2nd and 6th Regt. Va. Line
Revolutionary Soldier
Morrisson-Reeves Library
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS & PATRIOTS
Gay, John
Doddridge, p.8; Roster Vol.1, p.154
BORN: 1762, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
SERVICE: Private in 2nd Virginia Regiment and 6th Virginia Regiment. Commissioned as an Ensign, May 4, 1779. Was with Washington's Army at siege of Yorktown.
PROOF: Virginia History Magazine, Vol.17, p.324; History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, by O. F. Morton, p.397.
DIED: About 1826. Letters of administration were granted April, 1827.
BURIED: Old Cemetery, Centerville, Indiana. Bronze marker placed by Richmond, Indiana, Chapter D. A. R. Family stone.
MARRIED: Nancy McKee.
CHILDREN: John Gay; Jane Gay; Betsey Gay; Hetty Gay; Nancy Gay; James Gay; Esther Gay, first marriage to Samuel P. Booker, second marriage to Governor James B. Ray.
MISCELLANEOUS: Collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, Indiana.
Revolutionary Soldier
Morrisson-Reeves Library
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS & PATRIOTS
Gay, John
Doddridge, p.8; Roster Vol.1, p.154
BORN: 1762, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
SERVICE: Private in 2nd Virginia Regiment and 6th Virginia Regiment. Commissioned as an Ensign, May 4, 1779. Was with Washington's Army at siege of Yorktown.
PROOF: Virginia History Magazine, Vol.17, p.324; History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, by O. F. Morton, p.397.
DIED: About 1826. Letters of administration were granted April, 1827.
BURIED: Old Cemetery, Centerville, Indiana. Bronze marker placed by Richmond, Indiana, Chapter D. A. R. Family stone.
MARRIED: Nancy McKee.
CHILDREN: John Gay; Jane Gay; Betsey Gay; Hetty Gay; Nancy Gay; James Gay; Esther Gay, first marriage to Samuel P. Booker, second marriage to Governor James B. Ray.
MISCELLANEOUS: Collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, Indiana.
2nd and 6th Regt. Va. Line
Revolutionary Soldier
Morrisson-Reeves Library
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS & PATRIOTS
Gay, John
Doddridge, p.8; Roster Vol.1, p.154
BORN: 1762, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
SERVICE: Private in 2nd Virginia Regiment and 6th Virginia Regiment. Commissioned as an Ensign, May 4, 1779. Was with Washington's Army at siege of Yorktown.
PROOF: Virginia History Magazine, Vol.17, p.324; History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, by O. F. Morton, p.397.
DIED: About 1826. Letters of administration were granted April, 1827.
BURIED: Old Cemetery, Centerville, Indiana. Bronze marker placed by Richmond, Indiana, Chapter D. A. R. Family stone.
MARRIED: Nancy McKee.
CHILDREN: John Gay; Jane Gay; Betsey Gay; Hetty Gay; Nancy Gay; James Gay; Esther Gay, first marriage to Samuel P. Booker, second marriage to Governor James B. Ray.
MISCELLANEOUS: Collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, Indiana.
Revolutionary Soldier
Morrisson-Reeves Library
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS & PATRIOTS
Gay, John
Doddridge, p.8; Roster Vol.1, p.154
BORN: 1762, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
SERVICE: Private in 2nd Virginia Regiment and 6th Virginia Regiment. Commissioned as an Ensign, May 4, 1779. Was with Washington's Army at siege of Yorktown.
PROOF: Virginia History Magazine, Vol.17, p.324; History of Rockbridge County, Virginia, by O. F. Morton, p.397.
DIED: About 1826. Letters of administration were granted April, 1827.
BURIED: Old Cemetery, Centerville, Indiana. Bronze marker placed by Richmond, Indiana, Chapter D. A. R. Family stone.
MARRIED: Nancy McKee.
CHILDREN: John Gay; Jane Gay; Betsey Gay; Hetty Gay; Nancy Gay; James Gay; Esther Gay, first marriage to Samuel P. Booker, second marriage to Governor James B. Ray.
MISCELLANEOUS: Collected by Mrs. Paul L. Ross, Richmond, Indiana.
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