Massey (Massy or Masse) Wall

Abt 1756 - 1818  (62 years)

• Name	Massey (Massy or Masse) Wall
  Birth	Abt 1756	Nash Co., NC
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Jan 1818	Nash Co., NC
  Person ID	I5085	Main

  
  

  Father	Dorcet WALL,   b. Abt 1730, Edgecombe Co., NC d. Bef 1761, Edgecombe Co., NC (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F2755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry FREEMAN,   b. 20 Oct 1753, Nash Co., NC d. 1776 (Age 22 years)
  Notes	Mary and Rebecca Freeman were adopted by Jethro Denson in 1798 - the year he married their widowed mother, Massey Wall FREEMAN.
  Children	1. Mathew FREEMAN   2. Henry FREEMAN   3. John FREEMAN   4. Martha FREEMAN,   b. Abt 1776, Nash Co., NC d. Abt 1837, Nash Co., NC (Age 61 years)   5. Mary FREEMAN,   b. Aft 1777   6. Rebecca FREEMAN,   b. Aft 1777
  Family ID	F2756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jethro DENSON,   b. Abt 1750, VA d. Abt 1800, Nash Co., NC (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1798	Nash Co., NC
  Children	+ 1. John DENSON,   b. Abt 1780, NC d. prb Abt 1816 (Age 36 years)   2. Benjamin DENSON,   b. Abt 1788, NC   3. Joseph DENSON,   b. Abt 1790, NC
  Family ID	F2754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - Abt 1756 - Nash Co., NC Marriage - Abt 1798 - Nash Co., NC Death - 30 Jan 1818 - Nash Co., NC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Was Massey Wall Black? Was Dorcet Wall a black man? Why is his wife unknown. It is rumored that she was white but that she married a black man and that is why later the saga of Henry Whitley occurred with Leah Carter Whitley not marrying William Henry Moore. Could this be the reason. Several censuses list the walls as black. There are other records in NC that show that Leah Carter Whitley was never married to William Henry Moore due to social status but other records show that is was because of "background" and this may be because the walls were of african american descent.