Jacob Moon^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1717 - 1793  (76 years)

• Name	Jacob Moon  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	3 Oct 1717	Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	, , Virginia, USA   [6]
  Residence	1780	, Albemarle, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Death	15 Nov 1793	, Greene, Georgia, USA   [3, 4]
  	Sustained mortal wounds at battle of guilford court house in North Carolina.
  Person ID	I53119	Master
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Stephen Moon, II,   b. 1681, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 11 Dec 1726, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Phyllis Vest,   b. 11 Oct 1682, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 11 Oct 1746, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1702	Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F11835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth Henshaw
  Family ID	F11837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Rees,   b. 1746, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. May 1817, Berkeley, James City, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F11841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Mildred Marie Cobb,   b. 15 Jun 1717, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 2 Dec 1811, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	1736	, Albemarle, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Susannah Moon,   b. 17 Apr 1738, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 19 Nov 1807, , Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)   2. William Henry Moon,   b. 26 Nov 1740, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 15 May 1810, , Elbert, Georgia, USA (Age 69 years)   3. Patricia Moon,   b. 1741, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1809, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 68 years)   4. Pleasant Moon Sgt. 14th Va. Rev War,   b. 1747, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1781, , , Virginia, USA (Age 34 years)   5. Jacob Moon,   b. 1748, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 19 Mar 1811, , Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 63 years)   6. Patricia Moon,   b. 1749, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1802, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA (Age 53 years)   7. Mary Moon,   b. 1750, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. 1797, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)   8. Sarah Sally Moon,   b. 1750, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1841, Columbus, La Plata, Colorado, USA (Age 91 years) + 9. Martha Patsy Moon,   b. 1751, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1809, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA (Age 58 years)   10. Dicey Moon,   b. 1752, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. 1843, , Madison, Tennessee, USA (Age 91 years)   11. Jesse Moon,   b. 1753, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. Oct 1780, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 27 years)   12. Jacob Moon,   b. 1754, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 19 Mar 1781, , Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 27 years)   13. Anne Moon,   b. 21 Feb 1754, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. 6 Aug 1842, Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA (Age 88 years)   14. Elizabeth Lurine Moon,   b. 1755, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. 1837, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (Age 82 years)   15. Archelaus Archibald "Archer" Moon 1st Lieut. 14th Va.,   b. 1756, Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jul 1796, , Fayette, Kentucky, USA (Age 40 years) + 16. Littleberry Moon,   b. 1760, , New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 23 Jan 1827, , Buckingham, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)   17. William Moon,   b. 26 Nov 1770, , Fluvanna, Virginia, USA d. 26 Sep 1840, , Fluvanna, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F11936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 3 Oct 1717 - Saint Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA Residence - - , , Virginia, USA Marriage - 1736 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Residence - 1780 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Death - 15 Nov 1793 - , Greene, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  General Orders of Jacob Moon General Orders, 20 August 1777 Head Quarters, near Cross-Roads [Pa.] Augt 20th 1777. Parole: Norway.Countersigns: Norfolk Norwich. The order, by which Col. Armand’s Corps was annexed to Genl Conways brigade is countermanded. The Commander in Chief is pleased to approve of the following sentences of a General Court Martial, held the 18th instant, whereof Col. McClenahan was president. Lieut. Ambrose Crane of Col. Stewarts regiment, charged with “Breaking his former arrest, and going to Philadelphia in company with two officers of Col. Stewarts regt—likewise under arrest, without Colonel Stewart’s knowledge or permission”—pleaded guilty—sentenced to be cashiered.1 Lieut. Benj: Holmes of the 2nd Virginia regiment charged with “behaving in a manner unbecoming an officer and a Gentleman”—The Court unanimously acquitted the prisoner of the charge exhibited against him.2 Jacob Moon, pay Master to the 14th Virginia regiment charged with “Ungentlemanlike behaviour, and defrauding the soldiers out of their pay”—found guilty of ungentlemanlike behaviour, in giving the lie to Ensign Washnam and Ensign Moore; and not guilty of defrauding the soldiers out of their pay—sentenced to be reprimanded by the Colonel in the presence of the officers of the regt he belongs to.3 Such officers as have not yet settled their ration accounts, are notified that Mr Bate is obliged to leave Camp the first September; and that those accounts which are not brought in by that time, cannot be settled on this side Hartford—Quarter Masters who are not acquainted with the form of a Ration Abstract, can have one from Mr Bate.4 Varick transcript, DLC:GW. 1. Ambrose Crane (Crain; b. 1745) of Lancaster County, Pa., who enlisted as a private in Col. Samuel Miles’s Pennsylvania rifle regiment in March 1776, became a quartermaster sergeant in July 1776, and a short time later he was appointed a first lieutenant in the 11th Lancaster County militia regiment. Crane served as a second lieutenant in Col. Walter Stewart’s Pennsylvania state regiment from April 1777 to this date. After his cashiering Crane resumed his service in the Lancaster County militia with the rank of captain. 2. Benjamin Hoomes (Holmes; 1755–1812) of King and Queen County, Va., became an ensign in the 2d Virginia Regiment in September 1775, and he served as regimental quartermaster before being promoted to second lieutenant in May 1776. Hoomes became a first lieutenant in June 1776 and a captain in April 1778, and he resigned his commission in September 1778. 3. Jacob Moon, Jr. (c.1754–1781), had been paymaster of the 14th Virginia Regiment since April 1777. He resigned from that position in August 1778, and he became an ensign in the Bedford County, Va., militia in June 1779. Moon died in 1781 of wounds that he received at the Battle of Guilford Court House. Richard Worsham (1756–1826) of Charlotte County, Va., was commissioned an ensign in the 14th Virginia Regiment in November 1776. He was promoted to second lieutenant in November 1777, and in March 1778 he transferred to the 10th Virginia Regiment with the rank of first lieutenant. Worsham was captured at Charleston, S.C., in May 1780, and he resigned his commission in March 1781. Ensign Moore may be John Moore, who was appointed quartermaster of the 14th Virginia Regiment in May 1777 and retired in September 1778. 4. James Bate of Connecticut served under Joseph Trumbull as deputy commissary general of purchases. PERMANENT LINK What’s this? https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0010 Jacob Moon Southern Campaigns, American Revolution Pension Statements, and Rosters. Pension Application of Jacob Moon W4691 Ann Hancock VA Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris and Will T. Graves. Revised 9 Oct 2014. State of Virginia } at a county court held in and for said County on the twentyfourth day of Oct Bedford County } 1842. personally appeared in Open court Christopher Moon a resident of said County of Bedford and State of Virginia; aged sixty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of congress passed July 4th 1836. That he is the son and only heir at Law of Jacob Moon and his wife Ann Moon. That the said Jacob Moon was an officer of the Virginia line of the army of the Revolution. The deponent knows not when he commenced as the Rank in which he commanded, being at the time of his said father’s death only about 16 months old, but he has always understood that he was a Lieutenant, and also held an appointment in the staff, Towit paymaster. he knows not the Regiment to which he belonged or the countries through which he marched, or the battles in which he fought, but has always understood that he was in the army to the north, most of the time, and that early in the year 1781 he marched to the South, and was killed shortly after at the battle of Guilford [15 Mar 1781] being then at the time of his death a Capt. or Lieutenant [see endnote]. That he has not at this time any record or documentary evidence to show his said fathers services rank or death neither does he know where to obtain the same unless the records at Richmond Virginia or Washington City should furnish evidence of the same. That his said father lived at the aforesaid time of his death in the aforesaid County of Bedford, and had intermarried at the time with Ann Ammon of the County of New Kent, while thus in the army of the Revolution And brought his said wife to the County of Bedford where she and the deponent, then about 15 or 18 months old, resided at the time of his said father’s death That after his said fathers death his mother was delivered of another son who departed this life in infancy. That his said mother afterwards intermarried in the said County with Samuel Hancock [pension application X916], who was also a Revolutionary officer or soldier That his said step father the said Samuel Hancock drew a pension anually of about ninety dollars from the United States for some years before his death, and that after his death his said mother as the widow of the said Samuel Hancock drew a pension for some two or three years, and departed this life on the 22nd day of May 1841. that his said mother never at any time recd a pension from any sources as the widow of his father the said Jacob Moon nor does he believe that she ever applied for the same. Therefore he applies for the pension to which by law his late mother was entitled at the time of her death in right of the services of her first husband Lieutenant or Capt Jacob Moon. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 24th day of Oct 1842. Christopher Moon State of Virginia } Sc. Bedford County } This day [10 Jan 1843] Thomas Pullen [pension application S15847], a very aged man, and as appears by a certificate from the War department, dated the 5th day of february 1834, is himself a pensioner, came personally before the subscriber a justice of the peace, in and for said county, and made oath – That he was well acquainted with Capt. Jacob Moon, who was a Captain in Colonel Charles Lynch’s regiment [of Bedford County Militia], which was called into service in the revolutionary war, to act against Lord cornwallis in North Carolina in the latter end of the year 1780 – said affiant was a private in the company of the said Captain Jacob Moon – the company rendezvoused at a place called Long Island, on Staunton River, in Campbell County now, but which was in Bedford County then, about the 1st of January 1781, & performed a three months tour of duty – and during this tour the battle of Guildford court-house was fought in which the said company under the command of the said Captain Jacob Moon was engaged, & the said captain Moon was there killed. The term of service of the said company having expired a few days after the battle of Guilford, said affiant returned home. the subscriber further certifies that he has been personally and intimately acquainted with the said Thomas Pullen between 30 and 40 years & knows him to be a man of strict veracity. Given under my hand and seal the day & year first above named. A. Otey J.P. [The following is a copy of a document in bounty-warrant papers in the Library of Virginia. For a transcription from the original, see below.] I do hereby certify that Jacob Moon was a Lieutenant in the army of the United States on Continental establishment; he entered into the service in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six and continued in service until the battle of Gilford, where he was killed by the enemy in action. Given under my hand this 25th day of October 1818. Sam’l. Arnold [Samuel Arnold] 2d Lieut./ 5 Virginia regmt. Witnesses/ Edw’d. Adams/ Elijah Folkes [Charles City County VA] State of Virginia, Bedford County to witt. On this 13 day of June 1845, before me Wm W Reese a Justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared Christopher Moon, a resident of said county, aged 65 years – who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision, made by the Acts of Congress passed July 4th 1836, and March 3rd 1837; that he is the son and only heir of Jacob Moon dec’d. who was a Lieut. Paymaster, and Captain in the Revo’y. War, and was killed at the Battle of Guilford, while acting in the last capacity. The said Jacob Moon his Father entered the service as a Lieut, in the Va. Cont. line, in July 1776 and while in said service acted as Paymaster from the 28th of Ap’l. 1777 to the 28th of Aug. 1778 when he resigned as paymaster – which facts appear of record in the War department at Washington City. That he then returned to the recruiting service in Oct’r. 1779, in which he continued until Oct’r. 1780 – and while a Supernumeray [sic:supernumerary: with insufficient troops for a command], continental officer, he commanded a company of malitia at Guilford in March 1781 at which place he was killed as aforesaid. [See endnote.] That in a few years his widow married Sam’l. Hancock. In 1808 declarant rec’d, as his heir, 2666b acres land as Lieut – and in 1838, the 1/6 in addition for services to the end of the War. Said Hancock rec’d a pension of $91.66 cents pr an, under the act of June 7, 1832, and died the 14th day of Ap’l 1837 – and his widow Ann, rec’d. a pension from his death, under the Act of July 7, 1838, and died 22nd May 1841. After her death declarant rec’d the bal. due her under Jacob Moon her 1st husband Act July 4 1836, and March 3, 1837, on the rank of Lieut, at the rate of $320 pr an. deducting the payments made Hancock. Declarant now claims the balance due him; it being the difference between the pay of Lieut. at $26.66 cts pr mo, and that of Paymaster, at $46.66 pr mo – or $20. pr mo additional – for 16 mo or $260 pr. an. increase of pension for the period, that declarant was allowed as the heir of Jacob Moon under the act of July 1836 and March 1837. This declarant claims further, the arrears of pension due him from the 4th of March 1831 to the 14th of Ap’l 1837 the latter being the time from which declarant drew, to the 22nd of May 1841 when his mother died; which arrears of pension according to a fair and liberal construction of the laws of 1836 and 37 are justly due him; he claiming full pension on the rank of paymaster for the time he was such. [signed] Christopher Moon To the U.S. Senate, and House of Representatives. Your Memorialist respectfully represents, that he is the son, and only heir of Lieut Jacob Moon dec’d of the County of Bedford, and state of Virginia – who was killed at the battle of Guilford in March 1781, while in the Command of a company as Captain – tho holding only the rank of Lieutenant in the Va. Cont. line of service at the time. That according to the aff’s. of Lieut Sam’l. Arnold the said Jacob Moon (his declarants Father) was Lieut. in the Va Cont line from July 1776 to the time of his death at Guilford as aforesaid in March 1781 [see endnote]. That during the time he held the rank of Lieut in the line, he acted also as paymaster, from the 28th of April 1777 to the 28th of August 1778, when he resigned as paymaster only – which facts appear on record in the War department at Washington City; and that the records in Richmond &c shew that he the said Jacob Moon, (as declarant is informed) rec’d £2,000 to recruit with the 16th day of Oct’r. 1779; which, or its balance, he returned the 18th of Oct’r 1780 [last digit unclear]. That in consideration of which services and rank, his heirs rec’d. in 1808 2,666b acres of land, and in 1838 rec’d 1/6 additional, for services to the end of the war. That his Father the said Jacob Moon, was a married man at the time he rendered the most of the aforesaid service – having married Miss Ann Ammon during the progress of the Revo’y war. That after the death of said Jacob Moon as aforesaid, his widow, (declarant Mother) married Sam’l. Hancock, a Revo’y Soldier, and a U.S. pensioner at the time of his death, which was on the 14th day of Ap’l. 1837, and that his widow (declarants Mother) died on the 22nd day of May 1841 having never received the benefit of the Act of the Va. Legislature of Oct’r. 1780, nor of the Act of Congress of the 24th of August 1780 to which she was entitled, had she have known her rights – having died ignorant of them on this subject – which entitled her to 7 years half pension or pay, according to the rank her husband held in the Cont line of service, at the time of his death. Your Memorialist now therefor, as the son and only heir, of said Ann Hancock, formerly Ann Moon, the widow of Jacob Moon dec’d as aforesaid – respectfully asks that the money justly and rightfully due his dec’d Mother under the aforesaid recited acts be ordered to be paid to him by your Hon. body – having been refused payment by the Auditor of Virginia, on the ground, that it is barred by the act of limitation! as endorsed on the papers. Which claim however, had it been paid first by the State of Virginia, would eventually had to have been paid by the Gen’l. Gov’t she having assumed to pay to the State of Va. all such claims &t’c. Your Memorialist further respectfully asks of your Hon. body, that it will order to be paid to him the balance of pension due his dec’d Mother aforesaid as the widow of said Jacob Moon, under the Act of Congress of July 4, 1836 &t’c. the papers in which case, in the pension office, will shew that while the evidence of his Fathers services in the Revo’y war was sufficiently satisfactory to the Executive of Va to justify the allowing the heirs of said Jacob Moon Bounty land, for 6 years services, and 1/6 over as Lieut – the Commissioner of pensions [James L. Edwards] would only allow a pension on 16 months services of said Moon (his father) as paymaster – entirely disregarding the Aff’t of Lieut Sam’l. Arnold, who swore, that he Moon was a Lieut. in the Cont line of Service, from 1776 to the time of his death in March 1781 at the Battle of Guilford. The com of pensions in this, as in all like cases, taking the ground, that the officer must shew, that he had obtained his commission to the rank he held in the Cont line; in default of which, no oral testimony would be rec’d proving his services: which rule we consider as entirely too stringent, and rigid – as it is an admitted fact, that it was quite a practice (at least with many) for the officers of the Cont line to have been in service for as much as 18 mo. and 2 years before they rec’d their commission, and some perhaps never rec’d them. Your petitioner therefore prays that the oral evidence filed as to his Fathers services may be rec’d – and that the remaining 8 mo pension per An. be allowed him – it being justly due his Mother at her death – and that a copy of the evidence be obtained from the pension office, in order to be filed with this memorial, to be laid before the Committee on pensions for their adjudication. For which he prays. Christopher Moon by Ammon Hancock his atty Test/ Ro H Gray (in his absence) [A detailed legal argument follows.] Memorandum to be filed in the case of Ch’r. Moon claiming an increase of pension for his Fathers services. By the aff’t of Lieut Sam’l. Arnold of Charles City Co. Va. and of the 5th Va Reg. cont. line, it appears that Jacob Moon, the Father of claimant, was a Lieut in the Va. Cont line from 1776 to the time of his death – at Guilford in March 1781. Arnold was cotemporary in service with Moon, and lived in the same county (Chas. City) that Moon married in during the War – and therefore was well acquainted with the facts of his Moon’s services. The aff’t of Arnold is also supported in part by Gen’l. Joel Leftwich [S8830] of Bedford, the county where Moon resided at the time of his death – and also by the Gov’r warrant of Virginia, in Oct. 1799, sending him Moon £2,000 to recruit with, which was after he was Pay-Master from March 1777 to August 1778 – which will appear by the settlement of his depreciated pay a/c [account] as pay master. Upon this evidence Moons heirs was allowed land by the Executive of Va for services to the end of the war, (or to the time of his death) as a Cont’l officer – being satisfied, that the evidence was sufficient to justify it; and yet Mr. Edwards still persists in refusing to allow more than 18 months pension to the widow – 16 mo. as pay-master and 2 mo. at Guil’d – leaving 6 mo. pension clearly due on the rank of Lieut. in order to make the pension fully under the Act of July 4, 1836 – from the 4th day of March 1831 to the 22nd of May 1841 – the last being the day of the widows death – then, Mrs. Ann Hancock, having married Sam’l Hancock, after Moons death, about the year 1784. The objections raised by Mr Edwards to the parole evidence of Sam’l. Arnold and Gen’l Leftwich is that their evidence is not sustained by the records, save only as paymaster from March 1777 to August 1778; and yet this very record which is admitted to be imperfect by 3 of the principle officers of the Gov’t – Mr. Gordon, Hagen, and Edwards himself (See [illegible abbreviation] rep 84) – is here thrown in our face, as an evidence of the whole of Moons services! I trust the committee will not permit such inconsistency as this, on the part of Mr. Edwards to go unnoticed. But should it be disposed to regard the decision of Mr. E. as infallible, they will also give the claimant in this case the benefit of it, wherein, he admits, the records and rolls of the Revolutionary war, to be so defective, that they can not be depended on. Then what is the character of the parole evidence in this case, and what the record? [A summary of the evidence and precedents follows.] Bedford County to wit State of Virginia On this 28th day of July 1845 before me William Leftwich Jr a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Maj’r Gen’l. Joel Leftwich a resident of said county aged about 85 years being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say, he was personally acquainted with Jacob Moon, but not in the regular service; but have no doubt he was there in regular army. That he himself was in the regular army in the year 1777 at at the North, and that he understood that Jacob Moon belong to the regular army to the North at the same time, as a Lieutenant in the Virginia continental line of service; that deponent was at the battle of Guilford in March 1781, he was personally acquainted with Moon at the time, and is well satisfied, he was killed at said place, as commander of a Militia Company, he cant say how long he served as militia officer, nor can he say he resigned his commission as a Continental officer or not. Joel Leftwich [The following two items are from copies certified on 30 Dec 1845.] Williamsburg in Va. October 16th 1779 Dr. Jacob Moon. Gover’s. Warrant to recruit £2000.0.0 From Green Journal page 216 Richmond Virginia October 18th 1780 Jacob Moon. Rec’d. of him Cash formerly advanced £2000.0.0 From Journal A page 494. NOTES: In addition to Pullen’s statement, several pension applications state that Jacob Moon was serving as a Captain in the Bedford County Militia when mortally wounded at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. According to J. T. McAllister’s Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, Jacob Moon, Jr. was recommended for a commission as Ensign in the Bedford County Militia on 29 June 1779. A letter in the file from the Bedford County Clerk to the Pension Commissioner confirms this recommendation. Jacob Moon was also probably the Jacob “Moore” in McAllister’s book who was sworn as a Second Lieutenant on 28 Aug 1780. Samuel Arnold’s and Joel Leftwich’s statements that Jacob Moon was an officer in the Continental Line during the same period is evidently mistaken. The file includes a copy of the last will and testament of Jacob Moon dated 2 March 1781 and probated 28 May 1781 with the following provisions: to son Christopher the land on which he lived; to his unborn child 200 acres in Albemarle County “joining the old furnace;” to his wife a riding chair and one chair horse; and the remainder of his estate to his wife and two children equally. His wife and two brothers, William and Archalaus, were named as executors. The Brothers Moon and The Revolution Thomas Pleasant Martin, of Martin’s Mill in Abbeville, South Carolina Thomas’ parents were Charles Martin and Martha (Patsy or Patty) Moon, both born in Albemarle, Virginia in the middle of the eighteenth century. His middle name (Pleasant) was passed down from his mother’s brother. The name of another Martin boy (Thomas’ brother) is a full homage to Mom Patsy’s family — Jacob Moon Martin. Providing additional evidence is the 1790 census of South Carolina’s Edgefield district. Charles Martin’s household is listed directly adjacent to one headed by a Jacob Moon. Certainly Patsy’s father, Jacob was living by himself with five slaves. There were no other Moon families in the area at that time to account for a coincidence. Patsy’s parents were Jacob Moon and Mildred Cobb, both born about 1717 in New Kent, Virginia. Patsy seems to have had two sisters, Susannah and Sarah (Sally). Her brothers left the best paper trail. Their names were William, Jacob, Pleasant, Jesse, and Archelaus. Closest in age to Patsy were Jacob and Pleasant. Jacob Moon (Jr) was born about 1754 and enlisted July 1776 in Bedford County, Virginia. He was serving in the 14th Virginia Regiment as Paymaster on March 15, 1781 when he sustained mortal wounds at the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina. Prior to his death, he married Ann (possibly Sarah Ann) Ammon and had two children, Christopher and another who died in infancy. His widow later married Samuel Hancock, a veteran himself of the American Revolution. Samuel Hancock, upon taking the place of his ill brother in service, marched under Jacob’s brother Lt. Archelaus Moon to meet the Northern Army. Abstracts of Bedford County, Virginia Wills, Inventories and Accounts 1754 – 1787 JACOB MOON, Junior. Will. Dated: 2 March 1781 To my son Christopher the tract of land I now lie. To the child my wife is now pregnant with a tract of land lying in Albemarle containing 200 acres and joining the Old Furnace. To my wife a riding chair and one choice horse. The remainder of my estate both real and personal I give to my wife and two children before mentioned to be equally divided. Executors: my brothers William and Archaleus and my wife. Witnesses: Benjamin Rice, George Rucker, James Mitchell, William Whitten Proven: 28 May 1781 by oaths of Benjamin Rice and George Rucker. Executrix named in the said Will to join in the probate thereof when she shall think fit. Pleasant Moon was appointed to military service 23 December 1776 and by 28 April 1777 was serving as a sergeant in Capt. George Lambert’s Company of Continental Regulars of the 14th Battalion of Virginia Forces, commanded by Col. Charles Lewis at a pay rate of $8.33 per month. He is listed on the regiment muster roll of August 1777 as “Sick at Cross [or Gross] Road.” He died 4 September 1777 in service, Philadelphia Campaign, per 14th Virginia regiment muster roll. It is important to remember how many revolutionaries died of small pox and dysentery before they had the chance to meet the end of bayonets or cannon fire. If he ever married or had children, I have no record of it. Archelaus (Archaelus, Archaleus, Archer) Moon was appointed to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the 14th Virginia Regiment from 23 Dec 1776 until his resignation on 13 November 1777. I do not know when he first enlisted, only the start date of his last position. His pay was 27 dollars per month while serving as first lieutenant. Archelaus married Martha Morton in 1778 in Charlotte County, Virginia. He lived to see the end of the war, but lost his first wife in 1784, marrying Ann Anderson at the end of 1784 with Robert Anderson providing surety as recorded in Quaker records. The family seems to have kept one foot in the world of their pacifist Quaker community and the other fighting for the nation that afforded them relative freedom to practice that faith. He died in 1796, Fayette County, Kentucky. Wife Ann outlived him by several decades and made it with that line of the Moon family to Howard County, Missouri. Jesse Moon, born 1750 in Albemarle County, Virginia according to Muster and payrolls of the Rev. War, 1775-1783. While I do not have information on rank or station, it’s safe to assume from inclusion in that volume that he served and most probably died as a result. His Will, below, was dated 1780, making him about 30 years old. No known descendants. Abstracts of Bedford County, Virginia Wills, Inventories and Accounts 1754 – 1787 JESSE MOON. Will. Dated: 24 September 1780 “… of Russel Parish in Bedford County…” I so will and require my father Jacob Moon to have all all my estate real and personal and especially that my brother William Moon do make to my father a lawful right to the 133 acres of land which I gave my negro boy Tim to the said William Moon for, also I do will and desire my Father to pay all my just debts. Witnesses: W. Mead, Jacob Moon, Jr., Michiel Gilbert Proven: 23 October 1780 by oaths of William Mead, Jacob Moon and Michael Gilbert. “There being no Executor named in the said Will, Jacob Moon Senior granted Letters of Administration with the Will annoxed”… Security: Michael Gilbert and Jacob Moon, Junior. Sally Moon, born about 1760 and married first to Silas Moorman, then Michael Gilbert. Her first three children (all with Silas) are named Pleasant, Martha, and Jacob. She then had several more with Silas, but it seems they switched to a Moorman naming system at that point. Sally died in Colorado, Texas in 1841. Various entries from Abstracts of Bedford County, Virginia Wills, Inventories and Accounts 1754 – 1787 Miss Joida Whitten SILAS MOORMAN Dated: 2 November 1776 Lend and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Salley Moorman my land and plantation whereon I now lie containing “of one Hundred acres” and bequeathed Cuff, Tamer, Jenney and Joe. Also stock of all kinds, three beds and all other household furniture her widowhood or till my children come of age and if she marries then the whole above mentioned articles to be divided amongst my wife and three children Martha Moorman, Jacob Moorman and Pleasant Moorman land excepted. Unto my son Jacob Moorman 100 acres of land with the plantation whereon I now live which if my wife do not marry while my three children comes of age then the whole estate to be equally divided except the land. Executors: brother Charles Moorman, Jacob Moon, Jr. and my brother Andrew Moorman Witness: Archer Moon, Salem Bocock, Lodwick Cook Proven: 24 February 1777 by oath of Archer Moon and Court of 24 March 1777 by the affirmation of Salem Bocock. Executors: Charles Moorman, Jacob Moon, Junr. and Andrew Moorman Security: Nicholas Mead and William Moon. SILAS MOORMAN. Inventory and Appraisement. Dated: 31 March 1777 Negroes Cuff, Joe, Tamer, Jenny. Listed: household furnishings, livestock, tools, no real farm equipment Appraisers: Aqa. Gilbert, Adam Clement, John Robinson Returned: 24 April 1777 SILAS MOORMAN. Allotment. “Agreeable to an order of Bedford Court Loted to Sally Gilbert Widow of Silas Moorman Deceased…” Allotment: Negro Jinny, woman’s saddle, 1 brass kettle Date signed: 8 March 1779 Signed: Saml. Hairston, John Patrick, John Warde Returned: 28 June 1779

  
  

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