Terms of Service

• House, 14th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
  Democrat
  

(1) BENINA, TEXAS. Benina was twenty miles south of San Augustine in southeastern San Augustine County. The settlement was granted a post office named Ashton in 1871, and the name was changed to Boren's Mills in 1874. Handbook of Texas Online .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. J.V. Massey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Hood's Brigade listed on widow's application. Joel Vincent Massey, death date 2/13/1885 in Shackelford, Texas; widow Mrs. M.E. Massey, marriage date 6/9/1870 in San Augustine County, Texas. Pension File No. 04803, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1870 - Joseph V. Massey, San Augustine, San Augustine County, age 28, born circa 1842 in Texas, merchant, living in household of W.G. Massey.
  Census of 1880 - J.V. Massey, San Augustine, San Augustine County, age 38, born circa 1842 in Texas, farmer, wife Mary E. Massey. FamilySearch . 1880 1870
• J.V. Massey, birth date 12/8/1841, death date 2/10/1885, biographical sketch, burial in Albany Cemetery, Albany, Shackelford County. Find a Grave .
• MASSEY, JOSEPH VINCENT (1841-1885). Joseph (Joel) Vincent Massey, birth date 12/8/1841, died February 1885 in Albany, Shackleford County, Texas. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Confederate States Army, Private and later 4th Sergeant, Company K, 1st Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 14th R.S. - 1874
• Agriculture and Stock Raising  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Internal Improvements  
• Private Land Claims  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries