Patience HERRON

Abt 1842 - 1924  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Patience HERRON
  Born	Abt 1842	Pickens County, South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Massey
  Reference Number	3312
  Died	1924
  Buried	South Union Cemetery, Fair Play, South Carolina
  Person ID	I3312	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	John HERRON,   b. Abt 1814, South Carolina ,   d. Bef 1860  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Mary MARTIN,   b. 1814, South Carolina
  Married	1833	South Carolina
  Census	1850	Pickens County, South Carolina   [2]
  Children	8 children
  1. Alfred Burton HERRON,   b. 1834, South Carolina ,   d. 30 Jan 1862, McPhersonville, Beaufort County, South Carolina
  2. James HERRON,   b. 1838
  3. Patience HERRON,   b. Abt 1842, Pickens County, South Carolina ,   d. 1924
  4. Jasper HERRON,   b. 1842
  5. Frederick Owens HERRON,   b. 1847,   d. Aft 1883
  6. Martha HERRON,   b. 04 Apr 1848, Georgia ,   d. 07 Feb 1911, Baxter County, Arkansas
  7. Pickney Monroe HERRON,   b. 27 May 1849, Georgia ,   d. 09 Mar 1917, Stephens, Georgia
  8. Newton R. HERRON,   b. 23 Apr 1852, South Carolina ,   d. 08 Apr 1928, Franklin, Georgia
  Family ID	F873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David MASSEY,   b. Habersham County, Georgia
  Married	Y  [3]
  Census	1880	Oconee County, South Carolina   [3]
  Children	1. Sarah MASSEY,   b. Abt 1869   2. Mary Ida MASSEY,   b. 28 Nov 1874, Oconee County, South Carolina ,   d. 01 Sep 1930, Center Township, Oconee County, South Carolina  (Age 55 years) Married: Robert Franklin LOWIE   3. John S. MASSEY,   b. 18 Jan 1880, Stephens, Georgia ,   d. 28 Feb 1948, Westminster, South Carolina  (Age 68 years) Married: Nancy WILLIAMS (1903)
  Family ID	F924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Family oral history states that Pickney Monroe Herron had a sister named Pasha (pronounced Pay sha) and that she married a Massey. She would therefore be a daughter of John Herron and Mary Martin. The 1880 census of Oconee Co., SC show a David and Patience Massey listed next to Mary Martin Herron and Pickney Herron. In this census Patience is 38 years old giving a birthdate of approximately 1842. She is not, however, listed in the household of John and Mary Herron in the 1850 census when she would have been of child of about 8 years old. On the other hand, the death certificate of John S. Massey, son of David and Patience, gives his mother's maiden name as Patience Herron. 1880 Census, Oconee Co., SC Keowee Township, Enumerated 9 Jun 1880 Series: T9 Roll: 1236 Page: 354A-354B Dwelling #119, Family #119 Massey,DavidW, M, 40FarmerSC SC SC PatienceW, F, 38, wife, Keeping HouseSC SC SC Sarah F.W, F, 11, daughter, At HomeSC SC SC Mary ?W, F, 5,daughter, At HomeSC SC SC John S.W, M, 10/12, son, At HomeSC SC SC Note that Dwelling #120 is Mary Herron, and dwelling #121 is Pickney Herron. John S. Massey and Mary Ida Lowie are children of Patience. Notes from another researcher: Here is what I know about Patience after 1880: She is in Franklin Co. GA, Bryant's district by Pink in 1900. Her son John married NancyWilliams in Franklin Co. GA in 1903. Then, in 1910, she and her son John Stephen Massey and his family arein Wilcox Co. GA. I have no idea why they are there- no one else in my lines was ever in Wilcox. I cannot find Patience or her son John in 1920. I have looked and looked and looked. Then, in 1930, John S. Massey is back in Oconee county with his family. Patience is not with him-- which makes sense if she died in 1923. One of John's sons says he was born in Alabama. I have looked in Alabama for the family in 1920 without success. John S. Massey and his wife Nancy Williams Massey are buried in Oconee Co. in Westminster First Baptist cemetery. But, I have never found any burial record for Patience. ------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] SC Death Certificates, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Mary Ida Massey Lowie.|15982|1930. [S420] 1850 Census Pickens Co., SC, (NARA), John Herron household. [S122] 1880 Census of Oconee County, SC, (NARA), David Massey household.