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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1769 - 1849 (79 years)
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| Name |
William James MAYO |
| Born |
21 Aug 1769 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
preacher (3) |
| _UID |
AB2D60BB6967496AB26EC940862D9D392899 |
| Died |
1 Aug 1849 |
- b. Goochland VA (1, 2) St. James Northam Goochland VA (3)
d. Paris Edgar IL
bur Paris Edgar IL
(1) in 1825 lived in Floyd KY
Rev. William J. Mayo, the father of Col. Mayo, came here in the fall of 1825. He arrived on the 30th of November; the fall had been one of almo st unprecedented loveliness, without a drop of rain for weeks, but on th at night it set in to rain and continued a day or two. He located near t he line between Hunter and Stratton Townships, where he died August 1, 1 849, lacking but a few days of being eighty years of age. He had eaten h is dinner, shaved himself, chopped some fire-wood at his woodpile, walke d to the house, and was scraping his feet at the door, when he dropped d ead. Col. Mayo and Mrs. Driskell, wife of Joseph Driskell, are the only survivors of twelve children. Mr. Mayo was a local preacher of the M. E. Church. (3)
In 1825, Rev. William J. Mayo, William S. Wilson, Robert J. Scott, John Brown and Andrew G. Fitzgerald came in. Rev. Mayo, the father of Col. M ayo, was from Kentucky, and was one of the pioneer Methodist preachers o f the county. (4)
Dec. 27, 1817 Indenture from William James Mayo, Rhodes Meade, John
Hackworth, Tandy Stratton, Thomas Johns, Robert Brown and Mial Mayo,
Trustees of the Floyd Seminary Lands to Micajah Harrison in the amount
of $300.00 for 303 acres in Floyd County on Quick Sand Creek. (5)
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| Person ID |
I4485 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Oct 2003 |
| Father |
Jacob MAYO, b. 1 Aug 1744, d. 29 Nov 1813 (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Susannah B. ISBELL, b. 30 Sep 1749, d. 6 Oct 1851 (Age 102 years) |
| Married |
2 Jan 1768 |
- m. St. James Northam Parish Goochland VA
(1) My Isbell Roots-and Maybe some of yours, Sharon Oxley, shane@mlode. com.
(2) JJP3-BX
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| Family ID |
F2231 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Married |
11 Apr 1790 |
- m. Henry VA
(1) My Isbell Roots-and Maybe some of yours, Sharon Oxley, shane@mlode. com.
(2) JJMX-KD
(3) KKL3-M9
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F2230 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 1810 Floyd Ky Census. Male 26-44. Head of household. (http://www.rootsw eb.com/~kyfloyd/Mis_files/1810census.htm)
1820 Floyd KY census. Image 27. Male over 45. Head of household.
1830 Edgar IL census. Image 3. Male 60-70. Head of household.
(1) My Isbell Roots-and Maybe some of yours, Sharon Oxley, shane@mlode. com.
(2) JJMX-J7
(3) http://www.rootsweb.com/~iledgar/bios/b3.htm
(4) Edgar County History Page: The History of Edgar County ILL. Transcr ibed and Contributed by Jane A. Fullington. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ile dgar/bios/h3.htm
(5) Descendants of Thomas P. Johns, Sr. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyfloy d/familyfiles/johnsfamily.htm
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