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CFQ-1967-03_Vol_2_No_3

Record Summary


Evidence Category:
Published Source

Record Type:
Newsletter

Date:
July 1967

Individuals Mentioned:
Following is a partial listing. This CFQ needs to be opened and search manually. There are over 500 names in 2 major genealogies, numerous marriage listings, 12 cemeteries with Clays, some census, will/probate listings, and the Thomas Hart Clay Bible entries.

Elizabeth Alexander, Robert Walker Baskett, Sue Clay Baskett, Clarissa Ann Berry, Nancy Blanton, O. Bowley, Ruth Kindel Boylan, John A. Brandau, Daniel Brenegar, Mary F. Brooks, Thomas M. Bruckner, Walter Buckner, Emily S. Carpenter, John C. Carpenter, Rebecca Cecil, Abia Clay, Abia Robert Clay, Addison G. Clay, Albert A. Clay, Albert Harrison Clay, Amelia Clay, Andrew J. Clay, Ann B. Clay, Ann Brown Clay, Ann L. Clay, Anne F. Clay, Archie Clay, Arthur Clay, Audrey Clay, Augustine Clay, Barnett Clay, Belle Brent Clay, Belle L. Clay, Benjamin Marston Clay, Benjamin Mitchell Clay, Bessie Kemp Clay, Betsy Clay, Brutus J. Clay, Buddy Clay, Candice Clay, Cassius M. Clay, Charles Clay, Charles H. Clay, Charles Jacob Clay, Charles L. Clay, Charles M. Clay, Charles William Clay, Christine Clay, Christopher F. Clay, Christopher Field Clay, Claude Clay, Clement C. Clay, Cleo Clay, Connie Clay, Cora Clay, Daniel Turney Clay, Diana Clay, Dorothy Clay, Dorothy Lee Clay, Dulaney Clay, Earl Clay, Earl E. Clay, Edith Clay, Edward Clay, Edward J. Clay, Eleanor Branham Clay, Eleazer Clay, Eliza H. Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Ella Clay, Elwyn L. Clay, Emory Clay, Ena Clay, Ethel Clay, Etta Clay, Ezekial F. Clay, Ezekiel Clay, Fannie Clay, Fannie Fern Clay, Fay Clay, Florence Hailey Clay, Frances D. Clay, Frank Clay, Gail Clay, Garnett Clay, George Anderson Clay, George Bird Clay, George Henry Clay, George Hudson Clay, George P. Clay, Gertrude Clay, Glenn Clay, Green Bird Clay, Green Clay, Guy Clay, Harry B. Clay, Harry Clay, Harvey Clay, Hattie M. Clay, Hattie W. Clay, Helen M. Clay, Helen Mary Clay, Henrietta Clay, Henry Boyle Clay, Henry Clay, Henry Clay Jr., Henry J. Clay, Henry T. Clay, Herman Clay, Herschel T. Clay, Hiram Clay, Homer D. Clay, Hosea E. Clay, Howard B. Clay, Howard Clay, Hubert L. Clay, Isaac Clay, Isham Clay, J. Frank Clay, Jack Clay, James A. Clay, James B. Clay, James B. Clay Jr., James Brown Clay, James Brown Clay Jr., James E. Clay, James Franklin Clay, James H. Clay, James Henry Clay, James J. Clay, James Jackson Clay, James M. Clay, James Newton Clay, James Royal Clay, James W. Clay, Jane Clay, Janet Clay, Jeff Clay, Jeremiah Clay, Jewel Clay, John B. Clay, John C. Clay, John Cathcart Johnston Clay, John Clay, John H. Clay, John M. Clay, John Morrison Clay, John W. Clay, Joshua Clay, Julia Clay, Katherine Clay, Katie R. Clay, Kelsey Clay, Larry Clay, Laura Clay, Leander S. Clay, Leila Clay, Lena Taylor Clay, Leo E. Clay, Leonidas C. Clay, Leroy Clay, Leslie Clay, Lida Baker Clay, Lillian K. Clay, Lon Clay, Lonnie H. Clay, Louisa Clay, Lucille Clay, Lucy Jacob Clay, Luvina Clay, Marguerite Clay, Marion Eliza Hatcher Clay, Martha Clay, Martha Julia Clay, Mary A. Clay, Mary Clay, Mary D. Clay, Mary Lucretia Clay, Matilda Prather Clay, Matthew H. Clay, Mauda Clay, Merritt Clay, Minerva A. Clay, Mitchell Clay, N. Caroline Clay, Nannie J. Clay, Octavia Clay, Olena Clay, Orville Martin Clay, Paul Clay, Pauline Clay, Peyton Clay, Pickney Alice Stokes Clay, Raymond Clay, Rebecca Clay, Rebecca J. Clay, Robert D. Clay, Robert M. Clay, Robert O. Clay, Rodes Clay, Roger P. Clay, Rose Victoria Clay, Sadie S. Clay, Samuel A. Clay, Samuel Augustus Clay, Samuel Brooks Clay, Samuel H. Clay, Samuel L. Clay, Samuel M. Clay, Sarah Hart Clay, Sidney P. Clay, Stanley Clay, Stephen Alonzo Clay, Stephen Oscar Clay Sr., Sue E. Clay, Susan H. Clay, Teresa Clay, Theodore Wythe Clay, Thomas Hart Clay, Thomas Henry Clay, Thomas Julian Clay, Thomas W. Clay, Thomas William Clay, Walter B. Clay, Warren Clay, Willard Clay, William C. Clay, William Constantine Clay, William H. Clay, Willis Clay, Mary Ann Compton, Joseph Newton Crockett, Catherine Curry, Martha Dyer, Elizabeth Eaves, Thomas J. English, Melison Eppes, Andrew Eugene Erwin, Charles Edward Erwin, Elizabeth A. Erwin, Henry C. Erwin, Julia D. Erwin, Ella Gadd, Lucy Green, Martha Green, Sarah Griffin, Joseph Hare, Hallie Harralson, Mary Blythe Harris, Margaret Helm, Eliza Henderson, Laura F. Hume, Susan M. Jacob, John Jeters, William V. Judson, Pearl Kemp, Sallie Lewis, Pattie F. Lyman, Patsy McClary, Henry McDowell, Julia Prather McDowell, Laura F. McDowell, Madge McDowell, Virginia McDowell, William A. McDowell, Mary R. Mentelle, Emily Depue Miller, Mary Mizell, Nancy E. Neal, Nettie Owings, George Armor Patterson, Ruby Rose Patterson, George Pearis, John Peters, Virginia Green Powell, Julia Prather, Thomas Redus, Sarah Richardson, Lillie Robertson, Mary Alice Rogers, Onie E. Clay Rogers, William Henry Root, Frances Ann Saunders, William R. Shackleford, Lloyd Ervin Shaw, Elijah Sibley, Stephen Southall, Ralph Stewart, William Stewart, May L. Stoner, Florence Clay Taylor, Lillie Cecil Taylor, Margaret Tinsley, Douglas Simpson Tomkies, Richard W. Vasser, Frederick Alfred Wallas, John Waller, Mary Jane Warfield, Sallie Warfield, Sarah A. Webb, Elizabeth Williams, Frances Conn Williams, Sarah Williams, Emeline Ruth Wolfe, Nancy T. Wornall, Susan R. Wornall


Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives


Summary

The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, July 1967


Clay Line: Genealogy


Asset


Source Citation

The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, Vol. 2 No. 3, (July 1967): 26 pages; CFS Archive ID CFQ-1967-03.


Historical Context

Early Virginia Roots: Documented lineages trace back to early Virginia settler John Clay (2-1). Data confirms the descent of Charles Clay (1645–1686), identifying his marriages and children, alongside his brother William and their descendants.

The Mitchell Clay Lineage: Mitchell Clay (1735–1811) married Phoebe Belcher and had fourteen children. Historical records detail a tragic Indian attack on this family, resulting in the massacre of Bartley and Tabitha, and the capture of Ezekiel.

Henry Clay Family Records: The Thomas Hart Clay Bible establishes the lineage of the famous statesman Henry Clay (1777–1852) and his wife, Lucretia Hart. It meticulously lists their eleven children, noting prominent dates such as Henry Clay Jr.’s death at the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847.

Public Records and Migrations:
* Alabama Census (1830): Identifies nine Clay individuals serving as heads of families across various counties, including Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Montgomery, and Perry.
* Wills: The 1844 will of Samuel M. Clay in Limestone County, Alabama, identifies his wife Eliza, his brother Lewis, and his sons Henry and Samuel M.
* Marriages and Deaths: Extensive vital statistics detail extensive Clay family alliances spanning Alabama, Virginia, and Mississippi.
26 pages.