On 1 Jun 2002, Kemis wrote: <<This is all I know about the Massey line I am researching. Please look it over and let me know if someone has any matches ...Descendants of ... 1. James M. MASSEY (b.1806 d.1894) sp: Sarah Ann YATES +-2. John C. MASSEY (b.1838 d.1898) Confederate solider (gov doc) buried Muscogee County, GA now part of Ft. Benning>> Kemis's James Massey [I don't think he had a middle initial] b. abt 1806 who m. Sarah A. (b. 1820/1, Hancock Co., GA) and had John C. (b. 1838) , et al, was in the 1850 Muscogee Co., GA census. Judge Massey in MASSEY ADDENDUM, p. 326, tried to place the James who m. Sarah YATES as James(6) b. 1829 and son of Eli (5)Massey [---- (4) Massey; James(3) Massey; Hezekiah(2) Massey] but there's something wrong here. Inconsistently, but perhaps more accurately, on p. 335, the James in 1850 Muscogee Co., GA (Kemis's ancestor) is alternatively shown as James (6) son of Eli (5) Masssey [Pettipool(4), William(3), Richard(2)]. Judge Massey never completely settled the ancestry of this James b. abt. 1806 to his satisfaction. This line needs a lot of work - I'm hoping Kemis can spearhead a project in this area! Many of my own Masseys were in Muscogee Co., GA in 1850. They were related, but only distantly to Kemis's James(6) - probably 4th cousins if James is from Pettipool(4); 5th cousins if he's from ----(4) Massey. My Muscogee line was Nathanial Dudley Massey(6), b. 1822/23, d. of illness while in Confederate service, son of Barachias (5) Massey [Richard(4), Hezekiah(3), Richard(2), Richard(1).] Best regards, Theron Smith