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| Two-gallon Jug Mint Museum Collection |
Isaac E. Gay, son of Thomas Nathaniel Knox Gay and Bethany Bass, was born January 19, 1835 in Kershaw, SC. Isaac was the sister of Margaret Gay who married John Nelson Hays on April 15, 1852.
The Gay family arrived in the Union County community of Alton in the 1850s. Margaret Gay Hays' brother Thomas Gay married Mary W. Broom in 1857 and established himself as a farmer as well as a jeweler and clock repairman. After Thomas’ service in the Civil War, James Gryce, a Native American farmhand and potter, appeared at the Gay homestead seeking work, in trade for room and board. During his residence with the Gay family, Gryce taught Thomas, and probably brother Isaac, the art of salt-glaze pottery.
After his service in the Civil War, the 1870 Buford Township, Union County Census recorded Isaac E. Gay as a potter; real estate $221, personal estate $170. The 1880 census found widower Isaac and children in Buffalo Township, Kershaw County, SC on a 25-acre farm with some live stock; total value $500. He later returned to Union County and continued creating pottery.
The Gay family arrived in the Union County community of Alton in the 1850s. Margaret Gay Hays' brother Thomas Gay married Mary W. Broom in 1857 and established himself as a farmer as well as a jeweler and clock repairman. After Thomas’ service in the Civil War, James Gryce, a Native American farmhand and potter, appeared at the Gay homestead seeking work, in trade for room and board. During his residence with the Gay family, Gryce taught Thomas, and probably brother Isaac, the art of salt-glaze pottery.
After his service in the Civil War, the 1870 Buford Township, Union County Census recorded Isaac E. Gay as a potter; real estate $221, personal estate $170. The 1880 census found widower Isaac and children in Buffalo Township, Kershaw County, SC on a 25-acre farm with some live stock; total value $500. He later returned to Union County and continued creating pottery.
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Rare Isaac E. Gay signed two-gallon stoneware jug
sold at a Crocker Farm, Inc. auction in 2017 for over $3,000.
13-inch, three-gallon stoneware jar with impressed handles, stamped IEG, Buffalo, Kershaw County, SC, circa 1880. Tooled rim and ornamental handles, the surface is covered in a glossy alkaline glaze with mottled streaks of olive green and celadon coloration. Found in Chicago area. Crocker Farm auction sold for over $6,000.
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| The Monroe Journal - November 3, 1903 |
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