Section VI - Massey Data Bank One Maryland Massey Family by George Langford, Jr. 1901-1996
©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010


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GL, Jr. notes & abstracts Major outside sources
Massey Data Bank - Volume III

GL,Jr.: letter to Theodore L. Brownyard regarding 1820 census of Virginia & Massey, etc.
0531,0532

GL,Jr.: letter to Orville L. Hough (Lou Hough) regarding Withers research & Massey book
0533,0534,0535

Lou Hough: letter to GL,Jr. enclosing biographies & chatter on Massey book

0536
Lou Hough: biography of Nina Eleanor Massey Hough, b. April 12, 1840 - d. March 10, 1925

0537,0538,0539
Lou Hough: biography of Warwick Hough, b. January 26, 1836 - d. October 28, 1915

0540,0541,0542
Lou Hough: children of Warwick and Nina Eleanor (Massey) Hough

0543
GL,Jr.: notes on connections between Withers, Massey, Pierce families
0544

GL,Jr.: letter to Lou Hough regarding Massey book, Pierce, Withers & Massey genealogies
0545,0546,0547,0548

GL,Jr.: statitical analysis of genealogical book prices
0549,0550

GL,Jr.: letter to Lou Hough regarding more data for Nina Massey Hough
0551,0552

Lou Hough: letter to GL,Jr. regarding tracking down R.D. Massey heirs (see below) & Massey book costs

0553,0554
Charles Holland, Jr.: letter replying to Lou Hough's genealogical inquiry

0555,0556,0557
Barry A. Watson: letter to Lou Hough regarding his genealogical inquiry

0558,0558X
Mrs. Colley B. Holland: letter to Lou Hough regarding his genealogical inquiry, with two Holland - Massey charts appended

0559,0560,0561
GL,Jr.: letter to Judge Frank A. Massey (Judge Massey) regarding Judge Massey's books and update of GL,Jr.'s Massey book progress
0562

GL,Jr.: Toas - Massey chart, December 10, 1936
0563

GL,Jr.: Research data on Toas, December 9, 1936 through March 13, 1974
0564,0565,0566,0567,0568,
0569,0570,0571,0572,0573,
0574,0575,0576,0577

GL,Jr.: Massey - Toas genealogical chart
0578

GL,Jr.: Massey - Toas genealogical data - long summary
0579

GL,Jr.: letter to Lou Hough regarding Massey book, Warwick Hough & GL,Jr. autobiographical data
0580,0581,0582

GL,Jr.: Summary list of following data from Lou Hough
0583

Warwick Hough: "Various Thoughts," his pp. 1-3

0584,0585,0586
Warwick Hough: "Journal of Stray Thoughts"

0587,0588,0589,0590,0591,
0592,0593,0594,0595,0596,
0597
Warwick Hough: birth & death dates

0598
Warwick Hough: "General Order #7," April 22, 1861

0599
F. Hamilton: letter to Warwick Hough, March 16, 1859

0600,0601
J. Proctor Knott: letter to Warwick Hough, December 19, 1958

0602,0603
Warwick Hough: poem entitled, "When My Ship Came In"

0604
Lou Hugh: letter to GL,Jr. regarding B.F. Massey's overland trips to Santa Fe & return via Vera Cruz, Massey book, and Massey genealogical records in Missouri

0605,0606,0607,0608,0609
GL,Jr.: letter to Lou Hough regarding Lou biographical data & other genealogical data on Massey
0610,0611,0612

C.F. Newman: letter of October 27, 1933 to Mrs. George (Sidney Holmes) Langford regarding the R.D. Massey heirs' interest in a Dimmit County, Texas land parcel from the Robert Douglass Massey estate

0613,0614,0615,0616
GL,III, ed.: Notes on the current (early 2012) status of energy exploration in Dimmit County, Texas
171 acres

Massey v. Doke: the Supreme Court of Arkansas decided in 1916 that it was OK for the administrator of the Robert Douglass Massey estate to spend funds from the estate to complete the construction of the Bentonville, Arkansas hotel that had been started by the decedent before his accidental death in 1909.  Source: pp. 211-226 in Arkansas Reports - Volume 123: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Arkansas, March to May, 1916, James V. Johnson, Reporter. Published by the State of Arkansas. Copyright 1916 by Earle W. Hodges, Secretary of State of Arkansas. Little Rock Democrat Printing and Lithographing Company, 1916. Located in the Harvard Law School Library; digitized by Google Books.  Transcribed by GL,III.
Massey v. Doke
Massey S. McCullough: letter of June 8, 1949 to the R.D. Massey heirs regarding the Dimmit County, Texas land parcel and follow-up letter of June 22, 1949

0617,0618
Massey S. McCullough: letter to Sydne(y) Langford of June 22, 1949 regarding Ewing LaPorte's efforts to straighten out the Dimmit County, Texas land parcel for the heirs of R.D. Massey & GL,Jr.s calculation of the amounts owed for back taxes

0619,0619X
Massey S. McCullough: Letter to Mrs. Sydne(y) H. Langford of June 21, 1949 regarding her check for back taxes & his efforts to contact all the R.D.Massey heirs with attached circular letter to the heirs

0620,0621
Massey S. McCullough: Letter to Mrs. Sydne(y) H. Langford of August 11, 1949 regarding Ewing LaPorte's interest in helping the search for the R.D. Massey heirs & describing the size (171 acres) and location of the parcel in Dimmit County, Texas

0622
Massey S. McCullough: Letter to Mrs. Sydne(y) H. Langford of February 6, 1950 regarding Nina Bettes and back taxes

0623
A.A. Kimble: letter of March 4, 1950 expressing interest in purchasing the 171-acre Dimmit County, Texas land parcel

0624
Massey S. McCullough: reply of March 10, 1950  to Kimble Real Estate Agency, annotated copy to Sydney H. Langford

0625
Ewing LaPorte, Esq.: letter of February 21, 1950 to Sydne(y) H. Langford regarding his pursuit of the R.D. Massey heirs

0626
Ewing LaPorte, Esq.: letter of April 10, 1950 to Sydne(y) H. Langford updating his pursuit of the R.D. Massey heirs, having gotten the needed data from all but Mrs. Nell Hough and Clarence Massey

0627
Ewing LaPorte, Esq.: letter of September 7, 1950 to Sydne(y) H. Langford requesting the wills of Mignon Holmes Russell and Massey Holmes

0628
Massey S. McCullough: Letter to Mrs. Sydne(y) H. Langford of December 19, 1950 demanding the data described by Mr. LaPorte

0629
Mrs. Sydney H. Langford: letter of January 4, 1951 in reply to Massey McCullough describing her efforts and Mr. LaPorte's apparently uncooperative attitude

0629X
Ewing LaPorte, Esq.: letter of March 26, 1951 to Sydne(y) H. Langford enclosing the needed affidavits for her signature and including the list of the current R.D. Massey heirs

0630,0631,0632,0633,
0634,0635
Massey S. McCullough: letter  of July 11, 1956 to Ewing LaPorte describing the current tax status and cash on hand for the 171-acre Dimmit County, Texas land parcel belonging to the heirs and asking for help in responding to lease offers

0636
E. Massey Watson, Esq.: letter to Ewing LaPorte of December 18, 1957 inquiring about current developments ...

0637
Ryland Russell (son of Mignon Holmes Russell): letter of May 17, 1971 to GL,Jr. (Dord) asking for an update ...

0638
GL,Jr.: letter of May 12, 1971 to Ryland & Nancy Russell (daughter of Mignon Holmes Russell) describing the results of his inquiry regarding T.R. Cunningham, who had been contacted by Richard Holland (another R.D. Massey heir) regarding their  interest in leasing the 171-acre Dimmit County, Texas land parcel in order for Cunningham to drill for oil

0639
GL,Jr.: letter of May 18, 1971 to Nancy Russell, similar to the above note to Ryland Russell
0640
GL,Jr.: letter of March 7, 1971 to Ryland & Nancy Russell describing how to handle the T.R. Cunningham inquiry
0641,0642

GL,Jr.: note dated March 3, 1971 describing the steps GL,Jr. should take in responding to the Cunningham inquiry
0643

T.R. Cunningham: undated inquiry to Ryland Russell regarding Sydne(y) Holmes Langford and Ethel G. Holmes, annotated by Ryland Russell to GL,Jr. with reference to J. Donald Jordan of Cotulla, Texas

0644
T.R. Cunningham: letter of February 16, 1971 to Ryland Russell inquiring about leasing the 171-acre Dimmit County, Texas land parcel for three years at $25 per acre with one-eighth royalties to the heirs of Lyda M. Holmes

0645
GL,Jr.: letter of March 3, 1971 to T.R. Cunningham replying (for Ryland Russell) to his inquiry of February 16, 1971
0646,0647

GL,Jr.: Descendants of Lyda Massey as of March 3, 1971
0648

T.R. Cunningham: letter of May 6, 1971 enclosing lease for execution

0649
GL,Jr.: letter to T.R. Cunningham correcting Lyda Langford Hinrichs' name for the record
0650

T.R. Cunningham: letter of May 14, 1971 thanking GL,Jr. for the correction and indicating that T.R.C. had sent the corrected papers directly to Lyda Langford Hinrichs
0651
GL,Jr.: letter of February 5, 1975 thanking T.R. Cunningham for his efforts and acknowledging that the question is moot
0652

T.R. Cunningham: letter of January 31, 1975 informing GL,Jr. that his efforts had been completed to late to for the parcel to be included in the pool utilized for the oil field

0653
GL,Jr.: letter of January 13, 1975 inquiring of T.R. Cunningham the status of his Dimmit County, Texas oil leasing afforts
0654

GL,Jr.: letter to Richard H. Holland regarding the R.D. Massey heirs & oil leasing efforts and getting back on the track of the Massey genealogy, including GL,Jr.'s current research results for the R.D. Massey heirs
0655,0656,0657,0658,0659,
0660,0661,0662

T.R. Cunningham: letter of April 5, 1975 enclosing his list of the R.D. Massy heirs as of 1971

0663,0664
Theodore (Ted) L. Brownyard: letter of April19, 1977 to GL,Jr. with extensive Massey research results

0665,0666,0667,0668,0669,
0670,0671,0672,0673,0674
GL,Jr.: letter to Ted Brownyard asking for additional research on Massey land patentees and land tracts; probate records
0675

Lou Hough: letter of May 3, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Homes and Massey data

0676
GL,Jr.: letter of May 7, 1977 to Lou Hough regarding Massey land patentees and land tracts; probate records; and Massey book costs
0677,0678

GL,Jr.: letter of May 7, 1977 to Barry A. Watson regarding Scott Withers Massey, Clarence Massey & Nina Massey Hough
0679,0680

Theodore L. Brownyard: letter of May 7, 1977 to GL,Jr. with Massey research results on land patentees and land tracts; probate records
0681,0682,0683,0684
GL,Jr.: genealogical chart from land patents by 1.Nicholas Massey & descendants on the following pages
0684-0689

GL,Jr.: note to self regarding treatment of the following data in the Massey book
0684-0689X

Theodore L. Brownyard: letter of May 7, 1977 to GL,Jr. with Massey research results on land patentees and land tracts; probate records
0685,0686,0687,0688,0689
Theodore L. Brownyard: Hodges' Marriage References data

0690
GL,Jr.: chart for help in presentation of Brownyard data, 691 a through i
0690a-0691i

Theodore L. Brownyard: Hodges' Marriage References data, 691 a through j

0691
GL,Jr.: chart for Sarah _____________
0691j

GL,Jr.: chart for help in presentation of Brownyard data, 691 a through 692 h 0691j-0692h

Theodore L. Brownyard: Hodges' Marriage References data, 692 a through h

0692
Theodore L. Brownyard: Massey wills, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

0693,0694,0695,0696,
0697,0698
GL,Jr.: letter of May 12, 1977 to Ted Brownyard thanking Ted for the above results
0699,0700

GL,Jr.: letter of May 16, 1977 to Lou Hough regarding the two Nicholas Massey's and Daniel Toas
0700,0701

Barry Watson: notes to GL,Jr. received May 19, 1977 regarding M-45.Scott Withers Massey, M214.Nina Massey and M215.Benjamin F. Massey

0702,0703,0704
Lou Hough: letter of May 18, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Massey book costs and indexing technique

0705
GL,Jr.: letter to Michael Maher introducing himself and the Massey project
0706,0707,0708,0709

GL,Jr.: letter of May 24, 1977 to Barry A. Watson regarding the wife of Scott Withers Massey, b. 1852 - d. 1905
0710,0711

GL,Jr.: research on June 1, 1977 at the Harrisonburg, Virginia public library
0712

GL,Jr.: letter of June 2, 1977 to Lou Hough regarding Daniel Toas and the various spellings of his name
0713,0714,0715

Barry A. Watson: letter to GL,Jr., begging off further replies to Massey inquiries

0716
Lou Hough: letter to GL,Jr. of May 23, 1977 acknowledging GL,Jr.'s letters of May 11 & 17, 1977 about Massey & Toas

0717
Lou Hough: letter to GL,Jr. of June 21, 1977 regarding his 50th Notre Dame class reunion

0718
GL,Jr.: letter of June 27, 1977 to Lou Hough regarding B.F. Massey's trip to Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1834
0719,0720,0721,0722

Lou Hough: letter to GL,Jr. of July 6, 1977 regarding GL's Santa Fe Trail research

0723
GL,Jr.: letter of June 27, 1977 to the Springfield, Missouri Public Library asking for the name of a genealogical researcher, annotated by the librarian, Mrs. June Gustafson and recommending Mrs. Dorothy M. Deck of Springfield, Missouri
0724

GL,Jr.: letter of July 19, 1977 to Mrs. Dorothy M. Deck describing the tasks at hand for his Massey research
0725,0726

Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 18, 1977 to GL,Jr. in reply with data on Scott Withers Massey

0727,0728
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 20, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding B.F. Massey and his Jacksonian newspaper

0729
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Scott Withers Massey, his wife Virginia L. Vaughan and children

0730
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Benjamin Ulpian Massey, his three wives, and their children

0731
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Frank R. Massey, wife Sallie E. Jones, and their daughter

0732
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Julian Pinckney Massey

0733
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Clarence R. Massey, [no wife in probate records] and children

0734
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Logan Sydney Massey

0735
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Mollie (Maria) Massey McCullough, her marriage to G.T. McCullough and their children, Massey S. McCullough and Maude B. McCullough

0736
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Robert Douglass Massey, his employment & his investments

0737
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Benjamin Franklin Massey with biographical data

0738
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 17, 1977 to GL,Jr. with detailed references for the preceding August 17th data

0739
Marriage License of Scott W. Massey of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri and Virginia Vaughan of Ozark in Christian County Missouri, dated May 16, 1885

0740
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding burials in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri

0741
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding censuses of Christian & Greene Counties, 1880 & reidence of Frank Massey in the 4th Ward, Springfield, June 14, 1880

0742
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Springfield, Missouri city directories

0743,0744,0745
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding marriages of Greene County, Missouri

0746
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding censuses of Newton & Green Counties, 1870

0747
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding censuses of Cole & Jasper Counties, 1850

0748,0749
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding miscellaneous notes about Charles Holland & family, the Histories of Greene, Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald Counties, 1883 and 1888; and the War of the Rebellion, 1901

0750,0751
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding the obituaries of Scott Withers Massey, Mrs. Ella J. Massey (widow of Benjamin Franklin Massey), Alice Massey (daughter of Benjamin Ulpian Massey), and Hubbard J. Massey (son of Mrs. Ella J. Massey)

0752,0753,0754,0755
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding the marriage of Frank R. Massey and Sallie E. Jones

0756
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding the obituary of Mrs. Louise Massey Holland, daughter of Frank R. Massey and wife of Charles Holland

0757
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding insanity judgment against Clarence R. Massey

0758
Dorothy M. Deck: letter of August 13, 1977 to GL,Jr. regarding Robert Douglass Massey's fatal accident, November 7, 1909

0759
Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, 1894: biography of Granville H. Vaughan, father of Virginia Vaughan, wife of Scott Withers Massey

0760,0761,0762
Pictorial and Genealogical Record of Green County, Missouri, 1893: biography of Benjamin N. Massey, son of Benjamin F. Massey

0763,0764,0765
Past and Present of Green County Missouri, 1915: biography of Frank R. Massey

0766,0767,0768,0769
Application for Administration of the Estate of Julian Pinckney Massey, Greene County Missouri, January 27, 1912

0770
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court, February 6, 1917: names & residences of the heirs of Robert Douglass Massey

0771
Application for Administration of the Estate of Benjamin Ulpian Massey, Greene County Missouri, May 18, 1907
0772
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Affidavit of Sallie E. Massey listing the heirs of Robert Douglass Massey, as of June 28, 1920

0773
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Affidavit dated August 17, 1916 of Sallie E. Massey regarding the death of her husband, Frank R. Massey

0774
F.R. Massey, administrator of the estate of R.D. Massey: listing of the distribution of property of R.D. Massey

0775
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Information regarding the adjudication of the sanity of Julian Pinckney Massey, dated January 16, 1912

0776
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Statement of Frank R. Massey regarding the status of Julian P. Massey and asking that the court grant sufficient funds from the estate of R.D. Massey for his upkeep at the Fulton Insane Asylum

0777
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Decision approving taxation of the shares of the estate of R.D. Massey for aforesaid purpose

0778
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Application for Letters of Administration regarding the estate of Clarence R. Massey

0779
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: jury's adjudication of the insanity of Clarence R. Massey, dated January 27, 1912
0780
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: statement by the court that Clarence R. Massey is incapable of managing his affairs, dated January 27, 1912
0781
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Application for Guardianship by Frank R. Massey of Clarence R. Massey, dated January 27, 1912
0782
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Application for Letters of Administration by Frank R. Massey of the estate of Robert D. Massey, listing his heirs and two minor children, dated November 16, 1909

0783
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: Statement in Missoula County Montana that Mollie McCullough has died and that her heirs are Massey S. McCullough (son), Maude B. McCullough (daughter) and G.T. McCullough (husband), dated July 14, 1913

0784
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: attorney's statement on behalf of Sallie E. Massey, widow of F.R. Massey, dated July 5, 1918

0785
Greene County, Missouri Probate Court: administratrix Sallie E. Massey's statement of disbursements from the estate of R.D. Massey

0786