Record Summary
Evidence Category:
Published Source
Record Type:
Newsletter
Individuals Mentioned:
Phyllis Alexander, Lindsey Apple, Nancy Arrasmith, Nelson Bagley, Anne Barber, Beverly Bernotas, Sarah Breslar, Betty Brown, John Bruce, Rebecca Bruce, Al Buckner, A. H. Burgess, Carla [surname unknown], Rick Carroll, Joey Cecil, Lathan Chambers, Logan Chambers, Annabelle Cheeks, Abram C. Clay, Ann E. Clay, Berle Clay, Cecil Clay, Darrell R. Clay, Elizabeth Clay, Erlene LeMaster Clay, Eugene J. Clay, Frances [Johnson/Johnston] Clay, Frances G. Clay, George Clay, Glen Steven Clay, Henry Clay, James Clay, Jeremiah Clay, Jeremiah Walker Clay, John W. Clay, Johnson Clay, Lauren Clay, Louisa J. Clay, Maggie Haywood Clay, Mark Clay, Martin Glen Clay, Mary Clay, Mary G. Clay, Millard Clay, Nancy Clay, Rene Dickison Clay, Robert O. Clay, Ronald E. Clay, Roy L. Clay [Janie], Sarah T. Clay, Steve Clay, Sylvia Jean Campbell Clay, Troy Clay, Tyler Clay, William Clay, William Franklin Clay, William H. Clay, Abram Collett, Nancy Collett, Rebecca Collett, Sarah Collett, Connie Collins, Louise Copenhaver, Lula Cox, Donald Damron, Rev. J. C. C. Davis, Mandy Dean, Karen F. DiLuzio, William Clay Douglas, Pat Dunford, Lisa Dunn-Evans, Henry W. Evans, Thomas Michael (Mike) Evans, Virginia Forsberg, Cecile Geaslin, Elsie Gilbert, Andrew Jackson Gilliam, Edgar Grant Gilliam, Eleazer Gilliam, Elmer Ellsworth Gilliam, Jasper Gilliam, Jesse Johnson Gilliam, John Andrew Gilliam, Julia Frances Gilliam, Martha J. Gilliam, Mary Ellen Gilliam, Rebecca Ann Gilliam, Robert Gilliam, Robert Perry Gilliam, Sarah T. Clay Gilliam, Catherine Graves, Arthur Stuart Hale, Chelsea Jo Hale, Douglas Yancey Hale, Jessica Ann Hale, Jordanna Blair Hale, Mary Jo Yancey Hale, Robert Frank Hale, Virginia Lynn Hale, Darlene Hastings, Jean Henry, Dr. S. W. Holland, Marsha Houser, Marcia Hovenden, John M. Hyde, Marilyn C. Hyde, Jane [surname unknown], Cindy Jaynes, Victoria Johnson, Vernon Rose Jr., Charles Knighton, Sarah Lane, Jennifer Ledbetter, Nicholas Lee, Bill Lewis, Gerry Lowe, John H. Lowe, Molly Conley Clay Lowe, Roger Lowe, Rev. William McCartney, William McClung, Carl Wayne McGlone, Jason McGlone, Lyle McMikin, Almanzon Miller, Billie Jo Monger, Nannie H. Montgomery, Adela Moyer, John Nichols, T. S. Osborne, Burton Palmer, John Henry Palmer, Patrick [surname unknown], Peggy [surname unknown], Sean Pierce, Linda Pittano, Linda Cheeks Pittano, Todd Pratt, Stephanie Pyle, Rev. G. Ben Reed, Richard [surname unknown], Nancy Jane Robbins, Bertha Wallace Rose, Chester G. Rose, Christopher G. Rose, Emogene Rose, Freda Rose, James M. Rose, Vernon Rose, Rachel Scott, Michelle Smith, Gary Sparks, Francis Marion Splawn, William Stanley, James Townsend Thompson, Malinda California Missouri Thompson, Nancy Thompson, Theresa Thompson, Lemuel Tillotson, Susan de Towle, Wanda [surname unknown], Shirley Langdon Wilcox, Betty Clay Witt, Jean Yancey, Scott Yancey, Sharon K. Yanek, John M. Zumwalt
Repository:
Clay Family Society Digital Archives
Archive Reference:
Folder 01_Pieces_of_Clay/2007-2025
Summary
Focused on Board Meeting in Lexington, 2010 Gathering, Missouri Clays and the Westward Movement, – Linda Pittano, Chair
Clay Line: Board
Asset
Source Citation
Pieces of Clay, Clay Family Society, (Fall 2009): 4 pages; CFS Archive ID POC-2009-04.
Historical Context
Key genealogical findings highlight the westward migration of the Clay family from Virginia and Kentucky into Missouri, California, and Oregon during the 19th century. Notably, Johnson Clay (1798–1860), son of Jeremiah Walker Clay, moved from Kentucky to Missouri, where his descendants and relatives played significant roles in local history. His daughter Sarah T. Clay married Andrew Jackson Gilliam, and their family became early Oregon pioneers in 1847, with several children born in both Missouri and Oregon Territory. Another branch, through Louisa J. Clay, traveled the Oregon Trail to California. The newsletter also documents connections between the Clays and other families (Collett, Palmer, Gilliam, Thompson), illustrating complex intermarriages and migrations. Obituaries provide further evidence of the family’s spread and continuity, with members residing in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Oregon into the 20th and 21st centuries. These findings underscore the Clay family’s significant role in American westward expansion and their enduring legacy across multiple states.
