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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER THOMAS HASH



BURIAL SITE:

Robert B. Taylor Graveyard, often called the Old Taylor Graveyard, northeast of Mt. Vernon, on the present Orin Carl farm, Lawrence Co., Missouri.

The cemetery is located in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 17, Township 28, Range 26, about 2˝ miles northeast of Mount Vernon.

From Mount Vernon go north on Highway 39 to county road Y. Turn right (east) on Y and go 1.3 miles to the second cross street. This will take you past junction CC and past the golf course. Take the first road left after the golf course and go north 1˝ miles to the Orin Carl farm. You will cross one intersection and then the Orin Carl farm is on the right side of the road.

You will need to stop at the house to ask directions and to notify the family that someone is coming onto the property. The cemetery is located in the southeast corner of the farm. This graveyard was established by the Robert B. Taylor family on what was originally their farm.

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Thomas Hash was born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia on February 13, 1756. He was married about 1777 in Grayson County, Virginia to Ruth Sturgeon who was originally from Orange County, Virginia. Ten children were born to this couple.

During the Revolutionary War, Thomas Hash was listed as an ensign in Captain Enoch Osborn's Company from Fincastle and Montgomery (now Grayson) Counties in Virginia on April 2, 1783. It seems that Thomas Hash's military service was for a very short time, as this was at the very end of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown on October 19, 1781

By 1800 Thomas had moved his family to Kentucky, settling first in Green County and later in Knox County in the southwest part of the state. He is listed in the second census of Kentucky, which was taken in 1800.

In 1820 or 1821, Thomas and Ruth followed their son Philip to Knox County, Kentucky, but this proved unhealthy for Ruth, so the couple started back to Green County, their former home. Ruth Hash died in 1822 while enroute from Knox County to Green County.

Deciding to relocate after Ruth's death, Thomas and son Philip and family journeyed to the Sangamon Valley in Illinois in 1822 where they were pioneer settlers, living there for about 10 years. After the Blackhawk War, they moved to Rock Creek, between Petersburg and Springfield, Illinois.

In 1832 Thomas Hash moved for the last time, with his son Philip to what is now Lawrence County, Missouri. He was probably the oldest settler of Lawrence County, Missouri, for he was already 76 years old when he moved to Southwest Missouri. He settled on a farm northeast of where Mt. Vernon sits today and lived there for 16 years, until his death on December 25, 1848 at the age of 92 and was buried in what was known as the Robert B. Taylor family graveyard (now known as the Old Taylor Graveyard), northeast of Mount Vernon, on the present Orin Carl farm.

During our nation's Bicentennial (1976), which was 128 years after his death, the Rhoda Fairchild Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, held a special ceremony to recognize his gravesite. This grave marking ceremony took place on February 22, 1976, and included a formal dedication of a bronze plaque commemorating his Revolutionary service.

Ozark Mountain Chapter SAR placed an SAR insignia marker and held a dedication service on November 20, 1993. The grave of Revolutionary Soldier William Lumley was marked on the same day.


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