George Washington MassingillAge: 90 years1794–1884
- Name
- George Washington Massingill
- Given names
- George Washington
- Surname
- Massingill
Family with parents |
elder sister |
Rebecca Massingill Birth: 1785 Death: |
9 years himself |
George Washington Massingill Birth: April 15, 1794 — Greene Co, TN Death: July 28, 1884 — Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX |
Family with Hannah Gann |
himself |
George Washington Massingill Birth: April 15, 1794 — Greene Co, TN Death: July 28, 1884 — Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX |
wife |
Hannah Gann Birth: 1797 70 24 — Washington Co, TN Death: 1865 — Johnson Co, IL |
Marriage: November 15, 1813 — Washington Co, TN |
Family with Mary (Polly) Gann |
himself |
George Washington Massingill Birth: April 15, 1794 — Greene Co, TN Death: July 28, 1884 — Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX |
wife |
Mary (Polly) Gann Birth: 1790 31 — Jonesboro, Washington Co, TN Death: 1865 — Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX |
Marriage: July 15, 1817 — Greeneville, Greene Co, TN |
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18 months son |
Henry Massingill Birth: about 1818 23 28 — Greene Co, TN Death: July 14, 1892 — Comanche, Comanche Co, TX |
6 months son |
John Massingill Birth: July 10, 1818 24 28 — TN Death: April 2, 1905 — Lufkin, Angelina Co, TX |
4 years daughter |
Mary Jane Massingill Birth: about 1821 26 31 — Greene Co, TN Death: March 12, 1908 — Hamilton, Hamilton Co, TX |
2 years son |
Isaac (Ike) Massingill Birth: February 1823 28 33 — Greene Co, TN Death: December 26, 1903 — Nacogdoches Co, TX |
23 months daughter |
Susan Massingill Birth: 1824 29 34 — Greene Co, TN Death: February 1919 |
1 year daughter |
Ruth L. (Rutha) Massingill Birth: 1824 29 34 — Greene Co, TN Death: before 1867 |
2 years son |
Nathaniel Bonner (Big Nath) Massingill Birth: February 13, 1826 31 36 — Greene Co, TN Death: August 11, 1864 — Cheneyville, LA |
5 years son |
William Massingill Birth: 1830 35 40 — Greene Co, TN Death: May 1864 — Mansfield, LA |
7 years daughter |
Lucinda Massingill Birth: about 1836 41 46 — Greene Co, TN Death: |
3 years son |
George Massingill Birth: 1838 43 48 — Angelina Co, TX Death: |
Moses A. Nelson + Hannah Gann |
wife’s husband |
Moses A. Nelson Birth: 1796 — Bedford Co, TN Death: January 14, 1869 |
wife |
Hannah Gann Birth: 1797 70 24 — Washington Co, TN Death: 1865 — Johnson Co, IL |
Marriage: March 20, 1817 — Washington Co, TN |
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21 months step-son |
John Nelson Birth: 1818 22 21 — TN Death: |
3 years step-son |
child Nelson Birth: 1820 24 23 — TN Death: |
8 years step-son |
Robert Claborine Nelson Birth: 1827 31 30 — Cocke Co, TN Death: March 14, 1888 — IL |
2 years step-son |
Lewis Allen Nelson Birth: 1828 32 31 — TN Death: |
3 years step-daughter |
Elizabeth Nelson Birth: 1830 34 33 — TN Death: |
2 years step-son |
Carl Nelson Birth: 1831 35 34 — TN Death: |
1 year step-son |
Henderson Nelson Birth: 1831 35 34 Death: |
3 years step-son |
William C. Nelson Birth: 1833 37 36 — TN Death: |
4 years step-son |
Alfred Nelson Birth: 1836 40 39 — TN Death: |
3 years step-son |
Edward Nelson Birth: 1838 42 41 — TN Death: |
Note | From Clifford Gann, Irving, TX and Joy Gann Brown, Hillsborough, NC. George served in the War of 1812. In the 3rd Tennessee Militia, he was in combat situations in Mobile Bay and New Orleans. In 1820 George and Polly were living in Hardin Co., Tn; in 1830 in Henderson Co. Years later, in answer to the call of Sam Houston for settlers to come to the Territory of Texas where land was free for those who desired to become permanent homesteaders, Polly, George, and their ten children joined a wagon train of 101 people, all of whom were reportedly related by blood or marriage, and arrived in Nacogdoches Territory in 1837. The records of the Nacogdoches County Board of Land Commissioners list George Washington Massengill and three of his sons, Isaac, Henry, and John, each being granted 1,280 acres of land by "Headright Certificates." The dates of issue extend from December 1837 to July 1845. In 1841, George and Polly moved to the Walker community (new Redland) where he and his son, John, built a combined sawmill-gristmill on the creek four miles north of Lufkin, Texas. Following the death of his second wife, George Massengill lived with his oldest son, John. |