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Say My Name Transcription Project: Student Resource Guide

A guide for students who are transcribing historical documents for "Say My Name: Identifying the African Americans Enslaved at White Hall"

Family of Green Clay (1757-1828)

Partial list of siblings:

  • Eleazer Clay: married Jane Apperson.
  • Thomas Clay: married Polly Dawson Callahan.
  • Bettie Clay: married Alexander Murray.
  • Lucy Clay: married William Thaxton.
  • Martha Clay: married Hopkins Lewis

Wife: 

  • Sally Lewis: married Jeptha Dudley after Green's death and often signs letters to her children as Sally Dudley or S.D.

Children:

  • Elizabeth Lewis Clay, married John Speed Smith.
  • Sidney Payne Clay, often referred to as Sidney P. Clay or S.P. Clay. Married first Nancy B. Keen, second Isabella Reed. His children follow:
    • Alice Carneal Clay
    • Isabella Reed Clay
    • Anne Field Clay
    • Sidney Green Clay
    • Kate Longworth Clay
  • Paulina Green Clay, married William Rodes, sometimes spelled Rhodes.
  • Sally Ann Clay, married first Edmund Irvine, second Madison C. Johnson.
  • Brutus Junius Clay, often referred to as B.J. Clay. Married first Amelia Field, second Anne Field. His children follow:
    • Martha Clay
    • Christopher Field Clay
    • Green Clay
    • Ezekiel Field Clay
    • Cassius M. Clay
  • Cassius Marcellus Clay, often referred to as C.M. Clay or C.M.C. Married Mary Jane Warfield. His children follow:
    • Green Clay
    • Mary Barr Clay
    • Sarah Lewis Clay
    • Brutus Junius Clay
    • Laura Clay
    • Annie Clay