| Scope and content |
The major portion of the collection consists of receipts and financial accounts, mainly for Turner May but also for J. E. May. The remainder of the collection consists of correspondence, land records, legal papers, a notebook that includes J. E. May's Civil War record, and a photograph of the Turner May house in Craven County. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Turner May Papers (#525), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. Robert Edward May. |
| Biographical note | Turner May (1801-1872) was the grandson of Benjamin May and lived near Farmville. A farmer who also had a sawmill, he married Elizabeth Dixon in 1827. In the mid 1850s, he moved his family to a farm near New Bern. |
