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William MAY of Granville County, NC 1785-bef1880

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William MAY of Granville County, NC 1785-bef1880

justinmay1  (View posts) Posted: 5 Nov 2009 3:52AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: MAY, JENKINS, DAVIS, PREDDY, HUDDLESTON
I am looking to collaborate on information for William MAY of Granville County, NC. William was born about 1785 in NC and died sometime prior to 1880 in Granville County. He lived most of his life in Granville. He may have come from Warren or Franklin County. He was found in Federal Census records from 1820 to 1870 in Granville. His known children based on census data and what records are available are Thomas Henry MAY (1804-?), Mary M. JENKINS (1805-?), Frances DAVIS (1811-?), William G. MAY (1814-?), Mary Eliza PREDDY (1817-?), Anthony Dock MAY (1819-22APR1896), Robert Lee MAY (1825-1898), and John Yancey MAY (1825-?). William's wife was named Elizabeth (surname unknown) and she was born about 1783 in NC and died between 1860 and 1866. He later married (23 JAN 1866) Direna HUDDLESTON (born about 1825 in NC). They are listed together in 1870 with her name as Dionesia and they had no children. William may have had associations or kinship with Enoch MAY of Warren County and other MAYs of Franklin County. He is suspected of owning land around New Light Creek on the Franklin/Granville border. I have a lot of information on William, his children and their descendants and I would love to fill in the gaps. I'm also interested in information on his parents, siblings and wives.

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