Sylvester Lay (New York City, New York, attorney and government official)
b. 1830?
New York City, New York County, New York, attorney and government official. New York native. Attorney in New York City in 1860. Served as the Commissioner of Deeds for Kentucky in New York in 1861.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, New York, New York County, New York Ward 20 District 5, p. 89.
KYR-0001-017-0256.
Citation
Lay, Sylvester. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202229 (January 24, 2026).
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