Person

John F. May (Daviess County, KY, farmer)

b. 1820-01-11 d. 1867-01-11

Daviess County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Marshall May. Father of Virginia L. May, Josephine V. May, John R. May, Stephen S. May, James May, and Sallie May. Farmer in Daviess County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Daviess County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1860. Farmer in Daviess County in July 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 453B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 838.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 393A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 20446.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Daviess County, KY, July 1863, p. 24.

"John F. May (1820-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 66406506, accessed November 19, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66406506.

Citation

May, John F.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281344 (November 12, 2026).

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