Clay Family Society

GATHERINGS
 
Every two years the Society holds a 'Gathering' of members.
 This tradition began in 2002.

If you have photos and-or stories from previous gatherings, we would like to hear from you!!!
We need photos and stories for the website...

...see the contact information on the left side

CLAY FAMILY SOCIETY 2012

Declare Your Independence

Next June the Clay Family Society will be holding its EIGHTH gathering in the geographic and demographic epicenter of the United States. We will be focusing on how families migrated within the United States, and how we can use records to follow them.

Here are some things you can look forward to:

We will take a look at which Clays were in the mid-west, particularly this part of Missouri, and what happened to them.

A visit to the National Frontier Trails Museum to see how some of our families prepared and crossed the plains (quiz – how many major trails left from the Missouri River, and where did they go?)

A visit to the Midwest Genealogy Center – a world class opportunity to find out more about the acquisition of land in America — the “metes and bounds” of the colonies, and the later “rectangular survey system.”

We will be focusing on new ways to do research, especially with the internet, and how to “cite sources.”

Plan to join us! 

PAST GATHERINGS

CLAY FAMILY SOCIETY 2008

The fifth Gathering of the Clay Family was held in Huntsville, Alabama, June 20-22, 2008.  Huntsville, birthplace of Alabama!  Clement Comer Clay, his son Clement Claiborne Clay, and many others have called Huntsville and Madison County their homes.  We had a great time and missed all our Clay cousins that were unable to attend!! A few from 2008 at Constitution Village... images provided by: Marcia Hovenden   - Click on image to enlarge -

CLAY FAMILY SOCIETY 2006

June 2006 took us to Chester, Virginia for a three day Gathering. We were happy to see cousins that we had not seen for the two years since the last Gathering, and we met new cousins that joined us for their first time. We visited the cemeteries of Henry Clay, the elder who died in 1760, his son Rev. Eleazar Clay and grandson Phineas Clay. We heard the stories of the petrified man of Chesterfield County, the kidnapping of two Indian children by Henry Clay, and of the searches of our cousins.
 

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St Johns' Church	Gregg Clemmer Cemetery Tour	Group Picture

Betty Clemmer	Bob Clay and Lindsey Apple	Billie Jo Monger
Phineas Clay Tomb Marker		Matthew Clay Headstone

 

CLAY FAMILY SOCIETY 2004

The third gathering was June 25-27, 2004 in Beckley, West Virginia.

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Clay Memorial Site	Historical marker for  Mitchell and Phoebe Clay	Statue of Mitchell  and Phoebe Clay
Clay History	Clay Burials	Linda Cheeks Pittano  at the Clay Memorial
	Hortense Phillpott made a quilt about Mitchell and Phoebe Belcher Clay. It was raffled off and Virginia Rahal won it. Hortense is now deceased.

The second gathering was in 2002 in Lexington, Kentucky.
 images provided by: Marcia Hovenden

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The first meeting was in 2001 in Williamsburg, Virginia.  The Clay Family Society was formed and everyone agreed to hold an official Gathering in 2002 and every two years afterward.
images provided by: Marcia Hovenden

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