Henry Massingill1
- Family Background:
- Horn and Allied Families
Henry Massingill of Watauga married Mary Cobb, daughter of Benjamin Cobb.1
Henry Massingill moved from North Carolina to the Watauga settlement in Tennessee in 1769, served two years as sheriff of Washington District, was chairman of a Committee of Safety, 1778, and served on the staff of Captain William Edmiston on an expedition against the Chickamauga Indians in 1779.2
Henry Massingill moved from North Carolina to the Watauga settlement in Tennessee in 1769, served two years as sheriff of Washington District, was chairman of a Committee of Safety, 1778, and served on the staff of Captain William Edmiston on an expedition against the Chickamauga Indians in 1779.2
Children of Henry Massingill and Mary Cobb
- Michael Massingill2 b. 1 Mar 1756, d. Oct 1853
- Henry Massingill+3 b. 1 Oct 1758, d. 23 Sep 1837
- Ailsey Massingill2
- Elizabeth Massingill2
- Solomon Massingill4 d. Jan 1831
- Mary Massingill5
Citations
- [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia," in Historical Southern Families, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, editor. (Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1968), 12: 182.
- [S606] John Frederick Dorman, comp. and ed., Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Vol. One, Families A-F (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), 709.
- [S585] Benjamin C. Holtzclaw and Mrs. Myron J. Taylor, "Cobb of Isle of Wight County, Virginia", 12: 183.
- [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 709-10.
- [S606] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 710.
