Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Published Source
Record Type:
Newsletter
Date:
February 2007
Individuals Mentioned:
RJ Adkins, Ron Adkins, Bob Alexander, Caroline Alexander, Phyllis Alexander, Jean Anderson, Elizabeth Baker, Littleberry Bedford, Ben Bow, Francis Brown, Robert Brown, Al Buckner, John Call, Anita Ann Clay Campbell, Jim Campbell, Jimmy Jo Campbell, Tommy Lee Campbell, Anna Rachel Gist Capt, Richard Chapman, Thomas Chappell, John Cheeks, Betty Louise Christen, Nelson Christian, Clement Claiborne, [Perciball?] Clay, Agnes Clay, Almira Clay, Ben Clay, Bill Clay, Bob Clay, Bonnie Clay, Charles Clay, Dorothy Clay, Eleazer Clay, Elizabeth Clay, George Clay, Green Clay, Henry Clay, James Clay, James William Clay, John Clay, John Thomas Clay, Jordan Clay, Joseph Leonard Clay, Leland Patrick Clay, Leo Clay, Leonard Clay, Marston G. Clay, Martha Clay, Mary Ann Clay, Matthew Clay, Oscar James Clay, Poindexter Clay, Priscilla Clay, Ralph Richard Clay, Robin Clay, Sally Clay, Sir John Clay, Thomas Clay, Thomas G. Clay, William Clay, William Henry Clay, Sierra Comer, Zachariah Comer, Arthur Cook, Gynger Cook, John H. Cook, Ann Cooke, Jim Copenhaver, Louise Copenhaver, Barbara Davidson, Michael Davis, Mike Davis, Thomas Dawson, Annette Hammond Ditzler, Jacob Ditzler, Alexander Douglass, Pat Dunford, William Dunlap, Jackson Farley, John Farley, Christopher Field, Wilbur Fisk, Annwhite T. Fuller, Linda Pittano Gath, Anna Rachel Gist, Rezin Hammond Gist, Charles Grimes, Mary Grimes, Sophia Grosh, Bridgette Hall, Caleb Wade Halsey, Greg Hatcher, Marcia Hovenden, David Howell, Florence Howell, George Jameson, Dawn Johnson, Charles Knighton, Minnie Kuhn, Joan Lee, Joseph Leonard, Mary Lockett, Stephen Lockett, Phillip C. Long, Ruth Longo, George W. Marshall, William Pettus Miller, John Mitchell, [?] Murray, Betty Murray, Robin Clay Oliver, Cora Perkins, Linda Pittano, Rachel Povall, Clement Query, Anna Rachel, Mary Rogers, Nathaniel Rogers, Susan William S. Rogers, William Rogers, William S. Rogers, Liam Russell, Betty Ruth, Tonia Sexton, Charles Alexander Shelby, Arthur E. Smith, Wilbur Fisk Stone, Lucy Thornton, William Thornton, Nancy Vaughan, Betty Ruth Clay Verigan, George Welland, Nathaniel Wilkinson, Hannah Wilson, Bertha Wooten
Summary
Focused on 2008 Gathering, Board Meeting in Huntsville, Clay Family DNA update, Clay Lines Provided, Genealogical Abstracts 18th Century, Clay Cemetery Annual Clean-up, Clay Family Tragedies 1931, Clay Obits from 1901, Governor Clement Comer Clay, Marriage Records, Mary Rogers Clay 1928 – Linda Pittano, Chairman
Clay Line: Board
Asset
Source Citation
Pieces of Clay, Clay Family Society, (Spring 2007): 6 pages; CFS Archive ID POC-2007-02.
Historical Context
Key genealogical findings center on the Clay family’s diverse and well-documented lineage. The Clay Y-DNA Project has confirmed connections to the John Clay(e) line of Virginia and revealed several unconnected lines, highlighting the family’s complex ancestry. Notable individuals include George Clay, who migrated from Kentucky to Missouri in 1821 and became a wealthy riverboat owner, and Governor Clement Comer Clay, Alabama’s eighth governor. The family’s history features prominent marriages, migrations, and public service, with records spanning Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, and beyond. DNA testing has helped clarify relationships where paper trails are weak, and ongoing efforts aim to correct misinformation and expand documented lines. The society encourages contributions to maintain accuracy and welcomes new members actively researching their Clay ancestry.
