Andrew Jackson May

Birth Date

1829-01-28

Death Date

1903-05-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Morgan County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Prestonburg, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary M. Dawson May in Floyd County, Kentucky, on April 25, 1855. Father of Samuel D. May, James A. May, and Andrew J. May. Attorney in Morgan County in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as captain, lieutenant colonel, and colonel from May 26, 1861, to November 14, 1862. Served in the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as colonel from 1863 to August 3, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Morgan County, District 1, p. 107.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Virginia, Tazewell County, Jeffersonville, p. 19.
Thomas D. Matijasic, “May, Andrew Jackson” in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 618-619.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994034, Floyd County Marriages.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 110.
Find A Grave, "Col Andrew Jackson May (1829-1903)," Memorial #17195866, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17195866/andrew-jackson-may (accessed on July 19, 2018).

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