Person:John May (110)

Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper
unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997).
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THE MAY FAMILY
Maysville derived its name from John May, who was killed by the Indians on
a boat, March 20, 1790, near the mouth of the Scioto. The town was
established by an act of the legislature on one hundred acres of land,
owned by John May and Simon Kenton. Mayslick, twelve miles west, was named
for John May, former owner of the land. ...

... Other similar schools were soon established, as that of John May at McAfee's Station in 1777, ... the perils faced by these and other brave pioneers of education in Kentucky are illustrated by the fact that several of them were either killed by the Indians or suffered bodily harm from wild animals ... John May was killed by Indians in the early part of 1790 while going down the Ohio River in a boat (Collin's History of Kentucky, 2:570). ...