When Henry Gay was born on 22 August 1820, in Bulloch, Georgia, United States, his father, Henry Simon Gay, was 21 and his mother, Mary Jane Maulden, was 20. He married Sarah Elizabeth Norman on 1 September 1842, in Thomas, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Thomas, Georgia, United States in 1850. His occupation is listed as farmer in Colquitt, Georgia, United States. He died in January 1888, in Colquitt, Georgia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Thomas, Georgia, United States
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
English (southwestern), French, and Catalan: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai, Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton, lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing an ancient Germanic personal name cognate with Wade .
Catalan: probably also from the personal name Gai (from Latin Gaius).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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