This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zZB.2ACI/336.331.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I do know that there are Massey's in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. When I was young our family reunion was held every year at the lodge above Bull shoules dam in Arkansas. and every year there was a Massey who was a Cherokee Chief in Oklahoma came and brought hundreds of pounds of catfish for a fish fry. Maybe he or his decendents can help you.