Jonathan MASSEY was born about 1773 in NC. He is thought to be the son of a Thomas MASSEY. Jonathan married Frances DAVIS on Novemer 2, 1797 in Grainger county TN. Census records show that they were in TN for a short time and then in Bourbon county KY shortly after the 1830 census and then they migrated to Owen county and their daughter Lucy married John EVANS on March 24, 1831 in Owen county, IN. Jonathan MASSEY and family appears on the 1850 Owen county census and then they disappear. Their children married many of the Owen county names and settled there. These were names of HOOTEN, CARTER, EVANS, MODRELL, GILLASPEY. I am wanting to find out just what may have happened to Jonathan & Franky. Did they die in Owen county? Did they migrate elsewhere? Although Jonathan is 77 years old on the 1850, I am finding nothing indicating a burial in Owen county. There was some thought that another Jonathan MASSEY found in Bourbon county KY was our Jonathan, but further studies show that he was a different one. For further identification purposes, the children of Jonathan MASSEY and Franky DAVIS were: Isaac b.1807 m. Nancy HOOTEN (d/o Littleton) Lucy Ann b. 1809 m. John EVANS (s/o David) Willis b. about 1813 m. Harriet GILLASPEY (d/o Martin) Jacob b. 10-6-1814 m. Jane MODRELL Elizabeth b.about 1816 m. Emanuel HOOTEN (s/o Littleton) Jane b. about 1824 m. Hiram CARTER I would also be interested in just what family this Hiram CARTER comes from. Any help is appreciated. Debbie Jennings