Lewis C. Lay

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1837-11-23

Death Date

1918-07-12

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White

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"Lewis C. Lay" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00012143, (accessed May 18, 2025).

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Union County, Tennessee, farmhand and soldier. Campbell County, Tennessee, native. Son of William Lay and Sarah Lay. Married to Hester A. Lay. Father of Tilghman L. Lay. Student in Grainger County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmhand in Union County in 1860. Served in the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from April 2, 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Grainger County, District 13, p. 417A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Union County, District 3, p. 434.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Union County, District 3, p. 227A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Tennessee, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M395, Roll 0204.
"Lewis Capps Lay (1837-1918)," Find A Grave, Memorial #77086317, accessed January 30, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77086317.

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