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Kit 99573, Samuel Mason (b. ca. 1805 NC), Robert H. Mason, FTdna Y-DNA 67 & mtDNAPlus tests,
Ydna Haplogroup I1a , mtDNA Haplogroup J*
36/37 Matches: Group 48

Oldest Known Ancestor

Samuel Mason¹, born ca. 1805 Granville county North Carolina, James T. Mason², ?? Mason³, ?? Mason⁴, ?? Mason⁵, Robert H. Mason^?

CIVIL WAR
James Turner Mason, son of Samuel Mason - Conscripted 8 Jul 1862 into Co. E, 23rd Regt, NC Troops CSA.  Present or accounted for until captured at South Mountain,  MD (right before the battle of Antietam) on or about 14 Sep 1862.  Confined at Ft. Delaware, DE, until paroled and transferred to Aiken's Landing, VA, 2 Oct 1862 for exchange.  Declared exchanged at Aiken's Landing on 10 Nov 1862. Shown on duty Mar-Jun 1863. Participated in battles of Fredericksburg (Dec 1862) and Chancellorsville (May 1963). He was wounded in the arm and shoulder and captured  on 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA . The 23 rd (along with the 5th, 12th,and  20th as a brigade under Gen Iverson) were ambushed by Federals under the command of Gen Abner Doubleday and Gen Baxter. The 23rd lost 84% of its men during this battle.  Confined at Ft. Delaware, DE, from 6 Jul 1863 until transferred to Pt. Lookout, MD, 15 & 18 Oct 1863.  Died at Pt. Lookout, MD, 8 Jan 1864 of acute dysentery.

Richard Mason, son of Samuel Mason - 1862 - Enlisted 1st Regt. Tenn. Inf (Turney's Regt.) Co. F.  Richard Mason of Samuel migrated to Weakley Co. TN before 1862 along with a great many people from Granville Co., NC, following some of his mothers family, i.e. the Weathers, Winstons and Freemans along with his future wife (before 1860) and some of her family.  All of Samuel Mason's other descendants were residents of the same area of NC until WW II.

Benjamin G. Mason, son of Samuel Mason - Listed as a farmer from Granville Co., he was conscripted age 23 on 10 May 1862 for the formation of the 55th Regt. NC Infantry. This unit served in the Dept of NC and then was incorporated into Generals Davis and Cook's Brigade in Northern Virginia. he was reported AWOL Jun 1862.  Returned to duty on an unspecified date.  Wounded in the leg at Falling Waters, MD, 14 Jul 1863 (a week after Gettysburg). Hospitalized at Richmond, VA. Furloughed for 30 days on 29 Jul 1863.  Returned to duty on an unspecified date.  Wounded in the arm at the Wilderness, VA 5 May 1864. Reported in hospital at Danville, VA 16 Jun 1864.  Returned to duty prior to 27 Oct 1864 when he was killed at Burgess' Mill, VA, during the siege of Petersburg.

Samuel Mason Jr., son of Samuel Mason -  Enlisted Franklin Co., 8 Feb 1862 Co. F, 47th Inf NCT. Died of disease prior to 13 Oct 1862, Kinston, NC

1. Samuel Mason (b.1805;d.1880)
      sp: Penelope Weathers (b.1810;m.1831;d.1845)
          2. James Turner Mason (b.1832;d.1864)
             sp: Rebecca A. Williams (b.1835;m.1857;d.1907)
                 3. Catherine A. Mason (b.1858)
                 3. James Columbus Mason (b.1860;d.1930)
                    sp: Virginia Isabella Bailey (b.1860;m.1882;d.1920)
                        4. Frank William McDonald Mason (b.1883;d.1943)
                           sp: Jennie Leigh Williams (b.1879;m.1905;d.1962)
                        4. Nerious Royal Mason (b.1886;d.1952)
                           sp: Lillie Macon Williams (b.1886;m.1907;d.1938)
                        4. Leona Gunther Mason (b.1888;d.1888)
                        4. James Wellons Mason (b.1889;d.1961)
                           sp: C. Tinie Lowery (b.1893;m.1912;d.1978)
                        4. Clellie Wadford Mason (b.1891;d.1955)
                        4. Charles Bert Mason (b.1893;d.1916)
                        4. Lillie Belle Mason (b.1895; d.1976)
                                    sp: Arthur William Murray (b.1901;d.1961)
                        4. Bennie Clyde Mason (b.1896;d.1966)
                           sp: Lettie Murray (b.1906;m.1926;d.1978)
                        4. Hettie Beulah Mason (b.1898;d.1972)
                           sp: Vause
                        4. Thad Howard Mason (b.1902;d.1956)
                           sp: Sally Maude Blanche House (b.1903;m.1924;d.1948)
                 3. Infant Mason (b.1859;d.1870)
          2. Sallie Mason (b.1834;d.1900)
          2. Richard Mason (b.1836;d.1891)
             sp: Dianna A. Paschall (b.1844;m.1862;d.1927)
                 3. Nancy L. Mason (b.1865)
                 3. Mary E. Mason (b.1868)
                 3. Donny B. Mason (b.1872)
                 3. Charles L. Mason (b.1874;d.1930)
                    sp: Bulah F. Moss (b.1877;m.1899)
                    4. Cecil R. Mason (b.1901)
                       sp: Odelle  (b.1903)
                    4. Gertie M. Mason (b.1911)
                    4. Willa  M. Mason (b.1914)
                    4. D. R. Mason (b.1916)
                 3. Jack W. Mason (b.1877; d.1917)
                 3. Alena Mason (b.1879)
                 3. William Arthur Mason (b.1882;d.1967)
                 3. Mason
                 3. Mason
          2. Benjamin G. Mason (b.1838;d.1864)
          2. Nancy Mason (b.1841;d.1926)
             sp: Josiah Crudup Williams (b.1842;m.1867;d.1906)
                 3. Theophilus Lafayette Williams (b.1870)
                     sp: Nancy (b.1885)
                 3. Ella B. Williams (b.1871)
                    sp: Perry (d.1900)
                    4. Minnnie B. Perry (b.1893)
                    4. Hannah T. Perry (b.1894)
                 3. Hettie Loretta Williams (b.1873;m.1898;d.1918)
                      sp: James Robert Moody (b.1873;d.1903)
                    4. Kitty Blair Moody (b.1899)
                    4. Edna Van Moody (b.1900)
                         sp: Milton Boss (d.1953)
                    4. Lois Irene Moody (b.1903;m.1923;d.1989)
                        sp: Louis Earl Miller (b.1894;d1969)
                        sp: Frank Howell (m.1909)
                     4. Crudup King Howell
                     4. Maurice Daniel Howell
                 3. Fannie C. Williams (b.1877)
                 3. Vannie L. Williams (b.1878)
                 3. Clemont Cleveland Williams (b.1882;d.1951)
                      sp: Naomi Susan Hicks (b.1892;d.1971)
                    4. Foster Dewey Williams (b.1910)
                    4. Leo Herbert Williams (b.1912)
                    4. Willie May Williams (b.1919;c.1967)
                 3. Flossie Williams (b.1883)
                 3. Lillian R. Williams (b.1884)
                 3. Mary D. Williams (b.1887)
          2. Samuel Mason (b.1843;d.1862)
          2. Martha Mason (b.1844)