Sorting through the Michael Mason records is tedious but rewarding.
On 22 February 1820, a deed was written from William Goldin and his wife Polly to Michal Mason. Michael Mason is only referred to once in the body as being Michael Mason "Juner." Or was he "Suner"?
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| Madison Co., AL; Deed Bk F p. 197 |
The witnesses for this deed are significant:
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| Madison Co., AL; Deed Bk F p. 197 |
The witnesses were
"Joseph Mason J acting
Justice of the peace J. Mason JP
Michael Mason J."
One thing is certain; a man could not witness his own transactions, so there were two adult Masons involved in this record. One seems to be a justice of the peace and the other is purchasing land. A later transaction for the same piece of land makes it clear that the grantee was Michael Mason Jr. Therefore, I tend to think that the Michal Mason who is acting as a justice of the peace was Micheal Mason Sr. and the other justice of the peace was his son Joseph Mason. It is reasonable to think that they would not have been justices of the peace in just one record. They must have been acting in this capacity for other records. Researching this is a project for the future.
This document places Michael Mason Sr. and his sons Joseph Mason and Michael Mason Jr. in Madison County, Alabama by 1820 at the latest.
In 1846, Margaret Mason of McDowell County, North Carolina, and her children sold this piece of land from Michael Mason's estate, and that record is in the Madison County, Alabama records. It is possible that there is a duplicate of it filed in McDowell County, North Carolina.
That deed transaction is recorded in Deed Bk W, page 319 - 321. William H. Mason, acting as attorney for Magaret Mason [widow] of McDowell County, North Carolina sold the land that Micheal Mason purchased from William Goldin to John Bayless. This is likely the same John Bayless who purchased land owned by Rev. Michael Mason Sr. from his widow, Rebecca, in 1838. This transaction lists the heirs of Michal Mason Jr.: Margaret Mason [widow], Elizabeth Spainhour, John J. Mason, Jesse R. Mason, Joseph D. Mason, Matilda Hemphill, Nathan M. Mason, and William H. Mason.
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