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Col. Henry Clay, of Bourbon County, KY
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Family Recorded, in Mather, Otis May. Six generations of LaRues and allied families: containing sketch of Isaac LaRue, Senior, who died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1795, and some account of his American ancestors and three generations of his descendants and families who were connected by inter- marriage : among others Carman, Hodgen, Helm, Buzan, Rust ... : copies of six old wills and other documents, various incidents connected with the settlement of the Nolynn valley in Kentucky; also a chapter on the La Rue family and the child Abraham Lincoln. (Lexington, Kentucky: Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, 1951)
136.
... Henry Clay, son of Doctor Henry Clay, who moved from Virginia in 1787, when the son Henry was eight years old, and settled in Bourbon County, southeast of Paris. Henry Clay, the husband of Margaret Helm Clay (VII.A), was born September 14, 1779, and died in Bourbon County in 1863. He was a Lieutenant of the 4th Company, 3rd Regiment of Kentucky Riflemen under Gen. William Henry Harrison, in the early part of the War of 1812, and later was Colonel in the State Militia. He was called "Colonel Henry Clay of Bourbon," to distinguish him from Henry Clay, of Ashland, in Fayette County, to whom he was a second cousin, as he also was to Cassius M. Clay and Brutus Clay. In the years 1820-21, Colonel Henry Clay of Bourbon represented his district in the State Senate. In 1848, he was elected President of the Emancipation Convention held at Frankfort, which was attended by men who became prominent, including B. Gratz Brown, candidate for Vice-President in 1872, on the ticket with Horace Greeley.
The descendants of Colonel Henry Clay of Bourbon and his wife, Margaret Helm Clay, have been and are large land owners in the vicinity of Paris, in Bourbon County. Few of them have held or sought public office. ...
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Biography, in Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
452, 801.
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... Colonel
Henry Clay, a native of Virginia (his wife's maiden name was Helm) who
emigrated to this county from the Old Dominion about the year 1785. He
came here with his father, Samuel Clay, when a lad of eight years. He was
a successful farmer. To Henry Clay, Jr., was born twelve children; eleven
grew to maturity. The eldest was Henry; then in order of birth were John,
Sallie, Joseph, Letitia, Henrietta, Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary, Frank, and
Matt M., all of whom settled in this county. ...
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HENRY CLAY, deceased, whose name stands among the list of the first
pioneers of Bourbon County, and who portrait appears in this history,
was born in Virginia, Sept. 14, 1779, and was the son of Henry and Rachael
Clay. He came to Kentucky in 1787 with his parents, who settled in Bourbon
County. He spent his early youth on his father's farm, and acquired such
education as the school system of the time afforded. He engaged in
business for himself at the age of eighteen years at growing tobacco. He
was a very successful financier and energetic worker, and left at his
death a farm to each of his eleven children. He was also extensively
engaged in the stock business. He was a man of strong mind and took more
or less an active part in the political issues of the day, and was honored
by being elected a member of the State Senate of Kentucky. During the war
of 1812 he served under Gen. Harrison as second lieutenant. When eighteen
years of age he was married to Miss Peggy Helm, of Lincoln County, Ky.,
who was the daughter of Joseph Helm, who, with a party of settlers, came
to Kentucky in an early day, and on their way were attacked by a band of
Indians and nearly all killed. Twelve children were born to them, one of
whom died in infancy, viz: Henry, John, Sally, Joseph H., Letia, Henrietta,
Rebecca (died in infancy), Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary, Francis and Matt.
Henry Clay was a man of religious principles and a member of the Primitive
Baptist Church for many years. His death occurred in his 84th year.
Col. Henry Clay, of Bourbon 
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