Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Henderson County, Kentucky, attorney. Henderson County, Kentucky native. Son of James Williams Clay and Clarissa Ann Berry. Married to Elizabeth Eaves in Henderson, Kentucky in 1866. Graduated from Georgetown College in Kentucky in June 1860. Attorney in Henderson County, Kentucky in 1860. Admitted to the bar in 1862.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Find A Grave, "James Franklin Clay (1840-1921)," Memorial #7092252, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7092252 (accessed January 20, 2020).
E. Polk Johnson, The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians...Vol II (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 722-723.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson, Division 1, p.17.

Citation

Clay, James Franklin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209046 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Petition
C. R. Priest et al. to Beriah Magoffin
Correspondence
James F. Clay to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-10-13

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