John
May
Born in Washington, Mississippi
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Bounds) May
— married
about 1828 in Shelby Co. TX
Husband of
Martha (Davis) May
— married
before 1858 in Shelby County, Texas [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Dempsey May, James S May, Lucy A May, William H May, Mary May, John Peter May and Sarah Josephine (May) Hooper
Died about
at about age 76
in Shelby, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2016
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Biography
Texas Ranger and veteran of War of 1812.
John May, U.S. veteran and Texas Ranger, served as a private in the War of 1812. May was born in Washington County, Mississippi in 1797. While still living in Mississippi, he married Elizabeth Bounds in 1828 and had two children. John settled in Shelby County with Elizabeth and their two children between 1834 and 1835, prior to the Regulator-Moderator War. Settling on his land grant of about 1,280 acres near the Willow Grove and Day Communities in Shelby County, John became associated with the Moderators. As a Texas Ranger, John was a friend to the old settlers and helped rid the county of the lawless element that remained from the days of the Neutral Ground Agreement. After giving birth to five children, Elizabeth died, John married Martha A. Davis sometime prior to 1858. They had four children together, including a daughter, Josephine. John married a third time to Elizabeth Haight after Martha died around 1864. They had two sons. It is believed John died around 1873. He is not included in the 1880 census.
He is buried in the John May Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas. [1]
Sources
From the November 21, 1999 Memorial program for Texas Ranger John May.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for John May (1797–1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #36684371, citing John May Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Dr. Duane Hooper (contributor 48769324).
Article written by D. R. Taylor in The Champion March 16, 1927.
- U.S. War of 1812 Service Records 1812-1815.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-TVV : 23 December 2020), John May, Shelby, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- U.S. Selected Federal Census Non-population Schedules 1850-1880
- 1860 United States Federal Census.
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John Fields
I've worked with the coordinator of the Texas Project to create a categorization for Regulators or Moderators in the Regulator Moderator War. John Middleton's book History of the Regulators and Moderators, mentions a John May on page 14 and a John Mays on page 22. Do you know if these are the same person?
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