found: Alabama. General Assembly. Sale of public lands, 1830: p. 2 (John Gayle, speaker of the House of Representatives)
found: Owen, T.M. Hist. of Alabama and dict. of Ala. bio., 1929: v. 3, p. 647 (Gayle, John; lawyer; jurist; legislator; congressman; sixth governor of Alabama; b. 9/11/1792 in Sumter District, S.C.; d. 7/21/1859 at Mobile, Ala.)
found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Gayle, John; representative from Ala.; lawyer at Mobile, Ala.; speaker of the Ala. House, 1829; gov. of Ala., 1831-1835; b. 9/11/1792; d. 7/21/1859)
found: Biog. dir. of the governors of the U.S., 1978: p. 9 (Gayle, John, 1831-1835, b. 9/11/1792; d. 7/28/1859)