Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Joseph May
and Mary (Boggan) May
Brother of
Susanna (May) McLendon, John Joseph May, Nancy (May) Blakeney, Peter May, Penelope May and James Bogan May
Husband of
Mary (Clardy) Mayes
— married
27 Oct 1823 in Halifax, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Frances (Mays) Whitten
Died
at about age 80
in Boone, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2011
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Biography
Pleasant was born about 1797. He passed away after 1880.
Sources
- Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Botetourt, Virginia; Roll: 936; Page: 170b
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Botetourt, Virginia; Page: 144; Family History Library Film: 805336
- Year: 1870; Census Place: Sherman, Boone, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 371A; Family History Library Film: 553184
- Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pleasant by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pleasant:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pleasant by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Pleasant:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
C (Robinson) Starling 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
H Shute :
23andMe, GEDmatch H472546 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H472546 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Sissie (Davis) Nunnelley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926806 [compare], Ancestry member katherynhoward
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jeannie Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Gramimi8
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~0.78%
Cody Stowers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LL3324882 [compare], Ancestry member codystowers74
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~0.78%
Leigh Stowers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
C Shapland :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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Side note: numerous users on Ancestry list John Joseph May as Pleasant Mayes father. My father, Mark Stowers, also has DNA Thru Line matches that connect him to John Joseph May, Pleasant's father.