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Susan (Sergent) Clay (1840 - 1914)

Susan Clay formerly Sergent
Born in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 20 Dec 1859 in Harlan County, Kentucky, USAmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 73 in Letcher, Letcher, Kentucky, USAmap
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Biography

Based upon her age in the 1850 census record, Susan SERGENT was born about 1840. She was the daughter of Andrew SERGENT. Her mother is believed to have been Mary Ann CISSONY[1], [2] who was her father's wife at the time of her birth. She passed away in 1914.

Her mother, Mary Ann CISSONY died when she was about 8 to 10 years old and her father remarried Elizabeth NOLAN on 6 November 1849 in Harlan County, Kentucky[3], [4]

Married to Elijah Green CLAY on either 20 December 1859 in Harlan County, Kentucky[5] or 15 May 1860 in Harlan County, Kentucky[6] another record lists the marriage, but the date is unclear as the record appears to have been damaged prior to microfilming. The readable parts of the record appear to indicate the marriage occurred on 15 [unknown month] in 1860.[7] Susan (SERGENT) CLAY's was enumerated in Elijah CLAY's 1860 census household[8] which had an official census date of 1 June 1860.

Research Notes

Change of parentage was made on 8 November 2023 based upon the 1850 census record.
1850 United States Federal Census Record of Harlan County, Kentucky, Household of Andrew SERGEANT[9]
The Household of Andrew SERGEANT in 1850 contained the following individuals:
Andrew SERGEANT, Age: 26 Years, Male, Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Kentucky
Elizabeth SERGEANT, Age: 19 Years, Female, Place of Birth: Kentucky
Susan SERGEANT, Age: 10 Years, Female, Place of Birth: Kentucky
David SERGEANT, Age: 8 Years, Male, Place of Birth: Kentucky
Stephen SERGEANT, Age: 6 Years, Male, Place of Birth: Kentucky
Louisa SERGEANT, Age: 4 Years, Female, Place of Birth: Kentucky
Calvin SERGEANT, Age: 2 Years, Male, Place of Birth: Kentucky
Elizabeth SERGEANT, Age: 76 Years, Female, Place of Birth: North Carolina

Marriage

Name: Elijah Clay Birth Date: 1832 Birthplace: Letcher, Kentucky Age: 27 Spouse's Name: Susan Sergent Spouse's Birth Date: 1840 Spouse's Birthplace: Harlan, Kentucky Spouse's Age: 19 Event Date: 20 Dec 1859 Event Place: Harlan, Kentucky [10]

Census Records

1850 Census

Name: Susan Sergeant Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Harlan County, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Gender: Female Age: 10 Race: White Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): 1840 Birthplace: Kentucky Household ID: 133 House Number: 133 Line Number: 40 [11] Household Gender Age Birthplace

  • Andrew Sergeant M 26 Kentucky
  • Elizabeth Sergeant F 19 Kentucky
  • Susan Sergeant F 10 Kentucky
  • David Sergeant M 8 Kentucky
  • Stephen Sergeant M 6 Kentucky
  • Louisa Sergeant F 4 Kentucky
  • Calvin Sergeant M 2 Kentucky
  • Elizabeth Sergeant F 76 North Carolina

Land Grants

Sergeant, Ephrain 50 4/ 1/1825 U On Clover Fork

Sergeant, Abraham 50 8/ 2/1826 U Cumberland River

Sergeant, Abraham 200 11/ 8/1834 F/2 Poor Fork

Sergeant, Ephrain 50 11/10/1834 F/2 Clover Fork

Sergeant,Ephrain 50 11/10/1834 F/2 Laurel Branch[12]

Sources

  1. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5K-WJT : 11 May 2022), Andrew Sergent, 1839.
  2. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5K-PLS : 11 May 2022), Andrew Sergent, 1839.
  3. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5K-QLW : 11 May 2022), Andrew Sergent, 1840.
  4. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5K-2YV : 11 May 2022), Andrew Sergent, 1849.
  5. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WM-7X7 : 11 May 2022), Susan Sergent in entry for Elijah Clay, 1859. Image of Marriage Record dated 20 December 1859
  6. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW5K-TY3 : 11 May 2022), Susana Sergent in entry for Elijah Cloy, 1860.
  7. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-WKDG : Fri Oct 20 01:06:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah Clay and Susannah Sergent, 1860.
  8. "United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBG-YWY : Fri Oct 06 15:51:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Elijah Clay and Susan Clay, 1860.
  9. "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M657-3LX : Fri Oct 06 23:29:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Andrew Sergeant, Harlan, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 18 B and 19 A (stamped), dwelling 133, family 133, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll; FHL microfilm 442,971.
  10. "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F472-H53 : accessed 04 Mar 2014), Elijah Clay and Susan Sergent, 20 Dec 1859.
  11. Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 203 GS Film Number: 442971 Digital Folder Number: 004192493 Image Number: 00333 "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M657-3LN : accessed 04 Mar 2014), Susan Sergeant in the household of Andrew Sergeant, Harlan county, Harlan, Kentucky, United States; citing dwelling, family 133, NARA microfilm publication, roll .
  12. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyharlan/harlanlandgrants.txt




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Sergent-114 and Sergeant-103 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse, birth and death. Additional information in Sergeant-103, but sources need to be researched to see if there is a free version of them on Familysearch instead of Ancestry.
posted on Sergeant-103 (merged) by Jeanne Howell

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