Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Published Source
Record Type:
Newsletter
Date:
October 1966
Individuals Mentioned:
Emily A. [surname illegible], John W. Akin, John Barrett, Annie Bass, Appy Eliza Bass, Jeremiah Beason, Phoebe Belcher, Agnes Rebecca Bishop, Carl B. Black, B. C. Blanton, Alliemore Bowen, Margaret Ann Bowen, R. W. Briggs, Ida M. Brinson, Sanford Brittain, Nancy Broughton, Josie Brown, Marie Brummer, Mary Bryan, Wm. M. Carswell, George Chapman, Norman Cherrie, Abe Clay, Abia Clay, Abia G. Clay, Adalvin Senora Clay, Adam Clay, Adella Clayton Clay, Aggy Clay, Ailcey Clay, Alexander Stevens Clay, Alice B. Clay, Alice C. Clay, Alice Clay, Alice D. Clay, Alva Marie Clay, Amanda Clay, Amissa Clay, Anderson Clay, Andrew Clay, Andrew J. Clay, Angeline Clay, Ann Clay, Anna M. Clay, Anne A. T. Clay, Annie Clay, Augusta Clay, Augustus Clay, Augustus M. Clay, Avarilla Minnie Clay, Bartley Clay, Benjamin F. Clay, Benjamin M Clay, Bethealand Luvinia Clay, Betsy Clay, Bettie Clay, Beulah Clay, Bittie Clay, C. C. (Clifford Charles) Clay, C. S. Clay, Calvin C. Clay, Cara L. Clay, Cena Clay, Chamber Clay, Charles Clay, Charles Clement Clay, Cherrie Anne Clay, Clara Clay, Clarissa Clay, Claudia Clay, Clement C. Clay, Cleveland Clay, Clifford C. Clay, Clunky Clay, Clyde Anderson Clay, Columbus C. Clay, Cora Estelle Clay, Cordelia Clay, Courtney Mallory Clay, Crawford Clay, Cyrus Clay, Daniel W. Clay, David Clay, David Hay Clay, David Henry Clay, David Melton Clay, Docie Clay, Druscilla Ponesie Clay, Druzilla Clay, Earl Fiveash Clay, Edmond Clay, Edmond William Clay, Edmund B. Clay, Edmund Clay, Edmund Fiveash Clay, Edmund Peyton Clay, Edward Clay, Eleazer Clay, Eleazer Greene Clay, Elias Quitman Clay, Eliza Clay, Eliza T. Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Elizabeth E. Clay, Elizabeth J. Clay, Ella Clay, Ella F. Clay, Ella Fair Clay, Ella Ophelia Clay, Elton Abel Clay, Emily Clay, Emma Clay, Emma Eliza Clay, Endora Fannie Clay, Eraline Clay, Eugene Herbert Clay, Eula Clay, Eunicy C. Clay, Eva Clay, Evelyn Clay, Ezekial Clay, Fannie Lou Clay, Florance Model Clay, Florence Clay, Frances Clay, Frances M. Clay, Francis Clay, Frank Butner Clay, G. R. Clay, George Clay, George N. Clay, George W. Clay, Georgia Clay, Green Clay, Greenberry Clay, Gustome Clay, Hannah Clay, Hardin Clay, Harriet Clay, Harvey Harrison Clay, Helen Clay, Henry Clay, Henry Forrest Clay, Henry M. Clay, Hesekiah Clay, Homer Tullock Clay, Howard Banyan Clay, Hugh L. Clay, Ida F. Clay, J. A. Clay, J. A. H. Clay, J. P. Clay, Jackson W. Clay, James B. Clay, James C. Clay, James Clay, James G. Clay, James J. Clay, James T. Clay, James Tom Clay, Jane Clay, Janie Clay, Jeddy Clay, Jefferson Clay, Jeffery Clay, Jennie Clay, Jennie Lind Clay, Jennifer Clay, Jeremiah Walker Clay, Jesse Clay, Jesse Sr. Clay, Jesse W. Clay, John A. Clay, John Benjamin Clay, John Bunyan Clay, John C. Clay, John Clay, John Lewis Clay, John M. Clay, John Oliver Clay, John P. Clay, John Paul Clay, John W. Clay, John William Clay, Jol [?] Clay, Joseph Clay, Joseph F. Clay, Joseph Lamar Clay, Joseph Sidney Clay, Joseph W. Clay, Joshua Clay, Julia Clay, Julia Petronia Clay, Katherine Clay, Kizzie Clay, Lareza [?] Clay, Laura J. Clay, Lavina J. Clay, Lawrence Clay, Lee Andrews Clay, Leila Clay, Levina Clay, Lilla Estelle Clay, Lizzie L. Clay, Lois S. Clay, Louisa Clay, Louisa G. Clay, Lucinda Clay, Lucinda E. Clay, Lucius Augustus Clay, Lucy Clay, Lucy R. Clay, Luella Clay, Lula Clay, Lydia Clay, Macedonia Clay, Madeline Clay, Mahala M. Clay, Mahany Clay, Malinda Clay, Manassas Clay, Manerva Clay, Margaret Clay, Margaret Muse Clay, Marion Clay, Marium G. Clay, Martha Clay, Martha E. Clay, Martha Frances Clay, Martha Hassie Clay, Martha J. Clay, Martha Jane Clay, Marvin Cornelius Clay, Mary (Lucinda) Clay, Mary A. Clay, Mary A. R. Clay, Mary Ann Clay, Mary Catherine Clay, Mary Clay, Mary Delia Clay, Mary E. Clay, Mary Ellen Clay, Mary Ester Clay, Mary F. Clay, Mary Frances Clay, Mary H. Clay, Mary J. Clay, Mary Joyce Clay, Mary L. Clay, Mary M. Clay, Mary Rogers Clay, Matthew Clay, Mattie Josephine Clay, Melinda Clay, Melissa Clay, Mildred Clay, Millard F. Clay, Millie Clay, Millie Corene Clay, Minnie Clay, Miriam Clay, Mitchell Clay, Mollie Clay, Molly Clay, Morgan S. Clay, N. Elizabeth Clay, Nancy A. Clay, Nancy B. Clay, Nancy Clay, Nancy J. Clay, Nancy Sarah Clay, Nancy T. Clay, Nannie Clay, Narcissa Clay, Nathan Clay, Nepolian Clay, Nepsy Jane Clay, Newton F. Clay, Nicholas Clay, Nicholas H. Clay, Obed Clay, Obediah Clay, Obedience Clay, Oliver Wright Clay, Onie Clay, Orlena Clay, P. G. Clay, Patience Clay, Pattie Clay, Pearce Clay, Peyton Clay, Philip Tuggle Clay, Phillip Clay, Poindexter Clay, Polly A. Clay, Foster Goodman Clay, R. M. Clay, Rebecca Clay, Rebecca J. Clay, Reuben P. Clay, Rial Clay, Robert A. Lee Clay, Robert Clay, Robert D. Clay, Robert Edward Clay, Robert Ernest Clay, Robert Henry Clay, Romeo Clay, Royal (Rial) Clay, Royal Clay, Royal G. Clay, Ruth Jane Clay, Ryburn Glover Clay, S. F. Clay, Sabrina Clay, Salina Caroline Clay, Sally Clay, Samuel C. Clay, Samuel Clay, Samuel M. Clay, Sarah Amanda Clay, Sarah C. Clay, Sarah Clay, Sarah Frances Clay, Sarah I. Clay, Sarah J. Clay, Shelly Clay, Silas W. Clay, Stephen G. Clay, Stephen Green Clay, Stephen Porter Clay, Stephen W. Clay, Susan H. Clay, Susannah C. Clay, Susannah Clay, T. H. Clay, Tabitha Clay, Teresa Clay, Tho. H. Clay, Thomas Clay, Thomas E. Clay, Thomas F. Clay, Thomas Henry Clay, Thomas J. Clay, Thomas Jefferson Clay, Thomas Merrill Clay, V. C. Clay, Virginia A. Clay, Virginia C. Clay, Virginia Clay, Volney C. Clay, W. G. Clay, W. H. Clay, W. W. Clay, Wade Hampton Clay, Waide Clay, Walter G. Clay, Warren Clay, Washington P. Clay, Wesley C. Clay, Wiley Clay, William Clay, William Dennis Clay, William F. Clay, William H. Clay, William James Clay, William M. Clay, William Mitchell Clay, William Monroe Clay, William W. Clay, William Walter Clay, William Wiley Clay, Willie D. Clay, Wisse A. Clay, Zarda Clay, Zella Clay, Zeller Clay, Zuleita Clay, Roey Cocke, Hannah Coleman, George H. Colver, Geo. Sydney Commander, William Cooksey, James N. Cranley, Harden Lake Crawford, Rachel Culbreth, H. G. Danner, Edna Perry Deckler, Elizabeth Deering, Mary E. Deuett, Elizabeth Dickerson, Mary Dumville, Margaret Dunn, Willie Louisa Edwards, Millicent Epps, Harrison F. Etheridge, Henry H. Etheridge, Robert Everitt, Annie Everts, E. L. Farmer, Albert Fields, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, John French, Pattie Edith Gandy, J. G. Garrett, Martha Nelson Gary, Mattie Gary, Helen Morris Givins, Elinor Glover, Achelson Goodwin, Bill Gordy, Lovelace Gray, Sally Griffin, Martha Jane Fiveash Guest, Chester Gwinn, Lucy Hader, M. J. Hand, Mary A. Hand, Clarissa H. Hannah, Vern J. Hansen, Eve Harden, Mary (Polly) Hardin, Joseph Hare, Jackson Harris, Joseph Harris, Benjamin R. Harrison, Mary Harrison, Henry Warren Harrold, James M. Hatcher, Marion A. Eliza Hatcher, Samuel C. Hatcher, Chas. Haynes, Tabetha Haynes, Dave Hester, Hardy Hester, John Holder, James Houston, A. C. Howard, Sydney Howard, Jane Jackson, Sarah E. Jennings, Elizabeth Jones, Judith Jones, Lucinda Jones, Nancy Jones, Nancy M. Jones, S. Bruce Jones, Sallie Jones, Sydney Bruce Jones, Thos. J. Jordan, James B. Clay Jr, George P. Kezee, Mary Francis Killabrew, Andrew W. Kilpatrick, Kizzie King, Minerva P. Kirkland, Mattie Knowles, E. E. Landers, James B. Lane, Roberta Lane, Fannie Wilson Lawler, David Lea, Zachariah Lea, Elzie Elizabeth Lee, Peter Hanger Lewis, Sam F. Lindsay, Mary Lockhart, Stephen Lord, Robert L. Lowdon, Ada Courtney Mallory, O. J. Mallory, Eleanor McGraw, Jane Eleanor McGraw, Mariah McRee, Elgin Mellow, W. R. Melton, Wm. L. Miller, Catherine Milligan, Francis N. Mouille, Mary Ann Murdock, Margaret Muse, E. F. Newell, Arpa J. Newton, Fannie O'Bannon, Dora E. O'Kelley, Caledonis Anne Oliver, Mary Orr, Richard Paddock, Bernice Clay Di Palma, George Pearis, Edna Ann Peek, John Peters, Martha J. Pettit, Martha Porter, Gusta A. Powell, Jesse H. Powell, A. Pratt, G. B. Prichard, Martha Pye, Susan Ray, Littlejohn Rhimes, Edith Rice, Liza Riggan, L. W. Rigsby, H. M. Russ, Julia A. Sanders, Sally Sasser, Frances A. Saunders, Ruby Schuster, Vergie Scribienski, Richard R. Seeds, Joan R. Sharp, Barbara Jean Shipp, Chas. T. Singletary, Sarah Malinda Singletary, Sally Skinner, Jesse Clay Sr, Elizabeth Stanton, Isabelle M. Stegall, Elsie A. Stephens, Elizabeth Stevens, Earl Stewart, Mary Stewart, Wm. Stewart, Naomi Swint, Paul Cowan Thomas, John W. Thompson, James Thomas Thornton, D. S. Tomkins, Sarah Trawick, Susannah Tubbs, John Tucker, Ann Louise Tuggle, Ruthy Twilly, Marion Veal, Wm. Hiram Wadsworth, Sarah J. Walker, Frederick Wallis, Susannah Watkins, Henry D. Watson, Wheeler Watson, Mary Watters, James E. Webb, W. A. Webb, W. W. Whitaker, Alpheus Marion White, Hugh Lamkin White, Sarah Frances White, William White, Benj. K. Wiggins, Elizabeth P. Wilkerson, Earle Wilkes, G. B. Williams, Charles R. Wilson, Juanita R. Wolfe, Earl Worthy, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Thos. S. Wynn
Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives
Summary
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, October 1966
Clay Line: Genealogy
Asset
Source Citation
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, Vol. 1 No. 4, (October 1966): 32 pages; CFS Archive ID CFQ-1966-04.
Historical Context
Lineage Tracing: Multiple family lines successfully extend back to John Clay, “the grenadier”. Key lineages are traced through Thomas (6-25), Abia (6-26), and William Mitchell (5-13).
Census Inferences (1850 & 1870): Extensive households of the Clay family are recorded across Georgia (De Kalb and Jasper counties), Alabama (Madison county), and Tennessee (Bedford, Lincoln, Coffee, and Cumberland counties). Notable individuals found in these records include Jesse Clay Sr. (aged 58 in Georgia) and Clement C. Clay (aged 60 in Alabama).
Vital Records & Marriages: Documentation captures historical Clay marriages spanning from the late 1700s to early 1900s across Georgia and Alabama. Early recorded unions include Samuel Clay to Tabitha Clay in Oglethorpe County, GA (1798), and Samuel Clay to Elizabeth Fitzpatrick in Greene County, GA (1803).
Probate and Wills:** Critical family structures are proven via estate records:
* Nathan Clay (Greene Co., GA): A will recorded July 28, 1804, explicitly names his wife, Mary Ann, and children Martin, Greenberry, Nancy, Sally, Elizabeth, Polly, Delpha, and Hilby.
* Jesse Clay Sr. (Jasper Co., GA): Estate settlements from November 1824 identify his administrators and list legatees Royal, Samuel C., Thomas, and Mirium Clay.
* Abia Clay (Richmond Co., GA): A will probated on January 30, 1792, leaves his estate to his son Samuel Clay.
Tragic Casualties: Historical entries document that Bartley Clay, Ezekial Clay, and Tabitha Clay were killed by Indians.
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