Name: July La?Y
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: GRENADA Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Race: Black
Race (Original): B
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840-1841
Birthplace: Virginia
Page Number: 76
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
July La?Y M 29 Virginia
Jane La?Y F 29 Mississippi
Millie La?Y F 11 Mississippi
Granny La?Y M 9 Mississippi
Johnson La?Y M 7 Mississippi
Louisa La?Y F 5 Mississippi
Rosetta La?Y F 8 Mississippi
Louisa La?Y F 30 Mississippi farm labor MAYBE SISTER?
ON SAME 1870 CENSUS PAGE IS A "WHITE" LAY FAMILY SO COULD BE A FORMER SLAVE OWNER OR SON OF A SLAVE OWNER OR JUST RELATED SOMEHOW
John Lay M 40 Georgia
Ellino? Lay F 32 Mississippi
Ella Lay F 15 Mississippi
Orville Lay M 12 Mississippi
William Lay M 9 Mississippi
Alphens Lay M 8 Mississippi
John H Lay M 5 Mississippi
Eugene L Lay M 4 Mississippi
Sidney O Lay M 2 Mississippi
1880
Name: July Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Beat 2, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Female MALE [ERROR IN TRANSCRIPTION]
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Race (Original): B
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: Alabama, United States
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0647
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
July Lay Self F 49 Alabama, United States
Jane Lay Wife F 47 Missouri, United States
Zetta Lay Daughter F 13 Mississippi, United States
Robert Lay Son M 9 Mississippi, United States
Willie Lay Son M 3 Mississippi, United States
Hody Lay Son M 7 Mississippi, United States
Lou Lay Daughter F 15 Mississippi, United States
Ernest Lay Son M 5 Mississippi, United States
Johnson Lay Son M 19 Mississippi, United States
not sure if there is a connection to July such as maybe a sibling
Name: Adam Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Beat 3, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Race (Original): B
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: Mississippi, United States
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0647
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Adam Lay Self M 49 Mississippi, United States
Rosa Lay Wife F 43 Mississippi, United States
July Lay Son M 22 Mississippi, United States
Isabella Pittman Daughter F 15 Mississippi, United States
Esquire Lay Son M 9 Mississippi, United States
Martin Lay Son M 0 Mississippi, United States
JULY APPEARS TO HAVE REMARRIED
Mississippi, Marriages
Name: July Lay
Spouse's Name: Emily Rosemon
Event Date: 03 Jan 1894
Event Place: , Grenada, Mississippi
1900
Name: July Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Beat 2, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Race (Original): B
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Years Married: 6
Birth Date: Apr 1835
Birthplace: Mississippi
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1894
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
July Lay Head M 65 Mississippi
Emily Lay Wife F 60 Mississippi
Edward Lay Son M 27 Mississippi
Willie Lay Daughter F 22 Mississippi
Arrena Lay Daughter F 19 Mississippi
Lalla Lay Daughter F 17 Mississippi
Emma Lay Daughter F 11 Mississippi
Robert Lay Son M 18 Mississippi
John Lay Son M 6 Mississippi
Eva Lay Daughter F 4 Mississippi
Blanch Lay Daughter F 2 Mississippi
?CONNECTION TO JULY
Name: Adam Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Beat 3, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Race (Original): B
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Date: 1840
Birthplace: Alabama
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Adam Lay Head M 60 Alabama
Rose Lay Wife F 70 Virginia
Susie Lay Daughter F 20 Mississippi
some children of July Lay
Name: Johnie Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Graysport, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Race (Original): Black
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Brother
Birth Year (Estimated): 1893
Birthplace: Mississippi
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Rebecca Bowen Head F 41 Mississippi
Johnie Lay Brother M 17 Mississippi
Eva Lay Sister F 12 Mississippi
Blanche Lay Sister F 11 Mississippi
Molly Roseman Sister F 33 Mississippi
John E Roseman Son M 11 Mississippi
Bennie Roseman Daughter F 8 Mississippi
Hazel Roseman Daughter F 2 Mississippi
other
Name: July Lay
Birthplace: Miss.
Gender: Male
Son: Johnson B. R. Lay
Other information in the record of Johnson B. R. Lay
from Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
Name: Johnson B. R. Lay
Event Date: 24 Feb 1931
Event Place: Brooklyn, Saint Clair, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Birth Year (Estimated): 1862
Birth Date: 21 Dec 1861
Birthplace: Grenada, Miss.
Father's Name: July Lay
Father's Birthplace: Miss.
Occupation: Minister
Spouse's Name: Sammie Lay
Burial Date: 27 Feb 1931
Burial Place: Centerville, St. Clair, Ill.
Cemetery: St. George
United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850
Owner Name: V Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Slave's Gender: Male
Slave's Age: 14
Slave's Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Slave's Race: Black
Slave's Race (Original): B
FURTHER RESEARCH 'white' John Lay
Mississippi, Marriages
Name: John E. Lay
Spouse's Name: Eleanor Bryant
Event Date: 05 Jan 1854
Event Place: Yalobusha,Mississippi
Name: John W Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: S. W. Beat, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: South Carolina
Page: 109
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John W Lay M 27 South Carolina
Ellen M Lay F 21 Mississippi
Ellen R Lay F 6 Mississippi
O O Lay M 2 Mississippi
IN EARLY CENSUS LARGE PLANTATION/SLAVE OWNER THAT COULD FATHER OF JOHN E LAY
United States Census, 1840
Name: Vincent Lay
Event Place: Not Stated, Yalobusha, Mississippi
Page Number: 289
United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 THIS COULD BE JULY LAY
Owner Name: V Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Slave's Gender: Male
Slave's Age: 14
Slave's Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Slave's Race: Black
Slave's Race (Original): B
Name: Vincent Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1812
Birthplace: Alabama
House Number: 1100
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Vincent Lay M 38 Alabama
Sarah Lay F 28 Alabama
James Lay M 16 Alabama
William Lay M 4 Mississippi
Thomas Lay M 2 Mississippi
Amos Lay M 1 Mississippi
Joel Crawson M 20 Alabama
Name: John E Lay
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1880
Event Place: Beat 5, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Farming
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Birthplace: Alabama, United States
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0665
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John E Lay Self M 48 Alabama, United States
Ellena A Lay Wife F 41 Mississippi, United States
Alpheus J Lay Son M 17 Mississippi, United States
John H Lay Son M 14 Mississippi, United States
Sidney C Lay Son M 7 Mississippi, United States
Lutha L Lay Son M 6 Mississippi, United States
Talley E Lay Son M 4 Mississippi, United States
Chalmer Jones Son M 1 Mississippi, United States
William T Lay Son M 19 Mississippi, United States
Eugene L Lay Son M 12 Mississippi, United States
MAYBE A GRANDCHILD OF JULY LAY
Name: July J Lay
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Dec 1995
Time: 12:45 PM
Event Place: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Registration Place: Veterans Adm. Med. Ctr
Residence Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Marital Status: Married
Race: African American
Industry: Services to dwellings and other buildings
Education Level: 6
Occupation: Janitors and cleaners
Military Service: Yes
Military Service Branch: Air Force
Social Security Number: 722-03-8046
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1916
Birthplace: Mississippi, United States
Father's Surname: Lay
Mother's Surname: Moore
Hospital Status: Hospital/Inpatient
Certificate Number: 100734
Volume Number: 30495
Registration District: 5701
Affiliate Line Number: 100642
Affiliate File Name: DEATHS95.DAT
Source Reference: Ohio Department of Health
I am not related
hope this is of some help to you
Regards,
Connie