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Searcy County, Arkansas




Andrew Jackson 'Boone' Lay

Submitted by
Dolores Raines Sutton
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Andrew Jackson 'Boone' Lay was born August 1859 in Scott Co., Huntsville, Tennessee. His parents were David Lay and Elizabeth Ann Chitwood. His grandparents were Jesse Duncan Lay and Susanna Douglas. 

1860 census of Scott Co Tenn  Huntsville Tenn.  
David Lay    29 
 Betty A     25 [Elizabeth]
 Mary A       8
 James L      5
 Borizilla    4
 Andrew       1

By 1870 he had moved his family to Winfield Township, Scott County, Tennessee: 

    
David Lay    39       b Ky
 Elizabeth   36       b Tenn
 Mary        19       
 James       16  
 Borizillia  14 
 Lewis       12
 Andrew      11 
 Jesse        9 
 Sarah        5
 Thomas       4      
 Julia A      1

Lived next to Elizabeth's brother:
David Chitwood   39  
 Nancy           33
 Sarah            9
 Andrew           7
 Mary             6
 Lucinda          5
 Rufus            2
      
Lived next to:
Jesse Lay        33      b ky
 Delphia         31      b Ky
 Sarah           14      b Tenn

David moved his family to Searcy County, Arkansas, Tomahawk Township between 1876-1880. Elizabeth had died by 1880. 

1880 Tomahawk, Searcy Co Census
David Lay        46         b Ky [Widower]
 Sarah           15  Dau    b Tenn       
 Elizabeth        9  Dau    b Tenn
 L. Frank         6  Son    b Tenn
 Asey             4  Son    b Tenn

By the 1900 Tomahawk census David had remarried. 

David Lay         b Oct 1833   Tenn
 Ruthy            b May 1852   Ark
 Mary A Lay       b July 1889  Mo [Granddaughter]
 Layafette Lay    b Feb 1894   Ark [Nephew]
      
Lived next to:
Andrew J Lay        b Feb 1859 Tenn
 Josephine Belle    b Oct 1865 Ark
 David M            b Aug 1884
 Mary A             b Oct 1886
 Penelope A         b Jan 1889
 Martha L           b Oct 1890
 Dora M             b Jan 1894
 Jackson            b May 1896
 Emer M             b Mar 1900
 Nancy A Grantham   b May 1828 NC
 Herring J Grantham b Oct 1849 Miss [Widowed]

He is not on the 1910 census so he died ca 1900-1910. David's parents were Jesse Duncan Lay and Susanna Douglas. Jesse was born 1811 in Kentucky and died April 11, 1896 in Searcy County, Arkansas and is buried in the Beckham Cemetery.

Jesse and Susannah Children were:
David D 1831 Tenn
Nancy 1833
Elizabeth Dec 15 1835
Jesse Rev Mar 21 1837
Hannah 1838
Fredrick 1843
Wm Marion 1846
Shelby 1851
Zimmery 1853

After Susannas death [date unknown], Jesse married two more times, first to Mary Estes and third marriage was to Hannah Mullins Loggains, widow of Major Taylor Loggains in 1878 in Searcy County, Arkansas.

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