Fellow.Davidson.Co.Researchers: This.is.my.first.post.to.the.list.because.I.was.gathering.more. information....Specifically,I.am.interested.in.whether.any.of. you.have.the.resources.handy.to.lookup.Davidson.Co.Gay. family.wills.or.obituaries.to.see.whether .this.will.help.us.find.William.Washington's.parents...Zorababel.Gay, Selah.Corbitt.Gay.and.Celia.Gay.(she.died.sometime.after.1850). seem.good.people.to.start...I. am.interested.in.all.offspring.of.Zorababel..(spellings.for.these.three. vary.tremendously). NC,GA,TN,MO,and.TX.--..All.these. states.figure.in.this.post...We.figure.my.William.Washington.Gay.is. probably.related.to.the.family.of.the.Zorababel.Gay.who.ended. up.in.Davidson.Co.TN.after.a.relatively.brief.sojourn.to.George.from. North.Carolina. We.are.searching.for.parents.of.our.gg.grandfather.William.Washington. Gay,b.August.6,1818.in.DAVIDSON.CO.TN,d.March,1867,DALLAS.TX. (where.he.was.most.likely.visiting.relatives)..At.some.point.he. moved.to.DEKALB.Co.TN.where.he.married.Mary.Bowen.Whaley (b.Jan.18,1827,probably.DeKalb.Co,d.aft.1880.in.MILLWOOD,TX). Mary.is.the.daughter.of.Seth.WHALEY,b.1804,Worcestor.Co.MD.and. Elizabeth.Richards.BOWEN.also.b.MD,.most.likely.in.Worcestor. Co.MD.as.well. Between.1850.and.1854.William.W.moved.to.Lawrence.Co.MO,along.with. Whaleys.and.perhaps.others.from.DeKalb...FYI...There.is.a.James.M.Gay .in.Lawrence.Co.1860.that.is.probably.related,but.is.not.a.child .of.my.Wm.Washington. Children.of.William.Washington.and.Mary.were:..Sarah.E.T.,b.Jan. 1848,Nancy.Caroline.(b.Aug.1848,m.George.Willard,.moved.to. LOS.ANGELES.where.she.died.in.1899),Thomas.Kansey.,b.1852, William.Edgar,b.1854,.John.B.,b.1862,and. Mattie.M.Gay,b.1864.who.I.believe.moved.to.FARMERSVILLE.TX.. William.Washington.Gay.was.a.merchant.(also.Lawrence.county. court.clerk.and.later.superintendent.of.schools)...In.his.will,he.lists. an.heir.as.E.E.GAY.of.Dallas,TX...We.are.puzzled.as.to.who.he/she is,and.wonder.whether.any.of.your.Davidson.families.might.also.have. moved.to.Texas...(I.have.been.told.there.were.no.less. than.three.towns.known.as.Gay.Hill.in.Texas...This.from.possible. Hill.cousin.) I.am.descended.from.William.Washington.Gay's.eldest.daughter. Sarah.Elizabeth.Tennessee.Gay,b. January.7,1848,DeKalb.Co.TN,d.October.16,1933...She.married. Hugh.Lawson.White.Hill.(b.1840,Warren.Co.TN).on.August.9,1863. In.addition.to.the.three.Texas.towns.and.Davidson.Co.we.have.the. following.information.from.DeKalb.Co.1850.census...We.believe. these.are.all.Wm.Washingtons.brothers/sisters/families .and.Celia.is.his.mother.based.on.Sarah.E.T.'s.handwritten. notes.that.have.been.passed.down...Celia.was.born.in.NC. according.to.this.information. William.Washington's.siblings.include.John.b.abt.1817. in.GEORGIA.(move.to.TN.occured. soon.after.because.my.Wm.was.born.in.TN),Seaborn,b.abt.1822, Dempsey,.b.abt.1827,.Elisha,b.abt.1825....All.told.there.were. 9.children...Another.sister.was.Elizabeth. The 1850 Census of Tennessee for my.Gay family as follows: Gay, Celia 63, Jno. 33, Dempsey 23, Davidson Co. 651-435 Celia Gay b. North Carolina Jno. Gay b. Georgia Gay, Elisha 25, Elizh 20, Davidson Co. 665-437 Both born in Tennessee Gay, Seaborn 28, Mary 25, Jno. B. 5, Celia A. 3, Wm P. 2, Virginia C. age 2\12, Davidson Co., 652-435 Seaborn Gay Born in Tennessee Mary b. in Tennessee Gay, William W. 29, Mary B. 23, Sarah E. T. 2, Nancy C. 9\12, Dekalb Co. Tennessee 181-25 William Gay b. in Tennessee Mary Bowen (Whaley) Gay b. in Tennessee Do.any.of.you.recognize.these.Gays...or.have.possible.clues.to. help.us.out??? Janet.Hunter,,in.Alexandria,VA,with.broken.spacebar.on.keyboard.