May Holcomb (abt. 1760 - 1840)

Born about 1760 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Stafford) Holcomb — married [date unknown] in Rowan Co Nc

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1840 at about age 80 in Yancey, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

May was born in 1760. John and May Holcomb appear in 1800 census for Buncombe County, NC. May appears to head a household of 7, however there are no headers on the copy referenced, so unsure who they represent: 1..1.4..1^[1]
1810 census: 5 males <10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-16, 2 females 16-26, 1 female 26-45. ^[2]
May passed away in 1835.

May Holcombe, oldest son of John Holcombe, III and Elizabeth Oxford May, married Mary Ellen Stafford, 1780, Virginia, she was born 1-8-1760, Surry County, Virginia, died 1837, Yancey County, North Carolina, 1780.

May and Mary Ellen Stafford Holcombe were parents of 8 children: 1. Obadiah Holcombe 2. Elizabeth Holcombe, married Robert J. Ponder, Sr. 3. Henry Stafford Holcombe, married Mary "Polly" Bailey 4. Katherine Holcombe, married Joseph Ponder 5. Mary Holcombe, married Willey Holcombe 6. Winnie Holcombe, married John J. Ponder 7. Lawrence Holcombe, married Nancy Allen 8. Abner R. Holcombe, married Joyce Bailey

I have made a Posting for May Holcombe, to show, he married Mary Ellen Stafford, listing their children. May Holcombe was my 5th great-grandfather Double L

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May Holcombe (male) was born before 1780, based on birth of daughter Catherine in 1795. He may have been born in North Carolina.

He married Mary ___.

In the 1790 US census, May Holcomb was living in Surry, North Carolina. His household included two males under 16, one male 16 and over, and one female.^[4]

May and Mary Holcombe were the parents of Catherine, wife of Joseph Ponder, who was born about 1795 in North Carolina and died in 1859 in Kentucky, United States.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-2XR : accessed 13 September 2020), May Holcomb, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 172, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY8-39YP?cc=1803765&wc=QZZZ-MXG%3A1588179904%2C1588182822%2C1588179902 : 1 December 2015), North Carolina > Buncombe > Not Stated > image 46 of 62; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183755822/may-holcombe
4. ↑ May Halcomb. Year: 1790; Census Place: Surry, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 518; Image: 301; Family History Library Film: 0568147. Ancestry Record 5058 #199991
5. ↑ Catharine Ponder, daughter of May and Mary Holcombe, died age 64 on 10 Nov 1859 in Kentucky. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky. Ancestry Record KYdeaths #1503188

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Cynthia Ramsey for starting this profile.