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Robert and Tabitha moved from Rockingham Co., NC., to Yalobusha
Co. MS., in the early 1830s. Robert died 23 June, 1855 in Grenada, Yalobusha Co., Mississippi. Tabitha died in Grenada in July 1878.
Robert and Tabitha had 5 children:
1. Robert Booker May Jr. born 1820, married Mary Ann McKinzie in Carroll Co., Mississippi in 1842 and died there in 1842
2. William J. May, born 8 June, 1821 and died 8 November, 1821 in Rockingham Co., NC.
3. James C. May, born 29 December, 1822 in Rockingham Co., NC. Married Mary in 1847. He died June 1861 in the service of the Confederacy. Buried Beard Cemetery, Williamson Co., Texas.
4. Mary Jane May, born 26 May, 1824 in Rockingham Co., NC.; married William Carver Beard about June 1837 probably in Mississippi. Moved to Texas and died in Granger, Williamson Co., Texas in Feb. 1914.
5. William Powhatan May, born August 1837 in Mississippi (probably Yalobusha or Grenada Co. area. Married Jane Jenny Armstrong in Williamson Co. in Janury 1865. He died 19 March, 1871 in Texas.
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