Sarah (Smith) Mays
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Sarah (Smith) Mays (1777 - 1868)

Sarah Mays formerly Smith
Born in Paw Paw Creek, Rockingham County, NC., USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 13 Nov 1796 in Henry County, Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 90 in Madison County, TN, USAmap
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Biography

Jesse and Sarah were married November 13, 1796 in Henry County, VA. Abraham (son) was born in Virginia in 1797. They moved to Maury County, Tennessee and lived at Leiper's Lick Creek. Born to them were four boys and four girls. Jesse served in the War of 1812 was drafted at the age of 37 in in November, 1814. He served in the Battle of New Orleans where he contracted the Measles. Waiting for transport to his home in Maury Co., TN, he died in Baton Rouge, LA, March 19, 1815 and was buried there. After his death Sarah never remarried and took her seven children to Perry County, TN where her eldest son Abraham had a farm. Sarah received pension benefits. She stayed in Perry County over 30 years and moved to Madison County, TN in 1856 with her son David where she died in 1868 at the age of 91.


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DNA

  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by 1 matching segment between Demetrius Mays FTDNA 790301 and her fifth cousin Capps GEDmatch A750553 . Common Ancestor Drury Smith.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by 1 matching segment between Demetrius Mays FTDNA 790301 and her fifth cousin Capps GEDmatch A750553 . Common Ancestor Drury Smith.




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