Mays Lick, Kentucky
Encyclopedia
Mays Lick is an unincorporated community located in Mason County, Kentucky
, United States
, about nine miles southwest of Maysville
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The group purchased 1,400 acres of land from William May (for whom the community was named) near the salt lick in southern Mason county and began to build a community. The Mays Lick Post Office opened in 1800. Kentucky's first consolidated school
and first school transportation – consisting of a horse and wagon – was founded in Mays Lick.
When May's Lick was founded (1788), Kentucky was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. That year (1788), the Commonwealth of Virginia established Mason County
. May's Lick became the name of the town after first being called May's Spring.
) is named is also the namesake for May's Lick.
The May brothers
Mason County, Kentucky
Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, about nine miles southwest of Maysville
Maysville, Kentucky
Maysville is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,993 at the 2000 census, making it the fiftieth largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville...
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History
May's Lick was founded in 1788 by the following five families from Scotch Plains, New JerseyScotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the township population increased to a record high of 23,510.-History:...
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- Abraham Drake
- Cornelius Drake
- Isaac Drake, father of (i) Daniel DrakeDaniel DrakeDaniel Drake was an American physician, writer. He was born in Plainfield, N. J. to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell, and elder brother of Benjamin Drake author of Life of Tecumseh...
(1785–1852), American physician and author, and (ii) Benjamin DrakeBenjamin DrakeBenjamin Drake Historian, editor, and writer born in May's Lick, Mason County, Kentucky to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell. His elder brother was the physician and author Daniel Drake...
(1795–1841), American historian, editor, and writer; Daniel Drake's son, Charles Daniel DrakeCharles D. DrakeCharles Daniel Drake was a United States Senator from Missouri. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended St. Joseph's College in 1823 and 1824, and Patridge's Military Academy in 1824 and 1825; he was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy in 1825 and served four years, when he resigned...
(1811–1892), was a United States Senator from Missouri and an anti-slavery politician - David Morris (1746–1798) and wife, Mary Shotwell (1748–1806)
- John Shotwell (1753–1826) and wife, Abigail Shipman (1754–1835)
- Note 1: Abraham, Cornelius, and Isaac Drake were brothers
- Note 2: John and Mary Shotwell were siblings
The group purchased 1,400 acres of land from William May (for whom the community was named) near the salt lick in southern Mason county and began to build a community. The Mays Lick Post Office opened in 1800. Kentucky's first consolidated school
Consolidated School
Consolidated School is a Pre-K to Grade 2 elementary school in New Fairfield, Connecticut and is part of the New Fairfield Public School District.- External links :**...
and first school transportation – consisting of a horse and wagon – was founded in Mays Lick.
When May's Lick was founded (1788), Kentucky was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. That year (1788), the Commonwealth of Virginia established Mason County
Mason County, Kentucky
Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,800. Its county seat is Maysville. The county is named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights"...
. May's Lick became the name of the town after first being called May's Spring.
The May family
The same May family for whom the Mason County Seat (MaysvilleMaysville, Kentucky
Maysville is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,993 at the 2000 census, making it the fiftieth largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville...
) is named is also the namesake for May's Lick.
- Mayslick is named after John's brother, William May.
- Maysville is named after John May ( –1790).
The May brothers
- George May ( –1795), a surveyor
- William May
- Charles May
- John May ( –1790)
- Gabriel May (1751–1713), married to Sallie Stokes (Susannah May Stokes, 1759–1815), niece of Ethan AllenEthan AllenEthan Allen was a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S...
(1738–1789), the hero of TiconderogaFort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century fort built by the Canadians and the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York in the United States...
and Crown PointFort Crown PointCrown Point, was a British fort built by the combined efforts of both British and Provincial troops in North America in 1759 at narrows on Lake Champlain on the border between modern New York State and Vermont...
Famous residents
- Joseph DeshaJoseph DeshaJoseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth Governor of Kentucky. Desha was the first Kentucky governor not to have served in the Revolutionary War. He did, however, serve under William Henry Harrison and "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War, and lost two brothers in battle...
(1768–1842), a US Representative and the ninth governor of Kentucky - Daniel DrakeDaniel DrakeDaniel Drake was an American physician, writer. He was born in Plainfield, N. J. to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell, and elder brother of Benjamin Drake author of Life of Tecumseh...
(1785–1852), American physician, author - Benjamin DrakeBenjamin DrakeBenjamin Drake Historian, editor, and writer born in May's Lick, Mason County, Kentucky to Isaac Drake and Elizabeth Shotwell. His elder brother was the physician and author Daniel Drake...
(1795–1841), American historian, editor, and writer - John McLeanJohn McLeanJohn McLean was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the Ohio and U.S...
(1785–1861), Associate Justice, US Supreme Court from 1830 to 1861