Nelson
"Buddie"
Gay
Born in Sizerock, Leslie, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Gay
and Sarah Sally (Johnston) Gay
Husband of
Sarah (McIntosh) Gay
— married
1869 in Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY
Husband of
America (Smith) Gay
— married
6 Jul 1899 in Buckhorn, Perry Co., KY.
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy Gay, John McIntosh Gay, James Gay, Margaret Gay, Lucinda Gay, Adela (Gay) Halcomb, Nancy Gay, Alisey Gay, Mary Gay, Susan (Gay) Huff, George M Gay, Rhoda Gay, Joseph Gay and Jasper Gay
Died
at age 65
in Bowlingtown, Perry, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2011
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Biography
Nelson was born 5 Sep 1846, died 7 Oct 1911. Nelson died of extensive burns.
Burial: Laurel Point Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry Co., Kentucky.
Censuses
- 1870 Census shows that he is married to Sarah and has an infant daughter Nancy Notice year of birth for both
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW1-LJM Name: Nelson Gay Name Note: Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 1912 Event Place: , Perry, Kentucky, United States Event Place (Original): Perry, Kentucky Reference ID: 11668 GS Film Number: 1904684 Digital Folder Number: 004185213 Image Number: 1786
- 1880 US census, Perry, Kentucky [1]
Nelson GAY Household Male Other Information: Birth Year <1853> Birthplace KY Age 27 Occupation Farmer Marital Status M Race W Head of Household Nelson GAY Relation Self Father's Birthplace KY Mother's Birthplace KY Household:
- Nelson GAY Self M Male W 27 KY Farmer KY KY
- Sarah GAY Wife M Female W 27 KY Keeping House KY KY
- Nancy GAY Dau S Female W 10 KY At Home KY KY
- John GAY Son S Male W 7 KY KY KY
- James GAY Son S Male W 6 KY KY KY
- Margaret GAY Dau S Female W 4 KY KY KY
- Lucinda GAY Dau S Female W 3 KY KY KY
- Alisey GAY Dau S Female W 7M KY KY KY
Sources
- "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H8-T587 : 20 October 2016), Nelson Gay, 1912; citing Death, , Perry, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,904,684.
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/11393224/nelson-gay : accessed 14 June 2021), memorial page for Nelson “Buddie” Gay (5 Sep 1846–7 Oct 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11393224, citing Laurel Point Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Remembrance of Days Past (contributor 49200554) .
- https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stevenillum&id=I53463
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nelson by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nelson:
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~3.12%
Nora (Welch) Goodin
:
AncestryDNA
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~2.34%
Mary Gay :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158759 [compare], Ancestry member MARYKGAY
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~1.56%
Freda (Thomas) Adkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M282922 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member okspiriteyes7
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~1.56%
Linda (Sharpton) Davidson :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
-
~0.78%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cleta (Turner) Pence :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A162791 [compare]
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~0.78%
John Viars :
AncestryDNA
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