Individual Details

Placing Polly Hays & Charles Vincent here is based almost entirely on the child Elizabeth who was found living with Delitha Hays in Tippah Co MS in 1850. She was placed under the guardianship of Elias Hays in 1853 in Johnson Co AR and Delitha did call Elizabeth her "granddaughter". She was with Elias Hays and family in 1860 in Johnson Co AR as a 14-year-old. Nothing else is known about Elizabeth Vincent.

There are various indications that Delitha had lived in Tennessee prior to moving to Tippah Co and that some of her younger children were born there. It seems reasonable that some of the older children married in Tennessee.

It is also possible that Polly Hays & Charles Vincent were not the parents of Elizabeth. They married in 1834 (Willy Jones was security for Charles Vincent) and Elizabeth was not born until circa 1846. One would think there might have been other children.

The 1840 census shows the following two possibilities:
White Co TN. Charles Vincent. 1m -5, 2m 5-10, 1m 10-15, 1m age 30-40
2f 5-10, 1f 15-20, 1f 30-40 [I doubt that Polly Hays as a daughter of Delitha would have this old. The marriage took place in 1834 and there are numerous children born before that year. Unless Charles had children from a precious marriage.]
Natchez, Adams Co MS. Chas. Vincentz. 1m age 30-40. 2f age 16-20.
[No children in this household so this is a possibility, if Polly was say age 15/16 when they married.]
I also checked Arkansas but there was no Charles Vincent to be found there.

The 1845 Mississippi State Census has a Charles "Vinson", with one male, four females in his household.

In 1850, a Charles Vincent was living in McMinn Co TN. His information is somewhat compatible with the Charles Vincent in White Co TN in 1840, which might further eliminate this Charles:
Charles Vincent, age 45, b. unknown. Julia, age 42, b. NC
John 22, Jane 19, William 17, Nancy 15, Andy 10, Hugh 8 - all born in Tennessee
There was no Charles Vincent in Mississippi which is to be expected if his orphaned daughter was living with her grandmother.

Birth	Abt 1816
Marriage	12 Apr 1834	Shelby County, Tennessee - Charles Vincent

Spouse	Charles Vincent ( - )
Child	Elizabeth Vincent (1846 - )

Father	HAYS ( - )
Mother	DELITHA [HAYS] (1797 - 1860)
Sibling	Thomas HAYS (1820 - )
Sibling	Lucinda HAYS (1821 - 1867)
Sibling	[Daughter] HAYS ( - )
Sibling	John HAYS (1824 - )
Sibling	Martin HAYS (1828 - 1860)
Sibling	ELIAS B. HAYS (1829 - 1879)
Sibling	Parthenia Jane "Thena" Hays (1838 - 1900)