William J. Lay

Birth Date

1829-08-25

Death Date

1906-08-01

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Union County, Tennessee, farmer. Tennessee native. Son of William Lay and Sarah Lay. Married to Hester Ann Lay. Father of Elbert Lay and Marion Lay. Farmer with his father, William Lay, and brother, Samson S. Lay, in Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Union County in 1860. Employed William Kitts in Union County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Union County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Grainger County, District 13, p. 117A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Union County, District 1, p. 425.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Union County, District, p. 2.
"William J. Lay (1829-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43291285, accessed January 31, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43291285.

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