!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Silas Ward Family Cemetery, Grayson, VA1,1029, William Hash, Sr., https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19420095
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, William Horton Hash, Sr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/MZND-WHF
!MARRIAGE: VA497, William Horton Hash (born 1742) and Ellendar Osborn (born 1751), https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/543472:7836
!DEED: 1773 Grayson, VA, plat book A, page 26, "farmland granted to him 1773 Bridle Creek - New River near Bridle Creek where it empties into the New River"
!REFERENCE: 1938 VA Historical Magazine, Vol XLVI, #3, Jul-1938, Private in Montgomery County, VA militia 30-Sep-1777 Oath of Allegiance to uphold VA against Britain
!REFERENCE: 1970 Hache-Hash Genealogy553, pages 24, 30, William Horton Hash, "(Some researchers show 'Lewis' as the middle name of above WILLIAM / The bulk of the evidence confirms "Horton" as being correct.)"
!REFERENCE: 2004 Melungeons: Examining An Appalachian Legend321
!REFERENCE: Genealogy of the Hash families of old Fincastle Co. Virginia 1765, "Three young Hash men settled southwest Virginia around 1765 after leaving Maryland for a less restricted surrounding. 'Old' John Hash settled on the mouth of Bridle Creek at New River in present day Grayson County, VA. William Hash, Sr. settled on the east fork of Bridle Creek at Buck Mountain some 5 miles north of New River. James Hash [Hust] settled at Peach Bottom just south of present day Independence, VA."

!MARRIAGE: VA497, William Horton Hash (born 1742) and Ellendar Osborn (born 1751), https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/543472:7836