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Charles Hunter May (Boyle Co, KY, merchant & Mercer Co, KY, postmaster)

b. 1814?

Boyle County, Kentucky, merchant, and Mercer County, Kentucky, postmaster. Virginia native. Married to Martha N. Penny May. Father of Charles B. May, Fannie Alma May, and Robert B. May. Postmaster of Nevada, Mercer County, KY, post office from January 21, 1854 until November 5, 1861. Merchant in Boyle County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 142.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, p. 951.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyle County, Precinct 2, p. 143A
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Martin-Pike counties, p. 102 of microfilm.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7017505, Jefferson County Deaths, p.3166.

Citation

May, Charles Hunter. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214048 (November 12, 2026).

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