Welcome to Clay County, Kentucky Trails. Our goal is helping you find your ancestors by placing data online for the Free use of all researchers.  We need help with contributions of your data, history and stories to make this a great site for research. Everything is helpful: Obituaries, Biographies, Photos County History, Family Bible Records, to name a few.    Information will be posted as fast as we can find, type and/or receive it.  We welcome your feedback, comments, and your data contributions.

This county is available for adoption.

If you are interested in hosting this county, click here.

Please read the County Hosting Requirements

If you are only interested in contributing information, click here.

Clay County was formed from Madison County and Floyd County.
Created in 1806 and est. in 1807.
Named after Gen. Green Clay (1757-1826); a military leader in the War of 1812.
He was also representative of Kentucky County in the Virginia General Assembly.

County seat is Manchester.
 

Biographies	Births	Marriages 1862 Misc. Marriages	Deaths/Obits Index
Cemeteries	Future	Surnames / Brick Walls	Wills

Find the most recent Website Updates
Scroll down to Clay County.