Richard Massey

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• Name: Dick

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Carpenter work, railroad grade contracting, general contracting.

Successful in his line of work and has handled some large jobs, among which was the Valley water falls, the Grant Street subway, did the work for the filtering plant at the pump station for the Springfield water works, and he built te first peice of special read that was ever seen in Greene County.

Owned a commodious home on South Campbell street, surrounded by a lot containing five acres.

Married twice to sisters Hannah and Mary J. Prier. 13 children.

Richard married Hannah Prier on 18 Apr 1877 in Stone, Missouri, USA. Hannah (daughter of Allen Thomas Prier and Mary Jane Brown) was born on 16 Aug 1853 in Henry County, Iowa; died on 24 Oct 1890 in Stone, Missouri, USA; was buried in Galena Cemetery, Galena, Stone, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clara Bell Massey was born on 14 Apr 1878 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 10 May 1963 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
2. Guy Edwin Massey was born on 11 Oct 1880 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 26 May 1953 in Elm Springs, Washington County, Arkansas.
3. James Allen Massey was born on 1 Sep 1882 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died in Jun 1952 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO.
4. Clarence Ernest Massey was born on 26 Aug 1883 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Dec 1957 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
5. Laura Ophelia Massey was born on 14 Sep 1885 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died in Oct 1964 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
6. Robert Everett Massey was born on 6 Apr 1887 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 3 Feb 1960 in Greene County, Missouri, USA.
7. Sally M. Massey was born on 26 Dec 1888 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 11 Feb 1979 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.

Richard married Mary Jane Prier on 15 Apr 1891 in Stone, Missouri, USA. Mary (daughter of Allen Thomas Prier and Mary Jane Brown) was born on 9 Jul 1865 in Henry County, Iowa; died on 29 May 1927 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Floyd Glenn Massey was born on 26 Sep 1892 in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, USA; died on 23 Sep 1989 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
2. Zella Massey was born on 27 Apr 1895 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 7 Jun 1984 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
3. Piercy Adolph Massey was born on 20 Feb 1898 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 28 Jun 1967 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
4. Carroll Victor Massey was born on 18 Aug 1903 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; died on 23 May 1958 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
5. Kenneth Keith Massey was born on 14 Apr 1906 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Aug 1921 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

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• Name: James Henry

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Greene Co, Missouri, History book, pages 1927-29:
Born in Ireland, where he spent his boyhood and attended school. When eighteen years of age he ran away from home and sailed on broad Atlantic toward the United States to seek his fortune. He first settled in Knox County, Tennessee, at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains, regarding whose picturesque inhabitants so much has been written, and in that locality he was married and made his home until the year 1832, when he made the tedious and somewhat hazardous overland trip to Greene county, Missouri, bringing his family in a primitive wagon, and thus the Masseys were among the earliest pioneers of this locality.

He secured a tract of land just east of what is now the thriving city of Springfield, but which was at that time an encampment of the Kickapoo Indians. He set to work with a will, cleared, broke and fenced his land, erected a log cabin and by perseverance and hard work became very comfortably fixed in due course and time, and was a man of influence among the early frontiersmen, his neighbours being, however, very few and most of them some miles distant, untill more Tennesseeans followed him, the Fulbrights, the Freemans and others.

Although he devoted the major portion of his life to farming, he was a mechanic by trade and a skilled workman. He made the first separator, or "ground-hog" tresher, ever seen in this part of the country. During the war of 1812, he enlisted in defense of his adopted country, gladly fighting against the flag under which he was born, and for meritoruius conduct on the field of battle he was promoted from a private to a captain, and served with distinction throughout the war. Politically he was first a Whig, then a Republican after that party was organized in the fifties. His death occured on his farm here in 1863.

His first wife was Faithful Strickland, she bore him 13 children. Among them Nathaniel J., William, Mrs. Mc Adams, Mrs. Rountree. William was a quarter master in the Union Army during the Civil War. His second wife, Martha Ellen Anderson, was a native of Tennessee, where she grew up and recieved a limited education. She lived to an advanced age, dying in Stone County, Missouri, in February 1899?. To these parents nine children were born."

1810 Living next door to Moses Strickland, Pendleton district, South Carolina.
1820, Pendleton district, SC.
1830, Giles, TN, family of ten, seven slaves.
1840, Greene, Missouri
1844, Sep 10th, James H. Massey bought 79 acres of land in Springfield, MO (twp 29).
1845, May 5th, James Massey bought 80 acres of land in Springfield, MO (twp 29).
1850, Campell, Greene, Missouri
1859, June 1st, James H. Massey, bought 40 acres of at Springfield, MO.

He may have had a brother Ephraim M. Massey, who is mentioned in connection with the Treaty from the Cherokee in 1820:

TREASURY OFFICE - Columbia, May 9, 1820
Notice is hereby given to Noble Anderson, Thomas Smith, E.M. Massey, Jane Poteat, Ira Nicholson, Wm. Beavort, David Kitchen, William Deadman, Philemon Crane, and Ralph Cobb respectively, and all other persons who have not yet paid the second instalment upon their Bonds, given for the purchase money of each Tract or Tracts of Land as may have been bought by them, at the sale of Public Lands lying in that part of Pendleton District, lately known as Teritory purchased by Treaty from the Cherokee Indians which was sold in March, 1818, at the house of Ephraim Massey, on the old Cherokee Boundary Line; that they and each of them, by delaying to pay the said second installment now due, have made default, and that unless the said second installment shall be paid within sixty days from the date hereof, together with the costs of this publication, the payments heretofore made will be forefeited and the lands purchased by them revert to the State.
Benjamin T. Elmore
Treasurer Upper Division
Note on Ancestry: The same above ad ran into mid July 1820. The E.M. Massey shown on the above notice was Ephraim Massey, brother of James Massey who will move to Greene Co., Missouri.
The above ad was found on GenealogyBank.com Newspaper Archives subscription service.

(Half)siblings may have been: Ephraim Miller Massey, Jane Brown (born Massey), Sarah Dunlap (born Massey), Martha Smith (born Massey), Robert Massey, Mary Margaret Knox Patrick (born Massey).

Uncertain how all these siblings in the US coincides with the history James running away from home in Ireland. Both Limerick and Northern Ireland have been mentioned as a birthplace. Sarah Jane "Sally" Massey Taylor, James' daughter, states on 1930 census that her father was born in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland was not a country untill 1921.

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Sarah Jane "Sally" Massey Taylor, James' daughter, states on 1930 census that her father was born in Northern Ireland.

James married Martha Ellen Anderson on 10 Jul 1838 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA. Martha (daughter of Samuel Anderson and Mary McKenzie) was born in 1819 in Pendelton, South Carolina; died on 15 Feb 1894 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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-massey

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Enlisted on Aug 15th 1810 with the rank "drummer" in US Arty, and served for five years Fort St. Phillip and Fort St. Charles (New Orleans). Discharged Aug 15th 1815 when term expired.

1830 census reciding in Regiment 98, Monroe, Tennessee.

Children were born in White Co., Tennessee. Came to Missouri in 1837, located in Greene County about four miles east of Springfield, and resided there for years. Thence they moved to James River in Stone County, about four miles above Galena, and resided there for many years. In 1860 they moved to Douglas Co, where there mother died three years later, and the father returned to Stone Co, and died in 1865, close to where he first settled. He was the father of seven children: Martha, Elizabeth, Sarah, Anna, Helen, Dorcas and Eliza. He came from old Revolutionary stock, his father having fought bravely for independence.
Source: A Reminiscent History Ozark Region 1894.

1860 MO census, Stone Co, Microfilm page 552, line 12; Washington twp, Galena P O, dwg 22. Samuel Anderson, age 60, and Mary, age 59, have one child, William Watson, age 12, in the home. relationship unknown.

Death year seen as 1865 (above) or Dec 1873. Named as a native of White, Tennessee, but believed to have been born in the Pendelton district of SC, which split into Anderson and Pickens counties, GA. The Anderson land fell into Pickens.

Probate: 28 Jan 1874 • Stone Co, , Missouri, USA. Estate of Samuel Anderson, dec'd

Samuel married Mary McKenzie in 1818. Mary (daughter of Chesley McKenzie) was born in 1802 in Pendelton District, SC; died in 1863 in Douglas, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Moved to Georgia by 1784, and was living there by 1788, when a specially called Convention voted to ratify the U.S. Constitution and gave Georgia statehood.

On Jun 15 1790 he is a witness to a case between John Calhoun and Wm. Boyd in Pendleton Co.

On Feb 27 1798 he is a witness to a deed - Richard Davis and John Davis of South Carolina to William Boyd in Franklin Co. GA.

1800 Census of Pendleton District, SC, registered as Niblet Anderson with wife and three sons.

1810 SC census, Pendleton Dist. Noble Anderson heads a household consisting of 4 free white males (FWM) under the age of 10, 1 FWM of 10 and under 15, 1 FWM of 26 and under 45 (Noble Anderson); and 1 free white female (FWF) of 16 and under 26.

1816 - SC General Statutes, Vol U, pg 252 - In 1814 the Cherokee Indians ceded their lands along the Chattooga River in the upper tip of SC to the State of SC in Pendleton District. These lands then offered for sale - the Statute in the court records lays out terms and conditions for prospective buyers. It allowed for an initial bond payment and subsequent payments over a 3 year period. From the following, we believe Noble Anderson Sr. took advantage of this and purchased land in what previously was Indian land.
Published in "City Gazette" (Charleston, SC) Vol. XL, Issue 12935, pg. 1 - 9 May 1820

1820 SC census, Pendleton Dist, Microfilm page 215, 25th entry. Noble Anderson heads a household consisting of 2 free white males (FWM) under the age of 10, 3 FWM of 10 and under 16, 2 FWM of 16 and under 26, 1 FWM over 45 (Noble Anderson); 1 free white female (FWF) under the age of 10, and 1 FWF of 26 and under 45.

TREASURY OFFICE - Columbia, May 9, 1820
Notice is hereby given to Noble Anderson, Thomas Smith, E.M. Massey, Jane Poteat, Ira Nicholson, Wm. Beavort, David Kitchen, William Deadman, Philemon Crane, and Ralph Cobb respectively, and all other persons who have not yet paid the second instalment upon their Bonds, given for the purchase money of each Tract or Tracts of Land as may have been bought by them, at the sale of Public Lands lying in that part of Pendleton District, lately known as Teritory purchased by Treaty from the Cherokee Indians which was sold in March, 1818, at the house of Ephraim Massey, on the old Cherokee Boundary Line; that they and each of them, by delaying to pay the said second installment now due, have made default, and that unless the said second installment shall be paid within sixty days from the date hereof, together with the costs of this publication, the payments heretofore made will be forefeited and the lands purchased by them revert to the State.
Benjamin T. Elmore
Treasurer Upper Division
Note: The same above ad ran into mid July 1820. The E.M. Massey shown on the above notice was Ephraim Massey, brother of James Massey who will move to Greene Co., Missouri.
The above ad was found on GenealogyBank.com Newspaper Archives subscription service.

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1825 witness to a deed in Pendleton District.

Old Pendleton District where Noble Anderson lived split into Pickens & Anderson counties about 1826 and the land where Noble's family lived fell into Pickens Co. Two deeds were discovered in Pickens Co. Deed records (LDS film 024270). Here is the abstracted version:

1830. The Noble Anderson sons were sitting in Rabun Co., GA in 1830 census waiting for their Cherokee Land Lottery draw. The below deed reference may refer to Noble Anderson Sr. who had recently lost a court case and who we do not see in GA in 1830. Noble Anderson Jr. is living in Rabun Co., GA in 1830.

Deed BK - Vol. B1, pg. 306 - Sheriff William D. Sloan to Jesse George (of Rabun Co., GA)
Sheriff Sloan states that he was ordered by the court 12 Oct 1832 to seize the "goods, chattels & tenements" of Noble Anderson to levy the sum of $42.49 to satisfy damages and court costs owed by Anderson. The sheriff describes lands taken as 288 acres situated in Pickens Co. known as Tract No. 1 lying on a bold branch of Long Creek adj. Doc. Wm. Hunter, dec'd and Mackey Brown. The land was sold at public sale for $20. to Jesse George of Rabun Co., GA for $20.00, paid by Thomas Blackburn (probably an attorney.)
John Edwards & Edward Harris witnessed.

1840 GA census, Cherokee Co, Microfilm page 174. 12th entry. Noble Anderson heads a household of 1 free white male of 80 and under 90 ?; and 2 free white females, one of 60 and under 70, and one of 20 and under 30.

1850 GA census, Cherokee Co, Microfilm page 447A, line 1. Nobel Anderson, age 81, and Elizabeth, age 80, have one child, perhaps a grandson, in the home. Samuel Anderson is 10, born in Georgia.

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** An application of membership to the Sons of the American Revolution for a decendant of a younger sister Rebecca (1808-1886) m. William Dinsmore 1838), states that Capt James Anderson (1750-1833) (some have him as Nobles father), soldier of the Pennsylvanian troops, was married to a Mary Stewart (1774-1847, m. 94), father of James was Patrick Anderson (1719-1793), grandparents were James Anderson and Elizabeth (illegible 'Jarnian'?).
Record states that James was born in Chestero Co., Penn. in 1750. He served as a private in Capt. John Lacy's company, 4th battalion, Pennsylvania infantry, commanded by Col. Anthony Wayne. This regiment entered service in 1776, and took part of the battles of Long Island and Ticonderoga. He next enlisted in Col. Stepen Moylans regiment of Pennsylvania cavavalry and was commisioned Lieutenant. He was captured by the British and exchanged in December 1780.

Other records have Noble's mother as Nancy Irwin (1760-1805), James may have remarried Rebecca's mother Mary at that time, but I believe this to be incorrect. This James is buried at Buffalo Village, Washington County, Pennsylvania with his wife Mary Stewart. If he was born 1762, he can not be Noble's father. The tombstone however says he was 82 years old when he died
29 Mar 1833, which indicates b. 1750.**

Some records have the death of Noble's wife Elizabeth in Westmoreland 1814, but by then Noble was allready settled on the South Carolina/Georgia border. If this is correct, he must then have married a second Elizabeth who he later lives with in Georgia untill 1850.

Noble married Elizabeth Anderson about 1790. Elizabeth was born about 1770 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1850 in Cherokee, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1850 census for Cherokee, Georgia says Elizabeth is 80 years old and could not read or write.
A Samuel Anderson, age 10 was living with them.

**Uncertain if she is Noble's only or second wife by the same first name. Some have her as the daughter of Ambrose Fitzgerald, as the families were living next to eachother, but there is no proof of this. Others have her name as Elizabeth Guest, due to the middle name of her son Moses Guest Anderson.

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1810 census for Pendleton, South Carolina.

20 May 1817 • Pendleton Dist., SC: 123 Acres surveyed - Chesley McKinsey named as occupant of land described as Reedy Branch of Chatuga River.

Chesley McKenzie was among the original settlers of Rabun county Georgia.

8 Nov 1823 • Rabun County, Georgia: "Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia" by State of Georgia, pg. 253 In the House of Representatives . . . 8 Nov 1823 Resolved, that Chesley McKenzie, Esq. be and he is hereby appointed a notary public for the county of Rabun.

1827 • Rabun County, Georgia: Georgia Land Lottery - 1827 Chesley McKenzie and son Absalom McKenzie both drew lots for land in Carroll Co., GA

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Source: Pam Smith:
There is no doubt Chesley (#2??) wife Elizabeth was Cherokee. Chesley has a colorful history and was known as an "intruder" into Indian lands in the Ocowee. He was burnt out twice by the military in what became McMinn Co., TN. His children who remained in Monroe Co., TN were known to be Indian. I believe Mary McKenzie was by a first wife and not Cherokee, nor was her brother Absolum Harrison McKenzie who moved from Georgia to Alabama and died in Calhoun Co., MS. I corresponded years ago with Bee & Scott McKenzie on this family. Scott is desc. from Chesley's dau Louisa who had no husband and at least 8 children who were known to be Indian and he has done extensive research into this family.

Chesley McKenzie died in Monroe Co. March 1838 per court records and his widow Elizabeth went with Absolum to Randolph Co., AL and died there.