Sidney Payne Clay : papers, 1779-1898.

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Sidney Payne Clay : papers, 1779-1898.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49198224

Primarily the papers of Sidney Clay and his father, Green Clay (1757-1828), first deputy surveyor of Kentucky. Material consists of land papers, 1819-1829; surveys by Green Clay, 1779-1828, and other surveys, 1830; legal papers, 1823-1832; papers in the lawsuit of Green Clay v. Wilday McKinney, 1820-1828; receipts, 1823-1898; papers in the settlement of the estates of Sidney P. Clay and Green Clay, 1834-1838; military papers of Captain Sidney P. Clay, 1833-1834; typed copy of a diary of Mary Catherine Rogers (Mrs. Samuel Clay, Jr.), 12 February - 4 July 1860; and a tailor's ledger, 1849-1851. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence, 1810-1896, of Sidney P. Clay, Green Clay, Isabella (Reed) Clay Weisiger, Margaret Reed, Maria Reed Nelson, John Reed Nelson, William Rodes, Sarah Woolfolk Clay Keen, Joseph Weisiger and others. Letters discuss Green Clay's lands in western Kentucky, Sidney P. Clay's management of his father's land, settlement of Green Clay's estate, faculty and students of Transylvania College, state of Kentucky banks and financial conditions, building of a house by Sidney P. Clay, the cholera epidemic in 1833, Sidney P. Clay's business affairs, his death and settlement of his estate, guardianship of John Reed Nelson, church affairs, and much discussion of family news of the Clay, Reed, Nelson, Edwards, Weisiger, and allied families. There are a few references to Cassius M. Clay and Brutus J. Clay.

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Clay, Brutus Junius, 1808-1878

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U. S. Congressman, Agriculturalist The second son of General Green Clay, Brutus was born in Madison County, Kentucky in 1808. He attended Centre College in Danville. After the death of his older brother Sidney in 1834, Brutus became the head of the family, assuming responsibility for the estate left by his father, who had died six years earlier. This included much aid and supervision of the financial affairs of his brother Cassius, the famous emancipationist, who was fre...

Clay family.

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Nelson family.

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Clay, Green, 1757-1826

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Green Clay was born in Powhaton County, Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1777. A surveyor, he amassed a vast land estate, settling in Madison County. A Kentucky legislator and soldier, he served as major general in Kentucky Militia during the War of 1812. He raised the siege of Fort Meigs, Ohio, reinforcing the army of General William Henry Harrison. From the description of Green Clay letters received, 1808-1813 [microform]. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 464504...

Edwards family.

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Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

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Cassius Marcellus Clay was born to Sally Lewis and Green Clay, one of the wealthiest planters and slaveholders in Kentucky, who became a prominent politician. He was one of six children who survived to adulthood, of seven born. Clay was a member of a large and influential political family. His older brother Brutus J. Clay became a politician at the state and federal levels. They were cousins of both Kentucky politician Henry Clay and Alabama governor Clement Comer Clay. Cassius' sister Elizab...

Clay, Sidney Payne, 1800-1834.

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Landowner of Bourbon County, Kentucky. From the description of Sidney Payne Clay : papers, 1779-1898. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49198224 ...

Weisiger family.

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