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Nelson Gay 1812–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Apr 1812

Birth Location: Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: August 1900

Death Location: Hazard, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Henry records

Mother: Margaret Russell

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Nelson Gay was born in 1812 in Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Henry William Red Gay Sr American War For Independence Battle Of Yorktown Bodyguard To General George Washington Guye On Tax Records And Margaret Peggy Russell. Nelson Gay passed away in 1900 in Hazard, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Nelson Gay was born in 1812 in Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Henry William Red Gay Sr American War For Independence Battle Of Yorktown Bodyguard To General George Washington Guye On Tax Records And Margaret Peggy Russell.
  • Nelson Gay passed away in 1900 in Hazard, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA.

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Nelson Gay's Ancestors

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Nelson Gay
1812–1900
Birth Place: Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Henry William 'Red' Gay Sr, American War for Independence: Battle of Yorktown, bodyguard to General George Washington, GUYE on tax records
1748–1830
Greenbriar, Augusta, Virginia, USA
Margaret ("Peggy") Russell
1780–1855
Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Dr (William Alexander 'Old Duke' Gay, a justice of Henrico in 1737, sheriff in) 1745
1705–1749
Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Bolling
1709–1766
Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Martin Russell
1764–
Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Violet (Grant, member of President Grant) line
1768–1873
Hawkins Co., Tennessee, USA
Great-Grandparents
Henry II
1663–1737
Jane Lawrence
1664–1737
1676–1729
Mary Kennon
1679–1727
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Gay
1639–1688
Joane Sanders
1641–1725
Col Burgesses
1646–1709
Jane (Bolling)
1650–1676
Col Sr
1650–1696
Elizabeth Worsham
1651–1743

Nelson Gay's Timeline

2 Records

1812
12 Apr 1812
Birth of Nelson Gay in Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA
1900
August 1900
Age 88
Death of Nelson Gay in Hazard, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA
Hazard, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Apr 1812
    Event Place: Shoal, Perry County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1900
    Event Place: Hazard, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA

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