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The Clay Family and Friends | ||
| National Reunion is held on | ||||
| the 3d Saturday in June | ||||
| from 10:00 A.M. to 2 P.M. | ||||
| at Glenwood Park, on S.R. 20 | ||||
| between Bluewell and Princeton | ||||
| West Virginia. | ||||
| See the News' page | ||||
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In 1775, Mitchell and | |||
| Phoebe Belcher Clay settled | ||||
| in Mercer County, W.V. near | ||||
| Princeton on the Bluestone | ||||
| River. It was here that the | ||||
| Shawnee Indians attacked, | ||||
| killing two of the Clay | ||||
| children and abducting | ||||
| Ezekiel Clay. He was taken | ||||
| The Clay Children's Cemetery
is on a hill overlooking the Mitchell Clay's homestead near Princeton, W.V. See 'Clay Memorial Park' page |
to Chillicothe, Ohio where he | |||
| was burned at the stake. See | ||||
| 'Clay History & Genealogy | ||||
| page. | ||||
![]() Link to Clay Family Settlement on Bluestone River (book by William Sanders: sold by Mercer Co Hist. Soc) |
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