John F. Lay (Breckinridge, KY, soldier)
b. 1836?
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of George Lay and Mary Lay. Married to Jane Pullin Lay on March 4, 1856 in Breckinridge County. Resident of Breckinridge County in 1850. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from August 15, 1863 to December 1864. Acting assistant quartermaster at Colesburg, Kentucky, from December 15, 1864.
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- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District 1, p. 120B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Breckinridge County Marriages, Film ##994027-994058, p. 8.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 478-80.
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Lay, John F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208496 (November 12, 2026).
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