Sarah Sally Haley

Brief Life History of Sarah Sally

When Sarah Sally Haley was born on 15 September 1787, in Virginia, United States, her father, Clabourn Haley, was 27 and her mother, Martha Ann Butler, was 27. She married Silas Mynatt on 24 February 1809, in Knox, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and McMinn, Tennessee, United States in 1860. She died on 10 June 1865, in Union, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Union, Union, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Silas Mynatt
1788–1867
Sarah Sally Haley
1787–1865
Marriage: 24 February 1809
Lavesta Mynatt
1812–
Narcissa Mynatt
1816–
Green Pryor Mynatt
1819–1893
Nancy Mynatt
1822–
Jarnagan Lynnville Mynatt
1824–1883
Clarrisa Mynatt
1828–
Alsy Mynatt
1830–1904

Sources (8)

  • Sarah Mynatt in household of Silas Mynatt, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Sally Haley - Published information: birth-name: Sarah Sally Haley
  • Sally Haley, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Hailey (Oxfordshire), Heylee in Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire), Haley in Northowram (Yorkshire), or one or other of the places called Highley in Parracombe and Upottery (Devon). All the placenames derive from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’, except Highley in Upottery, whose first element may be Old English hēah ‘high’.

English (southeastern): aspirated pronunciation of Ayley, a variant of Aylett .

Irish: adopted form of Mac Céile, see McHale .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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