Leonard
Lay
Born in Union, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse Lay
and Sarah (Shelby) Lay
Brother of
Elizabeth (Shoffner) Sharp [half], Asbury William Shoffner [half], Sarah (Shoffner) Lamb [half], Jacob (Shelby) Lay, Amanda (Shelby) Miller, David Shoffner [half], Katherine (Shoffner) Keck [half], James David Lay [half], Mary Ann (Shoffner) Keck [half], Calloway Shoffner [half], Connie (Shoffner) Keck [half], Louisa Lay, Charity (Lay) Miller, Jesse (Shoffner) Lay [half], William Shoffner [half], John W. Lay, Samuel Lay, Catherine (Lay) Waggoner [half], William Lay, Andrew Jackson Lay and Hiram Smith Lay [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Sharps Chapel, Union, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Mar 2015
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Biography
Leonard was the son of Jessie Lay and Sally Shelby.[1]
1 Jan 1874 - He marries Nancy Jane Mincey, Union Co., Tenn.
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T2-KM5 : Sat Sep 16 06:09:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Jessee Loy and Salley Loy, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8C-HGM : Thu Sep 14 20:52:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Jessey Lay and Catharine Lay, 1870.
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-T3PD : 10 March 2021), Leonard Lay and Nancy J Mincy, 01 Jan 1874; citing Union, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 976,341
- "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWN-N8X : Mon Sep 18 04:56:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Lenard Lay and Nancy Lay, 1880.
- "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZF-Y62 : Sun Sep 17 17:51:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Leonard Lay and Nancy Lay, 1900.
- "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNW-CTV : Wed Jul 19 03:12:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Leonard Lay and Nancy J Lay, 1910.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNR8-VLG : Fri Jul 21 18:30:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Lenard Lay and Nancy J Lay, 1920.
- "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC9-4TW1 : 1 March 2021), Leonard Lay, 19 Dec 1937; Death, Sharps Chapel, Union, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23962136/leonard-lay
- Lay Family Genealogical Association, Lay of the Land, Sept. 2006
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Denny Lay
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, FTDNA kit #931081
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~6.25%
James Bond :
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~1.56%
Joe Williams :
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~1.56%
Geneva (Owsley) Williamson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A858728 [compare], Ancestry member floydowsley
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B217196
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~0.78%
Emily (Cole) Ledford :
23andMe, GEDmatch JL1906768 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bill Anderson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
A Tripp :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member angie_lane67
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~0.78%
Floyd Owsley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T852880 [compare], Ancestry member floydowsley
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