Married #1 Elizabeth Slagle on 23 Nov 1829, Wythe County, VA. Married #2 Susan Wallace Salmons (widow of William Salmons who died 1862) on Dec. 6, 1866, Carter Co., KY.

1839-1842 Tax List (Wythe Co., VA)
Albert G Clay

October 2, 1847, Russell Co., VA. Albert Clay bid on possessions of William Fraley's Estate.

1850 Census (Russell County, VA)
Albert G Clay 45 NC (farmer)
Elizabeth Clay 42 VA
James M Clay 20 VA
George W Clay 17 VA
Martin G Clay 15 VA
Rufus M Clay 12 VA
William H Clay 10 VA
Susannah Porter 21 VA

1860 Census (Carter Co., KY)
A G Clay 54 VA
Elizabeth Clay 55 VA
George W Clay 27 VA
Rufus M Clay 21 VA
William Clay 20 VA
Susan Creech 10 KY

Living with his family in the neighborhood with Maggard, Fraley, Blankenbecker, Bailey, Harper, and Salmons families who were all related and relocated to East Carter Memory Gardens Cemetery in Grayson, KY.

1860 Census (Carter Co., KY)
Salmons William 41 KY
SALMONS SUSAN 31 VA
Salmons Ben F 20 KY
Salmons Thos 18 KY
Salmons Elizabeth 16 KY
Salmons James 14 KY
Salmons G W 10 KY
Salmons Nancy 9 KY
Salmons Rebecca 6 KY
SALMONS JOHN 2 KY

1870 Census (Carter Co., KY)
Albert Clay 64 NC
Susan Clay 44 VA
John Salmons 12 KY

1880 Census (Somervell, Texas)
A G Clay Self 74 VA
Susan Clay Wife 54 VA
John Salmons Stepson 23 KY
Lucy Wallace Niece 7 KY
Thos Wallace Nephew 6 KY

Children (born Wythe and Smyth Co., VA:

1. James M Clay (1830-1878)(Pvt, Fields Partisan Rangers, 5th KY Mounted Inf. CSA, and Fortieth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, Union) m. Susan Blankenbeckler on 8 Nov, 1852 in Wythe Co. VA.

2. George Wilson Clay (b.1833)(Pvt, Fields Partisan Rangers, 5th KY Mounted Inf. CSA) m. Margaret Sloan on 16 Sep 1865, Carter County, KY. Died 1880, Somervell Co., TX. Margaret applied for a Confederate Pension at Somervell Co., TX. She died 24 Aug 1926, Glen Rose, Somervell Co., TX.

3. Martin G. Clay (b.1835)(Martin G. Clay 23, b. Wythe Co., VA m. Sarah Fraley 35, b. Russell Co., VA. on 20 Oct 1858, Carter Co., KY.)

4. Rufus McCoy Clay (b.1838)(Pvt, Fields Partisan Rangers, 5th KY Mounted Inf. CSA, and Fortieth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry, Union) m. Lenah Maggard on 2 Dec 1865, Carter Co., KY.

5. William Henry Clay (b.1840)(Pvt, Fields Partisan Rangers, 5th KY Mounted Inf. CSA) m. Mary Williams on 29 Mar 1863, Carter Co., KY. 1870 Census (Carter Co., KY) William Clay 24 VA, Mary Clay 23 KY, Rufus Clay 6 KY, Malissa Clay 3 KY, George Clay 1 KY.

William and Mary Clay's son George C. Clay was born 25 Nov 1868, Carter Co., KY and died 04 Nov 1920, Seymour, Baylor, TX.