Person

James May (Mercer County, KY, farmer)

b. 1812?

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Father of John May. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 299A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 890.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 594.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 41B.

Citation

May, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281308 (November 12, 2026).

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