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Martha Massey
1800 - Bef 1850 (49 years)
Generation: 1
1. Martha Massey was born in 1800 in Pendelton District, SC (daughter of James Henry Massey); died before 1850 in Lincoln Co., TN. Notes:
Married David Smith (1790-). Her father James may have lived with her and her daughters in 1830. James is not on any other 1830 census in Giles Co., TN, Giles, Tennessee.
Children:
Elizabeth Ross (born Smith), 1807 - 1837
Martha V Halbert (born Smith), 1827 - 1897
Margaret Weaver (born Smith), 1820 - 1850
Sallie (Sarah) Bledsoe (born Smith), ? - 1841
2. James Henry Massey was born in 1744 in Ireland; died on 4 Nov 1839 in Cornersville, Marshall, Tennessee; was buried in 1839 in Old Mars Hill Cemetery, Marshall, Tennessee. Notes:
1744, Northern Ireland
1790, Union, South Carolina
1800, 1810, 1820, Pendleton District, South Carolina
1836 tax list, Giles, Tennessee
1839, passed in Cornersville, Giles, TN at the age of 95.
Died at the age of 94 years. Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of James Massey, Sen., Who departed this life Nov the 4th in the year 1839. Aged 94 years.
The father of Esq. Ephraim Miller Massey who died 1836. Both are buried in the "Old Marrs Church Cemetery" about 1/4 mi north of the current cemetery in Marshall County, TN near Lynnville. As is Andrew Miller Massey, who died Feb 16, 1828, aged 5yrs, 8 mos, 11 days.
May have married Nancy Miller on 9 Aug 1812 in Greene, Georgia.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69638279/james-henry-masseyChildren:
- James H. Massey was born in 1779 in Ireland; died on 1 Mar 1864 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; was buried in Family Cemetary, Springfield, Greene Co., MO, USA.
- Ephraim Miller Massey was born on 27 May 1788 in Pendelton District, SC; died on 27 Feb 1836 in Cornersville, Giles, TN; was buried in Old Mars Hill Cemetery, Cornersville, Giles, TN.
- Jane Massey was born on 3 May 1794 in Pendelton District, SC; died in 1866 in Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Argenta, Macon County, IL.
- Sarah Massey was born about 1799 in Pendelton District, SC; died on 13 Nov 1839 in Lincoln Co., TN.
- 1. Martha Massey was born in 1800 in Pendelton District, SC; died before 1850 in Lincoln Co., TN.
- Robert Massey was born about 1805 in Pendelton District, SC; died before 1830 in Missouri, USA.
- Mary Margaret Knox Massey was born in 1809 in Pendelton District, SC; died on 16 Dec 1863 in Dallas County, AL.