Born: 10 Feb 1842 White Co., TN

Died: 20 Jan 1916 White Co., TN Davis Cemetery, White Co., TN

Parents

Father: Zachariah A. Lay f: Zachariah Lay m: unknown

Mother: Theodosha "Dosha" E. Hooper f: Edward E. Hooper m: Susanah Pirtle    gf: George Pirtle    gm: Mary Cooke

Siblings

Sarah Caroline Lay   +Clayborn C. Fowler         Minnie F. Fowler         Marion Francis Fowler         James Madison Fowler         Benjamin Franklin Fowler         Christopher Columbus Fowler         Mary Magdalena Fowler	Susan E. Lay   +Thomas Crawford         Nelson Crawford         Lien Crawford         Alexander Crawford         William A. Crawford         John W. Crawford         Dee M. Crawford	Charles F. Lay
James A. W. Lay	Madison F. Lay	Daniel C. Lay   +Sally Mathers         Luther Lay         D. Lay         Robert "Baa" Lay         Bev Lay         Dora Lay
Louisa Jane Lay   +Thomas Allen         Parazita Allen         Thomas J. Allen	Thomas H. Lay   +L. J. Beasley	Zachariah "Dave" Lay   +Ida Belle Williams         Dosha Ruth Lay         Stella Mae Lay         Hazel Lay         Homer Lee Lay         Ethel Lee Lay         Richard Floyd Lay         Albert Preston Lay         Lenora Mae Lay         Annie Lee Lay         Katheryn Dora Lay

Family

Husband: Nelson Clay Davis f: Jonathan Davis m: Winny unknown

Married: 6 Aug 1864 DeKalb Co., TN

Children

Mary Etta Davis   +Whitley Clark         Claude Clark         George W. Clark	Lee Davis	Wade H. Davis   +Mary Elizabeth Zula Jordan         Charles Davis         Joseph Davis         Casto Davis         Josephine Davis         John R. Davis
Oscar Davis   +Sallie Evelyn White         Notie Davis         Mattison Davis         Francis Davis          Davis         Donnie E. Davis	Cora Bell Davis   +Geroge Calvin Stewart         May Stewart         Ina Stewart         Emma Stewart         Bessie Stewart         Edward Stewart         Gladys Stewart         Georgie Stewart	Jonathan "John" Davis
Jefferson Davis

General Sources

1. James R. Blanks
   
2. Larry Miller
   
3. 1850 Census
   

   1850 Census - White County, Tennessee
   |h#|f#|name           |ag|s|occu   |birth    |s|r|pg|date
   |58|58|Lay, Zechariah |28|m|farming|Tennessee| |1|5b|july 22, 1850
   |  |  |Lay, Dosha     |24|f|       |Tennessee| |1|  |
   |  |  |Lay, Priscilla |9 |f|       |Tennessee|1| |  |
   |  |  |Lay, Sarah C.  |6 |f|       |Tennessee|1| |  |
   |  |  |Lay, Susan     |4 |f|       |Tennessee| | |  |
   |  |  |Lay, Charles F.|2 |m|       |Tennessee| | |  |