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


Index (original by GL,Jr.)

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

Policies of the State Historical Society of Missouri; included is a list of sources for what the Historical Society does not have

1037
Laurel Boeckman, letter of July 31, 1978 to GL,Jr. transmitting the address of the Records Management & Archives Service in Jefferson City, Missouri

1038
Contact information and search terms for professional genealogists: Jane Naylor, Columbia, Missouri; Coralee Paull, St. Louis, Missouri; and JoAnn Peterson, Columbia, Missouri

1039
GL,Jr.: letter of August 16, 1978 to JoAnn Peterson introducing himself and setting up a business relationship
1040,1041

Mrs.Regina Holland: letter of August 9, 1978 transmitting genealogical data for her husband (David Wesley Holland) and his family

1042,1043,1044,1045,1046,
1047,1048,1049,1050,1051,
1052
GL,Jr.: acknowledgement and thanks for the data, sent to Gina Holland on August 18, 1978
1053,1054

Mrs. Melville (JoAnn) Peterson: letter of August 19, 1978 replying to GL,Jr.'s inquiry and stating her terms for research in Jefferson City, Missouri

1055
GL,Jr.: letter replying to JoAnn Peterson and giving background Massey data
1056,1057,1058,1059

Genealogical data for Richard R. Jones, spouse Amelia W. Smith Cromwell & children

1060
Genealogical data for Richard B. Jones
1061
JoAnn Peterson: letter of August 26, 1978 acknowledging GL.Jr.'s Massey genealogical data & check

1062
Sarcoxie, Missouri: Maps, acreage and specific lots
1063-1063E

GL,Jr.: letter to Judge Frank A. Massey of October 8, 1978 giving a progress report
1064

GL,Jr.: letter to Orville L. Lou) Hough of October 10, 1978 regarding Logan Sydney Massey and John Holmes father
1067

GL,Jr.: letter to Larry A. James of October 16, 1978, asking Mr. James to look through some Missouri county deed books and discussing the biography of Benjamin Franklin Massey
1068,1069,1070

GL,Jr.: letter to Larry A. James of October 22, 1978, asking Mr. James for additional deed records as well as plats for Sarcoxie, Missouri
1072

GL,Jr.: letter to JoAnn Peterson regarding Benjamin Franklin Massey's dealings with William Tingle and the town of Sarcoxie, Missouri
1073

GL,Jr.: letter to Lou Hough regarding a genealogical book, Stubbs: Descendants of Mordecai Cooke, Governor John Dalton's reply to an inquiry about Hawkins ancestry, the Powell brother's suits for debt against B.F. Massey, B.F. Massey's Sarcoxie, Missouri lots, and B.F. Massey's children
1074,1075,1076

Judge Massey's enthusiastic reply to GL,Jr.'s offer to donate his Massey papers to Judge Massey

1077
Sarcoxie, Missouri: maps with section lines used in interpreting the following documents
1078-1079.01

Sarcoxie, Missouri: GL,Jr.'s translation of an indenture document executed in November, 1841 in Newton County, Missouri
1078-1079.02
GL,Jr.: additional translation
1078

Indenture document
1078,1079

GL,Jr.: translation of a transaction between William Tingle, B.F. Massey and Mariah Massey on the one hand and Ellwood B. Jones and James McPhatridge conveying a land tract in Sarcoxie, Missouri on March 18, 1840
1080-1081.01
1080-1081.02

Copy of the document for the transaction between William Tingle, B.F. Massey and Mariah Massey on the one hand and Ellwood B. Jones and James McPhatridge conveying a land tract in Sarcoxie, Missouri on March 18, 1840
1080,1081
GL,Jr.: letter of November 6, 1978 to E.B. Glenn, Jasper County Engineer, asking for a copy of the original Sarcoxie town plat
1083

GL,Jr.: letter to Larry James of November 6, 1978 acknowledging receipt of the Tingle/Massey 1840 land deeds and asking about the origins of the town, Centerville, and the name, "Sarcoxie"
1084

JoAnn Peterson: letter of October 31, 1978 to GL,Jr. with thanks for an update and 1850 census information about Ben F. Massey and Maria H. from Jasper County, Maryland

1085,1086
GL,Jr.: letter of November 7, 1978 in reply to JoAnn Peterson's letter above, asking about the manner of acquisition of a 408 acre tract by William Tingle and Benjamin F. Massey
1087,1088

GL,Jr.: letter of November 9, 1978 to Larry James asking about the Masseys' land transactions and specifically about transactions involving Thacker Vivion (misspelled Vivian)
1089

GL,Jr.: letter of November 9, 1978 to JoAnn Peterson asking the same questions as in the letter above
1090

GL,Jr.: letter of November 13, 1978 to Colleen Belk introducing himself and his interest in Massey family genealogy
1091

Alice L. Bond: letter to GL,Jr. asking for Massey genealogical help and transmitting the name of Charles Massey of Okemos, Michigan, a relative who has also done Massey research

1092
GL,Jr.: notes dated November 24, 1978 regarding Colleen Belk's rates and search plans in Sarcoxie and Jasper County, Missouri
Note A

Colleen Belk: table of initial land entries in Jasper County, Missouri between 1841 and 1870, with names and locations
Note B

GL,Jr.: letter of November 14, 1978 to Alice L. Bond acknowledging her letter and asking for personal genealogical data and contact information for Dorothy Massey of Maryland
1093

Lou Hough: letter of November 1, 1978 to GL,Jr. regarding Logan Sydney Massey and [what looks like] Lyda Massey

1094
GL,Jr.: letter of November 16, 1978 to Lou Hough regarding the pre-political life of Benjamin Franklin Massey, maps of Sarcoxie, Missouri, and Tom Massey and [Dorothy] Massey, both of Maryland
1095,1096

GL,Jr.: detailed notes for Lou Hough about B.F. Massey's early career
1097,1098,1099,1100

GL,Jr.: notes for Lou Hough about B.F. Massey and his Spring Valley Farm
1101

GL,Jr.: notes for Lou Hough about B.F. Massey's son, Logan Sydney Massey
1102,1103

GL,Jr.: notes for Lou Hough about B.F. Massey's late career, 1863-1879
1104,1105

E.S. Greene County Engineer: negative reply regarding plats of Sarcoxie, Missouri

1106
Larry A. James: letter to GL,Jr. regarding early Sarcoxie town historical records

1107
GL,Jr.: letter of November 21, 1978 to Larry James outlining B.F. Massey's early career with William Tingle, the Powell brothers, and a transaction involving slaves
1108,1109,1110,1111

Colleen Belk: letter of November 30, 1978 enclosing a county map and outlining her research plans

1112
GL,Jr.: letter of November 24, 1978 to Colleen Belk returning several annotated file cards that Ms. Belk used for research documentation and suggesting places to search for deeds
1113,1114

Alice L. Bond: letter to GL,Jr. detailing her connection to the Massey family, including Daniel Toas Massey and suggesting ways of contacting Dorothy Massey and Thomas Massey in Maryland through the Queen Anne County Historical Society and the Kent County Historical Society

1115,1116
GL,Jr.: unsent letter originally intended for Alice l. Bond, held back because of concurrent Massey genealogical developments revealed in the following entries
1116A
1116B

Judge Frank A. Massey: letter of November 28, 1978, sent to GL,Jr., Alice L. Bond and Mrs. Coyne Cowles regarding the Daniel Toas Massy confusion

1116C
GL,Jr.: letter of December 4, 1978 to Judge Massey regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion and conveying his pertinent data
1116D
1116E

GL,Jr.: letter of January 3, 1979 to Alice L. Bond regarding Daniel Toas Massey, his efforts to contact Dorothy Massey and Thomas Massey in Maryland, and outlining the Massey book in general terms
1117,1118

Lou Hough: letter of November 20, 1978 to GL,Jr. regarding census data, Nina Massey Hough, Daniel Boone Holmes' appointment to the Kansas City, Missouri election board, the obituary of Benjamin Ulpian Massey, which named his four children, Robert, Alice, Mildred and Hubbard Massey

1119
GL,Jr.: letter of November 27, 1978 to Lou Hough regarding the early history of Centerville, Missouri
1120

GL,Jr.: letter of November 27, 1978 to the Queen Anne's County librarian, looking for the name and address of some member of the Massey family, possibly Dorothy Massey of that area
1121

GL,Jr.: letter of November 27, 1978 to the Probate Court Clerk of Greene County, Missouri asking for the will of Benjamin Franklin Massey, who lived at the home of his son, Benjamin Ulpian Massey of Springfield, Missouri and died in a St. Louis hospital ... with negative reply
1122

GL,Jr.: letter of November 27, 1978 to the Probate Court Clerk of St. Louis County, Missouri asking for the will of Benjamin Franklin Massey, who lived at the home of his son, Benjamin Ulpian Massey of Springfield, Missouri and died in a St. Louis hospital ... with negative reply 1123

Lou Hough: letter of November 28, 1978 with 1870 census data for William Tingle and family, a revelation regarding the 1880 Soundex Cards (children over 10 years not included), 1900 Soundex data on Benjamin Ulpian Massey, Frank Massey, and Julian Pinckney Massey, and a possible lead on Logan Sydney Massey in Fulton Township's lunatic asylum in the 1880 Calloway County census

1124
GL,Jr.: letter of December 4, 1978, replying to Lou Hough's letter above
1125

Gina Holland: letter of November 25, 1978 to GL,Jr. regarding Benjamin Ulpian Massey's daughter Mildred Cotton by Ella Jones and her covered bridge in Stockton, New Jersey

1127
1840 Newton County, Missouri Census entries for the B.F. Massey family in Sarcoxie Township

1128
William Duncan made overseer of the road to Duncan Mill on Spring River marked out ... "by Tingle & Massey's Mill" ... in the Newton County, Missouri February 10, 1840 Court term

1129
1850 Newton County, Missouri Census entry of William Tingle and family

1130
Sarcoxie Cemetery: headstones for Percy A. Massey, Virgil G. Massey, Cora R. Massey and Samuel G. Massey ... and a note that William Tingle migrated to the west side of the county and married two daughters of Judge Andrew McKee

1131
1850 Jasper County, Missouri Census entries for Ben. F. Massey and family (including Logan S. Massey), and also including Sarah Pierce, age 23 and born in Virginia ... notes that William Tingle married Sarah Ann McKee on January 15, 1846 and Isabella McKee on August 4, 1847 and that Charles Massey married Rebecca McFarland on December 6, 1853

1132
GL,Jr.: letter of December 8, 1978 to JoAnn Peterson regarding the Powell & Dumont suit against Massey & Tingle, pre-1840 Sarcoxie, Missouri land entries, perhaps as Centerville by Thacker Vivion, B.F. Massey's Spring River Valley farm
1133,1134

Original indenture of December 26, 1844 regarding the suit of the Powell brothers, Peter and Joseph of St. Louis County, and Isaac Gibson of Newton County vs. Benjamin F. Massey and William Tingle

1135,1136,1137
JoAnn Peterson: letter of December 3, 1978 to GL,Jr. regarding the Powell vs. Massey suit

1138,1139
Colleen Belk's report of early land entries in Jasper County Missouri, dated November 28, 1978

1139A,1139B,1139C
GL,Jr.: letter of December 7, 1978 to Colleen Belk regarding her book, Abstracts of Original Land Entries, Jasper County, Missouri, the Spring River Valley Farm's connection to the family of Benjamin Franklin Massey, the original plat of Sarcoxie, Missouri, and Logan Sydney Massey
1140,1141

Abstract of "History of Sarcoxie, Missouri," by Mrs. Lucille King Barger in The Sarcoxie Record, June 8, 1977: Sarcoxie was named after an Indian chief ... its first teacher was Samuel Teas ... a plat bearing the date August 6, 1840 bears the names of Ben. F. Massey and William Tingle ... in February of 1849 the General Assembly of Missouri authorized Samuel D. Sanders and Andrew Wilson to record the plat.  See also this link
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GL,Jr.: letter of December 7, 1978 to Larry A. James regarding Colleen Belk's land entries data, William Tingle, a specific B.F. Massey deed, and research on Mr. James' ancestor Coleman Johnson, listed in the 1820 census of Charlotte County, Virginia
1145,1146

Linda Dennis of the Queen Anne's County, Maryland Free Library: negative reply from Dorothy Massey regarding Massey genealogy

1147
Lou Hough: letter of December 11, 1978 to GL,Jr. regarding the 1880 and 1890 Calloway County, Missouri censuses and asylum names, the 1850 Missouri census listing for William Tingle, a possible connection between B.F. Massey and Dr. Benjamin W. Winston through a marriage between Dr. George Bickerton Winston and the sister of Warwick Hough, Sarah Frances Hough, and a possibility that Logan Sydney Massey lived with Warwick Hough in Kansas City in 1870 ("NO," says a penciled note)

1149
GL,Jr.: letter of December 18, 1978, mainly just chat about his research
1150,1151

Colleen Belk: letter of December 14, 1978 regarding a genealogical consensus that B.F. Massey's Spring River Valley Farm was probably known to them as the old Graff Farm and transmitting Bessie Burk and Major Dean Henry as names of interested Sarcoxie historians

1152-1153
Jasper County Missouri history, in History of Jasper County, 1883

1154,1155,1156
Elizabeth Andrews (Mrs. Coyne) Cowles: letter of December 15, 1978 to GL,Jr. with copy of a page from an old ledger book, and referencing the names, Daniel Toas Massey (born 1757), Joseph Massey, Rebecca Massey Griffith, Phoebe Griffith Lake, Maud Lake Andrews, and herself, born 1917

1157
The ledger page referenced above, with the names: Daniel Toas Massey, b. December 22, 1757, [his wife] Sarah Massey, b. May 16, 1761, and children Elizabeth Massey, b. April 27, 1780, Rebecca Massey, b. December 27,1781, d. August 20, 1784, Hannah Massey, b. March 24, 1784, Joseph Massey, b. July 25, 1787, and Elijah Massey, b. October 28, 1787

1158
GL,Jr.: letter of December 28, 1979 to Mrs. Coyne Cowles acknowledging receipt of the page described above
1159

Larry A. James: letter received January 6, 1979 by GL,Jr. with 1860 and 1880 census data from Salem Township, Jasper County, Missouri for William Tingle and family and revealing that a couple of William Tingle's children married into Larry James' family

1160
Abstract of "Southwest Missouri W..." in the Neosho Daily News, July 2, 1958, p. 34ff.: Southwest Missouri experienced tensions from both sides during the period before the Civil War ... some of the populace were unconditionally for the Union side; another group was conditionally pro-Union, but not if the Union tried to force Missouri to remain; the third and largest group were secessionists ... Sarcoxie was the center of secessionist activity and the first place in Missouri to raise the Confederate flag.
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Alice L. Bond: letter received January 13, 1979 by GL,Jr. regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion

1162,1163,1164
GL,Jr.: letter of January 15, 1979 to Larry A. James regarding William Tingle, Benjamin Franklin Massey, and Coleman Johnson
1165,1166

GL,Jr.: letter of January 15, 1979 to Laurel Boeckman at the State Historical Society of Missouri regarding an 1840 plat signed by William Tingle and Ben F. Massey and an Act of the Missouri General Assembly dated 1849
1167,1168

GL,Jr.: letter of January 15, 1979 to the Records Management & Archives Service in Jefferson City, Missouri regarding an 1845 Newton County Missouri deed issued to Joseph Powell and Peter Powell that described four large land tracts belonging to Benjamin F. Massey and William Tingle
1169,1170

Colleen Belk: letter of January 13, 1979 to GL,Jr. presenting a membership in the [Jasper County] Historical Society to GL,Jr.

1171-1172
GL,Jr.: notes regarding Colleen Belk's assigned genealogical research tasks
1172A & 1172B

Gary Beaham: statement of policies of the State Archives of Missouri regarding genealogical research

1173
Missouri State Archives: Genealogical Request Form

1174
Missouri State Archives: available genealogical data sources

1175
Dorothy Kemper, Records & Archives, State of Missouri: "we found the Circuit Court Case, Powell brothers vs. Duncan Lamont, William Tingle and Benjamin F. Massey, defendants"

1175A
GL,Jr.: translation of the following original court records for the above-referenced court case
1176-1178

July Term, 1842 original court record

1176,1177,1178
GL,Jr.: translation of Newton County, Missouri Deed Book A, page 275
1179

Newton County, Missouri Deed Book A, page 275: original copy

1179
Jasper County, Missouri cemeteries - annotated map

1180
Laurel Boeckman: letter of January 25, 1979 to GL,Jr. stating where the required records can be found and giving references to Warwick Massey Hough and Warwick Hough as well as references to two Massey males

1181
GL,Jr.: filled-out genealogical request forms for the above data
1182

State Historical Society of Missouri: statement regarding land records, dated December 22, 1977

1183
State Historical Society of Missouri: statement regarding vital records for Missourians, dated January 1979

1184
Missouri Genealogists: Miss Kate Kirkman of Columbia, Missouri and Mrs. Coralee Paull of St. Louis, Missouri, with policy statements

1185
General Assembly of the State of Missouri: Act of February 5, 1849 to authorize Samuel D. Sanders and Andrew Wilson to record the town plat of Sarcoxie

1186
Map of Sarcoxie, Missouri

1187
Book of Plats: wording of the authorization of Samuel D. Sanders and Andrew Wilson to record the town plat of Sarcoxie, recorded by Ben F. Massey, Clerk of the House of Representatives, February 11, 1849

1188
GL,Jr.: layout of a 70 acre tract conveyed by William Tingle & Benjamin F. Massey and Mariah Massey his wife to Ellwood B. James and James McPhatridge on March 18, 1840, from the surveyor's notes
1189

GL,Jr.: listing of Sarcoxie, Missouri city lots named on the above plat
1189A

GL,Jr.: listing of deeds for city lots (from: and to:)
1189B & 1189C

GL,Jr.: notes regarding the March 18, 1840 Deed Book A Tingle & Massey to James & McPhatridge conveyance
1190-1191

GL,Jr.: layout of surveyor's notes for the above tract
1190-1191A

Original Indenture for the above transaction

1190,1191,1192
GL,Jr.: notes regarding a June 30, 1840 transaction from Tingle, Massey & wife to Andrew Wilson, lots 34-35
1192A

Original Indenture for the above transaction
1193
Original Indenture for the transactions below

1194,1195,1196,1197,1198
GL,Jr.: notes for the August 5 & 6, 1840 transactions from Tingle, Massey & wife to David Guthrie (lot 55) and to Moses S. Baker (lots 25 - 26) and to James Woolson (lots 8 - 9) 1194A
GL,Jr.: notes for the August 6, 1840 transaction from Tingle, Massey & wife to Edward S. Dillon (lots 33 - 11) 1199A

Original Indenture for the above transaction
1200
JoAnn Peterson: ten cent postcard memorializing the mailing of a report on December 5, 1978

1200A
Larry A. James: letter received January 25, 1979 by GL,Jr. regarding the William Tingle family in the 1870 Jasper County, Missouri census and detailing the Massey - James family connections

1201-1202
GL,Jr.: letter of February 4, 1979 to Larry James regarding the B.F. Massey deed and records of William Tingle in Shelby County
1203

Cooper County, Missouri 1870 census record for Rebecca C. Massey

1205
GL,Jr.: letter to Missouri State Archives requesting copies of entries for Jasper County regarding Benjamin Franklin Massey, especially those prior to 1841
1206

GL,Jr.: letter of February 15, 1979 to Lou Hough regarding progress with the Sarcoxie town plat, a mill once owned by Thacker Vivion that was bought by B.F. Massey and William Tingle, the mercantile business perhaps run by Massey and Tingle, the Powell brothers' lawsuit, slaves Harriet and infant Mary, a farm on which B.F. Massey once lived, and B.F. Massey's missing or nonexistent will
1207,1208,1209,1210,1211,
1212,1213

GL,Jr.: letter of February 17, 1979 to Larry James with extensive, detailed notes regarding William Tingle [Note: Page 1 of the 9-page worksheet not found - GL, III, Ed.]
1214,1216,1217,1218,
1219,1220,1221,1222,1223

Lou Hough: letter of Jan. 23, 1979 to GL,Jr. with comments on 1207-1213 (links above - GL,III, ed.)
1224

GL,Jr.: letter of March 2, 1979 to Larry James asking for more research in the 1850 and 1840 census listings for William Tingle and on the legal terms, "Trespass," and "Case on Premise"
1225,1226

GL,Jr.: letter of March 2, 1979 to Colleen Belk regarding the Newton County February Court Term: 1840 or 1841 ? Also: data on the Tingle and Massey business ventures
1226A & 1226B

Patsy Luebbering, Archives Division, State of Missouri, asking GL,Jr. on February 22, 1979 for clarification of his requests for land entries

1227
GL,Jr.: the genealogical request form that generated the above reply: Land entries relating to Thacker Vivion, Elwood James & James H. McPhatridge, Isaac Sela (Seela), and William Tingle & Benjamin F. Massey, all in the range around 1839 and 1840
1228

GL,Jr.: letter of February 27, 1979 to Patsy Luebbering clarifying his 1228 request form
1229

Dorothy Kemper: letter of March 6, 1979 stating that the Missouri State Archives can provide copies of the plat maps for Township 29, Range 29 and Township 28, Range 30; with annotation by GL,Jr. requesting also a plat map for Township 27, Range 29
1230

GL,Jr.: Genealogical request form filled out for the above plat maps
1231

Land ownership entries with owner names, tract locations & acreages

1232,1233
GL,Jr.: Genealogical request form filled out for the Jasper County, Missouri land entries for grantee Thacker Vivion (by William Tingle & Benjamin F. Massey); Elwood James and James M. McPhatridge by Benjamin F. Massey, assignee; grantee Isaac Sela (Seela) by Benjamin F. Massey, and by William Tingle & Benjamin F. Massey
1233A

GL,Jr.: letter of March 9, 1979 to Theodore (Ted) L. Brownyard asking for research at the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Silver Spring, Maryland
1234,1235

GL,Jr.: table of Benjamin F. Massey & William Tingle land entries in Jasper and Newton Counties, Missouri
1236

Colleen Belk: letter of March 6, 1979 to GL,Jr. regarding February 10, 1840 Court Records for Newton County Missouri

1236A - 1236B
Lou Hough: notes of January 26, 1979 regarding Woodland Cemetery graves in Jefferson City, Jasper County wills, marriage records, etc.

1237
GL,Jr.: self-critical & apologetic note of March 19, 1979 regarding his report of January 22, 1979 (and describing how he amends the report) in the following pages
1237A

GL,Jr.: five-page letter of January 22, 1979 to Judge Massey, Mrs. Coyne R. Cowles, O.L. Hough, Alice L. Bond, and Charles E. Massey regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion
1238,1239,1240,1241,1242

GL,Jr.: notes regarding the following Massey Book appendices:

XLII:    The ledger book of 68.Joseph Massey & 70.Daniel Toas Massey

XXVII: 263.Pvt. Daniel Toas Massey & 69.2nd Lt. Daniel Toas Massey
1243,1244,1245,1246,1247,
1248,1249,1250,1251

GL,Jr.: notes regarding Appendix XI, the Massey-Toas Family Connection, continued at 1254
1252

GL,Jr.: Massey-Toas Genealogy in Litigation Created by Maryland Assembly Act of 1711
1253

GL,Jr.: notes regarding Appendix XI, the Massey-Toas Family Connection, concluded
1254,1255,1256

GL,Jr.: notes regarding Appendix IX,the Mace family of Dorchester County, Maryland, continued at 1261
1257,1258,1259

GL,Jr.: genealogical chart of the descendants of Nicholas Massey (Massie) born ca. 1660
1260

GL,Jr.: notes regarding Appendix IX, the Mace family of Dorchester County, Maryland, continuing 1261

GL,Jr.: speculative chart linking the Mace family of Dorchester County, Maryland to the Massey family of Queen Anne's County, Maryland
1262

GL,Jr.: superseded genealogical chart regarding Appendix IV, confusing given names for the six Daniel Toas Masseys, one Daniel Massey, one Toas Massey, and one Sarah Toas Massey, all X'ed out
1263

GL,Jr.: letter of February 4, 1979 to Lou Hough explaining some of the above material
1264A

GL,Jr.: short letter of March 9, 1979 to Judge Massey, Mrs. Coyne R. Cowles, O.L. Hough, Alice L. Bond, and Charles E. Massey regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion 1265,1266

GL,Jr.: notes appended (?) to the above letter regarding the criticisms supplied by various co-researchers to GL,Jr.'s amended January 22, 1979 report; note the various dates
1267,1268,1269

GL,Jr.: letter of March 15, 1979 to Judge Massey & Lou Hough regarding their comments to GL,Jr.'s amended January 22, 1979 report on the Daniel Toas Massey confusion
1270,1271,1272,1273,
1274,1275


GL,Jr.: letter to the Recorder's Office, Queen Anne's County, Maryland requesting Daniel Toas Massey deeds and a will
1276

Judge Massey: letter to GL,Jr., Alice L. Bond, and Mrs. Coyne Cowles, received December 11, 1978, regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion

1277
GL,Jr.: letter of December 12, 1978 to Judge Massey with copies to Alice L. Bond, Mrs. Coyne Cowles, and Lou Hough regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion, referencing the 1158 ledger page
1278

Charles E. Massey: letter of February 27, 1979 regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion

1279-1280
Alice L. Bond: letter received by GL,Jr. on February 17, 1979 regarding the Daniel Toas Massey confusion

1281-1282
GL,Jr.: letter of March 15, 1979 to Mr. Elgin Thornton regarding Daniel Toas Massey, b. October 22, 1757, introducing himself and his connection to Charles E. Massey of Okemos, Michigan
1283,1284

GL,Jr.: letter of March 15, 1979 to Claudia B. Sumler, Director of the Kent County Public Library regarding E. Thomas Massey & Dorothy Massey and asking for the name of a Kent County genealogical researcher
1285

GL,Jr.: letter of March 15, 1979 to Mrs. Coyne Cowles, Alice L. Bond & Charles E. Massey regarding Daniel Toas Massey, born 1757: Relatives ? Revolutionary War service ? Will ?
1287A

Alice L. Bond: letter to GL,Jr. received March 21, 1979, replying to the specific requests above, excerpted from her ledger book and including a genealogical diagram of the relationships between herself, Charles E. Massey, and Mrs. Coyne Cowles

1286-1287
GL,Jr.: letter of March 22, 1979 to Alice L. Bond, Mrs. Coyne Cowles, Charles E. Massey, and Elgin Thornton regarding the Daniel Toas Massey born October 22, 1757, with specific data pinning down the identity of this specific Daniel Toas Massey
1288,1289,1290

P.J. Townsend, Archives Librarian at the Kent County Public Library: letter of March 22, 1979 setting forth the terms for doing genealogical research, referred by Mrs. Sumler

1291
Lou Hough: letter of March 20, 1979 owning up to the error of identifying the author of a Daniel Toas will as being Daniel Toas Massey, but who might have been a cousin of 89/263.Daniel Toas Massey of Kent County, Maryland

1292
GL,Jr.: letter to Lou Hough of March 26, 1979 and putting Lou's error into a more favorable context
1293,1294,1295,1296

GL,Jr.: letter of March 15, 1979 to the librarian of the Lawrence County Library, Mt. Vernon, Missouri requesting the name of a genealogical researcher for Lawrence County records regarding Benjamin Franklin Massey
1297

GL,Jr.: letter to P.J. Townsend of March 26, 1979 regarding deeds and a will that involve Daniel Toas Massey
1298,1299