MESSEC/MESSICK -- Shelby, San Augustine, Nacogdoches counties, after 1839 ---Earliest given names include Isaac G., Jane, Robert, and William. Descendants include Doctor "Dock" Green Messec (1855-1927), Sarah Jane Messec Murphy, Tommie Ann Messec Campbell. Dock's children were John, Isaac G., Ornie, Laurel, Walter, Bergen, Doctor Reeves, and Oscar Messec. TAYLOR -- San Augustine county, by 1850. Head of household was David Luchen Taylor, Sr., married to Sarah Sisson. Their daughter Catherine married William Messic in 1851. David and Sarah had the children Catherine, Thaddeus, Susan Laduska, D.G., Sterling, Gilbert, Clarissa, David Jr., Sarah, and Zaida. TUCKER/LONG -- Fannin and Ellis counties by 1870's. Head of household Moses James Allen Tucker, married to Nancy Jane Long in 1879. Nothing known of Tucker's background. Nancy Jane (1858-1895) is of the William and Mary Long family, descended from Edward Long of PA and VA. Nancy's siblings were John Albert, Mary Elizabeth (Moses), George, Thomas, Greenberry, and Daniel. ALLEN -- Nacogdoches county by 1870's. Susanna Matilda Allen, 1857-1911, married to Doctor Green Messec in 1875. Buried in Sacul Cemetery. Nothing further known. I am Judith Green Sinitiere, Lafayette, LA. Can offer considerable information about the Messec family, especially Captain Isaac Green Messec, 1822-1901, who migrated to California in 1849.