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James Brown Clay (Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1817-11-09 d. 1864-01-26

Fayette County, Kentucky, farmer. Washington, D.C. native. Son of Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart Clay. Married to Susan M. Clay. Father of Lucy J. Clay, James B. Clay, J. C. J. Clay, Harry Clay, Lucritia Clay, Thomas J. Clay, Susan J. Clay, Charles D. Clay, and George Clay. Graduated from Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1841. Attorney in Lexington from 1841 to 1849. Charges d'Affaires to Portugal from 1849 to 1850. Member of the House of Representative of the United States from 1857 to 1859. Farmer in Fayette County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fayette County, District 1, p. 68.

Robert Peter, History of Fayette County, Kentucky, with an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region, ed. William Henry Perrin (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1882), 66.

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1882), 358.

E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities, vol. 3 (Lewis Publishing Co., 1912), 1469-1474.

Find A Grave, "James Brown Clay (November 9, 1817-January 26, 1864)," Memorial #7668824, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7668824 (accessed April 17, 2018).

Citation

Clay, James Brown. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196803 (November 12, 2026).

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