The second wife of Peter Hagler was Sarah ‘Sallie’ Dry my first cousin 5 times removed. No documented death date has been found for Sarah ‘Sallie” Dry but, she is believed to have passed away shortly after the birth of her second child in 1816.
I have found two reported death dates for her husband, Peter Hagler. The first reported death date is recorded in the Barbour County Alabama Probate Records. This record can be found in Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999, Image 577 of 1751.
This record states that the heirs and legatees of Peter Hagler “sheweth unto your Honor that the said Peter Hagler dec'd on the 14th day of Feby 1852 made his last Will and Testament which was filed in office on the 14th day of April 1852 & admitted to Probate on the 10th May 1852...”
Peter Hagler wrote and dated his Will 12 February 1852. I’m reading the above statements to say that he died on 14 February 1852.
The State of Alabama
To the Honorable William R. Cowen Judge of Probate for Barbour County.
The petition of the undersigned Jacob Hagler Thomas Hagler & Charles Long heirs and legatees of Peter Hagler deceased, sheweth unto your Honor that the said Peter Hagler dec'd on the 14th day of Feby 1852 made his last Will and Testament which was filed in office on the 14th day of April 1852 & admitted to Probate on the 10th May 1852, that according to the provision of said Will Sarah his last wife was to receive 120 acres of land, Slave Bill, Two Horses, two cows & calves Two Sows & pigs Two head of Sheep, Household furniture plantation tools. John his son the sum of five dollars, Charles his son Seven dollars, Martin Thomas his son-in-law the sum of Five dollars, Joel Thomas his son-in-law the sum of Five dollars, Margaret his first wife the sum of twenty dollars. Jacob & Thomas his sons and Betsey wife of Charles Long, his daughter (these being the petitioners this care) all the balance of his property consisting of lands, Bonds, Notes of hand, Beady, money, account &c Cattle, horses, Hogs & Sheep not before enumerated to be equally divided among them.
Your petitioner sheweth unto your Honor that Thos. S. Locke is the administrator of the said Peter Hagler with the will annexed of the Said Peter Hagler deceased, that the space of eighteen months and over have elapsed Since the granted of letters as aforesaid, that there is a Sufficiency of assets in the hand of the said administrator to pay the claims of your petitioner, after discharging the debts of the testator, Charges an and other legacies entitled to priority from such estate.
Your petitioner therefore asks your Honor to issue a citation to the said Thos. S. Locke Administrator as aforesaid to be and appear before your Honor and make final Settlement of the Estate of Peter Hagler deceased & to take such other proceedings in the premises as may seem fit and your petitioners will ever pray &c.
M. B. Wellborn
for petitioners
The second recorded Death date is 21 May 1852 recorded on his FindAGrave memorial.
Again, I refer you to the statement in the above probate record.
This record states that the heirs and legatees of Peter Hagler “sheweth unto your Honor that the said Peter Hagler dec'd on the 14th day of Feby 1852 made his last Will and Testament which was filed in office on the 14th day of April 1852 & admitted to Probate on the 10th May 1852...”
If his Will was admitted to Probate on the 10 May 1852 then he was definitely deceased prior to 10 May 1852 and there is no way that the date of 21 May 1852 found on the FindAGrave memorial could be accurate.
There is no known tombstone available for Peter Hagler.
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[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 July 2019); Memorial page for Peter Hagler; (1777–21 May 1852); Find a Grave memorial # 169465254, Citing Unknown; Barbour County, Alabama, USA.
