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- Henry Massengill Jr. was engaged in farming and was the proprietor of a wagon shop and was engaged in hauling salt from the saltworks (now Saltville) in Virginia and trading and boating as far as Natchez, Mississippi.(Source: Massengills, Massengales etc; (Bristol, Tennessee: The King Printing Company, 1931), Page 269.
According to Oliver Taylor's Historic Sullivan (1909), "In the spring of 1767, two years after the first settlers made their homes in the county, Jacob Womack built a fort two miles east of Bluff City on the land once owned by Sam Miller [not further identified]."
Womack's Fort was located in what is now Sullivan County, Tennessee, but was originally considered part of southwest Virginia. The Fort is also mentioned in Goodspeeds' History of Sullivan County, which states "Fort Womack, which stood two miles east of Bluff City, was built by Jacob Womack. It afforded protection for the people who lived in the territory now covered by the Fourth, Sixteenth, Ninth and Twentieth Civil Districts. It is said that when on one occasion its people were forted here a marriage took place between Hal [Henry] Massengill and Penelope Cobb. From this union have sprung a large number of descendants. many of whom still reside in the county."
In 1776, however, Womack's Fort was part of Fincastle County, Virginia, and that same year, upon war having been declared against the English, became part of the newly-created Washington County, Virginia, both of which counties are named in the following muster roll of Jacob Womack's Militia Company. By 1778, however, upon erection of Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee), Jacob Womack was one of the justices of the new county court (Washington County Court Minutes, 23 Feb 1778), with the 1778 Washington County, North Carolina Tax Return of Jacob Womack including a number of the following men in addition to himself, many of whom are also on the 1796 Sulivan County tax lists (See also Squabble State).
Pay Roll for Captain Womack's Company of Militia stationed at
Womacks Fort in Fincastle County
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Names when inlisted when discharged Days on Duty
Jacob Womack Captain 15 July [1776] October 12
George Russel Lieut
Henry Jones Ensign
Pharoah Cobb Sgt. 15 July [1776] October 12
Edward Russel do
Joseph Benson do
Landford Hezziah
Benjamin Gest
John Russel
John Benson
Robert Shirley
James Fowler
Aaron Benson
Richard Bennet
Andrew Thompson
Geo Potts
Caleb Powell
Hadiah Russel
Edward Shirley
John Shirley
Thomas Shirley
Absalom Thompson
Matthias Little
Henry Massengale 15 July [1776] October 12
Bradley Cambell
John Reller [?]
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Thomas Binson
Jno McMahon
Isham Irby
James Stephenson
Charles Thompson
Godfrey Isbell
Michl. Massengall 15 July [1776] October 12
Vallentine Little
John Chisolony (Commissary)
John McAdams
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Arthur Cobb 15 July [1776] October 12
John Chissam
Henry Massengall 15 July [1776] October 12
John Gibson
Samuel Underwood
William Russel
William Hood
Dempsey Ward
James Ward
Thomas Fletcher (Drummer)
William Fletcher
Joel Chalacham
Sam Weaver
Jacob Thompson
William Shirley
Geo Russel (a spy)
Jno Russel (Ditto)
Pat Hennifree
Jno Calacham
Sam Weaver
Reuben Dunnam
Jno Gist
Thomas Jonekin
Jordan Roach
John Maroon
Duke Pinson
Jno Carrack
Ezekl Potts
Washington County
Captain Jacob Womack makes Oath that the within is a just pay roll
of the men called into duty under his command.
Signed Thomas Maddison, 4 February 1777
I hereby certify the service of the within enrolled Company was
necessary for the Protection of Fincastle County against the
Cherokees and acted under my orders.
Signed W. Russel, Febry 4th, 1777
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Abt 1720 - Abt 1800 (80 years)