Former home of George Slay
town of Wyoming, Delaware
The earliest records of our Slay ancestors in the US appear in the Chesapeake Bay area in the early 18th Century. The late Emma Barrett Reeves of Nacogdoches, Texas published a book, Keahey Clansmen and Their Kin, many years ago, which included a chapter on the Slay family.
Mrs. Reeves turned over all of her Slay files to me when I was doing my research on the Slay family. Included in these files were several interesting letters from 1960s and 1970s from Mr. George Valentine Massey, II, a Slay descendant and genealogist of Dover, Delaware. I then corresponded with Mr. Massey in the 1980s. See sample of letters below.
In your research, which Keahey do you have Martha Slay B. 1821 married to? I have been researching the father of Archibald Smith Keahey. My census research would suggest that the conventional idea of his parents being James & Lydia Keahey is incorrect. Thanks for your help!
ReplyDeleteIn my book published 1985: Martha Slay born 15 May 1821 in Scott Co, MS, died 9 May 1891 in Rockdale, TX. She was dau of John Slay and Elizabeth Sumrall. Martha married John Robert Jackson Keahey, son of George Jackson Keahey and Margaret Keahey. JRJ Keahey was born 21 August 1817 in Wayne Co, MS and died 26 Jan 1895. JRJ and Martha Kehey are buried in Lawhorn Cemetery in Rockwall County, TX.
ReplyDeleteThis was Mrs. Emma B. Reeves's personal line.