His 2nd wife was Sarah Jane Campbell, widow of Daniel McLain who died in the Rev. War.
His miliary marker states that he was a Sergeant with the 5th South Carolina Regiment during the Revolutionary War
Research Notes
Find A Grave: Memorial #83306200 has birth location in Virginia, but no mention in the biography of that location.
This profile has 3 wives attached which differs with the information on the Find a Grave pages. Sarah's 'new' gravestone at Find A Grave: Memorial #85164741 has name as Sarah Jane McLane May.
Slaves
Joseph was recorded as having 13 enslaved people in the 1820 census. See Space Page for further details and to add research about them.
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/83306200/joseph-b.-may : accessed 11 August 2021), memorial page for Joseph B. May Sr. (15 Sep 1732–8 Dec 1829), Find A Grave: Memorial #83306200, citing Joseph May Historic Cemetery, Walthall County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Patti (contributor 47014492) .
Descendants of Joseph B. May can belong The Order of First Families of Mississippi 1699-1817. Edited by Charles Owen Johnson ,B.A. ,LLB, J.D.,L,.LM. Published for the Society by, Edwards Brothers , Inc, Ann Arbor ,Michigan 48104.
Joseph B. was married a second time to Widow Sarah Jane McLean/McLain. and had the following kids.Joseph Jr.,Lafayette (little berry), Etheldred,Green berry,Phillip and Mary. He was in the Revolutionary war. He Enlisted APR 5,1776, in the 5th SC regt. His occupation was a planter,woodsman and Indain fighter.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph 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 Joseph:
As a member of the US Black Heritage Project, I have added a list of the slaves owned by Joseph on this profile with categories using the standards of the US Black Heritage Exchange Program. This helps us connect enslaved ancestors to their descendants. See the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information.