George Washington Mays

Notes:

Thomas Samuel MAYS, b 1820, S.C., m a Ross. Issue: Geo. W. Mays, CSA, Veteran from Arkansas (White and Toole, p 73). His widow, Mary E. Mays, applied for a widows pension based on her husband's service for the Confederate States in the State of Arkansas. He enlisted in Jan. 1863, and served until the end of the War. His unit was Company C, Crawfords Regiment, Fagons Brigade, volunteer Calvary Service. Pension File Number 20191. The Death certificate of his son, Samuel Warren Mays, shows that George was born in Red River County, Texas. Laura Buckmaster writes that: Surname is "Mayes" on George's stone. The rest of the stones in the family are spelled "Mays".

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, SubDiv 84, JP No. 1
Enumerated 6 July 1880
Page 24D SD 1 ED 84
211-219
Mays, George W M 35 Farmer Tx SC SC
Mays, Elizabeth W F 30 W La --- Miss
Mays, Ida W F 12 Dtr Tx Tx La
Mays, Ross W M 9 Son Tx Tx La
Mays, Ella W F 4 Dtr Tx Tx La
Mays, Nannie W F 2 Dtr Tx Tx La

George married Mary Elizabeth Iles on 1 Mar 1866 in Lafayette County, Arkansas. Mary (daughter of George W. Iles and Mary Curry Bickham) was born on 5 Aug 1849 in Louisiana; died about 1920; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ida Mays was born on 14 Sep 1867 in Texas; died on 12 May 1936; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
2. George Ross Mays was born on 17 Aug 1871 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 1939 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
3. Ella Mays was born about 1876 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
4. Nannie Aveline Mays was born on 3 Apr 1878 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Apr 1945 in Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
5. Stella Mays was born in Sep 1877 in Sabine County, Texas; died in Sep 1936; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
6. Samuel Warren Mays was born on 25 Aug 1882 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Nov 1936 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.
7. Lemie Mays was born on 18 Jan 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Aug 1937 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
8. May Mays was born on 9 Aug 1890 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Oct 1969 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas.