Section V  Massey Excursi

One Maryland Massey Family by George Langford, Jr. 1901-1996 ©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010

 
 Pierce Data Bank
(from GL,Jr's handwritten notes, Page01, Page02, Page03)
  
  (Added by GL,III from other Data Banks) 
 

Record Book	Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri Court House, December 8, 1934
Index Book #1	Transaction Type Book # Page Peter Pierce from Jacob Keyser Deed #152 H 212 R.F. Pierce from P. Pierce Deed #295 H 212 Peter Pierce from Thomas V.D. Dunn Land #331 H 212 Robert A. Pierce from John M. Clark Deed of Trust #2 I 213 Peter Pierce from C.H. Smith Deed #75 I 213 R.A. Pierce to M. Moseley Deed #157 L 216 Peter Pierce from William Harvey Deed of Trust #446 L 216 Peter Pierce from William Douglass Deed of Trust #485 O 218 Pierce & Greenlease to Henry R. Walker, trustee Deed of Trust #494 O 218 Peter Pierce from John McPherson Release #223 P 219
Deed Book #H	Transaction Page November 4, 1840: Peter Pierce buys 400 acres from Jacob Keyser & Susan Francis, his wife, for $120.00. It's the SE Quarter of the SE Quarter of Section 31 of Township  47, Range 17. 212 January 4, 1811: Peter Pierce sells the above land to Robert A. Pierce for $95.00. 295 June 30, 1841: Peter Pierce given authority to sell several lots in Boonville by Thomas V. Dunn. 331
Deed Book #I	Transaction Page May 19, 1842: Peter Pierce buys for $2,000.00 from Charles V. Smith & Rebecca, his wife, lots $212 & #213, the bounds of which are Morgan Street & East line of 4th Street; thence South 150 feet to an alley; thence east 180 feet to an alley; thence North 150 feet to Morgan Street; thence West 180 feet to the beginning. 175
Deed Book #L	Transaction Page June 14, 1847: Peter Pierce sells William Henry a dark brown house, 6 to 8 years old, for $65.00 446
Deed Book #O	Transaction Page June 4, 1850: Peter Pierce lends William Douglass $311.10 on Douglass's law library. 485 April 27, 1850: Peter Pierce & Charles H.F. Green lease buy for $495.00 one slave man from Henry R. Walker. 494
Deed Book #P	Transaction Page June 5, 1851: Peter Pierce & wife executed a Deed February 4, 1842 (Deed Book #I), satisfaction of which is acknowledged by John McPherson. 223
Deed Index #2	Transaction Type Book # Page Peter Pierce - J.L. Stephens Deed of Trust #49 C 195
Mortgage Record Book #C	Transaction Page February 15, 1850: Peter Pierce deeds to J.L. Stephens Lots No.'s 118 & 119 where Pierce lives for $824.35. 49

Walnut Hill Cemetery, Boonville, Missouri, December 8, 1934

Pierce Lot #138 - adjoining Withers Lot #119 Large new stone: Peter Pierce 1794-1871 Maria H. Massey 1821-1864 Eliza J. Pierce 1794-1871 Adelaide Gillam 1798-1872 PIERCE MASSEY Six small, old-fashioned stones without inscriptions.

Fayette Court House, Howard County, Missouri, December 8, 1934

Grantees Index Book #1: Transaction Book # Page Thomas Pearce & Thomas Lime: from William Brown F 226 Thomas Pearce & Thomas Lime: Patent G 55 Elizabeth A. Pierce (wife of Charles S. Pierce) from C. Morrow R 573

Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri Court House, December 8, 1934

History of Cooper County, Missouri - Johnson: Peter Pierce: Proprietor of the City Hotel between 1840 & 1850

Boonville, Missouri, December 8, 1934

Newspaper clippings indexed by Charles Raversway, Raversway Clinic, J.C. Penney Building: Peter Pierce: 1842: In Boonville Directory. 1844 to 1846: Proprietor of "Mansion House"located on the N.E. corner of Morgan & 6th Street. 1857: Member of Thespian Society. Elizabeth J.W. Pierce: November 7, 1842: Member in good standing of the M.E. Church.

Harper Library, University of Chicago, February 24, 1938

Virginia Historical Index, Swem - F221/.S93: Peter Pearce 30V342 Vol.2, p.408 Peter Pierce 7H243 26W(1)108 Vol.2, p.440

New England Historical & Genealogical Society Book, March 3, 1941

W.F. Boogher: Gleanings of Virginia History, Washington, 1903: August 1788, Prince William County, Virginia: Trooper Peter Pierce received 1,320 pounds of tobacco for militia services in Major John Frogg's company. p.98

New England Historical & Genealogical Society Book, June 13, 1942

J. Estelle Stewart King: Abstracts of Wills, Administrations & Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia 1759-1800, 1939: Peter Pierce (heirs) 70 acres, 1770, Fauquier County rent roll p.144

New England Historical & Genealogical Society Book, December 17, 1944

A.W. Burns: Virginia Genealogies & County Records, 1941: Peter Pearce in 1810 Census of Amherst County, Virginia Vol.4, p.50

New England Historical & Genealogical Society Book, May 30, 1946

Archives of Maryland: 1761: Peter Pierce signs a petition in Prince George's Parish praying for erection of a chapel on Hawlings River, a branch of the Patuxent. Vol.56, p.507

Added by GL,III from other Data Banks 
 

Source, Link	Person(s)	Data
Withers, p.0121	Peter Pierce	Fauquier Co., Va.: Tax Returns Lists, years 1821-1837
Withers, p.0014	Peter Pierce, Eliza J. Pierce	Walnut Hill Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.: Withers Lot #138; adjoining; gravestone inscriptions
Withers, p.0032	Eliza Jane Matilda Hawkins Withers	Widow of Daniel Withers; Second wife of Peter Pierce, in Fauquier Co., Va: Marriage Bonds & Returns; Vol.5, p.60
Withers, p.0033 Withers, p.0307	Eliza J. Pierce & Peter Pierce	28 Aug.1835, Fauquier Co., Va. Deed Book: "I, Pickett Withers, Admin. de Bonis non with the Will attached of James Withers, deceased ... for $550.00 sell to Eliza J. Pierce, wife of Peter Pierce, and Adelaide G. Withers, Maria Withers, and John S. Withers, children of Daniel Withers, deceased, a negro man slave named Moses ... 1/3rd to Eliza J. Pierce for her lifetime ... 2/3rds to the three children." Pickett Withers
Withers, p.0035	Peter Pierce	4 Nov.1840:  Boonville, Cooper Co., Mo.: Deed Book H, p.212: Purchases for $120.00, a 40 acre tract from Jacob Keyser and Susan Francis, his wife. (also on p.0001 in this Data Bank)
Withers, p.0334	Eliza J. Pierce & Peter Pierce	Tax records of Eliza J.M. Withers in Fauquier county before their marriage on September 17, 1834.
Withers, p.0301, p.0302	Peter Pierce	Fauquier County Court records, March 15, 1830, regarding a 315-acre tract of land bought by Pierce.
Withers, p.0305A, p.0306	Peter Pierce and wife Eliza J.M. Pierce	Fauquier County Deed dated May 3, 1837 for a 234+ acre tract of land held in trust by Absalom Hickerson for the use of Eliza J.M. Withers and her minor children Adilaide Withers, Maria Withers, and John Scott Withers ... then sold by Peter Pierce and wife Eliza J.M. (Withers) Pierce to Robert Armistead; the document gives the married name of the daughter Adelaide as Greenlease (Charles H.F. Greenlease).
Massey Data Bank	Thomas Pearce	Archives of Maryland deed JNG:5:55: A tract called Chance and Chester Grove (123 acres) was deeded by Thomas Pearce to William S. Cooper dated July 25, 1816.
Allied Families, p.0544	Peter Pierce and Eliza J.M. Pierce	GL,Jr. Notes: Deeds 1840-1870 w/r to Peter Pierce; Peter Pierce as proprietor of City Hotel 1840-1850 and Mansion House; and Eliza Jane Matilda Pierce, in 1842 a member in good standing of a church.
1810 Census of Amherst County, Virginia	Peter Pearce	FILE# PAGE  LINE    1st NAME     LAST NAME          M< 10   10-16   16-26   26-45    45 >   F< 10   10-16   16-26   26-45    45 >    FREE   SLAVE     474   -     12                  PETER             PEARCE                 3           2           1           1           0          1           0            0           2          0            0           4