Notley Masters (abt. 1745 - 1819)

Born about 1745 in Montgomery Co., Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Duckett) Masters — married 1772 in Frederick, Maryland

Husband of Mary (Hembree) Masters — married 1793 in Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1819 at about age 74 in Mountain Creek, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile was written by Allan Harl Thomas

Notley MASTERS (b. 1745, d. 12 Feb 1819)

Notley MASTERS (son of Robert MASTERS and Mary WILSON) was born 1745 in Montgomery, Maryland. Born at Thorough Fare Plantation in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Dickson,the son of Robert and Mary (Willson?) Masters; grandson of William W. Masters and Mary (Veatch)

More than likely Notley was named after the family of Gov. Thomas Notley of Maryland who was associated with the Hillearys, Willsons, Claggetts, Bealls and relatives of the Masters family.

Marriage 1
He married (1) Margaret Duckett on 1772 in Frederick, MD, USA, daughter of Jacob Duckett and Sarah Odell.

Children of Notley MASTERS and Margaret Duckett are:

i.William Masters, b, All Saints Parish, Maryland, d. 1793, Surry County, North Carolina.

ii.Richard Masters, d. date unknown.

iii.Hillery MASTERS, b, Thouroughfare, Montgomery, Alabama, d. 1813, Overton County, Tennessee.

iv.Nathan MASTERS, b, Frederick County, Marylan, d. date unknown, Marshall County, West Virginia.

Children of Notley MASTERS and Mary Hembree are:

i.Patsy Martha Masters, b., Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina, d. 1794.

ii.Levi Masters Masters, b. 1798, Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina, d. date unknown.

iii.George Washington Masters, b. 1802, Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina, d. 24 Nov 1864, DeKalb County, Alabama.

iv.James Masters, b. 1798, Surry County, North Carolina, d. 1838.

v.John Masters, b. 1805, Anderson District, South Carolina, d. date unknown.

vi.Charlotte Masters, b. 06 Jun 1809, South Carolina, d. date unknown.

vii.Elias William Masters, b. Abt. 1810, South Carolina, d. Aug 1868, Anderson , South Carolina.

viii.Zachariah Masters, b. 27 Oct 1816, Anderson , South Carolina, d. 02 Dec 1906.^[1]

The selling of Thorough Fare in Frederick Co. on November 2, 1772

by Notley Masters marked an end to residency of his line of the Masters family in Maryland. This sale was the final step in disposal of the estate of Robert Masters, Notley's father.

Notley, his family, and younger brother Hilleary Masters moved with his Aunt Elizabeth Masters Goslin to the Wachovia settlement and founded "old" Hope, North Carolina in 1773 near what is now Clemmons, Rowan County, North Carolina.

Marriage 2
Notley married Mary Hembree in Pendleton District, South Carolina on July 30, 1793. The rites were performed by a Baptist minister, William Bennett. The marriage must have been fairly soon after the death of Notley's first wife, Margaret Duckett. Very little is known of his first family other than the fact that he had at least three sons Richard, John and William

He married (2) Mary Hembree on 30 Jul 1793 in Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina, daughter of John Hembree and Mary.

Military

Private Notley Masters served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Notley Masters is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A075177.

Notley Masters served in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina and fought at the Battle of Musgroves Mills.

A pension application in behalf of Mary Masters, widow of Notley. In it a notary states that Mary has told him that Notley "was a private in the War of the Revolution and entered and was in the Battle of Musgroves Mills, and she thinks he was under General Cazy (Casey?) and recollects to have heard her husband speak of being in several battles." The battle of Musgroves Mills was fought against a British strong point on August 17, 1780, by Carolinians and Georgians.

A DAR membership application of a descendant stated incorrectly that Notley Masters died in Hart County, Georgia. This error is often repeated.

It appears that Notley, in the early 1780's moved his family to the mountains of western South Carolina. This region was relatively peaceful after the Indian campaign of the war's early years. In 1789 it became governed as the Pendleton District, including what are now the counties of Anderson, Pickens and Oconee.

Notley died on February 12, 1819, in Pendleton District, South Carolina and according to family tradition is buried in an unmarked grave at Mt. Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, which is now Anderson County, South Carolina. (Anderson County was set off from Pendleton District in 1826.)

The poet Edgar Lee Masters stated incorrectly in his autobiography ACROSS SPOON RIVER (1936) that Notley Masters was the father of his ancestor Hillary Masters, who was actually his brother (Charles Burgess, "The Maryland-Carolina Ancestry of Edgar Lee Masters," The Great Lakes Review, vol. 8, #2 (Fall 1982-Spring 1983), pp.51-80).

Sources

1. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/l/Weldon-M-Palmer/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0361.html

• findagrave
• http://www.jackmasters.net/nothil.html

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Allan Thomas for this profile.

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/l/Weldon-M-Palmer/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0361.html