Green Berry May Jr. (aft. 1820)

Born after 1820 in Pike, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Taletha Elizabeth (Williams) May — married 1839 in Pike County, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Pike, Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Green was born about 1818-19. Green May ... He passed away about 1872. ^[1]

1860 US Census for Caldwell, Louisiana:

• Green B May Male 42 Miss
• Telitha May Female 43 S Carolina
• Sarah J May Female 20 Miss
• Etheldore May Male 18 Miss
• John W May Male 16 Miss
• Charity A May Female 13 Miss
• Clarkann S May Female 11 Miss
• Mary A R May Female 9 Miss
• Emile R May Female 7 Miss {Emma Ruth}
• Philip B May Male 5 Miss
• Amanda E May Female 2 La
• Martha Deloster Female 84 N Caroln

Based on the birth locations of his children in the 1860 census, Green moved his family to Louisiana between 1855 and 1858.

Slaves

• 1840

• 1850

Research Notes

His birth year of 1819 has been based on 1850 and later census. However he is not listed as a child of Greenberry May his presumed father in the 1820 census. Since he is a Jr according to the 1840 census, it is presumed that his father is Greenberry. There is only one Greenberry in the 1820 census, so his birth year is likely 1820 or later.

The following seventeen non-white men with the last name of May are in Mississippi in 1870. They may have been enslaved by Greenberry or one of his relatives:

• Alford May (b 1835) in Hinds County in 1870
• Nedd May (b 1835) in Noxubee County in 1870
• Pleasant May (b 1835) in Copiah County in 1870
• Elie May (b 1835) in Copiah County in 1870
• Jerry May (b 1835) in Brookhaven, Lincoln County in 1870
• Dannie May (b 1837) in Amite County in 1870
• Wade May (b 1837) in Copiah County in 1870
• Wisdom May (b 1833) in Copiah County in 1870
• Martin May (b 1838) in Copiah County in 1870
• Willis May (b 1831) in Jefferson County in 1870
• Samuel May (b 1831) in Macon, Noxubee County in 1870
• Samuel May (b 1830) in Clarke County in 1870
• Burrell May (b 1830) in Noxubee County in 1870
• John May (b 1840) in Yazoo County in 1870
• Gorn May (b 1830) in Grenada County in 1870
• Francis May (b 1840) in Grenada County in 1870
• James May (b 1832) in Grenada County in 1870

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Gary Gray, Oct 6, 2012

• 1840 Census: "United States Census, 1840"
  citing Page: 167; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M704; Digital film/folder number: 005154558; FHL microfilm: 0014841; Image number: 784
  FamilySearch Record: XHRL-JJY (accessed 21 October 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBC-T7S
  Green May in Pike, Mississippi, United States.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-C7C : 12 April 2016), Green B May, Pike county, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing family 448, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 33; Digital film/folder number: 004200059_004_M9C8-D99; FHL microfilm: 443600; Image number: 15; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01171-3
  FamilySearch Record: HRW1-42PZ (accessed 21 October 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XXXD-1G
  Green B May, slave owner, in 1850 in Pike, Mississippi, United States.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPQ-7LD : 14 December 2017), Green B May, 1860.

• "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS16-PR6 : 10 March 2018), Greenberry May in entry for Emma Ruth Bonnister, 07 May 1927; citing Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, certificate number 11053, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,383,606.