Person

Jerdon Clay (Johnson County, farmer and soldier)

b. 1839?

Johnson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Peter Clay and Martha Clay. Married to Elizabeth Williamson Clay on October 21, 1862. Father of Peter Clay and Stephen A. Clay. Resident in Johnson County in 1850. Farmer in Johnson County in 1860. Corporal in the 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.) from May 21, 1864 to June 21, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 116A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, p. 38.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Johnson County, Rockcastle, p. 9-10.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Johnson County Marriages, Film #000840550, p. 185.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 896.

Citation

Clay, Jerdon. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202748 (November 12, 2026).

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