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Hi Everyone,
I am looking for anyone that has any information of the Moon ancestors. My father said he was 100% Blackfoot and I was told my mother was 50% Blackfoot, 25% Cherokee, and 25% Irish. With the last name of McCaughley there’s no doubt about the Irish :).
Daddy was born in North Gardens, VA near Charlottesville. My grandfather’s name was Samuel Rufus Moon and grandmother’s name was Texanna Powell (Moon).
I would appreciate any leads that the forum may have.
Thank you for your time.
Blackfoot54
Hi,
Try searching this on Google:
THE MOONS AND KINDRED FAMILIES By J. W. Moon Stein Printing Company Atlanta, Georgia Copyright, 1930 By J. W. Moon THE MOONS AND KINDRED FAMILIES
Sue
On the 1900 Albemarle Co., Va Census, Samuel R. Moon is listed as b. “Sept 1855”. His wife Texanna is listed as b. “May 1880”. This is in the Scottsville Magisterial District, where North Gardens Precinct was.
On the 1860 Albemarle census, Samuel, 4, is in the household of Patsy (nickname for Martha) Moon, b.abt. 1802 Va, who I think is his Grandmother, with Mahala, 37 (probably his mother), in the same household. Haven’t found his father nor anything earlier for Texanna altho she should be listed on the 1880 census. What is the source of the info that her maiden name was POWELL?
Bill
I am a Virginia Moon researcher and would love to compare notes with you regarding Samuel R. Moon (b. abt. 1855-d. about 1918) and Texanna Powell/Moon (b.1880 – died after 1930). I have compiled lots of info on the descendants of this pair but would love to have more info that you might know! What was your Dad’s name? Where are your grandparents buried? Your grandmother Texanna lived past the time that I can check death records, where did she die and where is she buried? I know that they had 9 kids (at least) and that I believe there is still one that still lives in Virginia in 2008! I will be happy to share any research that I have done, so please email me either here or privately! Thank you so much for you post!
Hello Virginia,
I’m sending what little I know about my Moon relations.
If you have information about the Moons, Rouths, Goodes and Smiths (all part
of he “Moon Colony”) I’d love to hear it. I believe the Smiths were Sioux,
but I cannot find any details on Francis Smith 1779 and his wife Mercy Jones
1781. The search is quite fun, though.
Thanks for getting in contact. I’m happy to send you information on other
family lines of mine.
Best of luck in your endeavors.
Suzanne
These are my Moon relatives:
Moon, Jane (b. 1793) Wife of the 4th great-granduncle Routh, Joseph Lincoln
Moon, Samuel (b. 1781) Husband of the 4th great-grandaunt Routh, Joseph Lincoln
They are descended from:
1. Edward Moon (b. 1614 in England)
2. Jasper James Moon (b.1669 in Bristol, Avon, England, d. Apr. 6, 1755 in Falls Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania)
Married Sept. 3,.1714 to
Agnes Priestly (b. 1690)
3. John Moon (b. Aug, 4, 1717 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania., d. 1795 in Randolph, N.C.); married to
Mary Farmer
Children of John Moon & Mary Farmer :
Thomas Moon b. 25 Oct 1742
John Moon b. 4 Nov 1743 in Bucks Co., PA
James Moon b. 5 Oct 1745 in Bucks Co., PA
Elizabeth Moon b. 23 Mar 1746/1747
Joseph Moon b. 20 Mar 1750 in Deep River, Guilford Co., NC
Jemmy Moon b. 4 Oct 1752
Lawrence Moon
Rachel Moon b. 26 Jan 1757
Johnny Moon b. 26 May 1759
4. Joseph R. Moon (b. March 20, 1750 in Deep River, Randolph, N.C., d. April 14,1832 in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio, buried in Newberry cemetery) ;
Married Apr 13, 1772 in Cane Creek, Randolph Co., N.C. to
Ann Brown (b. Jan 22, 1755 in Virginia)
Children of Joseph R. Moon and ann Brown:
Daniel H. Moon b. 27 Apr 1773 in Deep River, Guilford Co., Randolph Co., NC
Mary Moon b. 30 Jan 1775 in Deep River, Guilford Co., NC
William Moon b. 25 Jan 1777
Grace Moon b. 26 Jan 1779 in Randolph Co., NC
Samuel Moon b. 17 Apr 1781 in Randolph Co., NC
Joseph H. Moon b. 19 Jul 1783 in Cane Creek, Randolph Co., NC
John Moon b. About 1786 in Tennessee
Jesse Moon b. 30 Jan 1788 in Deep River, Guilford Co., NC
Jane Moon b. 28 May 1789 in Deep River, Guilford Co., NC
Henry Moon b. 29 Nov 1790 in Alamance Co, NC
Thomas Moon b. 14 Mar 1798 in Deep River, Guilford Co., NC
James Moon b. 19 Sep 1801 in Knox Co., TN
Solomon Moon b. 21 Jan 1803 in Jefferson Co., TN
5. Jane Moon(b. May 28, 1793 in Deep River, Guilford, N.C., d. 1855 in Clinton Co., Ohio)
Married Oct 6, 1806 in Jefferson, Crockett, TN to
Joseph Routh (b. Jan 11, 1786 in Randolph Co., N.C., d. June 25, 1835 in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio)
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Martha Routh (b. March 5, abt. 1782 in Chatham or Randolph Co., N.C.; D. Feb. 19, 1852 in Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio and was buried in Newberry Friends Cemetery, Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio)
Married Nov. 5, 1801 in Tennesee to
Samuel Moon(b. Apr. 1781 in Randolph Co., N.C., d. Mar 25, 1846 in Clark, Clinton Co., Ohio and was buried in Newberry Friends Cemetery, Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio) who was
The son of Joseph B. Moon (Mar. 20, 1750 Deep River, N.C., d. Apr 14, 1833 Clark Twp. Clinton Co., Ohio) and Ann Brewer Brown (Jan. 22, 1755 Randolph Co. N.C., d. Aug 24, 1824 in Clinton Co., Ohio)
Martha Routh was a daughter of Joseph Lincoln Routh (b. Abt. 1746 in Randolph or Anson, N.C.-d. May 7, 1837 in Jefferson Co., Tennessee) who
Married in 1765/6 to
Mary (Molly) Redfern (b. May 4, 1749 in Anson, N.C., D. Mar 18, 1840 in Henry Co., Indiana)
Hi Linda,
My gr. grandfather was Dora Moses Cornelius Skinner Smith. There is a strong aural history in my family that one of his grandparents was half native American. Some say Blackfoot ; some say Sioux. I have established it was his Smith side. Many family members look native American. Dora’s ancestors moved from Virginia and North Carolina through Ohio and then to Indiana. They were associated with the Moon Colony in Ohio.
My 4 gr grandfather was Francis Smith born in 1779 probably in W. Virginia; his wife was Mercy (Massa)Jones born in 1781 in Virginia. I can find no record of Francis’s birth or his marriage to Mercy (Massa) Jones or his ancestry. If I could I think that might be the key to finding my native ancestry.
Thanks for asking,
Sue
Linda;29448 wrote: Sue, why do you think your Smiths were Sioux? Where did they live?
I got to the bottom of this ID in my family. While there are probably ten different family sources who said our ancestors were ‘Blackfoot’, there is one cousin in Florida who said ‘Blackfoot or Sioux’. This was between five and ten years ago. None of our family are from the Plains so this may have been confusion with ‘Siouan’
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