"We have only one branch of the Lay Tree. William Lay, Sr., was the father of William Lay, Jr., who was father to J.C.(Jesse) who married Elizabeth Richardson (children: Tom who married Pina Whitney; Colonel who married Gertrude Combest; Louetta married Al Ross, Tressie married Claud M. Hatter; Wallace married Preacher Masters; Myrtle married Everett Cain; Edgar married Zona Martin; and Jim Riley was unmarried). The brother of J.C. was John P. who married Amanda Richardson. Another brother, George, married Louvina Richardson, and Willie, another brother, so far as we know was not married."