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==Early years== Clay was born in [[Halifax County, Virginia]], the son of Rebecca (Comer) and William Clay,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOMeBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Clement+Comer+Clay+was+born+on+December+17,+1789,+in+Halifax+County,+Virginia,+the+son+of+William+Clay,+a+%22&pg=PA5|title = The Clays of Alabama: A Planter-Lawyer-Politician Family|isbn = 9780813164090|last1 = Nuermberger|first1 = Ruth Ketring|date = 15 July 2014| publisher=University Press of Kentucky }}</ref> an officer in the [[American Revolutionary War]], who moved to [[Grainger County, Tennessee]]. Clay attended the local schools and graduated from [[East Tennessee College]] in 1807. He was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1809 and moved to [[Huntsville, Alabama]], where he began a law practice in 1811.<ref name="EncycloBama"/>
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