Person

William Gay (Louisville, Kentucky, grocery merchant)

b. 1797? d. 1874-09-06

Louisville, Kentucky, grocery merchant. Native of Ireland. Grocery merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Louisville in 1850. Grocery merchant in Louisville in 1858. Grocery merchant in Louisville in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Grocery merchant in Louisville in 1861. Member of the Board of Directors of the Franklin Insurance Company in Louisville in 1862 through 1865. Grocery merchant in Louisville in 1864. Grocery merchant in Louisville in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 144B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District, p. 14.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District, p. 266A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Deaths.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 69.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 98.

J.D. Campbell's Louisville Business Directory for 1864, (Louisville: L.A. Civill, 1864), 149.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 315.

"Sugar," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), April 19, 1860. p. 4.

"Office of the Franklin Insurance Company of Louisville," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), April 8, 1862, p. 2.

"Bank of Louisville," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), May 6, 1863, p. 3.

"Franklin Insurance Company of Louisville," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), June 11, 1864, p. 4.

"Franklin Insurance Company of Louisville," The Louisville Daily Journal, (Louisville, KY), April 5, 1865, p. 2.

Citation

Gay, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202951 (November 12, 2026).

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