John M Hale and Mary Archer: What we know 2021
John M Hale was born in 1800, possibly in Sept per 1830 and 1840 census records. John appears on the 1830 Fayette county TN census, being at least 20 but under 30 He appears on the 1840 Sevier county AR census, being at least 40 but under 50. Both censuses were enumerated in Sept, implying his age changed in Sept. Possibly meaning he was 29 in Sept 1830 but 40 years in Sept 1840, making him born in Mid/late Sept 1800. He was possibly born in Tennessee. Assuming if his family was already familiar with the Archer family, he may be the son of one of the Hales with lived near/migrated with the Archers through Tennessee. A possible father of John was Luke Hail who lived near the Archers in Knox county TN in the 1790's, migrated to Roane/Bledsoe county area when they did. Or, it's possible he may have only met the Archers when they moved into N Alabama about 1817/8. Or, he and whomever his family was came into Alabama with the Archers. John was wed to Mary Archer Aug 30, 1825 i