John W. Clay

Birth Date

1807

Death Date

1876-11-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Arnold Clay in Nicholas County on December 18, 1829. Father of Mary Clay, Maria Clay, Joseph Clay, Matthew Clay, William Clay, George M. Clay, James T. Clay, Sarah Catherine "Sallie" Clay, and Sidney Clay. Resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1830. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1830. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1840. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Nicholas County in 1850. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1860.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Carlisle, p. 178.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, p. 70.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 466A-B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 304.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 1, p. 284.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 81A
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film 000252399.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Film 7016202: All Counties, Nicholas County Deaths, File 2550.
William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1882), 742.

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