Son of Abraham Lay and Sarah Grimes. Stephen Lay b @1748 Loudoun Co, VA; m @1780 Loudoun Co, VA; d 1814 Union Co, KY [Will Bk A:18-19, w/d 13 Jul 1814, w/p Jan 1815; Bk P:5-Inventory & land settlement; Deed Bk P:9 Heirs of Stephen Lay; Will Bk A:24, 27, 34 Inventory; Deed Bk A:217 heirs]. The death date of 1822 found in Peyton Heady's 'Union Co, KY Genealogy, Vol IV' cannot be correct.
Stephen Lay was also a Patriot of the Revolutionary War by virtue of furnishing supplies. On the 9th & 10th of April 1782, his claim was presented to the Loudoun Co, VA Court, examined and found agreeable. He was compensated for providing 250# of beef. [Abercrombie, Janice L. 'Virginia Publick Claims, Loudoun County,' (Iberian Pub Co, Athens, GA), p 6].
Stephen Lay removed to Fayette Co, KY. On 18 Mar 1809 Stephen & Nancy were received into the Boone's Creek Baptist Church and are listed as "white members" of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church, Elkhorn Group, taken at the separation of the church in January 1811. Issa Horseman, William Tinsley, Joseph Barker, Daniel & Penny Lay are listed as later members. On 26 Feb 1813 "…Stephen Lay & his wife Nancy, William, his servant, & Issy Horseman was (sic) all dismissed as they were going to move out of the bounds of the church…" [Boone's Creek Baptist Church, KY Elkhorn Group 1811-1835, Mss 286.1769, B644r, V 1-2].
In August 1811 Stephen purchased 200 acres on the waters of Boone Creek which was part of an original tract surveyed and patented in the name of Daniel Boone. This land was later sold to Joseph Fauntleroy in March 1813. In October 1812 Stephen & Nancy purchased 217 acres on Highland Creek in Union Co, KY. They purchased another 124 acres, part of the Pierce Noland Survey, in July 1814. That same month they sold 69 acres to their son, Daniel.
Stephen Lay died between July 1814 and January 1815. His wife, Nancy Kitchen Lay, died 1840. Both are buried on the bluff on the farm now owned by the Peake family. The cemetery originally was situated next to an orchard. Decades later the orchard disappeared and eventually the Peake family incorporated the cemetery in a hog lot. By 19 Feb 1991 no tombstones were visible. The Wilson family moved some of the monuments to Illinois when they migrated. Thomas & Sarah Lay Barker, Ambrose & Parthenia Lay Wilson, and members of the Horseman family are also buried there.
- [Karen Thomas]
Stephen Lay was also a Patriot of the Revolutionary War by virtue of furnishing supplies. On the 9th & 10th of April 1782, his claim was presented to the Loudoun Co, VA Court, examined and found agreeable. He was compensated for providing 250# of beef. [Abercrombie, Janice L. 'Virginia Publick Claims, Loudoun County,' (Iberian Pub Co, Athens, GA), p 6].
Stephen Lay removed to Fayette Co, KY. On 18 Mar 1809 Stephen & Nancy were received into the Boone's Creek Baptist Church and are listed as "white members" of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church, Elkhorn Group, taken at the separation of the church in January 1811. Issa Horseman, William Tinsley, Joseph Barker, Daniel & Penny Lay are listed as later members. On 26 Feb 1813 "…Stephen Lay & his wife Nancy, William, his servant, & Issy Horseman was (sic) all dismissed as they were going to move out of the bounds of the church…" [Boone's Creek Baptist Church, KY Elkhorn Group 1811-1835, Mss 286.1769, B644r, V 1-2].
In August 1811 Stephen purchased 200 acres on the waters of Boone Creek which was part of an original tract surveyed and patented in the name of Daniel Boone. This land was later sold to Joseph Fauntleroy in March 1813. In October 1812 Stephen & Nancy purchased 217 acres on Highland Creek in Union Co, KY. They purchased another 124 acres, part of the Pierce Noland Survey, in July 1814. That same month they sold 69 acres to their son, Daniel.
Stephen Lay died between July 1814 and January 1815. His wife, Nancy Kitchen Lay, died 1840. Both are buried on the bluff on the farm now owned by the Peake family. The cemetery originally was situated next to an orchard. Decades later the orchard disappeared and eventually the Peake family incorporated the cemetery in a hog lot. By 19 Feb 1991 no tombstones were visible. The Wilson family moved some of the monuments to Illinois when they migrated. Thomas & Sarah Lay Barker, Ambrose & Parthenia Lay Wilson, and members of the Horseman family are also buried there.
- [Karen Thomas]
Son of Abraham Lay and Sarah Grimes. Stephen Lay b @1748 Loudoun Co, VA; m @1780 Loudoun Co, VA; d 1814 Union Co, KY [Will Bk A:18-19, w/d 13 Jul 1814, w/p Jan 1815; Bk P:5-Inventory & land settlement; Deed Bk P:9 Heirs of Stephen Lay; Will Bk A:24, 27, 34 Inventory; Deed Bk A:217 heirs]. The death date of 1822 found in Peyton Heady's 'Union Co, KY Genealogy, Vol IV' cannot be correct.
Stephen Lay was also a Patriot of the Revolutionary War by virtue of furnishing supplies. On the 9th & 10th of April 1782, his claim was presented to the Loudoun Co, VA Court, examined and found agreeable. He was compensated for providing 250# of beef. [Abercrombie, Janice L. 'Virginia Publick Claims, Loudoun County,' (Iberian Pub Co, Athens, GA), p 6].
Stephen Lay removed to Fayette Co, KY. On 18 Mar 1809 Stephen & Nancy were received into the Boone's Creek Baptist Church and are listed as "white members" of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church, Elkhorn Group, taken at the separation of the church in January 1811. Issa Horseman, William Tinsley, Joseph Barker, Daniel & Penny Lay are listed as later members. On 26 Feb 1813 "…Stephen Lay & his wife Nancy, William, his servant, & Issy Horseman was (sic) all dismissed as they were going to move out of the bounds of the church…" [Boone's Creek Baptist Church, KY Elkhorn Group 1811-1835, Mss 286.1769, B644r, V 1-2].
In August 1811 Stephen purchased 200 acres on the waters of Boone Creek which was part of an original tract surveyed and patented in the name of Daniel Boone. This land was later sold to Joseph Fauntleroy in March 1813. In October 1812 Stephen & Nancy purchased 217 acres on Highland Creek in Union Co, KY. They purchased another 124 acres, part of the Pierce Noland Survey, in July 1814. That same month they sold 69 acres to their son, Daniel.
Stephen Lay died between July 1814 and January 1815. His wife, Nancy Kitchen Lay, died 1840. Both are buried on the bluff on the farm now owned by the Peake family. The cemetery originally was situated next to an orchard. Decades later the orchard disappeared and eventually the Peake family incorporated the cemetery in a hog lot. By 19 Feb 1991 no tombstones were visible. The Wilson family moved some of the monuments to Illinois when they migrated. Thomas & Sarah Lay Barker, Ambrose & Parthenia Lay Wilson, and members of the Horseman family are also buried there.
- [Karen Thomas]
Stephen Lay was also a Patriot of the Revolutionary War by virtue of furnishing supplies. On the 9th & 10th of April 1782, his claim was presented to the Loudoun Co, VA Court, examined and found agreeable. He was compensated for providing 250# of beef. [Abercrombie, Janice L. 'Virginia Publick Claims, Loudoun County,' (Iberian Pub Co, Athens, GA), p 6].
Stephen Lay removed to Fayette Co, KY. On 18 Mar 1809 Stephen & Nancy were received into the Boone's Creek Baptist Church and are listed as "white members" of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church, Elkhorn Group, taken at the separation of the church in January 1811. Issa Horseman, William Tinsley, Joseph Barker, Daniel & Penny Lay are listed as later members. On 26 Feb 1813 "…Stephen Lay & his wife Nancy, William, his servant, & Issy Horseman was (sic) all dismissed as they were going to move out of the bounds of the church…" [Boone's Creek Baptist Church, KY Elkhorn Group 1811-1835, Mss 286.1769, B644r, V 1-2].
In August 1811 Stephen purchased 200 acres on the waters of Boone Creek which was part of an original tract surveyed and patented in the name of Daniel Boone. This land was later sold to Joseph Fauntleroy in March 1813. In October 1812 Stephen & Nancy purchased 217 acres on Highland Creek in Union Co, KY. They purchased another 124 acres, part of the Pierce Noland Survey, in July 1814. That same month they sold 69 acres to their son, Daniel.
Stephen Lay died between July 1814 and January 1815. His wife, Nancy Kitchen Lay, died 1840. Both are buried on the bluff on the farm now owned by the Peake family. The cemetery originally was situated next to an orchard. Decades later the orchard disappeared and eventually the Peake family incorporated the cemetery in a hog lot. By 19 Feb 1991 no tombstones were visible. The Wilson family moved some of the monuments to Illinois when they migrated. Thomas & Sarah Lay Barker, Ambrose & Parthenia Lay Wilson, and members of the Horseman family are also buried there.
- [Karen Thomas]
Inscription
"Stephen Lay
b Louden Co, VA"
