Sumner County TN Archives Military Records.....May, William 
Revwar - Pension 
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WILLIAM MAY 

Of Sumner County



   William May applied for revolutionary pension while living in Sumner County,

Tennessee. His name is on the 1832 list and in the 1840 Census. He was born in

Wake County, North Carolina, about 1758. He enlisted in Wake County and served

in North Carolina troops. He moved to Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1806. He

married Susanna _____ December 25, 1786. She survived his death, January 5,

1843, and applied for pension September 4, 1843, giving her age as 75 years. She

was therefore born in 1768. Their children were: Caty, born 1788; Nancy, born

1790; Ailey, born 1792; Thomas, born 1794; Mary, born 1796; and William Jr. born

after 1796.



   Note: Another William May served in Virginia troops and drew pension in

McMinn County, Tennessee.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. IV



by Zella Armstrong



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