(1) She is married to Ellis Lay.
They got married about 1832 at Brunswick County, North Carolina.Source 2
Child(ren):
(2) She is married to Joseph F. Butler.
They got married on July 2, 1857 at Columbus County, North Carolina, she was 38 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
Note: Mary Ann Hickman Lay, wife of Ellis Lay, married, after the death of Lay, Joseph F. Butler, the marriage noted in Columbus County, Volume I, page 7. Butler is head of household No. 753 in 1860 Columbus County Census, age 30. Margaret Butler is 40 and their child, George, is shown as 2 years old.
1850 Columbus County, North Carolina census p246a Age 31
1860 Columbus County, North Carolina census p1003 Age 40
1870 Columbus Co., NC census, Bug Hill Township
Family 19
Joseph F. Butler, 39; Mary
Some records show her death date as 10 May 1897 in Columbus Co., NC.
Some records show her as born in Brunswick Co., NC.
The LDS IGI has her as Mary LAY, b. 1819 in Columbus Co., NC batch #5007630, 44
Don Inman's information supports that William James Hickman is MaryAnn's father.
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