Searching for the parents of Matthew GAY b.c.1780 in NC.,possibly Franklin County. He married Martha DEAL in
Bulloch Co., GA on 3/10/1804 and he died in Milledgeville
State Prison on 8/27/1843. There children were Absolum, Lewis, Benjamin, Mitchell, Richard, Batte, Mary Ann, Berrian and Abigal GAY.