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Note: 1930 United States Federal Census
about Doyle Massey Name: Doyle Massey
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1930: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina
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Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Prisoner
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
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DOYLE AND JESS MASSEY-Madison county, North Carolina 1920's
Darlene Turne... (View posts) Posted: 30 Oct 2004 1:25AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: MASSEY
Although not well known, my great grandfather Doyle Massey, was something of an outlaw himself, as described by a sheriff in Madison county, North Carolina, at that time...The roaring 20's!!
Sheriff Jesse James Bailey was interviewed for an article for the Asheville Citizen-Times in February 1972, and was questioned about his days as the Sheriff of Marshall NC, during the days of prohibition.
All he seemed to really talk about was his exploits with Doyle and Jess Massey...two moonshiners out of Little Pine Creek that kept law enforcement on their toes.
His description of the two brothers was depicted by the writer of the article as 'something straight out of the old west'...these outlaw Massey boy's.
They did commit a murder, of Lorenzo Farmer, by setting his barn on fire, and waited for him to emerge from the house, and shot him.
Once, a young Deputy named Tweed hid in the bushes and waited for Doyle to pass by on foot, and ambushed him from behind.
He told Doyle to stop and raise his hands, but he began to run and the deputy shot him in the rear with buckshot.
While checking Doyle's hind pockets the deputy found some tobacco, and asked "Doyle, do you mind if I get a chew?"
Grandpa answered "You're a pretty s.o.b.! Shoot a man's a** off then ask him for a chew of tobacco!"
These were Sheriff Jesse James Bailey's words, and although on the wrong side of the law, this is my blood.
Doyle finally met his fate in 1939 at the house of his mistress, a woman by the name Dockery, and I won't publish her first name to protect her descendants.
Her brother had had an argument with Doyle, supposedly over a blackberry pie, and the brother went outside.
He came back in the back door and shot Doyle Massey in the back as he ate his pie, and that was the end of 'the outlaw'.
His brother Jess died from tuberculosis in 1937.
My grandfather, Ralph, Doyles son, and his cousin Fess, son of Jess, were great friends until death separated them.
It was a real pleasure to have at least known them.
MY grandfather Ralph died first, and at the funeral, Fess told me and my cousin that he'd be our grandpa now.
If anyone out there is related, please contact me at Freeindeed793@hotmail.com
Sincerely,
Darlene T. Maxwell
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