Lilly; Excuse me as I am not attempting to give you a history lesson regarding the Massies of Nelson County. However, there is an excellent book, "The Campbells, Coffey's and Fitzgerald's of The Tye River Valley" written by Dr. Lynn Nelson, a professor at Tennessee State University. The book is available for loan by the W&M University, Williamsburg. The book is about farming by the Massie Family after the Revolutionary War; the techniques they employed and the problems they encountered with his neighbors. This is not a genealogy book but mainly agriculture in the very early years of the 19th century. As I understand it: Major Thomas Massie, after the Revolutionary war removed from the Fredericksburg area to the The Tye River Valley in mid-Nelson County to a location now known as Massies Mill - a village named after the Massies, Major Massie and his brother Doctor Massie owned thousands of acres of land in the area. His plantation home "Evergreen" still exist near Massies Mill and the Massie family cemetery; a large rockwall constructed cemetery, is just adjacent to the home place. The Massie built and operated 3 grist mill; one at Massies Mill, one at Tyro and another he constructed near the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Montebello. At one time he owned what is route 56 today as a toll road, and yes at one time he owned 110 slaves. Lynn Nelson obtained his doctors degree at W&M. Surprisingly, Lynn stated that the Massie papers, books, legers, etc, are housed at the University of Kansas!! BH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly Martin" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 12:23 AM Subject: [CAMPBELL] Massie and Vaughn names > Hello Marvin, > I don't know of any connection. I do know there is a HULL Association, > you could find them on google, you probably already know them? I have a > Hull connection in Civil War era in Ohio. Apparently, the Hull > Association keeps records on all the various Hull families. > > Concerning the name MASSIE: in the area in Amherst Co-Nelson Co. the name > MASSIE was used alot in reference to a Massie family there. I am not a > Massie descendant, so I can not tell you all the Massie genealogies, but I > recall that in one of the Heritage Books a writer/descendant mentioned > that Billie Massie was one of the largest landowners, and slaveowners in > the area. So the Massie name was prominate in the area. I have seen the > name MASSIE was given to babies which did NOT have any Massie ancestry, in > other words, they were not connected to the family, just used the name in > honor of a prominate family of the area, but not related in any way (many > time the Massie was the MIDDLE name). > > So in this case the name Massie could have entered the family and been > used by several geneations, but will not go back to any Massie family > line. So that is just a location name, and that name could have gone > anywhere in USA or the world later. > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marvin" <marv3@redrivernet.com> > To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] AUGUSTA CO. 1787 TAX LIST > > >> Lilly, >> Is this coincidence? >> 3. James Austin Campbell b. 1785, m. Mary Massey Vaughn, lived at Augusta >> Co. and Rockbridge Co VA. >> >> I have an Isaac Hull Jr who was married to a Massie Vaughn.(either NJ or >> PA) >> Their daughter Massie Hull married John Rardin Jr in Allegheny Co, PA. >> Massie Hull/John Rardin's daughter, Mary Rardin, married John Campbell. >> Place unknown but Massie Vaughn Hull and Mary Hull Rardin both died in >> Pendleton co, KY. >> >> I wonder if there could be a connection to these two Vaughn families?? >> > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >