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 1762 - 1853 (91 years)
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| Name |
Alston S. Massey |
| Birth |
1762 |
Brunswick County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
17 Jul 1853 |
Monroe County, Alabama |
| Person ID |
I101 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
8 May 2007 |
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| Notes |
- Alston Massey had nine children by his first wife and possibly six by his second one. There are living descendants in the Columbus, Georgia area and elseqhere. There is a large well-tended Massey cemetery on the Fort Benning GA army reservation a family that may or may not have been related. Alston S. Massey may have been buried in Monroe County, near Monroeville, AL or he may have been buried in the New Hope Methodist church cemetery where his tombstone is located. There is no record of Monroe County burial or grave site.
Alston Massey was born north of Halifax, NC, probably in VA, and the family then resided SC for 45 years. then moved to Georgia for the next twenty years or so, then on to the vic of Monroeville, Alabama. Massey is listed in Chesterfield SC in the 1800 and 1910 U.S. Census records, He moved c. 1821 to Jasper GA for a short time. Then he is listed as rediding in Harris County, GA in the 1830 and 1840 Census records. In 1850 he is listed in Monroe county, AL. Alston Massey d. July 17, 1853 at the age of 91 years near Monroeville, AL. After his death, Emaline and her family moved to Hays county, TX after 1858. In the 1860 census she was listed as married to L.S. Jennings, but lived with him only a short time. She was later shown to be living with her son, Wiley. She lived to be 80 years old. The Coweta Falls Chapter SAR planned and conducted a dignified re-dedication ceremony at the New Hope cemetery while recognizing therer are two different possibilities fvor this patriot's burial location.
- Had nine children by first wife, of which five names are known. : Wm., Elias, Alston Jr., Pleasant and Richard. Three sons by second wife, all born in Harris Co., and possibly three daughters, names unknown.
- South Carolina: Drafted at 16 or 17 yrs of age serving with South Carolina troops. 1781 or 1782: Discharged by verbal declaration of General Marion.
Pension: R7004-B.I.Wt.87204-160-55, filed 1848, GA.
- On Nov. 17, 1834 was granted 150 acres of land by the state of Georgia Lot 3-158- Robinson's. Distric, 27th District, Third Section in Harris County.
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