Civil War Veterans This list contains known Kay surname individuals who served in the Confederate States military. Most, though not all, are descendants of Robert Kay of South Carolina. The information primarily comes directly from Confederate Service cards and from Confederate Pension applications. Where noted, some or all of the information is derived from published works. Numbers in brackets [] in the NAME column indicate individual's code number in "The Descendants of Robert Kay of South Carolina, 2nd Edition". Individuals without a number in brackets are not known descendants of Robert Kay. Note: (1) Some or all of the information on this individual is from "Broken Fortunes" by Randolph Kirkland, 1995.

Name Company Locale Notes Albert Marion Kay [245] Co. B, 8th GA Infantry Sonoraville, Gordon Co., GA   Albert W. Kay [59] Co. A, 1st SC State Troops;  Co. E, 2nd Batt State Troops Senior Reserves South Carolina   Alexander Kay Co. B, 48th AL Infantry   Wounded 9 Aug 1862 at Cedar Run with Jackson's Div. 25 Aug 1862 disease Vulories Sclopeticuns. Died and buried Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA Ch 6-690-188. Andrew Jackson Kay [185] Co. G, 6th SC Cavalry Abbeville County, SC   Andrew Jackson Kay (not a desc of Robert Kay of SC) Co. K, 5th TX Cav; 5th Reg TX Mounted Vol or 2nd Reg Sibley's Brigade Weatherford, TX Confederate Pension application from Sarah Jane Kay of Beeville, Comal Co., TX. Anthony Kay Co. I, 8th AL Infantry Alabama   B. Kay Co. E, 3rd TX Cavalry;  2nd Mounted Rifles Texas   B. Kay Co. H, 3rd AR Infantry Arkansas   B. Kay Co. K, 2nd TX Cavalry Texas   Bailey Kay [26] Pool's Co., GA Infantry Bartow Co., GA   Barnet V. Kay [228] Co. B, 8th Battalion GA Infantry Camp Jackson Captured near Jackson, MS Jul 1863. Died in MS Jul 15 1863. Benjamin Dozier Kay [74] Co. G, 5th SC Reserves; Capt James White's Company; Co I, 1st SC State Troops Abbeville, SC   Benjamin F. Kay [247] Co. C, 64th GA Infantry Atlanta, GA; Macon GA   Benjamin F. Kay Co. B, 9th AL Infantry; Co. A, 10th GA Infantry Guntersville, GA Captured Fredericksburg VA 3 May 1863. 10 Apr 1864 listed as POW. C. Kay Co. A, 10th GA Infantry Georgia   Charles Kay Co. K, 10th AL Infantry Columbus, GA On Roll of POWs captured Antietam 1 Oct 186?. On Parole of POWs as Charles Cay. Charles Abner Kay [124] Co. J, 4th SC Infantry; Co. L Palmetto Sharpshooters Anderson, SC Paroled at Appomattox 9 Apr 1865. Charles Milton Kay [174] Co. E, 20th SC Infantry; Capt J.A. Cowan's Co., 20th SC Volunteers; Capt. Keith's Comp Cavalry; Co. B, 19th Battalion SC Cavalry South Carolina   Charles Newton Kay [339] Co. A, Moreland's AL Cavalry Dickson, AL   Charles Washington Kay [167] (See Note 1) Co. I, 190th SC Volunteer Infantry Abbeville, SC Died age 26 on 4 Aug 1864 in Atlanta, GA from wounds received 28 Jul 1864. Charles Wesley Kay [86] Co. B, 48th AL Infantry Warrenton, AL Born Abbeville, SC, age 23, 6'1" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes Christopher Kay [91] Co. E, 17th MS Infantry Burnsville, MS Died from typhoid fever at Richmond July 1862. D. Kay Co. K, 5th TX Cavalry Texas   D. L. Kay Co. G, 2nd Battalion State Troops Senior Reserves Abbeville Co., SC   D. N. Kay Co. H, 50th AL Infantry Alabama   David Lewis Kay [353] Co. G, 2nd SC State Troops South Carolina   David M. Kay [176] (See Note 1) Co. K, Orr's Rifles South Carolina Died age 24 from typhoid fever on 8 July 1862 in Richmond, VA. Buried Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, marker 118. Drury Oliver Kay Co. H, 18th LA Infantry Union Parish, LA Confederate Pension application approved 28 Sep 1899 in Kasse, Falls Co., TX. Suffered from paralysis from accidental gun shot wound and diabetes. Six children, 3 in Indian Territory, 3 in Texas. Drury William Kay Round Top Guerrillas; Co. I, 5th TX Cavalry LaGrange, TX   Eldred Johnson Kay [88] (See Note 1) Co. L, Orr's Rifles South Carolina Died 12 Aug 1862 in Richmond, VA of disease. Buried at Oakwood Cemetery, #37, Row F, Div. C. Eli Kay Co. G, 4th TX Infantry Anderson, Grimes Co., TX POW; surrendered at Citronelle, AL 4 May 1865. Paroled at Meridian MS 16 May 1865 Elias E. Kay [133] Co. D, 33rd AR Infantry Arkansas   Elias H. Kay [231] Co. B, 8th Battalion GA Infantry Camp Smith, GA Died June 1863 at Newton Station. Emory Kay [222] Co. B, 8th GA Infantry Georgia Died 15 Nov 1863 in the hospital. Enoch Henry Kay [83] Co. A, 1st SC State Troops Anderson, SC   F. Kay Co. I, 24th TX Cavalry; Wilke's Regiment 2nd TX Lancers (2nd Reg Carter's Brigade)     Frances Marion Kay [91] Co. C, 1st State Troops Anderson Co., SC   Fred Kay Co. B, 3rd MS Infantry     G. W. Kay [180] Co. G, 2nd Battalion State Troops Senior Reserves Abbeville Co., SC   G. W. Kay Co. A, 5th MS Infantry Mississippi   G. W. Kay Co. K, Benavides Regiment TX Cavalry Texas   Gabriel Kay [188] Co. B, 4th Battalion SC State Troops Abbeville, SC   George T. Kay [472] Co. F, 18th GA Infantry Bartow Co., GA   George W. Kay [180] Co. G, 2nd SC Battalion State Troops     George W. Kay [unknown 98] Capt Beauregard's SC Lt Artillery Anderson District, SC Roll of POWs; captured Salisbury, NC 12 Apr 1865; sent to Louisville KY 24 Apr 1865; fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5'9", age 31. George W. Kay Capt Orvin's Co., Giddings Battalion Fayette Co., TX; Walker Co., TX Application for Confederate Pension approved 1 Dec 1913. Died from cancer of abdomen. Henley Trussell Kay Co. B, (Beauregard's) SC Lt Artillery Franklin Co., GA Confederate Pension application submitted by Mrs. Martha Kay of Erath Co., TX, approved 3 Jan 1921. He died 17 Jan 1915 in Erath Co., TX J. Kay Co. A, 43rd MS Infantry   Included in list of Confederate prisoners delivered off Mobile Harbor, AL 4 Aug 1863 J. B. Kay Co. K and B, 14th AL Infantry   Possibly J. B. KEY J. B. Kay Co. K, 8th AR Infantry   Possibly J. B. KEY J. D. Kay Co. K, 3rd Regiment TX Cavalry Dallas, TX   J. D. Kay Co. F, 44th AL Infantry   Possibly J. D. RAY J. F. Kay Co. G, 18th AL Infantry Mobile AL   J. N. Kay Co. F, 6th Battalion TX Cavalry     J. R. Kay Waterhouse's Reg of TX Infantry Rusk Co., TX   J. T. Kay 1st MS Light Artillery     J. T. Kay Co. E, 13th Battalion SC Infantry (also known as 4th Mattison organized from 4th Reg SC - sloans); Co. I, Hampton's Legion SC Anderson, SC  Parolled at Appomattox 9 Apr 1865; 22, 6', light complexion, gray eyes, born in Anderson District, occupation coachmaker. James Kay Co. A, 49th AL Infantry Guntersville, AL Rejected under age and too small, age 16 at Camp Shoanf (?) near Nashville, TN. James Kay Co. K, 27th SC Infantry Spartanburg, SC   James Kay Co. E, 4th SC State Troops Darlington, SC Possibly James KEA. James Kay Co. B, 1st Battalion AL Artillery Mobile, AL   James Doran Kay [72] Co. H, 2nd Battalion Cavalry SC Reserves; Co. C, 2nd Battalion SC Reserves South Carolina   James Elgin Kay [169] Co. B, Galt's 1st GA State Line Toccoa, GA Buried Liberty Hill Cemetery, Stephens Co., GA. Complexion fair, hair light, eyes blue, height 5'10". James F. Kay Co. B, 1st AL Artillery     James F. Kay Co. F, 58th AL Infantry Mobile, AL   James H. Kay [293]   Smith Co., TX Believed to have died at Battle of Logansport, LA. James Harrison Kay [79] 2nd Lt, Co. E, 17th MS Infantry Iuka, MS   James Harvey Kay [263] Pvt, Co. B, O.M. Robert's Regiment of TX Infantry; Pvt, Co. C, 17th TX Cavalry; 1st Sgt, Co. G, 11th TX Infantry Tyler, TX   James Harvey Kay [166] Co. I, 19th SC Infantry South Carolina Died 2 Dec 1862 in Columbia SC from typhoid fever James L. Kay [397] Pvt, Co. E, 20th SC Infantry; Co. B, 19th Battalion SC Cavalry Anderson, SC   James Lemual Kay [338] Pvt, Co. E, 17th MS Infantry Corinth, MS   James P. Kay [283] Pvt, Co. G, 5th TX Cavalry Austin, TX   James Perry Kay [102] Pvt, Co. C, 9th Battalion, GA Infantry; Co. F, 37th GA Infantry Franklin Co., GA; Carnesville, GA   James Strother Kay [199] Co. L, 2nd SC Rifles     James Webster Kay [157] Pvt, Co. G, 2nd Battalion State Troops Senior Reserves Abbeville Co., SC   Jesse Kay Pvt, Davis Guards, Reserve Comp, Mounted Infantry Victoria County, TX; Kemper City, TX; Carlos Ranch, TX   Jesse Kay [143] Pvt, Co. G, 2nd SC Battalion State Troops     Jesse Jasper Kay [227] Pvt, Co. B, 8th Battalion GA Infantry Camp Jackson, GA Died 17 Nov 1862, Secessionville, SC Jessie Kay Pvt, Co. G, 2nd SC Battalion State Troops Senior Reserves Abbeville Co., SC   Joel Kay [30] Pvt, Co. C, 1st SC State Troops Anderson, SC   Joel Berry Kay [142] Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   John Kay Pvt, Gordons Co., 1st GA Infantry; Pvt, Phoenix Riflemen      John Kay Pvt, Co. K, 63rd GA Infantry, Gordon's Regiment; Co. D, Co. B, GA Battalion     John Kay Pvt, Co. B, 48th AL Infantry     John Kay Pvt, Co. K, 15th AL Infantry   medical Directors Report, Richmond, VA, admitted 18 Apr 1863 with pneumonia, transferred 19 Apr 1863 to Henningson. John Kay Co. G, 4th MS Infantry     John B. Kay [282]] Co. G, 11th TX Infantry Big Sandy, TX Died 2 Jul 1863 John L. Kay [264] Pvt, Corp, 3rd Sgt, Co. K, 3rd TX Cavalry Smith Co., TX Battle of Iuka, MS 19 Sep 1862; Corinth, MS Oct 3-5, 1862; Jul 1863 leg broken; John Martin Kay [98] Pvt, Co. C, Moreland's Regiment AL Cavalry Dickson, AL POW received at Camp Chase, OH from Louisville, KY Mar 1863, captured at Huntsville, AL 23 Dec 1864; Died 2 Jun 1865 of pneumonia, grave #2517, 1/3 mile south of Camp Chase. John N. Kay [189] Pvt, Co. B, 4th Battalion SC Reserves Abbeville, SC   John Riley Kay [77] Sgt, Co. C, 16 GA Infantry Hartwell, GA Born Abbeville district, SC, age 33, 6'1", fair complexion, grey eyes, light hair, occupation carpenter. Discharged 4 Jun 1862 for disability. John Thomas Kay [178] Pvt, Co. J, 4th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   John Thomas Kay Pvt, Co. F, 41st AL Infantry Tuscalusa, AL Died 25 Sep 1862 at Knoxville, TN; left widow, Rebecca Kay, and two children at Edens Co., AL. John Thomas Kay Volunteer in AL Talledega, AL Made Confederate Pension Application in 1899 from Calhoun Co., AL. John Tribble Kay [639] Co. K (band), 1st Orr's SC Sandy Springs, SC List of Parole at Appomattox 9 Apr 1865 "Musician in Band". John W. Kay Pvt, Davis Guards Reserve Co., TX Mounted Infantry, 24th Brigade Kemper City and Carlos Ranch, Victoria Co., TX   John Washington Kay Pvt, Co. H, 6th TX Infantry; Co. A, Granbury's Consolidated TX Brigade Victoria, TX Captured 11 Jan 1863 at Arkansas Point, AR, age 40, blue eyes, black hair, living Victoria, TX, birthplace SC. Joseph Kay Pvt, Co. C, 1st Battalion SC Infantry Charleston, SC   L. P. Kay Co. I, 38th AR Infantry     Lemuel Williamson Kay [637] 2nd Sgt, Co. J, 4th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   Luda Franklin Kay [206] (See Note 1) Pvt, Co G, 2nd SC Reserves Anderson Co., SC Died at age 18 on 5 Jan 1865 from disease at General Hospital #2, Columbia, SC. M. Venewal S. Kay [204] Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   Marcus Moore Kay [891] Pvt, Co. L, Orr's 1st; Corp.,  Anderson, SC   Marion Hershel Kay [177] Pvt., Co. I, 19th SC Infantry; Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   Martin Henson Kay [131] Co. D, 33rd AR Infantry Arkansas   Mathew G. Kay [226] Pvt, Co. K, 8th GA Infantry Gordon Co., GA   N. B. Kay Pvt, Co. E, Terry's TX Rangers, 8th Cavalry     Nimrod Kay [193] Co. C, 1st SC State Troops; Co. L, 1st Orr's SC Anderson, SC   Perry Whitfield Kay [96] Co. A, 4th AR Cavalry Arkansas   Pleasant E. Kay [103] Pvt, Co. C, 9th Battalion GA Infantry Franklin Co., GA Died 21 July 1862. Reuben B. Kay [186] (See Note 1) Pvt, Co. I, 19th SC Volunteer Infantry Abbeville, SC Died from disease age 21 on 27 Jan 1862 in Charleston, SC. Reuben M. Kay [638] Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   Reuben M. Kay [638] Pvt, Co. K, Orr's Rifles Camp Hampton, SC POW, Petersburg, captured 3 Apr 1865, received 11 Apr 1865 Har's Island, City Point, died 20 May 1865 Typhoid pneumonia. Reuben W. Kay [244] Pvt, co. B, 8th Battalion GA Infantry Camp Jackson, GA   Richard Grubbs Kay [214] Pvt, Co. C, 1st SC State Troops Anderson, SC   Richard H. Kay Pvt, Co. F, 55th GA Infantry Georgia Captured at Gettysburg 3 Jul 1863, sent to Fort Delaware, died 21 Sep 1863 at Salem, NJ, prison. Robert Asa Kay [311] Co. K, 4th GA Reserves Carnesville, GA   Robert Clayton Kay [154] (See Note 1) Pvt, Co. K, Orr's Rifles Sandy Springs, SC Killed in action age 22 on 26 Jun 1862 at Gaines' Mill, VA Robert Marshall Kay [68}  Ordnance Dept, Capt. Pally's Co. Tyler, Smith Co., TX Confederate Pension Application approved 22 Mar 1901. Robert Marshall Kay [181] (See Note 1) Pvt, Co. K, Orr's Rifles Camp Pickens, SC Died in prison on 20 May 1865 at Har's Island, NY; buried Cypress Hills, NC. Robert Smith Kay [112] Pvt, Co. L, 1st Orr's SC Rifles Camp Pickens, SC Mortally wounded at Gaines Mill, VA, 27 Jun 1862. Robert Wiley Kay [122] (See Note 1) Pvt, Co. K, Orr's SC Rifles South Carolina Wounded at ox Hill, VA 1 Sep 1862. Died of disease age 28 on 2 Dec 1863 at home. Silas E. Kay [87] Pvt, Co. B, 48th AL Infantry Warrenton, AL Wounded at Chickamauga. Silas Wesley Kay [71] Capt. Kay's Co., Franklin Co. Guards, GA Franklin Co., GA   Stephen Preston Kay [266] Pvt, Co. G, 11th TX Infantry, Capt J.L. Stillwell's Co. Starrville, TX Confederate Pension application approved 29 Mar 1929. He died 20 Apr 1926 in Upshur Co., TX Vernuel S. Kay [204] Co. E, 20th SC Infantry South Carolina   Vincent Pleasant Kay [198] Co. L, 2nd SC Rifles South Carolina   W. Kay Pvt, Co. C, 25th AL Infantry Alabama   W. Kay Co. G, 32nd GA Infantry Swansboro, GA Surname also listed as KEA W. B. Kay Pvt, Co. D, 11th GA Cavalry, Capt Crawford's Tugalo Rangers Mosy Creek Campground, White Co., GA At enlistment, age 38, 6'0", dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, farmer, born SC. W. D. Kay Co. B, 19th Battalion SC Cavalry Anderson, SC   W. N. Kay Pvt, Co. C, 9th Battalion GA Infantry Carnesville, GA   Washington Marshall Kay [284] Texas Guard Smith Co., TX Guarded Union POWs at Camp Ford near Winona, TX. Wesley Gamewell Kay [400] Unknown Anderson Co, SC Appears in a 1910 photo of Confederate Veterans. William Kay [471] Co. E, 18th GA Infantry Kingston, GA Wounded at Fredericksburg 13 Dec 1862. POW Cedar Creek 19 Oct 1864. Complexion dark, hair black, blue eyes, height 5'11" William Kay Pvt, 1st Reg AL Mobile Volunteers Mobile, AL Listed as a British subject. William A. Kay [229] Pvt, Co. B, 8th Battalion GA Infantry Camp Jackson, GA Died at Savannah, GA 7 Sep 1862. William Amaziah Kay [235] (See Note 1) Pvt, Co. D, 7th SC Volunteer Infantry Abbeville, SC Died 8 Aug 1862 and buried at Piedmont Inst., VA. William Asbury Kay [203] Pvt, Co. B, 7th SC Infantry; Pvt, Co. G, 2nd SC Cavalry South Carolina   William B. Kay [337] Pvt, Co. E, 17th MS Infantry Burnsville, MS Died Farmville Hospital from pneumonia 22 Nov 1862. William Benjamin Kay [75] Pvt, Co. E, 1st GA State Militia Carnesville, GA   William Berry Kay [136] Corp, Co. G, 56th GA Infantry Union Hill, GA Captured at Vicksburg 4 Jul 1863; paroled 8 Jul 1863. William Dudley Kay [352] Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC   William H. Kay Co. E, 1st AR Cavalry Arkansas   William John Kay [310] Corp, Co. E, 11th GA Cavalry Mosy Creek, White Co., GA At enlistment, age 19, 5'2", fair complexion, black eyes, black hair, farmer, born SC. Confederate Pension application made from Tyler, Smith Co., TX approved 1 Dec 1913. William N. Kay [146] Pvt, Co. B, 31 TX Cavalry Dallas, TX Mrs. M.E. Kay of Erath Co., TX applied for Confederate Pension; approved 19 Sep 1907. William died 23 Jun 1895 William O. Kay [265] Pvt, 4th Subdivision, 5th Military District, Smith and Wood Counties, TX Smith Co., TX   William Pleasant Kay [41] Co. C, 1st SC State Troops Anderson, SC Discharged 29 Oct 1863; 50 yrs old, 5'10", sandy hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, farmer. William Robert Kay [141] Pvt, Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC Captured 19 Oct 1864 at Strausburg, VA;  gunshot wound in left thigh middle third. William Strother Kay [576] Pvt, Co. E, 20th SC Infantry Anderson, SC Wounded in left arm 30 Sep 1864. William Turpin Kay [412]     CSA records not found, but his grave at Harmony Cemetery in Tishomingo Co., MS has a CSA emblem.