soldier-montgomery-county-virginia/

    • In depth research by Linda Sufflebean on John Hash

      In spite of knowing for sure that Revolutionary War soldier John Hash had seven children who lived to adulthood – because he was one of the few of my husband’s ancestors to leave a will, there is a lot of misinformation, unproved data and what looks to be plain old made up stuff about his children – like exact dates for births, middle names when no documentation has been found to support them, a given name for the mother of Richard Hall and various people assigning the same wife to the three Johns – John Sr. and his two sons, both named John.

      I’ve also seen mention that John Hash was a Huguenot – no documentation of course – stating that the name was originally Hache. However, Hash is also found as an English surname and has forms in both Dutch and German. Therefore, I am uncertain what the family’s ethnic origin might be.

      Lately, I’ve put some effort into piecing together the family of John Hash through actual documentation, which hasn’t been the easiest job.

      However, in addition to John Hash’s will, there are personal property tax lists surviving for Montgomery, Wythe and Grayson Counties, Virginia, which help a bit.

      Revolutionary War soldier John Hash left a will in Montgomery County, Virginia, dated 2 April 1784 and entered into court records on 27 May 1784, which named his four sons, husbands of two probable daughters and alluded to a deceased daughter who married a Hall by naming grandson Richard Hall, who received a heifer. Unfortunately, he didn’t name his “beloved wife.”

      Although most websites that discuss John Hash give a birth year of 1724 for him, there is no evidence that I’ve found to say with any certainty that he was born in that year.

      His daughter Rebecca married Francis Sturgill, whose birth year is estimated to be about 1755. Let’s say that Rebecca was born c1758, as her the birth of her first child is estimated to be about 1776.

      Given that John Hash had seven children who lived to adulthood AND he married twice, if Rebecca was a middle child (since there seems to be an order to the way John named his children in his will), then by counting backwards by two years for each child, John Hash probably married somewhere around 1750, give or take a few years. That makes a birth year of 1724 very reasonable, BUT it is still very much an estimate.

      Thus, we have the following children for John Hash:

      1. John, born c1751
      2. William, born c1754
      3. Jane, born c1756; married Enoch Osborne
      4. Rebecca, born c1758: died after 1840; married Francis Sturgill
      5. Thomas, born c1760
      6. John, born c1762
      7. Daughter, born c1764; died before her father; married Mr. Hall and left one son, Richard Hall, named in her father’s will.

      Next, we have Virginia personal property tax lists for Montgomery County. The 1782 tax list for Montgomery County includes but three Hash men:

      John, 1 tithe, 3 Horses, 15 Cattle
      Thomas, 1 tithe, 5 Horses, 6 Cattle
      William, 1 tithe, 4 Horses, 8 Cattle

      Missing from this list are two of the three called John Hash.Is this John the father who died in 1784? I would assume so, but even if son John the younger was under 16 in 1782, there is clearly one living adult John who is not residing in Montgomery County, Virginia that year. The younger son John was not to inherit land until his mother died, so he may well have been a teenager when his father died.

      Just as an aside, there are five Halls on the list – John, Richard, Richard, William, William and William. That definitely muddies the Hall waters, although I would venture a guess that one of the Richard Halls might be the father of the 1784 grandson Richard Hall.

      In addition, Enouch Ozburn is on the list with 1 tithe, 20 Horses and 22 Cattle, as is Francis Sturgeon, taxed only for 1 tithe, no livestock.

      The 1787 Montgomery County list, again includes one John, a Thomas and a William. John Hash Sr. had been dead for three years, so is this John the younger son? If so, the elder son John is still among the missing and, again, clearly not residing in Montgomery County. Enoch Osborne and Francis Sturgion are also on it. There are no Halls found in Montgomery County on that 1787 list.

      Next, we have the 1796 personal property tax list for Grayson County, Virginia, which is the area that previously existed as part of Montgomery County, Virginia:

      There are four Hash men on this list – Thomas, John, William and now a second William, likely a grandson of Rev. War soldier John Hash and still no sign of the (other) son John Hash. With no proof of which John this is – elder or younger son – it is difficult to draw any conclusions.

      Having no Virginia censuses for 1790 or the early 1800s is a definite impediment to learning more about this family. However,the 1820 census included three men named John Hash, all over 45 years of age. The first is living in Warren County, Tennessee. The second is living in Grayson County, Virginia. The last is living in Orange County, North Carolina, which is quite a distance east of the Ashe County area where the family lived. Not impossible, but I think that man is part of a different Hash clan.

      The 1830 census includes two entries for men named John Hash, who could possibly be one or both of the sons of John Sr. The first John Hash is living in Sullivan County, Tennessee and his age is ticked in the box as 60-69 years old. The second John, also aged 60-69, was living in Sangamon County, Illinois and recorded a bill of sale there in 1825, stating that he was a resident of Warren County, Tennessee at that time. Therefore, John Hash in Warren County in 1820 is the man who removed to Sangamon County, Illinois and reportedly died there in the early 1840s.

      The issue here is that John the elder son was likely born in the early 1750s, which means he would be 70-79 in 1830. So, was there an error made in reporting the age of one of these two men named John or is only one of them a son of John who died in 1784?

      Also, is the John Hash, likely brother of Rebecca Sturgill who appears in the Ashe County, North Carolina land deeds in the early 1800s the man who removed to Sullivan or Warren County, Tennessee?

      At this point, I am leaving John Hash and his family! It will take a lot more digging through land deeds to see if any further inferences can be deduced about the seven children of John Hash.

      https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2019/02/john-hash-revolutionary-war-soldier-montgomery-county-virginia/

    • Research by Larry Hash
      "ol John" Hash
      One of the first fathers in the Hash line in the US is John. He is referred to as “ol John” in later years because of the many John Hash descendents. The first we know of this man is that, as a young man, he shows up on various tax records in and around Gunpowder One Hundred in Maryland. By the time we see him again in records, the Indian War has drawn to an end and a survey for John Hash was made in 1774 for 250 acres of land in Fincastle Co., VA [now Grayson Co., VA].

      Old family relates that three Hash brothers came to southwest Virginia–John, William, and James– around 1763. Later research places John at Bridle Creek on New River. William Hash was at Buck Mountain on Bridle Creek [some 5 miles north of John] . James Hash [Hust] was placed at Peach Bottom near Independence, VA. The question of the relationship between John and William is unresolved. James Hash disappeared in a few years from all records leaving one daughter.

      John and his first wife had at least 7 known children. The Anderson clan relates that John Hash first married Rececca Anderson. She died about the time John left Maryland for southwest Virginia.

      John and his second wife had one known son. The Sturgill researchers record that she was Elizabeth Stodgil and that they were married in northern Virginia as John traveled south. She was still alive when John wrote his will in 1784. No other record has been found for her.

      John and other members of his family show up repeatedly on tax and military records until the death of “old” John was recorded in a psalm book. He died April 13, 1784 at his home at Bridle Creek. He was around 65 years old. He left a will which is the corner-stone for much of the research that is seen today. I personally had this will repaired and copied before replacing it back in the Montgomery Co., VA courthouse in Christiansburg.

      1) He was married twice but only mentions them as first and second wife.

      2) He mentions his living children

      3) He describes his land holdings at Bridle Creek.

      4) He lists his earthly possessions.

      No record of his burial exists but there is an old Silas Ward cemetery on his lands. The Wards intermarried with the Hashes and later owned the same lands as “old” John Hash. We know that William Hash, Sr. is buried in this cemetery and odds are that “old” John Hash and his second wife are in this cemetery.

      99% of all Hashes in the US are descended from these two men [regardless of John & Wm’s relationship]. No real clue has been given as to the origin of the Hash clan prior to the very early 1700’s . Anyone can guess the country of origin and be as close as the next one. DNA is working towards this end but, as yet, not enough DNA has been gathered and processed to determine “old” John Hashes land of origin and parents.

      https://larryhash.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/old-john-hash/

    • Note on Find a Grave:

      Old John Hash is a forefather of the Hash line in southwest Virginia.
      John and his 1st wife (??) had about 7 kids before she died about the time John left for Virginia in the early 1760's. He remarried to Elizabeth Stodgill on his journey thru Orange County, VA (also in the early 1760's). John and Elizabeth Stodgill only had one son, another John born about 1763. The listing for Elizabeth S. Hash shows many children -- she only had the one son, John. The rest are from John's first wife. Old John's will spelled out this John by my 2nd wife.

      Copy and paste url below for exact cemetery location
      https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1-LjJMNEXuM_wKj0nYfPQPLZR69Q≪=36.59569798575163%2C-81.24390157265805&z=18


  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Find a Grave.