Sevier County property of William Moon (1744-1822) and his descendants

 

The proof of the line from William Moon (1744 - 1822) to son John (1774) to William (abt1800)
is attributed to the land that was passed down from father to son.

• William (1744-1822) had 385 acres surveyed in March 1807, and this land was granted
   to him in October 1808 as Tennessee State Land Grant No. 385A

   

• William (1744-1822) dies, and there is some disagreement between his sons John and
  Jonas about their father's estate. The issue (and satisfactory resolution) is recorded in
  the minutes of the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church in 1824-1825.

   

• In 1827, John Moon acquires an additional 45 acre land grant in Sevier county TN
  adjoining the original property owned by his father William Moon (1744-1822).
  
  

• In 1837, John Moon's wife Susannah appears in the tax list as property owner of the above
  land. It is assumed John has passed away. William Moon (1800) also appears, though
  without any property.
  
  

• Susannah passes away sometime after 1837. William (1800) and his family appear in the
  1840 census. However, about 1841, William dies and his widow Asenith marries Tunis Scott.

• An indenture filed in 1846 describes Asenith and Tunis Scott as selling the property of
  "the deceased William Moon" to pay debts. Asenith Scott is described as the widow of
  William Moon.  In the 1850s after the death of Asenith Scott, there are a several quit claim
  deeds by the children of William and Asenith Moon relinquishing their claim to the same
  land from the original land grants.

   

Moons in the Northumberland County PA records

 1772 - Northumberland County PA created from parts of Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks,
Bedford, and Northampton counties.

1774 – William Moon assessed in Penn Township (according to The Snyder Co. Pioneers)

1774 – Casper Moon Sr., assessed in Penn Township (according to The Snyder Co. Pioneers) 

1775 – 1783 Muster rolls of the Navy and Line, Militia and Rangers:  John Moon and
Thomas Moon in John Moll’s Company, 3rd Battalion of Northumberland Co., militia

1776 – William Moon, Casper Moon Jr., Casper Moon Sr., included in list of inhabitants of
Penn’s Township, Northumberland County,  January 1776 in the Annals of Buffalo Valley

1776 – Nathaniel Moon, Ensign, 4th Battalion of Northumberland Co Militia

1778 – John Moon, Casper Moon Jr., included in list of additional inhabitants of Penn’s Township
in the Annals of Buffalo Valley

1778 – 1782 Penn’s Township, Northumberland Co, Pa tax lists Samuel Horn, John Manning,
Richard Manning, Caspar Moon, Thomas Moon, Caspar Moon Sr., John Moon, William Moon,
and James Moon

1778 – 1785 Nathaniel Moon, Private, Capt. George Grant’s Co., 9th PA Regiment commanded
by Col. Richard Butler

1779 – Thomas Moon, Sergeant, Capt. John Mull’s Co., 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Co Militia

1779 – John Moon, Sergeant, Capt. John Mull’s Co., 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Co. Militia

1779 – William Moon, Private, Capt. Weaver’s Co., Militia of the 5th and 6th class, 3rd Battalion. 
Also in the Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783 3rd Battalion of Northumberland Co Militia

1780 – John Moon , Private listed in pay roll of Lieut. Jacob Bard’s party of
Northumberland Co. Militia

1780 – Thomas Moon, James Moon, Samuel Horn listed among residents of Penn’s Township in
1780, in the Annals of Buffalo Valley

1781 – Casper Moone Jr., John Moone, Casper Moone, Thomas Moone, John Manning
Northumberland County PA tax assessment

1781 – Daniel Moone Northumberland County PA single freemen tax

1782 – William Moon, Casper Moon, Richard Manning, Casper Moon Jr., John Moon,
Thomas Moon Northumberland County Federal supply tax

1783 – 1784  Casper Moon, Richard Manning, John Moon, Andrew Moon, George Moon
Northumberland County PA Federal Supply tax

1784 – Warrantees of land in the county of Northumberland, PA John Moon, Richard Manning

1784 – John Moon, land warrant for 300 acres, Penn’s township, Northumberland Co. PA

1785 - Tax Lists Northumberland Co PA: Casper Moon, John Moon, Richard Manning

1785 – Supply and tax lists Northumberland Co, PA:  John Moon

1786 – Tax lists Northumberland Co PA:  John Moon

1789 – Nathaniel Moon is in names of the residents of Beaver Township, PA
from Annals of Buffalo Valley

1789 - Will of Samuel Horn, of Greene County, North Carolina (later Tennessee),
of 1 May 1789. Executors were Andrew Horn and John Moon
(Jefferson County Wills, 1: 77-78). Included in the estate inventory was "One debt
due the estate of Michael Inggill of Pennsylvania in the County of Northumberland
which the said Samuel Horn decd went to collect...
(Jefferson County Wills, 1: 214-217).

1790 Nathaniel Moon and Robert Moon in Northumberland Co, PA tax list

1800 Nathaniel Moon and Daniel Moon,  Jefferson County TN tax list

1800 - Pennsylvania Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1800 Greene Co PA - Gasper Moone (?)

1810 – Greene County PA census  Gasper Moone

1824 – Caspar Moon is listed in the minutes of the Big Pigeon Baptist Church, Cocke County TN

 

 

 

 

 

Information about Jasper Moon of Sevier Co TN to MO

 

1808 – Jasper Moon land grant of 168A on Flat Creek, Sevier Co TN

1808/1809 - Jasper Moon and John Murphy- Early land registers South of the
French Broad and Holston, 168 ¼ acres

1813 – William Moon, Jonas Moon, John Moon, Samuel Moon and Jasper Moon
signed a Petition from Residents of French Broad and Holston Country Regarding
Indebtedness

1821 – Knoxville Register, page 1, July 17, Sheriff’s sale notice of land owned by
Thomas Welch to satisfy judgment and costs recovered by Jasper Moon against
Welch in Sevier County.

1832-1840 - Jasper Moon, Early Tennessee land registers, 168 ¼ acres, Sevier County TN

1835 - Jasper Moon land record in Morgan Co MO

1835 - Will of William Canterbury in Sevier Co TN gives the Moon Place on Flat Creek
to his children (assuming Jasper sold this land to his neighbor Wm Canterbury before
moving to MO.)

 

 

 

 

Chronological information about William Moon (1744 PA - 1822 TN) of Sevier County TN and related people

 William Moon of Sevier County TN (1744 PA -1822 TN)

1744 - William Moon born February 22 in PA 
(Birth dates from letter written by William Harvey Moon in 1880 at Norman's Store)

1770 - birth of Jesse Moon son of William Moon (b. 1744)

1773 - birth of Mary Moon daughter of William Moon (b. 1744)

1774 - birth of John Moon son of William Moon (b. 1744)

1777 - birth of Jonas Moon, son of William Moon (b. 1744). 
Birth date from Johnson family bible and Norman’s Store letter dated 1880.

1779 - birth of Sarah Moon, daughter of William Moon (b. 1744)

1782 - death of Sarah Moon daughter of William Moon (b. 1744)

1783 - birth of Joseph Moon son of William Moon (b. 1744) 

1788 - William Moon and his son Jesse signed their names to a
"Petition of Sundry the Inhabitants of French Broad River". 
No Moon appears on the 1783 Greene County tax list, so it seems
William Moon arrived in that area after 1783 and by 1788.

1789 - Will of Samuel Horn, of Greene County, North Carolina (later Tennessee),
of 1 May 1789. Executors were Andrew Horn and John Moon (Jefferson County Wills, 1: 77-78).
Included in the estate inventory was "One debt due the estate of Michael Inggill of Pennsylvania
in the County of Northumberland which the said Samuel Horn decd went to collect...
(Jefferson County Wills, 1: 214-217).

1802 – Power of attorney executed in Cocke County TN signed by seven people
believed to be the children of Catharina Meyer and Johannes (John) Parrot. 
These people are the legatees of Henry Meyer, Catharina’s father. The seven people
are Elizabeth Moon, Mary Shever, John Parrot, Henery Parrot, Barbary Loveday,
George Parrot, Susanna Moon.
Elizabeth Moon first married William Henderson, Sr. They had William, Jr who is named
with his mother as the heirs of Jesse Moon. (information concerning this power of attorney
was obtained from Deborah M S Brown)

Sevier County

1805 - The first record of William Moon (b. 1744)  in Sevier County is in September 1805
when he witnessed and signed the nuncupative will of his eldest son, Jesse Moon. 
Jesse leaves his entire estate to be divided equally between his wife Elizabeth Moon and
William Henderson her son. 

(I learned Nuncupative means that it was stated aloud and transcribed rather than written
because the person is gravely ill or mortally wounded.)

1805 - Jonas Moon in the Paw Paw Baptist Church records, Sevier County

1806 - Jonas Moon 400 acres Knox County, TN - on Knox Co tax list

1807 - On 20 March 1807, William Moon had 385 acres surveyed on the East Fork of the Little
Pigeon River in Sevier County. This land was then granted to him on 6 October 1808 as
Tennessee State Land Grant No. 268 upon payment of the sum of $38.55. 
William Moon, 1808 Sevier County, TN Land Grants, Book 1, page 268
(This land is next to William Henderson’s land).

1807 - On 5 September 1807, Saphire (sic=Sophie) Moon, wife of William Moon, along with
John Moon, Polly Moon and Nathaniel Moon, were received as members by the Forks of the Little
Pigeon Baptist Church in Sevier County....

1811 - William Moon and John Parrott witness the will of Robert Gentry in Jefferson Co, TN
signed 9 May. Will found in Jefferson Co, TN Wills 1811-1826 Project No 65-44-1466 pg. 9-12

1812 - Jonas Moon and wife Lydia received by letter Little Pigeon Baptist Church, Sevier County

1813 – William Moon, Jonas Moon, John Moon, Samuel Moon and Jasper Moon signed a
Petition from Residents of French Broad and Holston Country Regarding Indebtedness

1820 – Sevier County TN manufacturing census lists a John Moon as operating a still

1821 - In November 1821, the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church decided to hold future
meetings at the homes of various members. Included was the home of William Moon.
Though he was not a member of the church, his wife and children were.

1822 - William Moon (1744) died 28 April 1822 presumably in Sevier County.
A grave in Jones Cemetery marked with the name "Wm. M. Moon" and no dates may be his.
Buried in the same cemetery is Ben Manning who was also a signatory of the 1788
Greene County petition. this could also be the headstone of his grandson William Moon.

1824 - The Minutes of the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church of July 1824 record that
"Brother John Moon and wife came and informed the church that he has difficulty with his brother
Jonas Moon in the division of his father's estate.”

1825 - In February 1825 the Forks of the Little Pigeon Baptist Church minutes report that
"A report of committee to report of settled difficulty between brothers Jonas and John Moon.
Bro. Rogers arose and reported for the committee that the said brothers came to a mutual
settlement of their differences.”

1826 - Roane County TN, Jonas and wife in minutes of Prospect Church

1827 – Sevier County TN land grant 45A to John Moon

1830 – Sevier County TN census John Moon age 50-60, wife age 50-60, a female age 90-100,
4 girls ages 5-10, 1 girl age 15-20 and 1 girl age 20-30.

1830 - Roane County TN census Jonas Moon age 50-60, wife age 50-60, 2 boys age 5-10,
2 boys age 10-15, 1 girl age 15-20

1831 - Loudon County TN, Jonas Moon in Prospect Baptist church records

1836 - Jonas Moon sells land in Roane County TN

1837 – Sevier County TN tax list district 4.  John Moon is not listed and is presumed to have died. 
His widow Susannah is listed with John’s property.  Their son William Moon is also listed.

1839 - Jonas Moon buys land in Hamilton County TN

1840 - Hamilton County TN - Jonas Moon has migrated to Hamilton County.

1849 - death of Jonas Moon son of William (b. 1744)