William Mayes

1776 - 1861  (85 years)

• Name	William Mayes  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	31 Oct 1776	Ridgeway, Henry, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Census	1860	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Death	18 Nov 1861	Simpson County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	Mayes Cemetery, Portland, Sumner, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  		Burial-MAYES William 1776 William Mayes -- Mayes Cemetery, Portland TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41553740/
  		Mayes Cemetery Portland, Sumner, Tennessee Find a Grave: #2321670
  Person ID	I9164	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Sherrod 'Sherwood' Mayes, II,   b. 1751, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA d. 18 May 1834, Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Deux 'Nancy' Smith,   b. 29 Dec 1752, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA d. Oct 1846, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Nov 1773	Guilford County, North Carolina, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F8943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Mayes,   b. 20 Aug 1777, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA d. 1845, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	31 Aug 1800	Grainger County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 8]
  	Susannah Bridges and William Mayes
  Family ID	F3179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy D May,   b. 11 Oct 1813, Kentucky, USA d. 1 Nov 1907, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1847	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 9]
  Family ID	F3180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Oct 1776 - Ridgeway, Henry, Virginia, USA Marriage - 31 Aug 1800 - Grainger County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 31 May 1847 - Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Census - 1850 - Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Census - 1860 - Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Death - 18 Nov 1861 - Simpson County, Kentucky, USA Burial - - Mayes Cemetery, Portland, Sumner, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  Bio-MAYES William Biography of William Mayes

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-MAYES William 1776 William Mayes -- Mayes Cemetery, Portland TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41553740/

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for William Mayes http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-28090526&indiv=try [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S2155] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;). [S5140] Find a Grave: MAYES Williams 1776-1861, William Mayes. BIRTH: 31 Oct 1776 Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia DEATH: 18 Nov 1861 (aged 85) Sengtown, Sumner County, Tennessee BURIAL: Mayes Cemetery, Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 41553740 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41553740/william-mayes [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Sherrod Sherwood Mayes [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Database online. Source number: 1373.055; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . [S5139] Find a Grave: MAYES Susannah Mayes 1777-1845, Susannah Mayes Bridges Mayes. Susannah Mayes Bridges of Virginia married William Mayes on August 31, 1800, in Grainger County, Tennessee. Susannah was born on August 20, 1777. Susannah's maiden name was also Mayes, and she was a widow of James Bridges, whom she had married on 24 Feb 1798, at the time of her marriage to William. Her father was William Mayes of Kentucky. William and Susannah had the following children: Pleasant Franklin, Mahala Melvina, Joel Crowder, and William Smith. William and Susannah immigrated to Sumner County, Tennessee about 1815, where they engaged in farming. Susannah died about 1845 and is presumed to be buried in the family cemetery. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67936444/susannah_mayes [S933] Find a Grave: MAY Nancy Mayes 1813-1907, Nancy D May Mayes. BIRTH: 11 Oct 1813 Kentucky DEATH: 1 Nov 1907 (aged 94) Sumner County, Tennessee BURIAL: Mayes Cemetery, Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee MEMORIAL ID: 41553779 ______________________________________________________ Nancy May married William on May 31, 1847 in Sumner County. Nancy May was 46 at the time of the 1860 census. They had two children. Their names were: Frances Marion and Texanner. Nancy died on November 1, 1907 at the home of her son, Frank Mayes. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41553779/nancy-mayes