John MAY

Research Citations:

Sources:

Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI, Apr 2009
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree - nil
Descendants of John May Jr. - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/a/Arthur-W-Stapleton/PDFGENE2.pdf
New.familysearch.org, Jan 2011
Rootsweb.com
North Carolina Marriage Records, 1741-2011
North Carolina Revolutionary War Records
Genealogy.com
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree
1790 Census Edgefield County, South Carolina
Wake Co., North Carolina Deeds Book Q (FHL#20023)
Wake Co., North Carolina Marriage Bonds (FHL#102549549)

Notes:

                   RESEARCH NOTES:
    The evidence found thus far is anything but conclusive.  Additional research should be conducted to prove relationships between parents, children, and spouses of this May family.  The spouse of John May Jr. is given as either Susanna Ridens or Penny Cotton.  Further information in PAF notes.

From Descendants of John May Jr.:
1. JOHN2 MAY, JR. (JOHN1) was born Bef. 1750, and died Aft. 1814. He married SUSANNA RIDENS. She was
born Bef. 1755.
Notes for JOHN MAY, JR.:
From Gene Boswell: John MAY, Jr., b. by 1750, d. aft. 1814. We believe this is the correct John MAY to be the
son of John MAY, Sr. He possibly m. ?Susanna RIDENS (?RIDINGS)? or ?Penny COTTON?. She was b. bef.
1755. In 1778, John received a Land Grant for 350 acres on Little Lick Creek in Wake Co., NC in 1778, adjacent
James COMER (?CONNER) & Gilbert EVANS, including the improvement where he (MAY) lives. Later that
year, Joshua SMITH & Robert SMITH each entered 250 acres adjacent James COMER & John MAY. In 1779,
Robert SMITH bought 250 acres adjacent John MAY & Joshua SMITH. See also the land records listed under
John MAY, Sr.
John MAY sold property to William WALLACE in 1787 in Orange Co., NC. (Note: Polly MAY m. William
WALLACE in 1823 in Orange Co., NC.) In Sep 1791, John HALL, John LEIGHT & Robert CAMPBELL made
a deed to John MAY, Jr. In 1790, Thomas YOUNG proved John MAYs bill of sale to Abram MARTIN. In
1791, there was a deed from John HALL, John LEIGHT, & Robert CAMPBELL to John MAY, Jr. in Wake Co.,
NC. John MAY was a witness for Benjamin PEELER & John GRANT of City of Wake in 1804. John MAY was
on the 1790 census of Wake Co., NC with Thomas & William MAY. He bought from the estate sale of William
CUMMINGS in 1791.
John was in the 1800 census along with Absolam, Charles, Thomas, & William MAY. In that census, John MAY
& Thomas MAY were b. bef. 1755 & the others were younger. He was on the 1809 Tax List in Wake Co., NC
with 100 acres of land & no slaves. He was on the 1810 Tax list of Lick Creek District with 220 acres of land &
1 poll. He was probably the John MAY, Sr. who bought from the estate sale of John TILLEY in 1811, along with
Charles MAY.
He was on the 1811 Tax List of Lick Creek District with 35 acres of land & 1 poll. He was on the 1812 Tax List
of Lick Creek District with 40 acres & 1 poll. He was on the 1814 Tax list of Lick Creek District, but that list did
not contain any further information. The 1810-20 census records of Wake Co., are not extant, & no MAY
families appear in the 1820 Tax Lists as residents of Lick Creek, or in the 1830-40 census records.
We are not sure if this MAY family connects with the TILLEY family, but there are TILLEYs on the Tax Lists of
Lick Creek District, Wake Co., NC, along with these MAY families, from at least 1810-1814. Geroge RIDENS
was also in the Lick Creek District. There were RIDINGS/RIDENS/REDDINGS on these Tax Lists in Buffalo
District 1810-1814.
Children of JOHN MAY and SUSANNA RIDENS are:
2. i. ABSOLAM3 MAY, b. Bet. 1770 - 1774, N. Carolina; d. Bet. 1830 - 1840.
3. ii. CHARLES MAY, b. Abt. 1775, N. Carolina; d. Aft. 1850, Good Hope, Edgefield County, SC.
4. iii. PENELOPE MAY, b. Abt. 1780, N. Carolina; d. Bef. 1843.
iv. LUCY MAY, b. Abt. 1781, N. Carolina; m. JOHN CALLIHAM.
Notes for LUCY MAY:
She was listed as the sister of John May III, and Charles May in the research on their families after they
settled in Edgefield, SC. She married John Calliham. They moved to Mississippi in 1800.
Notes for JOHN CALLIHAM:
Moved to MS in 1800
5. v. JOHN MAY, b. Abt. 1782, N. Carolina; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860, Edgefield Co., SC.
vi. JAMES MAY, b. Bet. 1783 - 1790, N. Carolina; d. Abt. 1867, Greene Co., IL; m. (1) SALLY SMITH, 1811,
2
Wake County, NC; b. Abt. 1792; m. (2) SARAH, Abt. 1818; b. 1790, Georgia.
Notes for JAMES MAY:
In 1812, James MAY was a witness for a deed wherein Owen ONEAL of City of Albany, sold to Michael
CAROLIN of City of Philadelphia, a tract of land on the East fork of Drakes Creek of the Barron River,
Witnesses: Charles B. STUBBINS, James MAY, acknowledged in Davidson Co., TN. James & his family
were in the 1820 census of Sumner Co., TN. Living with them is a female b. 1794-1804.
William Bill PENNY  Wpenny@msn.com - the researcher of the line of James MAY, b. 1789 in GA, d.
c1867 in ?Greene Co., IL, believe this James in the 1820 census of Sumner Co., TN was this line. He m.
Sarah _____ in c1818. Sarah was b. 1790 in GA
James children in 1820 were:
a. (female) MAY, b. 1810-20
b. (male) MAY, b. 1810-20
c. (male) MAY, b. 1810-20
vii. MAJOR MAY, b. Bet. 1784 - 1790, N. Carolina.
Notes for MAJOR MAY:
. A Major MAY was listed as a brother of Penelope MAY RIDINGS in her Bible, but we can find no further
record of a Major MAY who would have been the correct age to be Penelopes brother.
viii. POLLY MAY, b. Bef. 1790, N. Carolina; m. WILLIAM WALLACE, 1823, Orange Co., NC.
Notes for POLLY MAY:
It is uncertain if this daughter was named Polly.