Edmund Jefferson Massey (abt. 1842 - bef. 1900)

Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 2 Research Notes 3 Sources 4 See Also:

Biography

Edmund/Edmond Jefferson "Jeff" Massey was born 1840-1845 in Tennessee (most likely Lawrence County). Census records indicate the family migrated between Giles Co. TN and Lauderdale Co. AL over a thirty year period. In 1860, EJ is found in Lauderdale Co. AL where census records him as age 17. Although, Civil war records ^[1] state that he was 17 when he enlisted with the Confederacy in 1861 at Wayland Springs, Lawrence Co. TN. His appearance is noted as:

Complexion-dark Hair- black Eyes-hazel Height: 6 ft. 2 in.

EJ died before 1900 as Nancy Ann Owens states she is widowed on the 1900 census.

Research Notes

by Massey-3526 22:24, 13 November 2017 (EST)

#1:v Jefferson Massey of Wright and Laclede Co., MO is not the Edmund Jefferson Massey, father of Littleberry Crockett and siblings.

• Edmund Jefferson Massey married Nancy Ann (Owens) Burchfield in Lauderdale Co, AL. in 1864. ^[2] Jefferson Massey of MO married Nancy Ann BARTON on 29 May 1872 in Laclede, MO.^[3]

• Edmund is on the 1870 and 1880 census- first in Giles Co. TN (listed as EJ Murry)^[4] and then in Lauderdale Co. AL in 1880. ^[5] Both census records show his wife as Nancy.

• Jefferson Massey of MO died in 1873-1875 in Laclede Co. MO (will recorded in 1875). Edmund Jefferson is in fact alive and well in 1880. ^[5]

• Amitha's (EJ's sister) death certificate shows mother as Elizabeth Holden. According to researchers of Jefferson Massey of MO, his mother (Rebecca Blake Massey) died in 1860. Amitha and Edmund J. are found with Patience Massey as HOH on the 1860 Lauderdale Co. AL census. ^[6]

Because of the evidence above, it is feasible to conclude that James J. and Rebecca Blake Massey are NOT the parents of Edmund. Father is unknown but his mother is most likely Patience Elizabeth/ Elizabeth Patience Holden.

1. 2: Possible fathers of EJ- on 1860 census in Lauderdale, AL (same census as EJ and mother) is a Thomas Massey born in SC, age 70 with a 34 year old Elizabeth Massey. Other Massey men in area who could be uncles or some relation were Richard Massey born in NC abt 1795 and resided in Lawrence Co. TN in 1840 and 1850. This Richard Massey had a son named Richard A. born about 1836. This is NOT the same Richard Massey living next door to Patience in Lauderdale AL in 1860. The Richard in AL was in the same county and state in 1850 but living with Helton and Newsome families. The latter being his future in-laws. So there remains the possibility of a second Richard Sr. that possibly died prior to 1850. However, nothing is found for him in the area for 1840.

Sources

1. ↑ "Civil War Collection, Confederate and Federal," Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm #824, Reel # 7, Box 19. p. 137, 477; E.J. Massey enlistment from 1861-1864.
2. ↑ "Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935, database and images, Ancestry.com. (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60922/41900_358232-00559/136349 : accessed 17 September 2017); Jefferson Massey and Nancy Ann Burchfield, 9 December 1864, citing "WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1835." Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
3. ↑ "Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," database on-line, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1171/vrmmo1833_c24622-0626/8277154 : accessed 13 Nov 2017); citing Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD81-8Z7 : 12 April 2016), E J Murry, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 19, family 147, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,028.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JP-LX7 : 26 August 2017), Edmund Massey, Township 1 Range 10, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 147, sheet 105B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0018; FHL microfilm 1,254,018.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDG-P9Y : 12 April 2016), Edmond J Massey in entry for [illegible] Massey, 1860.

See Also:

"Lawrence County TN Civil War Veterans List, 19 September, 1905." Newspapers.com-Lawrence Democrat; September 19, 1905, p.1. (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11098697/lawrence_county_tn_civil_war_veterans/?xid=637 : accessed September 17, 2017). Name only listed: Massey, E J.