Mary Clay Lockett

b. 27 June 1814, d. 8 March 1885
  • Mary Clay Lockett was born on 27 June 1814 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  • She married Napoleon Bonaparte Lockett on 26 June 1834 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, first cousins; Mary's father was a younger brother of Napoleon's father.
  • Mary Clay Lockett is credited with sewing together the first Confederate battle flag, the stars and bars, at their home in Marion, Perry County, Alabama.
  • Mary Clay Lockett became a widow at the 20 May 1867 death of her husband Napoleon Bonaparte Lockett.
  • Mary Clay Lockett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery, Alabama, enumerated not far from the household of granddaughter daughter Fannie Lockett Marks's future husband Robert Emmet Seibels. Other members of the household included Frances Selina Lockett, George Mathews Marks, Hettie Minor Lockett and George Mathews Marks Jr. Also in the household were four domestic servants.
  • Mary Clay Lockett died on 8 March 1885 at age 70 in Marion, Perry County, Alabama.
  • She was interred at Saint Wilfrids Cemetery, Marion, Perry County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 23 Nov 2015

Family: Napoleon Bonaparte Lockett b. 24 February 1813, d. 20 May 1867