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Wilson M. May (Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier (U.S.A.))

b. 1833-05-13 d. 1901-01-04

Jessamine County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Estill County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Ball May in Jessamine County, Kentucky, on July 30, 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and corporal from September 22, 1862 to October 24, 1862. Reported as deserted at Frankfort on October 24, 1862. Farmer in Jessamine County in 1863. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from October 6, 1863, to October 5, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Cass County, Washington, p. 310A.

Bill Vockery and Kathy Vockery, ed. Marriages of Jessamine County, KY, 1851-1899, (Richmond, KY: 1992), p. 53.

"May, Wilson M." U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Roll 319, Application 747808, Certificate 527831.

"May, Wilson M.," Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0508.

"May, Wilson," Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0109.

"May, Wilson M.," Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0479.

"May, Wilson M.," Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0149.

"Three Old Residents Gone," Lyndon Record, (Lyndon, KS), January 10, 1901, p. 1.

Citation

May, Wilson M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198640 (November 12, 2026).

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