Ann Nancy Winn was the daughter of George and Lettice Winn of Fayette County, KY. She married Samuel Clay. Because her husband was buried in this cemetery, her memorial was placed here; interment location is not verified.
Source for dates and parentage:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:
The KY Society, Joseph Hedges Ewalt, descendant of Samuel Clay, accepted 26 March 1909
The couple's children as viewed at Ancestry from Watson-Clay family tree follow:
Henry C Clay 1791 –
Letitia Clay 1792 – 1857
Samuel Clay 1794 –
George Clay 1796 – 1858
Littleberry Bedford Clay1799 – 1879
John Clay 1800 –
Richard P Clay 1802 –
Rachel Clay 1804 – 1840
Thomas Clay 1806 – 1831
William Green Clay 1810 – 1855
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According to information submitted by Connie Collins of Bourbon County, KY, Samuel Clay, Mrs. Nancy CLay's husband, was a son of Dr. Henry Clay III and Rachel Clay nee Povall. The couple moved with their 12 children to Bourbon County from Charlotte County, Virginia in 1787. Son Samuel Clay (1761-1810) was born in Cumberland County, Virginia. He served under General Green in the Carolinas during the Revolution, and died in Bourbon County in 1810. He married Nancy Winn in 1780, in Charlotte County, Virginia. Samuel Clay’s will mentions sons, Henry, Samuel, George, Littleberry, John, Richard, Thomas, and William Green, and daughters Leticia and Rachel.
For more specific Clay material, see Bourbon County, KY, Revolutionary War Biographies.
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from online FrontierFolk:
Samuel CLAY
Birth: May 10, 1761
Military: Revolutionary War
Father: Dr. Henry CLAY III (1736-1820)
Mother: Rachel POVALL (1739-1820)
28. Samuel Clay, born May 10, 1761, came to Kentucky soon after the close of the Revolutionary War and settled on Green Creek, Bourbon County. In 1777, when less than sixteen, he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and followed General Greene throughout the campaign of the Carolinas. He was wounded in the foot at Fort Watson, and was carried to the home of Mrs. Abram Martin, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to be nursed by his sisters. The Tories, learning of his refuge, searched the house in vain to find the wounded rebel, and in their chagrin cut open the feather beds and scattered the contents. His wound healing rapidly, young Clay soon rejoined his command at Fort Motte, and remembered the heroine of that victory as she hastened to General Marion with the bows and arrows for the destruction of her own home. Many interesting stories have been handed down respecting his enlistment and service, which were more than twice - told tales in the home of the writer a quarter of a century ago.
None of Samuel Clay's descendants doubt his Revolutionary record, yet we have not been able to verify the family traditions. He was a man of fine physique and great inventive genius, which served him to good purpose in pioneer times. He was killed by the falling of timbers while superintending the erection of a new barn. He married Ann (Nancy) Winn, daughter of George and Lettice Winn, of Fayette County, Kentucky. His will was probated in the Bourbon Court, June, 1810. [1]
SAMUEL CLAY-Will Book D, page 89-Son, Henry, land on which Anthony Thornton lives; wife; daughter, Lititia; son, Samuel, land on which Zedic Smith lived; son George, land on which Robert Athey formerly lived; son, Littleberry, land on which Win. Reid lives; son, John, land on which Emanuel Wyatt lives; son, Richard, Hutchison place; daughter Rachel, farm in Madison County; son, Thomas, land in Henderson County; youngest son, Wm. Green. Executors: Brother Henry Clay and Benj. Bedford. Written April 7, 1810. Proved June, 1810. Witnesses-Emanuel Wyatt, Robt. Nichols, John O. Hancock, Jno. Wyatt, Moses Thomas. [2]
Spouses
1: Ann Nancy WINN
Father: George WINN
Mother: Lettice
Children: Henry C. (1791-)
Letitia (1792-)
Samuel (1794-)
George (1796-)
Littleberry Bedford (1799-1879)
Richard P. (1802-)
John (1800-)
Thomas (-1831)
Rachel (1804-)
William Green (1810-1855)
Sources
1. Smith, Zachary; Clay, Mrs. Mary Rogers. The Clay Family. Filson Club Publication No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company, 1899, pp. 94-95.
2. Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS, Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 27.
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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. pp. 94-95. Nelson County.
Capt. Owen Winn, Capt. Thomas Winn and Edward Winn came over with the London Company in 1620, from Wales, the family there belonging to the nobility. The parish register of Middlesex County has these entries:
Richard Winn, son of Richard and Sarah Winn, was baptized September 28, 1701; John, som of same, November 25, 1701; Thomas, son of Richard and Anne Winn, born March 5, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716. Owen Winn died April 17, 1722; William Winn,
Sr., died October 27, 1710. Richard and Sarah had Mary, born December 14, 1696, and Sarah, born January 17, 1798. March 1784, George Winn on Treasury warrant settled on 1,000 acres in Fayette County, Ky. Will probated in 1802, witnessed by Henry Cotton, John Winn and Hendley. Owen
Winn, August 16, 500 acres on Stoners Fork. Minor Winn, September 1, 1786, 2,600 acres on Licking; son David, grandson John D. Winn. James Winn, 112 acres in Nelson County April 1, 1786. George and Lettice Winn
had ten children. His sons were Thomas, Geoge, William and Adam. His daughters were the wives of Henry Cotton, John Hancock, Icholida Musick,Edward Brandley, William Herndon, John Hendley and Samuel Clay, of Bourbon County. William Herndon married Katherine Winn. He and his wife both died
in 1850. They had five children, John Patrick, Henry George, Elijah, Elizabeth and Sallie. William Herndon came to Kentucky in 1800 from Charlotte County, Va. Capt. William Herndon of Lancaster, Ky., is his grandson and may know the Winn story. Isholida Musick, born in 1763, married Sally Winn. His daughter Nancy married Capt. James Duncan, soldier in 1812, who died in Elm Grove, Clay County, Mo., leaving a large family. Adam Winn was drowned in Kentucky River at the mouth of Elk Creek, May 21, 1826. John Hendley married Jemima Winn. Owen and Mary Cotton Winn had: Sarah Winn, married Boggs; Susannah, married --- Spurr; ELizabeth married William Vallandingham; Polly married --- King; Jane married Charles Grimes; Anna married John Gess; Lydia married William C. Spurr; Dora Winn married Aaron H. Young; Barbara Winn married Robert Bush;
John Winn married Susanna Dulin; Nathaniel Winn. Mary Cotton Winn was the daughter of John Cotton of Nelson County. What kin was this John Cotton to Henry Cotton who married the daughter of George and Lettice or Letitia
Winn? What was Letitia Winn's maiden name? I find beside those above the following marriage records in the Fayette County Court: Lucy C. Winn ad Joseph Gatewood; Willis Winn and Elizabeth Winn; James Winn and Mary D.---; Jacob Winn and C. A. Sherman; Owen and Beorge B. Harrison; Lydia Ann
Winn and James Clarke; Jesse D. Winn and Lucy Buckner; Rebecca Winn and George Clay.
Where do these Winns belong? Owen Winn's will was probated September 8, 1805. William Davenport, Thomas Clarke and Charles Grimes witnesses. The above is from authentic records. Winn Cotton Hendley Hancock Musick Brandley Herndon Clay Duncan Boggs Spurr Vallandingham King Grimes Gess Spurr Young Bush Dulin Gatewood Sherman Harrison Clarke Buckner Clay (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nelson/winn.txt)
Source for dates and parentage:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:
The KY Society, Joseph Hedges Ewalt, descendant of Samuel Clay, accepted 26 March 1909
The couple's children as viewed at Ancestry from Watson-Clay family tree follow:
Henry C Clay 1791 –
Letitia Clay 1792 – 1857
Samuel Clay 1794 –
George Clay 1796 – 1858
Littleberry Bedford Clay1799 – 1879
John Clay 1800 –
Richard P Clay 1802 –
Rachel Clay 1804 – 1840
Thomas Clay 1806 – 1831
William Green Clay 1810 – 1855
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According to information submitted by Connie Collins of Bourbon County, KY, Samuel Clay, Mrs. Nancy CLay's husband, was a son of Dr. Henry Clay III and Rachel Clay nee Povall. The couple moved with their 12 children to Bourbon County from Charlotte County, Virginia in 1787. Son Samuel Clay (1761-1810) was born in Cumberland County, Virginia. He served under General Green in the Carolinas during the Revolution, and died in Bourbon County in 1810. He married Nancy Winn in 1780, in Charlotte County, Virginia. Samuel Clay’s will mentions sons, Henry, Samuel, George, Littleberry, John, Richard, Thomas, and William Green, and daughters Leticia and Rachel.
For more specific Clay material, see Bourbon County, KY, Revolutionary War Biographies.
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from online FrontierFolk:
Samuel CLAY
Birth: May 10, 1761
Military: Revolutionary War
Father: Dr. Henry CLAY III (1736-1820)
Mother: Rachel POVALL (1739-1820)
28. Samuel Clay, born May 10, 1761, came to Kentucky soon after the close of the Revolutionary War and settled on Green Creek, Bourbon County. In 1777, when less than sixteen, he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and followed General Greene throughout the campaign of the Carolinas. He was wounded in the foot at Fort Watson, and was carried to the home of Mrs. Abram Martin, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to be nursed by his sisters. The Tories, learning of his refuge, searched the house in vain to find the wounded rebel, and in their chagrin cut open the feather beds and scattered the contents. His wound healing rapidly, young Clay soon rejoined his command at Fort Motte, and remembered the heroine of that victory as she hastened to General Marion with the bows and arrows for the destruction of her own home. Many interesting stories have been handed down respecting his enlistment and service, which were more than twice - told tales in the home of the writer a quarter of a century ago.
None of Samuel Clay's descendants doubt his Revolutionary record, yet we have not been able to verify the family traditions. He was a man of fine physique and great inventive genius, which served him to good purpose in pioneer times. He was killed by the falling of timbers while superintending the erection of a new barn. He married Ann (Nancy) Winn, daughter of George and Lettice Winn, of Fayette County, Kentucky. His will was probated in the Bourbon Court, June, 1810. [1]
SAMUEL CLAY-Will Book D, page 89-Son, Henry, land on which Anthony Thornton lives; wife; daughter, Lititia; son, Samuel, land on which Zedic Smith lived; son George, land on which Robert Athey formerly lived; son, Littleberry, land on which Win. Reid lives; son, John, land on which Emanuel Wyatt lives; son, Richard, Hutchison place; daughter Rachel, farm in Madison County; son, Thomas, land in Henderson County; youngest son, Wm. Green. Executors: Brother Henry Clay and Benj. Bedford. Written April 7, 1810. Proved June, 1810. Witnesses-Emanuel Wyatt, Robt. Nichols, John O. Hancock, Jno. Wyatt, Moses Thomas. [2]
Spouses
1: Ann Nancy WINN
Father: George WINN
Mother: Lettice
Children: Henry C. (1791-)
Letitia (1792-)
Samuel (1794-)
George (1796-)
Littleberry Bedford (1799-1879)
Richard P. (1802-)
John (1800-)
Thomas (-1831)
Rachel (1804-)
William Green (1810-1855)
Sources
1. Smith, Zachary; Clay, Mrs. Mary Rogers. The Clay Family. Filson Club Publication No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company, 1899, pp. 94-95.
2. Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS, Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 27.
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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. pp. 94-95. Nelson County.
Capt. Owen Winn, Capt. Thomas Winn and Edward Winn came over with the London Company in 1620, from Wales, the family there belonging to the nobility. The parish register of Middlesex County has these entries:
Richard Winn, son of Richard and Sarah Winn, was baptized September 28, 1701; John, som of same, November 25, 1701; Thomas, son of Richard and Anne Winn, born March 5, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716. Owen Winn died April 17, 1722; William Winn,
Sr., died October 27, 1710. Richard and Sarah had Mary, born December 14, 1696, and Sarah, born January 17, 1798. March 1784, George Winn on Treasury warrant settled on 1,000 acres in Fayette County, Ky. Will probated in 1802, witnessed by Henry Cotton, John Winn and Hendley. Owen
Winn, August 16, 500 acres on Stoners Fork. Minor Winn, September 1, 1786, 2,600 acres on Licking; son David, grandson John D. Winn. James Winn, 112 acres in Nelson County April 1, 1786. George and Lettice Winn
had ten children. His sons were Thomas, Geoge, William and Adam. His daughters were the wives of Henry Cotton, John Hancock, Icholida Musick,Edward Brandley, William Herndon, John Hendley and Samuel Clay, of Bourbon County. William Herndon married Katherine Winn. He and his wife both died
in 1850. They had five children, John Patrick, Henry George, Elijah, Elizabeth and Sallie. William Herndon came to Kentucky in 1800 from Charlotte County, Va. Capt. William Herndon of Lancaster, Ky., is his grandson and may know the Winn story. Isholida Musick, born in 1763, married Sally Winn. His daughter Nancy married Capt. James Duncan, soldier in 1812, who died in Elm Grove, Clay County, Mo., leaving a large family. Adam Winn was drowned in Kentucky River at the mouth of Elk Creek, May 21, 1826. John Hendley married Jemima Winn. Owen and Mary Cotton Winn had: Sarah Winn, married Boggs; Susannah, married --- Spurr; ELizabeth married William Vallandingham; Polly married --- King; Jane married Charles Grimes; Anna married John Gess; Lydia married William C. Spurr; Dora Winn married Aaron H. Young; Barbara Winn married Robert Bush;
John Winn married Susanna Dulin; Nathaniel Winn. Mary Cotton Winn was the daughter of John Cotton of Nelson County. What kin was this John Cotton to Henry Cotton who married the daughter of George and Lettice or Letitia
Winn? What was Letitia Winn's maiden name? I find beside those above the following marriage records in the Fayette County Court: Lucy C. Winn ad Joseph Gatewood; Willis Winn and Elizabeth Winn; James Winn and Mary D.---; Jacob Winn and C. A. Sherman; Owen and Beorge B. Harrison; Lydia Ann
Winn and James Clarke; Jesse D. Winn and Lucy Buckner; Rebecca Winn and George Clay.
Where do these Winns belong? Owen Winn's will was probated September 8, 1805. William Davenport, Thomas Clarke and Charles Grimes witnesses. The above is from authentic records. Winn Cotton Hendley Hancock Musick Brandley Herndon Clay Duncan Boggs Spurr Vallandingham King Grimes Gess Spurr Young Bush Dulin Gatewood Sherman Harrison Clarke Buckner Clay (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nelson/winn.txt)
Ann Nancy Winn was the daughter of George and Lettice Winn of Fayette County, KY. She married Samuel Clay. Because her husband was buried in this cemetery, her memorial was placed here; interment location is not verified.
Source for dates and parentage:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:
The KY Society, Joseph Hedges Ewalt, descendant of Samuel Clay, accepted 26 March 1909
The couple's children as viewed at Ancestry from Watson-Clay family tree follow:
Henry C Clay 1791 –
Letitia Clay 1792 – 1857
Samuel Clay 1794 –
George Clay 1796 – 1858
Littleberry Bedford Clay1799 – 1879
John Clay 1800 –
Richard P Clay 1802 –
Rachel Clay 1804 – 1840
Thomas Clay 1806 – 1831
William Green Clay 1810 – 1855
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According to information submitted by Connie Collins of Bourbon County, KY, Samuel Clay, Mrs. Nancy CLay's husband, was a son of Dr. Henry Clay III and Rachel Clay nee Povall. The couple moved with their 12 children to Bourbon County from Charlotte County, Virginia in 1787. Son Samuel Clay (1761-1810) was born in Cumberland County, Virginia. He served under General Green in the Carolinas during the Revolution, and died in Bourbon County in 1810. He married Nancy Winn in 1780, in Charlotte County, Virginia. Samuel Clay’s will mentions sons, Henry, Samuel, George, Littleberry, John, Richard, Thomas, and William Green, and daughters Leticia and Rachel.
For more specific Clay material, see Bourbon County, KY, Revolutionary War Biographies.
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from online FrontierFolk:
Samuel CLAY
Birth: May 10, 1761
Military: Revolutionary War
Father: Dr. Henry CLAY III (1736-1820)
Mother: Rachel POVALL (1739-1820)
28. Samuel Clay, born May 10, 1761, came to Kentucky soon after the close of the Revolutionary War and settled on Green Creek, Bourbon County. In 1777, when less than sixteen, he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and followed General Greene throughout the campaign of the Carolinas. He was wounded in the foot at Fort Watson, and was carried to the home of Mrs. Abram Martin, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to be nursed by his sisters. The Tories, learning of his refuge, searched the house in vain to find the wounded rebel, and in their chagrin cut open the feather beds and scattered the contents. His wound healing rapidly, young Clay soon rejoined his command at Fort Motte, and remembered the heroine of that victory as she hastened to General Marion with the bows and arrows for the destruction of her own home. Many interesting stories have been handed down respecting his enlistment and service, which were more than twice - told tales in the home of the writer a quarter of a century ago.
None of Samuel Clay's descendants doubt his Revolutionary record, yet we have not been able to verify the family traditions. He was a man of fine physique and great inventive genius, which served him to good purpose in pioneer times. He was killed by the falling of timbers while superintending the erection of a new barn. He married Ann (Nancy) Winn, daughter of George and Lettice Winn, of Fayette County, Kentucky. His will was probated in the Bourbon Court, June, 1810. [1]
SAMUEL CLAY-Will Book D, page 89-Son, Henry, land on which Anthony Thornton lives; wife; daughter, Lititia; son, Samuel, land on which Zedic Smith lived; son George, land on which Robert Athey formerly lived; son, Littleberry, land on which Win. Reid lives; son, John, land on which Emanuel Wyatt lives; son, Richard, Hutchison place; daughter Rachel, farm in Madison County; son, Thomas, land in Henderson County; youngest son, Wm. Green. Executors: Brother Henry Clay and Benj. Bedford. Written April 7, 1810. Proved June, 1810. Witnesses-Emanuel Wyatt, Robt. Nichols, John O. Hancock, Jno. Wyatt, Moses Thomas. [2]
Spouses
1: Ann Nancy WINN
Father: George WINN
Mother: Lettice
Children: Henry C. (1791-)
Letitia (1792-)
Samuel (1794-)
George (1796-)
Littleberry Bedford (1799-1879)
Richard P. (1802-)
John (1800-)
Thomas (-1831)
Rachel (1804-)
William Green (1810-1855)
Sources
1. Smith, Zachary; Clay, Mrs. Mary Rogers. The Clay Family. Filson Club Publication No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company, 1899, pp. 94-95.
2. Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS, Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 27.
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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. pp. 94-95. Nelson County.
Capt. Owen Winn, Capt. Thomas Winn and Edward Winn came over with the London Company in 1620, from Wales, the family there belonging to the nobility. The parish register of Middlesex County has these entries:
Richard Winn, son of Richard and Sarah Winn, was baptized September 28, 1701; John, som of same, November 25, 1701; Thomas, son of Richard and Anne Winn, born March 5, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716. Owen Winn died April 17, 1722; William Winn,
Sr., died October 27, 1710. Richard and Sarah had Mary, born December 14, 1696, and Sarah, born January 17, 1798. March 1784, George Winn on Treasury warrant settled on 1,000 acres in Fayette County, Ky. Will probated in 1802, witnessed by Henry Cotton, John Winn and Hendley. Owen
Winn, August 16, 500 acres on Stoners Fork. Minor Winn, September 1, 1786, 2,600 acres on Licking; son David, grandson John D. Winn. James Winn, 112 acres in Nelson County April 1, 1786. George and Lettice Winn
had ten children. His sons were Thomas, Geoge, William and Adam. His daughters were the wives of Henry Cotton, John Hancock, Icholida Musick,Edward Brandley, William Herndon, John Hendley and Samuel Clay, of Bourbon County. William Herndon married Katherine Winn. He and his wife both died
in 1850. They had five children, John Patrick, Henry George, Elijah, Elizabeth and Sallie. William Herndon came to Kentucky in 1800 from Charlotte County, Va. Capt. William Herndon of Lancaster, Ky., is his grandson and may know the Winn story. Isholida Musick, born in 1763, married Sally Winn. His daughter Nancy married Capt. James Duncan, soldier in 1812, who died in Elm Grove, Clay County, Mo., leaving a large family. Adam Winn was drowned in Kentucky River at the mouth of Elk Creek, May 21, 1826. John Hendley married Jemima Winn. Owen and Mary Cotton Winn had: Sarah Winn, married Boggs; Susannah, married --- Spurr; ELizabeth married William Vallandingham; Polly married --- King; Jane married Charles Grimes; Anna married John Gess; Lydia married William C. Spurr; Dora Winn married Aaron H. Young; Barbara Winn married Robert Bush;
John Winn married Susanna Dulin; Nathaniel Winn. Mary Cotton Winn was the daughter of John Cotton of Nelson County. What kin was this John Cotton to Henry Cotton who married the daughter of George and Lettice or Letitia
Winn? What was Letitia Winn's maiden name? I find beside those above the following marriage records in the Fayette County Court: Lucy C. Winn ad Joseph Gatewood; Willis Winn and Elizabeth Winn; James Winn and Mary D.---; Jacob Winn and C. A. Sherman; Owen and Beorge B. Harrison; Lydia Ann
Winn and James Clarke; Jesse D. Winn and Lucy Buckner; Rebecca Winn and George Clay.
Where do these Winns belong? Owen Winn's will was probated September 8, 1805. William Davenport, Thomas Clarke and Charles Grimes witnesses. The above is from authentic records. Winn Cotton Hendley Hancock Musick Brandley Herndon Clay Duncan Boggs Spurr Vallandingham King Grimes Gess Spurr Young Bush Dulin Gatewood Sherman Harrison Clarke Buckner Clay (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nelson/winn.txt)
Source for dates and parentage:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:
The KY Society, Joseph Hedges Ewalt, descendant of Samuel Clay, accepted 26 March 1909
The couple's children as viewed at Ancestry from Watson-Clay family tree follow:
Henry C Clay 1791 –
Letitia Clay 1792 – 1857
Samuel Clay 1794 –
George Clay 1796 – 1858
Littleberry Bedford Clay1799 – 1879
John Clay 1800 –
Richard P Clay 1802 –
Rachel Clay 1804 – 1840
Thomas Clay 1806 – 1831
William Green Clay 1810 – 1855
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According to information submitted by Connie Collins of Bourbon County, KY, Samuel Clay, Mrs. Nancy CLay's husband, was a son of Dr. Henry Clay III and Rachel Clay nee Povall. The couple moved with their 12 children to Bourbon County from Charlotte County, Virginia in 1787. Son Samuel Clay (1761-1810) was born in Cumberland County, Virginia. He served under General Green in the Carolinas during the Revolution, and died in Bourbon County in 1810. He married Nancy Winn in 1780, in Charlotte County, Virginia. Samuel Clay’s will mentions sons, Henry, Samuel, George, Littleberry, John, Richard, Thomas, and William Green, and daughters Leticia and Rachel.
For more specific Clay material, see Bourbon County, KY, Revolutionary War Biographies.
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from online FrontierFolk:
Samuel CLAY
Birth: May 10, 1761
Military: Revolutionary War
Father: Dr. Henry CLAY III (1736-1820)
Mother: Rachel POVALL (1739-1820)
28. Samuel Clay, born May 10, 1761, came to Kentucky soon after the close of the Revolutionary War and settled on Green Creek, Bourbon County. In 1777, when less than sixteen, he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army and followed General Greene throughout the campaign of the Carolinas. He was wounded in the foot at Fort Watson, and was carried to the home of Mrs. Abram Martin, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to be nursed by his sisters. The Tories, learning of his refuge, searched the house in vain to find the wounded rebel, and in their chagrin cut open the feather beds and scattered the contents. His wound healing rapidly, young Clay soon rejoined his command at Fort Motte, and remembered the heroine of that victory as she hastened to General Marion with the bows and arrows for the destruction of her own home. Many interesting stories have been handed down respecting his enlistment and service, which were more than twice - told tales in the home of the writer a quarter of a century ago.
None of Samuel Clay's descendants doubt his Revolutionary record, yet we have not been able to verify the family traditions. He was a man of fine physique and great inventive genius, which served him to good purpose in pioneer times. He was killed by the falling of timbers while superintending the erection of a new barn. He married Ann (Nancy) Winn, daughter of George and Lettice Winn, of Fayette County, Kentucky. His will was probated in the Bourbon Court, June, 1810. [1]
SAMUEL CLAY-Will Book D, page 89-Son, Henry, land on which Anthony Thornton lives; wife; daughter, Lititia; son, Samuel, land on which Zedic Smith lived; son George, land on which Robert Athey formerly lived; son, Littleberry, land on which Win. Reid lives; son, John, land on which Emanuel Wyatt lives; son, Richard, Hutchison place; daughter Rachel, farm in Madison County; son, Thomas, land in Henderson County; youngest son, Wm. Green. Executors: Brother Henry Clay and Benj. Bedford. Written April 7, 1810. Proved June, 1810. Witnesses-Emanuel Wyatt, Robt. Nichols, John O. Hancock, Jno. Wyatt, Moses Thomas. [2]
Spouses
1: Ann Nancy WINN
Father: George WINN
Mother: Lettice
Children: Henry C. (1791-)
Letitia (1792-)
Samuel (1794-)
George (1796-)
Littleberry Bedford (1799-1879)
Richard P. (1802-)
John (1800-)
Thomas (-1831)
Rachel (1804-)
William Green (1810-1855)
Sources
1. Smith, Zachary; Clay, Mrs. Mary Rogers. The Clay Family. Filson Club Publication No. 14. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company, 1899, pp. 94-95.
2. Kentucky Records, Volume I, BOURBON COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS, Contributed by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, Jemima Johnson Chapter, Paris, Kentucky), p. 27.
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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. pp. 94-95. Nelson County.
Capt. Owen Winn, Capt. Thomas Winn and Edward Winn came over with the London Company in 1620, from Wales, the family there belonging to the nobility. The parish register of Middlesex County has these entries:
Richard Winn, son of Richard and Sarah Winn, was baptized September 28, 1701; John, som of same, November 25, 1701; Thomas, son of Richard and Anne Winn, born March 5, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716; Thomas Winn died October 10, 1716. Owen Winn died April 17, 1722; William Winn,
Sr., died October 27, 1710. Richard and Sarah had Mary, born December 14, 1696, and Sarah, born January 17, 1798. March 1784, George Winn on Treasury warrant settled on 1,000 acres in Fayette County, Ky. Will probated in 1802, witnessed by Henry Cotton, John Winn and Hendley. Owen
Winn, August 16, 500 acres on Stoners Fork. Minor Winn, September 1, 1786, 2,600 acres on Licking; son David, grandson John D. Winn. James Winn, 112 acres in Nelson County April 1, 1786. George and Lettice Winn
had ten children. His sons were Thomas, Geoge, William and Adam. His daughters were the wives of Henry Cotton, John Hancock, Icholida Musick,Edward Brandley, William Herndon, John Hendley and Samuel Clay, of Bourbon County. William Herndon married Katherine Winn. He and his wife both died
in 1850. They had five children, John Patrick, Henry George, Elijah, Elizabeth and Sallie. William Herndon came to Kentucky in 1800 from Charlotte County, Va. Capt. William Herndon of Lancaster, Ky., is his grandson and may know the Winn story. Isholida Musick, born in 1763, married Sally Winn. His daughter Nancy married Capt. James Duncan, soldier in 1812, who died in Elm Grove, Clay County, Mo., leaving a large family. Adam Winn was drowned in Kentucky River at the mouth of Elk Creek, May 21, 1826. John Hendley married Jemima Winn. Owen and Mary Cotton Winn had: Sarah Winn, married Boggs; Susannah, married --- Spurr; ELizabeth married William Vallandingham; Polly married --- King; Jane married Charles Grimes; Anna married John Gess; Lydia married William C. Spurr; Dora Winn married Aaron H. Young; Barbara Winn married Robert Bush;
John Winn married Susanna Dulin; Nathaniel Winn. Mary Cotton Winn was the daughter of John Cotton of Nelson County. What kin was this John Cotton to Henry Cotton who married the daughter of George and Lettice or Letitia
Winn? What was Letitia Winn's maiden name? I find beside those above the following marriage records in the Fayette County Court: Lucy C. Winn ad Joseph Gatewood; Willis Winn and Elizabeth Winn; James Winn and Mary D.---; Jacob Winn and C. A. Sherman; Owen and Beorge B. Harrison; Lydia Ann
Winn and James Clarke; Jesse D. Winn and Lucy Buckner; Rebecca Winn and George Clay.
Where do these Winns belong? Owen Winn's will was probated September 8, 1805. William Davenport, Thomas Clarke and Charles Grimes witnesses. The above is from authentic records. Winn Cotton Hendley Hancock Musick Brandley Herndon Clay Duncan Boggs Spurr Vallandingham King Grimes Gess Spurr Young Bush Dulin Gatewood Sherman Harrison Clarke Buckner Clay (http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nelson/winn.txt)
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