Marriage Marries Samuel Clay on 2 November 1822 in Rutherford County Tennessee.[4] The marriage produces:
Marion J. Clay - b 22 January 1827
Louisa Wm Clay - b 7 June 1832
1830 Census Living in Rutherford County, Tennessee with spouse, Samuel Clay, a son and three other young men. The age ranges on the table below were reported in the census. The names were added based on known children.
NOTE: This was Soloman's second marriage and he had two daughters Dormethra and Emma.
1840 Census Living in Gibson County, Tennessee with a blended family plus one 15 to 19 year old unidentified male. The age ranges on the table below were reported in the census. The names were added based on known children.
1850 Census Martha is living in the Quincy Hotel in Gibson County Tennessee with husband, Solomon Shaw, three children from Solomon's first wife, two children she had with Solomon (Sol Jr and Asenath) and a daughter she had with Samuel Clay (Louisa Clay). Solomon's occupation is a merchant and farmer and he owns real estate valued at $30,000. Other family members living at the Quincy Hotel:
Soloman Shaw - spouse
Domethra Shaw - stepdaughter
Emily Shaw - stepdaughter
Mattie Shaw - daughter with Soloman Shaw
Solomom Shaw Jr - son with Soloman Shaw
Asenath Shaw - daughter with Soloman Shaw
Louisa Clay - daughter of Samuel Clay and Martha Edwards [2]
1860 Census Living in the 4th District, Gibson, Tennessee with with spouse, two children, her mother, Nancy (Ward) Edwards and six others. Solomon lists the value of real estate owned as $94,140, an astounding value for the time.
Husband's death Her second husband, Solomn Shaw, was killed on 22 September 1862 at his home in Gibson County, Tennessee by two federal agents. His son Solomn was pistol whipped before his daughter, Asenath, shot and killed both of the agents. [9]
1870 Census Martha is living in Civil District 04, Gibson County, Tennessee with her oldest son Marion J Clay. Martha owns real estate valued at $5,000.
1880 Census Living in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee in the household of her son in law, Wise Cooper and daughter Asenath. Her mother's birthplace is Virginia and her father's is North Carolina.
↑ 1.01.11.2 Family history from bible records and recorded family history compiled in the 1950s under the direction of Jean (Orr) Calk in possession of Robin Richardson Stout in 2020.
↑ 2.02.1 "United States Census, 1850 with Martha's mother Nancy Edwards in the household," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDD-KMR : 4 April 2020), Martha Shaw, Gibson county, Gibson, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD9R-RXS : 11 February 2018), Samuel T. Clay and Martha Ann Edwards, 02 Nov 1822; citing , Rutherford, Tennessee, reference 2:1RHXF3V; FHL microfilm 379,649.
↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-42D : 7 September 2017), Saml S Clay, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing 274, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 179; FHL microfilm 24,537.
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYD-GN7 : 19 May 2020), Soloman Shaw, Gibson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 179, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD77-B9J : 15 July 2017), Martha Shaw, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 291A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,255.
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