Re: Gay Family in Texas
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Re: Gay Family in Texas
Melanie Greene 6/22/01
I am not related to this Gilbert Gay (that I know of) but did find it interesting that he was from Georgia with both parents born in North Carolina, similar to my Allen Gay and Abigail Castleberry family.My ggg grandfather Gilbert Gay (son of Allen Gay and Abigail Castleberry) was born in 1803 in GA and married Sarah Stamps in Coweta County, GA. My Gilbert Gay also had a son named Gilbert Gay who was born in 1832.
There were at least three or more Gilbert Gay men in the Thomas and Patience Gay (of Isle of Wight Virginia and Franklin County, North Carolina, then on to GA and AL) family.I
was surprized to find another Gilbert Gay from Georgia in the 1880 census in Texas, so
thought I would try to find out who his parents were, especially since he was born in
Georgia with both parents born in NC.
There was another Gilbert Gay born in 1820 in GA who married Martha Glass in Fayette County, GA area. I am not sure who all their
children were.That Gilbert Gay's parents were Thomas Bolling Gay and Martha Bridges.
(Thomas Bolling Gay was the son of Gilbert Gay (b. 1777) and Lavice Reynolds.)
I have been working on a discussion paper on the various Gilbert Gay families who were
connected to the Thomas and Patience Gay family, mostly because there has been alot of confusion in written genealogies about the three or more Gilbert Gays.So was wondering about your Gilbert Gay, who his ancestors were, etc.Do you have any ideas about where in GA he was prior to going to Texas?