By the way, Dan Hays did not receive his pension from the State of Mississippi until 1908,

by which time he was about 76 years old. Mr. Hays also had the distinction of serving on a

jury involving a white defendant in 1872 (somewhat unusual at the time); he was a landowner and

was buried in a large white cemetery.

Many who are quick to criticize Southerners treatment of Blacks, might keep the name Dan Hays

in mind. Personally, I find it hard to imagine he was the only Mississippi Black man who was

treated with such dignity during Reconstruction days.

Boz