This is amother in the thread of Massey exchanges. In response to several e-mails I have received, the Masseys are not my kin, and I regret I have no more to share. Way back when I began looking for my Johnson ancestors, I went through the court and land records of Lancaster County, South Carolina and wrote down lots of odds and ends I thought might tie in. The Horton-Johnson connections, of which there are several, led me to jot down the record I posted on John and Sarah Massey. Michael Horton, made a will dated 1855, with codicil 1860, and proved 186?. His parents were William and Elizabeth Horton. He married Susannah Massey, daughter of John and Sarah Massey, of Chesterfield District. Their daughter Ann (Hannah) Jane Horton [1823--1911] was married 28 August 1865 to Andrew Johnson [Ca 1818--1898] who was named executor of Horton's will. Several of this family were buried at West Side Cemetery, Lancaster, SC. Mainly from census records, but also from some better sources, I find names of 11 children. Those about whom I know anything at all are: Placetta Caroline Johnson [Ca 1840/41] m: William Alexander Biggart [Ca 1828] (his 2nd wife); Michael H Johnson [July 1853] m: Doria Brasington [Nov 1863--191x]; Mary Jane [30 Nov 1861--4 Nov 1935] m: 4 Jan 1883 William Thurlow Gregory [20 May 1853--11 Nov 1939]. Because several people have asked, my Johnson ancestors were on Camp Creek near the Catawba River. My William Johnson was probably a brother to James F Johnson (married Nancy Marlow) and to John M Johnson (married Mary Marlow). These last two married sisters, daughter of William Marlow Senior. I was informed that John M Johnson's daughter married Henry V Massey. I find now that I copied from somewhere "VanLandingham" as Henry's middle name. Don Maring ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com