Grainger-Anderson County TN Archives Military Records.....Clay, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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WILLIAM CLAY



   William Clay applied for revolutionary pension while living in Grainger

County, Tennessee, in 1832. He was born in Chesterfield County, Va., in 1700

[sic]. He enlisted in Chesterfield County, in 1776. at the age of sixteen. He

moved to Amelia County, Va., where he again enlisted in 1781. He served in the

Seige of Yorktown. A few years alter the Revolution he moved to Halifax County,

Va., where he lived until 1793 when he moved to Washington County, Va., and from

thence in 1794 to Grainger County, Tenn., where he resided until his death Aug.,

4, 1841. His widow, Rebecca Clay, applied for pension in August 1843, while

living in Anderson County, Tenn. She states that she was married to William Clay

in Halifax County, Va., Dec., 30. 1788, in her father's house and that her name

was Rebecca Comer. Her father was Samuel Comer. She states that her son, Hon

Clement Comer Clay of Alabama, was born Dec., 17, 1792; Nancy, born Sept., 18,

1794; William, born July 18, 1794; Cynthia, born Dec,, 15, 1789; Maacha, born

June 18, 1802, and Samuel Anderson, born March 29, 1805.



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SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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