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Sarah Ann (Lay) Barker (1790 - 1835)

Sarah Ann "Sally" Barker formerly Lay
Born in Loudoun, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 29 Aug 1805 in Fayette, Kentucky, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 44 in Waverly, Union, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 11 Jul 2021
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Biography

Sarah was born in 1790. She was the daughter of Stephen Lay and Nancy Kitchen. She passed away in 1835. [1]

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  1. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 October 2021), memorial page for Sarah Ann “Sally” Lay Barker (26 Oct 1790–Jul 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #100832500, citing Lay Cemetery, Waverly, Union County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Karen Thomas (contributor 47522396) .
  • "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG16-9QBJ : 9 March 2021), Thomas Barker and Sally Lay, 29 Aug 1805; citing Marriage, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 8,998.
  • 1814 Stephen Lay Will. Kentucky, Union County, County Clerk, Wills, Vol. A, p. 18-19, 13 July 1814, digital image 94 of 363, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 20 January 2023)
    • "...to my daughter Sarah Barker one negro boy named Nate..."
  • 1886 History of Union Co., Kentucky. Author unknown, (1886), History of Union County, Kentucky: a Complete Account of the Settlement, Organization and Government of the County, Together with Facts and Figures Concerning the Society, Professions, Commerce, Industries, Agriculture, Coal, Railroads, Education, Religion, and Other Institutions and Resources of the County, and Biographical Sketches of Its Leading Citizens. Evansville, Indiana:Courier Co., 1886, p. 646. Ancestry.com, ([2]: accessed 20 January 2023).
    • “Thomas Hardin Barker, Esq. farmer of Waverly Precinct, is the son of Thomas and Sarah (Lay) Barker...His grandfather, Stephen Lay, another Revolutionary hero, married Nancy Kitchen, in Virginia, of which State they were both natives. They came to Union very early and died here respectively in 1822 and 1840.”
  • Sarah Ann Lay at FamilySearch




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As a member of the US Black Heritage Project, I have added a list of the slaves owned by Sarah Ann Lay Barker on this profile with categories using the standards of the US Black Heritage Exchange Program. This helps us connect enslaved ancestors to their descendants. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information.
posted by Lisa Christensen

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