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William Messer 1813 – 1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1813

Birth Location: Edgefield, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1870

Death Location: Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Jacob Messer

Mother: Polly Morgan

Spouse(s): Villetta Morris

Children(s): Charley Messer, Samuel Messer, William Messer, Nancy Messer, Ellen Messer, Achibald Messer, Benjamin Messer, James Messer, Henry Messer, Elisabeth Messer

In 1813, William Messer entered the world in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA, born to Jacob Messer and Polly Mary Morgan. In 1850, William Messer resided in District 1, Carter, Kentucky, USA. In 1860, William Messer resided in Greenup, Kentucky, USA. William Messer married Villetta Lettie Morris, and had children including Charley Messer, Samuel Messer, William B Messer, Nancy A Messer, Ellen Messer, Achibald Messer, Benjamin Messer, James Messer, Henry Clay Messer, Elisabeth Messer. William Messer passed away in 1870 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1813, William Messer entered the world in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA, born to Jacob Messer and Polly Mary Morgan.
  • In 1850, William Messer resided in District 1, Carter, Kentucky, USA.
  • In 1860, William Messer resided in Greenup, Kentucky, USA.
  • William Messer married Villetta Lettie Morris, and had children including Charley Messer, Samuel Messer, William B Messer, Nancy A Messer, Ellen Messer, Achibald Messer, Benjamin Messer, James Messer, Henry Clay Messer, Elisabeth Messer.
  • William Messer passed away in 1870 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Messer
1790 – 1870
Birth Location: Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
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Polly Morgan
1792 – 1838
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Villetta Morris
1815 – 1870
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Charley Messer
1832 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Samuel Messer
1834 – 1889
Birth Location: Carter, Kentucky, USA
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William Messer
1837 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Nancy Messer
1839 – 1862
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Ellen Messer
1841 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Achibald Messer
1843 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
AM
Benjamin Messer
1845 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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James Messer
1847 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
JM
Henry Messer
1849 – 1903
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Elisabeth Messer
1854 –
Birth Location: Carter, Kentucky, USA
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William Messer's Ancestors

Self
William Messer
1813 – 1870
Birth Place: Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Jacob Messer
1790 – 1870
Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Polly (Mary) Morgan
1792 – 1838
Grandparents
John (James) Messer
1755 – 1815
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Agnes Dillard
1755 – 1802
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Messer
1735 – 1784
Agnes Taylor
1735 – 1784
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Messer's Descendants

1.
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William Messer (1813 – 1870) m. Villetta (Lettie) Morris (1815 – 1870)
  1. 1. Charley Messer (1832 – ) m. Nancy (1837 – )
    1. 1. John (C) Messer (1859 – )
    2. 2. Jacob (C) Messer (1868 – )
  2. 2. Samuel Messer (1834 – Jan 1889) m. Mary (E) Hash (1843 – Jun 1870) m. Malissa (J) Harte (1855 – )
    1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Messer (10 Apr 1864 – 07 Jun 1939) m. William (D) Goddard (20 Sep 1853 – 29 Sep 1898) m. William Sutt (Aug 1875 – 1925) m. Thomas (M.) Jackson (Dec 1868 – Aft. 1930) m. Andrew (Jackson) Black (1855 – 1884)
      1. 1. Jennie (J) Goddard (18 Nov 1886 – 09 Oct 1971) m. Fines (L) Fox (06 Sep 1859 – 15 May 1938) m. George (W) Sutton (1882 – )
        1. 1. Frances (Lilburn) Fox (19 Feb 1920 – 21 Aug 2005) m. Edward (Eugene) Sutphen (04 May 1913 – 17 Mar 1985)
        2. 2. Marion (Virginia) Sutton (04 Dec 1913 – 09 Aug 2007) m. Charles (Adelbert) Berwald (19 Jun 1909 – 1981)
      2. 2. William (Samuel) Goddard (21 Nov 1888 – 11 Jul 1927) m. Mollie (Lavinia) Greer (09 Sep 1883 – 22 Oct 1956)
        1. 1. Beulah (Irene) Goddard (26 Aug 1907 – 08 Mar 2002) m. RJ Spain (abt 1903 – 1983)
        2. 2. Muriel (Cecil) Goddard (13 Jun 1909 – 18 Apr 1986) m. Addie (M) Hutchison (16 Mar 1904 – 12 Aug 1993)
        3. 3. Lucille (Janet) Goddard (20 Jan 1911 – 14 Dec 2008) m. Robert (Louis) Gremore (21 January 1908 – 17 June 1988)
        4. 4. William (Samual) Goddard (1915 – 05 Sep 1993) m. Helen (Viola) Bowman (14 Sep 1915 – 18 Jun 1981)
        5. 5. Allene Goddard (21 Jan 1917 – 12 Mar 1917)
        6. 6. Maxine Goddard (28 January 1918 – 3 February 1918)
        7. 7. Betty (Quinn) Goddard (24 Sep 1923 – 01 Nov 2014) m. Benjamin Cravens (30 Jun 1923 – 20 Sep 1981)
      3. 3. Charles (Arthur) Goddard (21 Dec 1891 – 13 March 1943) m. Coletta Pobst (21 May 1895 – 2 July 1983)
        1. 1. Charles (Arthur) Goddard (18 Oct 1916 – 28 Jul 2006)
        2. 2. Kermit (Earl) Goddard (03 Jan 1918 – 02 Aug 1998)
        3. 3. Charles (Demetrius) Goddard (5 May 1920 – 18 Dec 1920)
        4. 4. Vera (Ovella) Goddard (8 Aug 1921 – 25 Feb 2016) m. Byron Claypool (abt 1921 – )
      4. 4. Oscar (Edward) Goddard (26 Mar 1894 – 11 Nov 1939) m. Dorthea (May) Robbins (29 Sept 1899 – 10 Sept 1976)
        1. 1. Byron (Lewis) Goddard (20 Mar 1918 – 28 June 1949) m. Helan
        2. 2. Robert (Eugene) Goddard (7 July 1919 – 17 Dec 1960) m. Virginia McLaughlin (7 APR 1925 – 1954)
        3. 3. Paul (Leslie) Goddard (4 Sept 1920 – 30 Jan 1969) m. Carolyn (Mearle) Goddard (abt 1925 – )
        4. 4. Dorothy (Jane) Goddard (13 May 1924 – 09 Apr 2001) m. Lee Andrews m. Jack (R) Feeley
        5. 5. Jacqueline (Joy) Goddard (Abt. 1925 – ) m. Burton (S) Morrow
        6. 6. James (Donald) Goddard (5 Jul 1926 – 5 Dec 1926)
        7. 7. Patricia (Ruth) Goddard (Abt. 1928 – 2 Oct 1982) m. Clyde (E) Briggs
        8. 8. Edward (Dean) Goddard (13 Oct 1929 – 5 Oct 2008) m. Mary Lemny
      5. 5. Reese (Grant) Goddard (29 Jul 1897 – 19 Oct 1966) m. Ruth (P) Bryeans (28 Nov 1897 – 28 Oct 1918) m. Ivah (Alma) Bryeans (09 Jan 1893 – 19 Dec 1952)
        1. 1. Unnamed Goddard (27 Oct 1918 – 27 Oct 1918)
        2. 2. Reese (Grant) Goddard (18 Nov 1920 – 19 Jul 1990) m. Jewell McElrath (12 Jun 1925 – )
        3. 3. Joseph (Dale) Goddard (18 Jan 1922 – 08 Jan 1998) m. Vivian Martin (1 Apr 1921 – 2002)
        4. 4. Forrest (Jackson) Goddard (06 Jan 1923 – 06 Aug 2019) m. Mary (Lula) Greer (18 Dec 1922 – 11 Apr 2012)
        5. 5. Rex (Bryeans) Goddard (03 Jul 1926 – Jun 1970) m. Theresa ((Terri)) Lynch
        6. 6. Gloria (Sue) Goddard (03 Oct 1932 – 7 Sept 2019) m. Leon Garrett (23 Apr 1933 – 9 August 1951)
        7. 7. Barbara (C.) Goddard (02 Mar 1934 – 14 Apr 2001) m. Eugene (W) Adkins (12 Dec 1920 – )
      6. 6. Mayrne (L) Sutt (Jan 1900 – )
      7. 7. Henry (Warren Sutt) (Jackson) (1903 – ) m. Vallie (Beatice (Aunt) B) (1902 – )
        1. 1. John (R) Calvin (1920 – )
      8. 8. Andrew (Jackson) Black (30 May 1882 – 15 Jul 1947) m. Zella (M) Ruff (Mar 1890 – 10 Sep 1976) m. Mary (Ann) Alderson (25 Jun 1906 – ) m. Maude (Wold) Goden (05 Nov 1898 – Jun 1981)
        1. 1. Nevada Black (13 October 1907 – 14 April 1992) m. Turner Cambell (1910 – ) m. William (Alexander) Campbell (7 January 1904 – 14 February 1970) m. Webber
        2. 2. Chalena (B) Black (07 Oct 1908 – 31 Mar 1979) m. Clark (V) Hale
        3. 3. Roberta (Ethelene) Black (Abt. 1915 – 11 March 1987) m. Robert (Blaine) Wolfe (14 Sep 1892 – 28 Aug 1958) m. John (D) Brannon (abt 1917 – ) m. Fields
      9. 9. Mary (Demetress) Black (29 Nov 1884 – 18 Apr 1964) m. William (Gaines) Freeman (1870 – 10 Mar 1941)
        1. 1. Nettie (M) Freeman (1903 – 1987) m. John (F) Enderie
        2. 2. Theodore (Edward) Freeman (1904 – 1955)
        3. 3. Opal Freeman (1908 – )
        4. 4. Annette Freeman (1912 – )
        5. 5. Woodrow Freeman (13 Dec 1914 – 21 Feb 1991)
        6. 6. Bryeans (Ira) Freeman (2 Jan 1919 – Nov 1973) m. Dorothy (Lee) Choates
        7. 7. Ruth Freeman (abt 1922 – )
        8. 8. Harold Freeman (abt 1924 – )
    2. 2. William Messer (1876 – )
    3. 3. Tennessee Messer (1879 – )
  3. 3. William (B) Messer (1837 – ) m. Caroline (1849 – )
  4. 4. Nancy (A) Messer (1839 – 1862) m. John Burchett (1839 – 1922)
  5. 5. Ellen Messer (1841 – )
  6. 6. Achibald Messer (1843 – )
  7. 7. Benjamin Messer (1845 – )
  8. 8. James Messer (1847 – ) m. Phebe (Drusilla) Bond (1844 – 1920)
    1. 1. Martha Messer (1876 – )
    2. 2. Viola Messer (1886 – )
    3. 3. James (H) Messer
    4. 4. Burbidge Messer
  9. 9. Henry (Clay) Messer (1849 – 1903) m. Cynthia (Ann) Rice (1855 – 1939)
    1. 1. Andrew (Jackson) Messer (1873 – 1929)
    2. 2. Charles (H) Messer (1875 – 1947)
    3. 3. Luticia (Carter) Messer (1877 – 1950)
    4. 4. David (Oscaaar) Messer (1882 – 1930)
    5. 5. Elijah (Green) Messer (1884 – 1922)
    6. 6. Rebecca Messer (1888 – 1971)
  10. 10. Elisabeth Messer (22 Sep 1854 – )

William Messer's Timeline

5 Records

1813
1813
Birth of William Messer in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
1850
1850
Age 37
William Messer resided here in District 1, Carter, Kentucky, USA
District 1, Carter, Kentucky, USA
1860
1860
Age 47
William Messer resided here in Greenup, Kentucky, USA
Greenup, Kentucky, USA
1870
1870
Age 57
William Messer resided here in Precinct 7, Carter, Kentucky, USA
Precinct 7, Carter, Kentucky, USA
1870
1870
Age 57
Death of William Messer in Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1813
    Event Place: Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 7, Carter, Kentucky; Roll: M593_454; Page: 170B; Family History Library Film: 545953
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Greenup, Kentucky; Page: 760; Family History Library Film: 803370
    [3] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: East Little Sandy, Greenup, Kentucky; Page: 845; Family History Library Film: 803370
    [4] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Carter, Kentucky; Roll: 195; Page: 270A

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: District 1, Carter, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Carter, Kentucky; Roll: 195; Page: 270A

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Greenup, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Greenup, Kentucky; Page: 760; Family History Library Film: 803370
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: East Little Sandy, Greenup, Kentucky; Page: 845; Family History Library Film: 803370

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Precinct 7, Carter, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 7, Carter, Kentucky; Roll: M593_454; Page: 170B; Family History Library Film: 545953

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Carter County, Kentucky, USA
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