he Honorable William Massey served as member of the Second Continental Congress. -- S.C. Gazette (No. 2041), Sept. 7, 1775. Deputy Muster Master General in the Revolutionary War and Lt. Colonel in the Continental Establishment. -- S.C. Historical Magazine Vol. VIII, p.789; Virginia Magazine of History Vol. 261, p.163. His sons served in the Revolutionary War in Colonel Kershaw Sumter's Brigade. A Government Marker has been placed at his grave in theold cemetery at The Waxhams in the present County of Lancaster, SC. William massey came to The Waxhaws from Brunswick Co. with an original land grant from King George of England. Other references can be found in Ramsey's "History of South Carolina."