George William Mays1

M, (4 July 1833 - 25 October 1878)

Father*Willis Mays2 (c 1810 - )
Mother*Margaret (?)2 (c 1796 - )
George William Mays|b. 4 Jul 1833\nd. 25 Oct 1878|p2187.htm|Willis Mays|b. c 1810|p2235.htm|Margaret (?)|b. c 1796|p2236.htm|||||||||||||

Charts Pedigree for Lyle (N.M.I.) Jones
Relationship 3rd great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 19 May 2005
Reference MMFMFFC
Researcher 0
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Jim Ancestry Verified Y

Burial Coffeville, Montgomery Co., KS1 
Document* Record of a George Jordan being taken care of Willis Mays. Is this George Jordan noted in Cabell Co. VA Overseers of the Poor, our George? 
Name Variation George W. Mays 
Note* Based on Margie Jones notes, both George and Roxey were full blood Choctaw Indians. If true, there children would all be full blooded Choctaw Indians.
My grandfather Jones several years ago was contacted by cousins (I believe Margie Jones for one) that informed him that his Grandmother, Georgia (nee Mays) Heistand was 1/2 indian through George Mays her father. Though grandfather Jones never heard that from his mother, he did remember her looking Indian when her hair was undone. The cousins thought that George Mays was either Cocktaw or Cherokee. Through my personal discussion with the cousins, their source of George Mays being Indian comes from a comment from their father Earl Mays (grandson of George Mays). He once indicated in a moment of anger surrounding changing a flat tire that he was full blooded indian. Earl indeed had other ancestors who were documented native americans. However, since learning that George Mays was likely born in West Virginia near the Ohio border it seems less likely that George was an indian. It seems even more remote that he was Cherokee or Choctaw given their historic locations of these tribes. Given the prejudice of the times people rarely acknowledged indian blood which could explain why it was never mentioned, even if George Mays was native american.

Several descendants of Franklin Mays joined the United Lumbee Nation. Franklin did marry a native ameriacn. Note United Lumbee Nation is not affiliated with the Lumbee Tribe. The United Lumbee Nation is Federally or State recognized.

Choctaw History and maps., Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton, Witness=Georgia Emma Mays1 
Birth*4 July 1833 VA1 
Mapcirca 1850 Cabell Co., VA (later WV),

19th Century Cabell Co.



Cabell Co., VA (now WV) Maps, Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton 
Marriage*26 January 1854 Cabell Co., VA (later WV), Date based on Edward Knight's notes which I think comes from Research Marriage records of Cabell County, West Virginia, for the period of years 1809-1851, inclusive by Bell, Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns) , FHL US/CAN Film 848627 Item 2 a Microreproduction of original typescript (90 p.)

1900 Census indicated that Roxie and James Forbs were married 46 year. Note that # of years married does not make sense since that would make this the wrong Roxie -see 1910 census- or him father of all children including Frank Mays. I think that the crossed out 50 was the # of years since he was first married and 46 the number of years from when she was first married. This would place marriage of George and Roxie at about 1854.

., Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton3,4 
Map*circa 1861 Cowley Co., KS,




Cowley Co., Kansas Maps, Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton 
Death*25 October 1878 Hooser, Cowley Co., KS5 
Death25 October 1878 Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., KS6 
Document©*1883 KS, William G. Cutler's 1883 History of the State of Kansas Detailed section on Cowley Co. Nothing specific about family present., Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton, Witness=Georgia Emma Mays7 
Religion*1914 Hooser, Cowley Co., KS, Methodist. Obituary said she was a member of the Hooser Methodist Church.8 
Burial*21 January 1914 Coffeeville Cemetery, Coffeeville, Montgomery Co., KS9 

Family

Roxey Jane Keaton
Marriage*26 January 1854 Cabell Co., VA (later WV), Date based on Edward Knight's notes which I think comes from Research Marriage records of Cabell County, West Virginia, for the period of years 1809-1851, inclusive by Bell, Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns) , FHL US/CAN Film 848627 Item 2 a Microreproduction of original typescript (90 p.)

1900 Census indicated that Roxie and James Forbs were married 46 year. Note that # of years married does not make sense since that would make this the wrong Roxie -see 1910 census- or him father of all children including Frank Mays. I think that the crossed out 50 was the # of years since he was first married and 46 the number of years from when she was first married. This would place marriage of George and Roxie at about 1854.

., Principal=Roxey Jane Keaton3,4 
Children

Citations

  1. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999).
  2. [S82] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Web Page"; http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knight&id=I1688 searched on Jan 21, 2001 Work by Edward Knight (e-mail address). Ed attributes work to Marriages of Cabell Ca. VA and WV Records in this case probably the marriage of George Mays to Roxy J. Keaton in 1854. Web page gives names as Rills Mays and Margaret ???, Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  3. [S4] 1900 US Federal Census: KS Chautauoua Co. Vol.7 E.D.11 Sheet 10 Line 75.
  4. [S82] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Web Page"; http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knight&id=I1688 searched on Jan 21, 2001 Work by Edward Knight (e-mail address). Ed attributes work to Marriages of Cabell Ca. VA and WV Records. Web page says marriage record gives names as George Mays b. 1834 and Roxy J. Keaton b. 1832
    , Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  5. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999), Date only.
  6. [S12] Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). Unknown repository (unknown repository address), Notes.
  7. [S61] Book: 1883. Cutler, William G. History of the State of Kansas.
  8. [S85] Unknown article title, Obituary, unknown location, From 1933 obituary of Mrs Georgia Heistand in unknown newspaper.
  9. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999), Place only.
  10. [S118] 1880 US Federal Census: Cedar Twp., Cowley Co. KS Vol. 4 E.D. 171 Sheet 7, Line 45/ Page 469.