Porter Clay 
Porter was born in 1779.1 Porter's father was John Clay and his mother was Elizabeth Hudson. His paternal grandfather was John Clay; his maternal grandparents were Unknown Hudson and Unknown Jennings. He had two brothers and a sister, named Henry, John and Betsy. He died at the age of 71 in 1850. He was buried in Camden, , Arkansas.1 1 General Notes
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Married three times.
Auditor of Kentucky in 1822, later became a Baptist minister.
In part, his obituary reads:
"Both boys were reared by a pious Baptist mother, but Henry was captivated by the glare of politics, while Porter followed the desire of his mother and became a Baptist minister and revivalist.
At the age of 21, in 1815, Porter Clay was ad admitted to the bar in Kentucky. He was appointed auditor of state accounts by Governor W. G. Slaughter."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1587 in England d.1655 in Charles City, Virginia
- b.1638 in Charles City, Virginia d.1686 in Henrico, Virginia
- b.~ 1672 d.03 Aug 1760 in The Raells
- b. in of Henrico County, Virginia
- b.JAN 1692/93 d.1777
- d.<07 Feb 1782
- b.1779 d.1850
- b. in , , Virginia
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