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Descendants of John Clay


Generation No. 8


21. ELIZABETH8 CLAY (WILLIAM7, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1802 in Montgomery (Wayne) County, Virginia, and died 1885 in Lawrence County, Kentuckey. She married JOHN PETTER RIFFE November 23, 1820, son of PETER RIFFE and MARY BINGEMAN.
     
Children of E
LIZABETH CLAY and JOHN RIFFE are:
35. i.   MARY9 RIFFE.
  ii.   REBECCA C. RIFFE, m. (1) CHRISLEY SAVAGE; m. (2) FELIX PORTER, August 30, 1849, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.
  iii.   FRANCES RIFFE, m. WALTER QUEEN.
36. iv.   WILLIAM MITCHEL RIFFE, b. January 22, 1826, Montgomery (Wayne) County, Virginia; d. July 30, 1925.
37. v.   ELIZA RIFFE, b. 1829, Kentuckey.
  vi.   JULINA RIFFE, b. 1832, Lawrence County, Kentuckey; m. WALTER SCOTT QUEEN.
38. vii.   JOHN PETER RIFFE, b. 1835.
39. viii.   ELIZABETH N. RIFFE, b. 1842.


22. NANCY B.8 CLAY (WILLIAM7, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1804 in Virginia, and died November 11, 1877 in Lawrence County, Kentuckey. She married JAMES MITCHELL CLAY April 05, 1825 in Montgomery County, Virginia, son of MITCHELL CLAY and JUDAH CLAY.
     
Children of N
ANCY CLAY and JAMES CLAY are:
  i.   REBBECA ANN9 CLAY, b. Abt. 1830; m. MADISON STEWART.
  ii.   MITCHELL T. CLAY, b. 1830; d. March 27, 1853, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.
  More About MITCHELL T. CLAY:
Cause of Death: Consumption

  iii.   WILLIAM EVAN CLAY, b. Abt. 1831; m. MARY LUKEHART.
  iv.   JOHN L. CLAY, b. 1833; d. December 23, 1853.
  More About JOHN L. CLAY:
Cause of Death: Consumption

  v.   JUDITH C. CLAY, b. 1835; d. December 29, 1853.
  More About JUDITH C. CLAY:
Cause of Death: Bronchitis-17yrs old

  vi.   NANCY EVALINE CLAY, b. 1837; m. C. BONNITT, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.
  vii.   LOUISA H. CLAY, b. 1840; m. THOMAS MCDOWELL, 1861, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.


23. LEWIS8 CLAY (DAVID PEYTON7, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Bef. 1794, and died December 24, 1874 in Thomas County, Georgia. He married JUDITH JONES.
     
Child of L
EWIS CLAY and JUDITH JONES is:
  i.   PEYTON9 CLAY, b. 1835, Widinson Co., Georgia; m. MATTIE KNOWLES.


24. EZEKIEL8 FRENCH (OBEDIENCE7 CLAY, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1789. He married CATHERINE CHERIE CARTER September 03, 1829, daughter of JAMES CARTER and ELIZABETH DAVIS.
     
Child of E
ZEKIEL FRENCH and CATHERINE CARTER is:
40. i.   NANCY L.9 FRENCH, b. July 23, 1843.


25. MITCHELL8 STEWART (MARY POLLY7 CLAY, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1788, and died September 20, 1883. He married FRANCES MAYO.
     
Child of M
ITCHELL STEWART and FRANCES MAYO is:
  i.   ALBERT RILEY9 STEWART, b. August 11, 1833; d. 1903, Kentuckey; m. ELENDOR SAVAGE, Abt. 1855.


26. ORA AURA8 STEWART (MARY POLLY7 CLAY, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born January 30, 1812 in Giles County, Virginia, and died July 19, 1895 in Raliegh County, Virginia. She married CHARLES LEWIS CLAY August 21, 1830 in Raliegh County, (West) Virginia, son of MITCHELL CLAY and JUDAH CLAY.
     
Children of O
RA STEWART and CHARLES CLAY are:
  i.   REBECCA JANE9 CLAY, b. June 1828, Raliegh County, (West) Virginia; d. May 26, 1910; m. JAMES A CANTLEY, March 23, 1853, Raliegh County, (West) Virginia.
  ii.   DRUSILLA CLAY, b. 1832, Raliegh County, (West) Virginia; m. GEORGE CANTLEY, March 23, 1853.
  iii.   HENRY BRYON CLAY, b. September 22, 1835; d. October 12, 1882; m. NANCY A. THOMPSON, Abt. 1865.
  iv.   MITCHELL CLAY, b. 1837; d. October 10, 1853.
  v.   RALPH STEWART CLAY, b. 1844.
  vi.   WILLIAM KEMPER CLAY, b. 1846.
  vii.   MARY CAROLINE CLAY, b. July 1848, Raliegh County, (West) Virginia; m. JAMES T. ALIFF, JR., July 08, 1874, Raliegh County, (West) Virginia.
  viii.   CHARLES CLAY, b. 1850.
  ix.   LUCINDA CLAY, b. 1850.
  x.   ARMINTA CLAY, b. 1856.


27. JOHN THOMAS8 CLAY (MITCHELL7, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born January 13, 1794 in Montgomery County, Virginia, and died June 24, 1859 in Marsh Fork, Raliegh Co., West Virginia. He married PHOEBE FRENCH February 25, 1817 in Marsh Fork, Raliegh Co., West Virginia.

Notes for J
OHN THOMAS CLAY:
Birth-Marriage-Death: Mercer County History, Pg. 136

He and wife settled on Little Marsh Fork, Raleigh County, about 1823 and became the first Sherriff on Raleigh in 1850. They went to Kanawha county in 1855. Their oldest sons, John French Clay and Mitchell Clay Clay wrote the story of the Shawnee raid on Clover Bottom about 1895-1900, well over one hundred years after it happened. An earlier version, by Mitchell C. Clay is reprinted in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Supl. Vol. 4, page 153, by Jim Comstock.

Phoebe French and her husband, John, were first cousins.
     
Children of J
OHN CLAY and PHOEBE FRENCH are:
  i.   MATILDA9 CLAY, b. 1817; m. SAMUEL COOPER, December 19, 1841, Fayette, WVA.
  ii.   JOHN FRENCH CLAY, b. 1820; m. CAROLYN BROWN, April 21, 1846.
  iii.   MITCHELL CLAY CLAY, b. October 08, 1822; m. AMANDA WORKMAN, January 24, 1850.
  iv.   CHARLES CLAY, b. Abt. 1824; d. 1859; m. CAROLINE STOVER, January 09, 1844.
  v.   REBECCA F. CLAY, b. 1826, Virginia; m. HENRY T. PETERS, February 02, 1847, Fayette, WVA.
  vi.   MARY CLAY, b. 1826; d. 1886, Kanawha Co., WV; m. AUGUSTUS CRAWFORD, September 22, 1843.
  vii.   EZEKIEL FRENCH CLAY, b. April 30, 1828, Fayette, WVA; d. January 27, 1883; m. MARTHA PETERS, July 02, 1852, Raliegh County, Virginia.
  viii.   ELIZA JANE CLAY, b. March 22, 1833, Fayette, WVA; d. October 26, 1904, Creech-Cline Cem. Olive Hill, Carter Co., Ky.; m. JAMES HANSFORD CLAY, January 26, 1853, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.
  ix.   JAMES CLAY, b. 1835; m. ELIZA ANN SPRADLING, May 08, 1860.


28. JAMES MITCHELL8 CLAY (MITCHELL7, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1795 in Montgomery County, Virginia, and died 1866 in Lawrence County, Kentuckey. He married NANCY B. CLAY April 05, 1825 in Montgomery County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM CLAY and REBECCA CECIL.
     
Children of J
AMES CLAY and NANCY CLAY are:
  i.   REBBECA ANN9 CLAY, b. Abt. 1830; m. MADISON STEWART.
  ii.   MITCHELL T. CLAY, b. 1830; d. March 27, 1853, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.
  More About MITCHELL T. CLAY:
Cause of Death: Consumption

  iii.   WILLIAM EVAN CLAY, b. Abt. 1831; m. MARY LUKEHART.
  iv.   JOHN L. CLAY, b. 1833; d. December 23, 1853.
  More About JOHN L. CLAY:
Cause of Death: Consumption

  v.   JUDITH C. CLAY, b. 1835; d. December 29, 1853.
  More About JUDITH C. CLAY:
Cause of Death: Bronchitis-17yrs old

  vi.   NANCY EVALINE CLAY, b. 1837; m. C. BONNITT, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.
  vii.   LOUISA H. CLAY, b. 1840; m. THOMAS MCDOWELL, 1861, Lawrence County, Kentuckey.


29. AMY8 CLAY (MITCHELL7, MITCHELL6, WILLIAM MITCHELL5, HENRY4, CHARLES3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1797, and died May 15, 1855. She married THOMAS CLARK.
     
Children of A
MY CLAY and THOMAS CLARK are:
  i.   THOMAS9 CLARK.
  ii.   CLARK CLARK.


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