Henry Clay, IV

Notes:

"Src: Six Generations of LaRues and Allied Families", Otis Mather, pp.136, 170;
Two Centuries in Elizabethown and Hardin Co., Ky. 1776-1976 by Daniel E. McClure, Jr., p. 178. "...son of Dr. Henry Clay, who came to Ky. in 1787...Henry Clay . . . was a liutenant of the 4th So., 3rd Reg. of Ky. Riflemen under Genl. William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812, and later was a colonel in the State Militia. He was known as 'Colonel Henry Clay of Bourbon' to distinguish him from Henry Clay of Lexington, to whom he was a second cousin, as he was also to Cassius M. Clay and Brutus Clay, other well-known Kentuckians. The twelve children born to Henry and Margaret Helm Clay..."
Henry CLAY
John CLAY
+Sally CLAY
+Henrietta CLAY
Joseph Helm CLAY
Letitia CLAY
Rachel Elizabeth CLAY
Samuel CLAY
Mary Ann CLAY
Francis Povall CLAY
Matthew Martin CLAY

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Henry married Margaret "Peggy" Helm about 1800. Margaret (daughter of Joseph Helm and Rebecca Larue) was born about 1780; died after 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Henry Clay's Station [1] "Dr. Henry Clay, who fathered one of three separate though related branches of Clays in the county, came to Bourbon County in 1787. He is reported to have built a stockade in the Clintonville District in 1787 then a stone house the following year (Grimes 1935). No primary sources were located for this information. His land entries include a 400-acre and a 1000-acre preemption on the Stoner Fork of Licking River (BrookesSmith 1976:37, Virginia Survey Book 1, p. 373). This tract is located, according to entry, 200 yards northwest of McMullen's Spring and includes a portion of the main Stoner channel.

Henry Clay assigned this tract to Samuel Clay in 1783 and the patent was issued in 1784. McMullen's Spring is near where the Harrod's Creek Road crosses Stoner Creek. Henry Clay's reported stockade or station would not have been located on this tract since he transferred it to Samuel Clay three years before he permanently settled in Kentucky.

The stone house he built in 1788 (designated 15Bb77) is, still standing. It is located along a farm road which runs southwest from Winchester Road opposite the juncture of Winchester and Spears Mill roads (Figure IV-7 and IV-8). The L & N railroad track runs immediately southwest of the site. The Clay cemetery is north of the house. Henry and his wife, Rachel, are buried there along with other family members. Henry died in 1824, at the age of 84; Rachel was 81 when she died in 1820. Henry Clay Jr. inherited the house. An H. Clay is listed in the approximate location on the 1877 Beers and Lanagan map.

Grimes (1935) did not indicate if the station was built on the same location as the stone house. No trace of a log structure or foundations were found around the stone house although pasture coverage made surface survey difficult. The house, known locally as "the Fort", is a small structure of one-and-one-half stories with interior end chimneys. The lower floor has two rooms and stairs in the northeast corner lead up to a second floor. A frame shed with a brick chimney is a recent addition on the east side of the house. The front of the house faces west. Two windows pierce the west wall on the first floor. An irregular depression on the south end of the house is suggestive of another possible addition but no door is present to connect it to the stone house without having to come outside. Very little modification has been done to the stone section. The structure was being used to store hay at the time of survey.

Since Dr. Clay's stone house was not located on his land grant, he must have acquired his tract by purchase. In checking early deeds, a land transfer for 200 acres between Henry Clay, Sr. and Benjamin Bedford was found which coincides with the stone house location. Dated February 20, 1793, the deed was for 200 acres on which Henry Clay was then living, on the waters of Green Creek. The land was adjacent to James Parberry, a Bruce, and another Clay (Bourbon County Deed Book B, p. 333).

Time constraints, very dense grass cover and extremely hard, dried out soil rendered shovel probing impractical. The ground around the structure appears little disturbed and archaeological remains are probable although their density and character are unverified. However, the site is deemed worthy of further consideration.

HENRY CLAY, SR.-Will Book F, page 331-"Aged and infirm." Wife, Rachel; son, Henry Clay, Jr.; daughter, Rebecca Finch, land purchased of Col. Jas. Garrard; daughters Sally Martin and Tabitha Bedford, land in Montgomery County; daughters Elizabeth Bruce, Rachel Martin, Marv Anne Dawson, Martha Dedford, Henrietta Bedinger, Letty Bedford; sons, John and Samuel. Executor: Henry Clay, Jr. Written August 7, 1809. Proved February 1820. Witnesses-Jospeh McConnell, Samuel McConnell, Sampson McConnell, Geo. Thomas, Josiah Berryman. [2]

#8599: Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997). Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, Number 1 - May 1995. p. 94. Bourbon County.

Thomas Bedford of Charlotte County, Va., was twice married, says tradition. First to Miss Spencer, then to Mary Coleman, who bore him a large family. Among them your Thomas, Benjamin, Littleberry and Asa. The last three married the daughters of Dr. Henry Clay, an early pioneer of Bourbon County, Ky. Thomas, Sr., lived in Goochland County, Va., dying there about 1758.

Children:
Elizabeth (1755-)
John (1757-1814)
Rebekah (1759-)
Samuel (1761-)
Rachel (1763-)
Sarah (1765-)
Tabitha (1767-1864)
Mary Ann (1770-)
Mattie (1772-1864)
Laetitia (Died young) (1774-)
Henrietta (1776-)
Lettie (1782-1827)
Henry (1779-1863)

Sources
1. Stockading Up by Nancy O?Malley, pp. 52, 55
2. Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS, Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 27.
http://www.shawhan.com/stations/clay.html.

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Henry married Rachel Povall on 07 Apr 1753 in Virginia. Rachel was born in 1739 in Virginia; died on 09 Apr 1820 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"In his fathers will he received the land and plantation he now liveson and two hundred acres of land at Letalone in Goochland County. will was probated 10-22-1764. Residence: Southern Parish, Cumberland Co. Virginia."

Children:
2 Henry CLAY b: 1736 d: 1820
2 Charles CLAY b: 1739
2 Samuel CLAY b: 1743
2 Thomas CLAY b: 1746
2 Abia CLAY b: 1747
2 Marston 1167 CLAY b: 1749
2 Rebecca CLAY b: 1752
2 John CLAY b: 1753 d: 1835
2 Elija CLAY b: 1759
2 Lucy CLAY b: 1756

Poindexter Mosby of Cumberland Co. deed from Henry Clay & Rachel, his wife of same Co., 200 acres in Cumberland Co. , adj. sd. Mosby, Jesse Carter &c. Feb. 23, 1767 , Ibid, p. 152.
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Henry married Lucy Green in 1735 in Virginia. Lucy (daughter of Thomas Abner Green and Elizabeth Marvell Marston) was born on 19 Jul 1717 in Cumberland Co, Virginia; died on 22 Oct 1764 in Southam Parish, Cumberland Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

2 Henry CLAY d: 3 AUG 1760 + Mary MITCHELL d: 7 AUG 1777

"A large planter in many Va. counties. He is the common ancestor of all the Clay's in Ky. He was the great-grandfather of Henry Clay , the Statesman. He died of the Nattles and Raells during an annual birthday dinner for his descendants, in honor of his 88 birthday. He was buried at Morrimont, nine miles southwest of Richmond, Va. His home was Henrico."

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Henry married Mary Mitchell about 1707 in Henrico Co, Virginia. Mary was born in Jan 1693 in Virginia; died on 07 Aug 1777 in Chesterfield Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As early as the year 1768 and again in 1772 and 1789 we find the English and Americans forming settlements within the regions then known as a Spanish province. Many of the first American settlers of Jefferson County were from the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland, among whom the names of Green, Moss, Dixon, Harrison, Wood, Magruder, Dunbar, Benoit, Nutt, Nolan, Montgomery, Calvit, and Hunt are prominent. They settled along Cole's creek, in the region around Petit Gulf, where Rodney now stands, and near the present town of Union church in the western part. Henry Green lived on the banks of the branch of Cole's creek, in th immediate vicinity of the old town of Greenville, the original settlement there being called Greenbay. He came from Virginia with his brother, Thomas Abner Green, and the two were the pioneers of the old family, whose decendants still numerous in Jefferson County, and are scattered throughout the soundwest. Joseph K. and Thomas Marston Green were sons of Thomas Abner Green, Thomas Marston being the second delegate to Congress from the Territory. The old Green mansion near Cole's creek was famous for its substantial architecture and lofty columns.

(snip) The first county officers of Pickering county, appointed May 6, 1799 were....Thomas Green, Treasurer;
Coroner, Henry Green.
The following county officers were appointed 1802: Cato West, (snip) Henry Green... The Chief Justices of the County Courts, down to the year 1813, successively, were Cato West... Joseph Green...

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Cause of education early engaged in attention of the citizens of Jefferson County, and a society was incorporated by the Genrel Assembly for the establishment of academics and the diffusion of knowledge. This society was chartered Jan 8, 1807 and was called the "Franklin Society of Jefferson County." It's members were Cato West, Thomas M. Green... Henry Green... (snip) established two schools, a male and a female, which flourished for many years.

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In the year 1809 the first joint stock banking company of the Territoy was established by the General Assembly, styled "the Presidnt and Directors, and Company of the Bank of Mississippi." On its first board were three prominent citizens.... Abner Green...

In the Constitutional Convention 1817, we find Jefferson County represented by a brilliant quartet of men: ... Cato West.... Col West was a native of Fairfax county Virginia and came to Jefferson county before territorial days and located at Pickering. he was one of the wealthiest planters of his day and was appointed secretary of the Territory in 1801 when W.C.C. Clairborne was appointed governor, and was for a time acting governor when Gov Clairborne was sent to New Orleans to receive the Louisiana Purchase from France.


source:
Encyclopedia of Mississippi history: comprising sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and persons,... Vol 1, edited by Dunbar Rowland Madison Wis. Selwyn A. Brant 1907 (two volumes)
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Thomas married Elizabeth Marvell Marston about 1715 in James City Co, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Marston and Elizabeth Marvell) was born on 25 Nov 1692 in Henrico Co, Virginia; died on 11 Aug 1759 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]