Michael Massengill (1756, married Dorcas Stone),
Henry Massengill, Jr. (1758),
Elizabeth Massengill (1759, married Isaac Thomas),
Solomon Massengill (1763, married Tabitha Cobb)
Aisley (1764, Ailsey) Massengill married Arthur Cobb),
Mary Ann Massengill (1766).
They arrived in the Watauga Valley in 1769.
Henry was elected a member of the Watauga Association in 1775.
He built the Massengill House of Worship in 1777.
Henry was chairman of the Committee of Safety in 1778.
The 1778 Washington County court records show:
William Story vs. Henry Massingill, cavit jury find for pltff.
In 1780 Washington County court records show:
James English vs. Aron Pinson. Case.
Robert Lusk, Henry Nave, Jacob Brown, John Waddle, Isaiah Martin, Thos. Talbert, Joshua Green, Hugh Henry, Moses Moore, Adam Willson, Henry Massingill, James McAdams sworn.
The suit dis. by the plaintiff.
He served two years as Sheriff of the Watauga District.
Hal was on the staff of Captain William Edmondson in the expedition against the Chicamauga People in 1779.
Jonesborough in 1857
East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
