DAVID SLAY, SR. of Hinds County, Mississippi

David Slay, son of Nathan Slay and Martha Sumrall, was born April 5, 1788 in Richmond County, North Carolina. He married Mary Sumrall, a daughter of Thomas Sumrall and Elizabeth Newton. David and Mary Slay had at least ten children: Lawrence, Moses, Daniel, City, Martha, David, Jr., Mary, Nancy and Eliza Slay.

On March 14, 1980 I met Mr. J.B. White ( a Slay descendant and owner of the David Slay homestead in Hinds County ) on the farm and copied all of the names we could discover from tombstones in the Slay Family Cemetery. Mr. White recalled that the last burial to have taken place was that of Mr. Dan Bowering.

Signature of David Slay

12 March, 1867

on his Last Will & Testament

Mary Dawson, Consort of William A. Dawson

Daughter of David and Mary Slay

Died March 14, 1853

Aged 26 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 1 day

Eliza, wife of John Leavell

May 23, 1830 - August 21, 1886

Gone but not forgotten