Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Published Source
Record Type:
Newsletter
Date:
January 1971
Individuals Mentioned:
Agnes Abrey, M. Susie Acree, Isabell Adams, James Allen, Judy Andrews, Lula Ashbrook, Amelia Beigh (Bagh?), Chamer Bowden, Pearlie Bowlin, Betty Ann Briggs, Thomas O. Briggs, Mary P. Brown, Susannah Brown, Zipporah L. Brown, Eliza Bruso, Nancy La Vana Bunker, Carol Cline Burge, Benjamin C. Bush, Delia Caldwell, Dahlia LaRue Carlson, Carrie Carpenter, Serilda Caroline Carpenter, Lindy Cash, Lester A. Claments, Captain Clay, Aaron Clay, Abbie Clay, Abia Clay, Abigail S. Clay, Abner H. Clay, Abner Henry Clay, Addie Jane Clay, Airy John William Clay, Alamanzer Clay, Albert Clay, Albert Henry Clay, Alda Louise Clay, Alice Clay, Alice Ann Clay, Alice Lee Clay, Alice R. Clay, Allen Clay, Alma Olga Clay, Almanson Clay, Almanson Almanson Clay, Alrich Alice Lee Clay, Amanda Ann S. Clay, Ambrose W. Clay, Ambrose Whitlock Winston Clay, Amelia Count Daniel Clay, Andrew Clay, Andrew Clay Gibson Clay, Andrew Jackson Clay, Ann Clay, Ann S. Clay, Ann T. (Nanny) Clay, Anne Mary Clay, Annie Clay, Annie Burns George W. Clay, Annie L. Clay, Annie Louise Clay, Annie Ruby Clay, Archer Clay, Archer Mitchell Clay, August John W. Clay, Avarilla Clay, B. Clay, Baldwin Clay, Bell Clay, Berlley William Clay, Bert Clay, Bertha M. Clay, Bessie Clay, Beth Clay, Betsy Clay, Betsy Clay Calvin Clay, Betty Lou John Richard Clay, Blackwater John Clay, Borden Clay, Bowen Clay, Bruen Ingels Clay, Bryan Clay, Burge James Edward Clay, Burns George W. Clay, Bush Clay, Bycey Clay, C. Clay, C. Mary Clay, Calvin Clay, Calvin Carmichael Clay, Calvin Clay Bycey Clay, Carol Patricia Clay, Caroline Clay, Caroline W. Clay, Carrie Clay, Cassius M. Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Catherine Clay, Catherine Lee Clay, Catherine Thomas Clay, Charles Clay, Rev. Charles Clay, Charles Edward Clay, Charles Edwin Clay, Charles Milton Clay, Charlie Clay, Charlotte Elizabeth Clay, Chur James B. Clay, Cl Henry Clay, Cl John William Clay, Cla Clay, Cla George Francis Clay, Cla John W. Clay, Cla Ralph Clay, Clark Clay, Claude Emery Clay, Clay Abner H. Clay, Clay Bycey Clay, Clay Calvin Clay, Clay Cleoland Gerry Clay, Clay Euthie Clay, Clay Eve Clay, Clay Famil Clay, Clay Gibson Clay, Clay Idelle Clay, Clay James A. Clay, Clay Jincey Clay, Clay John Clay, Clay Kizzie Clay, Clay Lizzie Clay, Clay Louisa Clay, Clay Lovie Clay, Clay Maggie Clay, Clay Mattie Clay, Clay Modesta Clay, Clay Nannie Clay, Clay Oc Mamie Clay, Clay Robert Clay, Clay Willie Mae Clay, Clay Wysa Clay, Clement Charles Clay, Cleoland Gerry Clay, Cleveland Clay, Coleen Clay, Coles Clay, Cor Cassius M. Clay, Cornelius Clay, Cornelius Melvin Clay, Corrigan Clay, Count Daniel Clay, Cumberl Elijah Clay, D. Clay, D. A. Clay, Dahlia Clay, Dahlia Luana Clay, Daniel Clay, Daniel Sanborn Clay, Daniel Wesley Clay, David Clay, David W. Clay, Delbert William Clay, Delia Caroline Clay, Delia Gertrude Clay, Dell Clay, Dennis Clay, Diana Katherine Clay, Miss Diana Katherine Clay, Dolly Clay, Dorothy Clay, Doshe Clay, Douglas W. Clay, E. Clay, E. B. Clay, Earl C. Clay, Edmund Clay, Edna Marie Huffman John Clay, Edward Clay, Eleazar Clay, Eleazer Clay, Rev. Eleazer Clay, Elijah Clay, Eliza Clay, Elizab Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Elizabeth Jane Clay, Elizabeth S. Clay, Ellen Clay, Eller R. Clay, Elliot Clay, Emery Clay, Emma Clay, Emma A. Clay, Ethel Clay, Eugenia Clay, Euthie Clay, Evan Ingels Clay, Eve Clay, Evey Clay, Famil Clay, Fanny Clay, Flora Frances Clay, Floyd Greene Clay, Frances J. Clay, Francis Clay, Francis A. Clay, Francis E. Clay, Francis M. Clay, Frank A. Clay, Frank P. Clay, Fred C. Clay, Frederic S. Clay, Frederick James Clay, Fredrick Cor Cassius M. Clay, Fredrick Cornelius Clay, G. Clay, G. R. Clay, George Clay, George Francis Clay, George L. Clay, George Lowell Clay, George P. Clay, George R. Clay, George W. Clay, Gerry Clay, Gertrude Lee Clay, Gibson Clay, Gibson Clay Jincey Clay, Grace Clay, General Green Clay, Green Clay, Green Franklin Clay, Greenberry Clay, Greene Clay, Grover Clay, Grover Hilton Clay, H. Clay, H. N. Clay, H. Thomas Clay, Hardwick Clay, Haro James D. Clay, Harold Clay, Harriet S. Clay, Harriett Clay, Harrison Clay, Hart Clay, Hattie Clay, Hattie (Hardwick) Clay, Henr Henry Clay, Henry Clay, Henry Cla Clay, Henry Clay John Clay, Henry Grady Clay, Henry J. Clay, Henry M. Clay, Henry Mickleber Charles Clay, Henry Pyle Clay, Henry T. Clay, Hezekiah Clay, Hiley Clay, Hilton Clay, Hiram Clay, Ho Tom Clay, Hope Clay, Huffman John Clay, Hugh L. Clay, Hulon Clay, I. Harrison Clay, Ida Clay, Idelle Clay, Idelle Clay Modesta Clay, Ingels Clay, Ira Moses Clay, Irene Clay, Isaac Clay, Isabelle Clay, Isam B. Clay, J. Clay, J. Borden Clay, J. C. Clay, Jack E. Clay, James Clay, James A. Clay, James B. Clay, James D. Clay, James E. Clay, James Edward Clay, James H. Clay, James Henry Clay, James Hubert Clay, James Jefferson Clay, James Magruder Thomas Clay, James Ray Clay, James Ray James Edward Clay, James T. Clay, Jane Clay, Jesse Clay, Jesse Elijah Clay, Jesse W. Clay, Jim Clay, Jincey Clay, Jno W. Clay, Jno William Clay, John Clay, John A. Clay, John B. Clay, John C. Clay, John Charles Clay, John Coles Clay, John J. Clay, John Randolph Clay, John Richard Clay, John S. Clay, John Stratton Clay, John W. Clay, John William Clay, Johnnie Clay, Jonathon Clay, Jonathon L. Clay, Joseph Clay, Rev. Joseph Clay, Joseph A. Clay, Joseph C. Clay, Joseph H. Clay, Joseph P. Clay, Josiah Clay, Justin Clay, Katherine Clay, Ke George W. Clay, Ken Ursula S. Clay, Kizzie Clay, L. Clay, La Vana Clay, Lackmgton Rando E. B. Clay, Landon Clay, Lanney Clay, Laura Bell Clay, Lee Clay, Lemuel Clay, Leo Dell Clay, Lewis Clay, Lillian Clay, Lillian Grace Clay, Lizzie Clay, Lizzie Clay Kizzie Clay, Lorena Clay, Lorena Wilsey Clay, Lorenzo Clay, Lou John Richard Clay, Loucinda Clay, Loucinda Elizabeth Clay, Louis John Clay, Louisa Clay, Louise Clay, Louise Malinda Clay, Lovejoy Clay, Lovie Clay, Lovie Clay Nannie Clay, Lowell Clay, Lucille Clay, Lucretia Hart Clay, Lydia Ann Clay, M. Clay, Mack Clay, Madeline Clay, Mae Clay, Maggie Clay, Maggie Clay Mattie Clay, Magruder Thomas Clay, Malinda Clay, Malinda Bush Clay, Malinda Owsley Clay, Mamie Clay, Marcellus Clay, Margaret Clay, Margaret Bowen Clay, Margaret Clay Maggie Clay, Marian Grace Clay, Miss Marian Grace Clay, Marie Huffman John Clay, Marijane Clay, Mark Kenneth Clay, Mark Roscoe Clay, Mark Thomas Clay, Marston Clay, Marth Matthew Clay, Martha Clay, Martha C. Clay, Martha (Green) Clay, Martha J. Clay, Martha Loucinda Clay, Martha M. A. Clay, Martha Susan Clay, Martin Clay, Mary Clay, Mary An Clay, Mary Ann Clay, Mary Caroline Clay, Mary (Harrison) Clay, Mary J. Clay, Mary L. Clay, Mary M. Clay, Mastin Clay, Mastin W. Clay, Mat Clay, Mathew Clay, Mathew Sanborn Clay, Mathews Clay, Matt Martin Clay, Matthew Clay, Matthew Cla Ralph Clay, Mattie Clay, Mattie Lorena Clay, Mattie Lorena Wilsey Clay, Maud Clay, Melba Lillian Clay, Melvin Clay, Melvin Wallace Clay, Memoranda Jno William Clay, Major Michael A. Clay, Michael A. Clay, Micheal Clay, Mickleber Charles Clay, Miller Leo Dell Clay, Milton L. Clay, Miriam Clay, Modesta Clay, Mollie Clay, Mollie Clay Lovie Clay, Monie Mae Clay, Moses William Clay, Myrtle Ellen Clay, Myrtle Eugenia Clay, N. Clay, N. Caroline Clay, Nancy Cordelia Clay, Nancy Louisa Clay, Nannie Clay, Nellie A. Clay, Newton Clay, Nile Miller Clay, Nile Miller Leo Dell Clay, Norman Clifford Clay, Oc Mamie Clay, Otis P. Clay, Owsley Clay, P. Clay, Par Clay, Pas Catherine Lee Clay, Perce Clay, Perce Clay Robert Clay, Pete Joseph H. Clay, Capt. Peter Clay, Peter Clay, Peyton Clay, Phil Herbert Clay, Philip Clay, Phillip Tuggle Clay, Pierce Clay, Pleasant Clay, Polly Clay, Powell Wesley Clay, Probate Clay, Pyle Clay, R. Clay, R. A. Clay, Rachael Clay, Rachel Clay, Rachel Cl Henry Clay, Ralph Clay, Rando E. B. Clay, Randolph Clay, Ray James Edward Clay, Rebecca Clay, Rebecca A. Clay, Rebecca Jane Clay, Rebekah Clay, Rebekah Cla John W. Clay, Richard Clay, Richard A. Clay, Ridlon Clay, Robert Clay, Robert Clay Eve Clay, Robert Corrigan Clay, Robert P. Clay, Roscoe Clay, Royal Clay, Rufus C. Clay, Ruth Clay, Ruth Sanborn Clay, S. Clay, S. C. Clay, S. C. Mary Clay, S. P. Clay, Sallie Clay, Sallie Clay Lizzie Clay, Sally Clay, Samuel Clay, Samuel A. Clay, Samuel B. Clay, Samuel C. Clay, Samuel Jacques Clay, Saphronia Ethel Clay, Sarah Clay, Savannah S. Clay, Scott Waldo Clay, Sealy Clay, Sealy Clay Euthie Clay, Sebourn Clay, Sep Marston Clay, Simeon Clay, Simpson Clay, Simpson Clay Wysa Clay, Solomon Clay, Solomon Clay Louisa Clay, Sophan H. Clay, Capt. Stephen Clay, Stephen Clay, Stephen Davis Clay, Stratton Clay, Susan Clay, Susan Irene Clay, Susannah Prier (Pryor?) Clay, Susie Clay, T. Clay, Thedeuse E. Clay, Thomas Clay, Thomas Clifford Clay, To Philip Clay, Tom Clay, Tuggle Clay, Urbane Clay, Ursula S. Clay, Vana Clay, Vardell Clay, Velma Mariah Clay, Virg Sally Clay, Virginia Bell Clay, W. Clay, Waldo Clay, Walter Clay, Wesley Clay, Whitlock Winston Clay, William Clay, William Baldwin Clay, William Daniel Clay, William H. Clay, William Henry Clay, William Jefferson Clay, William L. Clay, William Landon Clay, William N. Clay, Williara Clay, Willie Mae Clay, Willis Clay, Wilsey Clay, Winston Clay, Winston Clark Clay, Wysa Clay, Wysa Clay Lizzie Clay, Zaring Ezra Clay, Ze Mary Clay, Zenada Clay, William Thomas Collier, George W. Cook, Jane McMillan Crawford, Charles Curtis, Eunice Cyphres, La Verne Daniel, Elizabeth Dearborn, Harriet Dearborn, Clark E. [surname unknown], Harriet A. Elliot, Lillian Elliot, Mary Jane Farley, Hope Clay Fisk, Harold Frick, Abigail Maria Gerrish, Garland Giles, Cyrus P. Gilman, Gloria Jean Godshalk, Thomas Gresham, Sharon Hagewood, Myrtle Hammond, Louie Hankins, Wayne R. Harris, Lena Helton, Elizabeth High, Alice G. Hope, Wymond Hoyer Jr., Sara Ann Huey, Edna Marie Huffman, Thomas D. Hughston Jr., Raymond Hunt, Alfred W. Jensen, Gordon Snyder Jensen, Doshe Johnson, Elizabeth Johnston, Henry Lee Jolley, Nancy Jones, Lester L. Kelly, Frank A. Kennedy, Ida Kennedy, Greshem Kenner, Patrick Lacy, Frederic George Lahourcade, Elizabeth Laurens, Florence Laws, Nancy Jane Long, Eliza Longmire, Lulu [surname unknown], Jesse L. Lumpkin, Mary G. Mallory, William Jordan Mallory, Joseph Marsh, Dallas T. Mason, Kathryn Mason, Vern W. Mathie, Jane Mayo, C. N. Meador, Vesta Lovetta Miller, Alice Mitchell, John W. Mitchell, Parmale V. Mitchell, Catherine Montague, Frances Montague, Gene Moss, Walter B. Muir, Mary Ann Norris, Amis Orem, Cynthia Page, Afton Alice Park, Henry Clay Park, Jesse Ray Park, Robert Parker, Robert S. Parks, Catherine Pearson, Joseph J. Phillips, William G. Phillips, Robert L. Plyant, Samuel R. Plyant, Green Pordon, Henrietta Powell, Annie M. Pralter, Ebenezer S. Price, Lavina Felicity Reeder, Janie Richardson, John Richardson, Mary L. Rix, Ted Sciebenski, James H. Seavey, Arva Shaw, William B. Smith, Annis Smock, Susan F. Stirke, Thomas Thomason, Mary Frances Thorn, John C. Ungricht, Agnes Wamwell, Lillian Rebecca Watts, James W. Wayne, Caroline Webb, Frances Eugene Webb, Jane Webb, Joseph E. Webb, M. E. Webb, Martha Webb, Mary Ann Webster, Joseph H. Whitney, Alvin T. Williams, Francis M. Williams, Loucinda Williams, Minnie J. Wilson, Katherina Christine Wobermin, Eva Wood, Hellen Wooster, Edgar Richardson Yarn
Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives
Summary
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, January 1971
Clay Line: Genealogy
Asset
Source Citation
The Clay Family Quarterly, The Clay Family Association, Vol. 6 No. 1, (January 1971): 23 pages; CFS Archive ID CFQ-1971-01.
Historical Context
Extensive Surname Indices: A cursory check of five volumes of The Clay Family Quarterly revealed over 2,200 given names for Clay individuals and more than 1,700 allied surnames.
Maryland Records (1700s): The 1745 will of Thomas Clay, a merchant from Chesterton, Kent County, mentions his mother Anne Bolton, brother John Bolton, and wife Mary Clay.
South Carolina Lineage: Early 1700s records from St. Andrews, Berkley, trace a lineage from a Captain Clay (buried ca. 1719/1720) to William Clay (born 1740) and Richard Clay (born 1742/3).
Virginia Legal and Land Records:
* Land transactions involving Charles, William, Jesse, and John Clay were recorded in Amelia and Henry counties between 1752 and 1822.
* The 1814 will of Matthew Clay of Pittsylvania County detailed his children (Joseph, Matthew, Amanda) and requested the emancipation of three mulatto girls outside of Virginia.
Native American Rolls: The 1902 final rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory document numerous individuals registered as Choctaws by blood under the Clay surname, including Simpson, Wysa, Lizzie, and Betsy Clay.
Biographical Connections: Clement Charles Clay, a native of Tennessee and Civil War veteran who served under Gen. Nathan B. Forest, was identified as a descendant of Joseph and Margaret Bowen Clay.
Multi-State Census Records: Comprehensive census tracking from 1800 to 1870 logs Clay family households across Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and West Virginia.
23 pages.