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Moses Shelby Jr.

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Moses Shelby Jr. Veteran

Birth
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
15 Apr 1823 (aged 61)
Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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VETERAN
American Revolutionary War.

NOTABLE: Name appears in the list of persons in the First Families of Mississippi Organization.

Grave located at Pisgah Church Cemetery 7 miles from Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Son of Moses Shelby and wife Isabel.

Moses Shelby, Jr. was born 08 Nov 1761 in Frederick County, Maryland and died 21 Jul 1823 in Claiborne County, Mississippi. He married Elizabeth Neil 01 Mar 1784. She was born in 1763 in South Carolina and died 07 Sep 1819 in Claiborne County, Mississippi.

He received the following in his father's will:

I will and bequeath to my beloved son, Moses, the plantation on mile branch on the wagon road and all the money that is due to me from James Ross which is about 48 pounds, also I will to my son, Moses Shelby, one yearling stallion colt, brown color, one two year old iron grey filly of Morrison's mare and one Negro boy, Dick.

Moses Shelby, Jr. served in Colonel William Polk's regiment during the Revolution. After he married he moved to Greene County, Georgia and later moved to Crittenden County, Kentucky. He left Kentucky in 1811 and settled in Claiborne County, Mississippi, where he died September 27, 1823.

Moses Shelby and Elizabeth Neil had six children:
Sarah Julia m. Joshua Saxon, Jr.
Marquis de Lafayette m. Sarah J Barnes
Mary Jane, m. Robert Smith Caldwell
Thomas Neal, m. Mary Teas Love
Elizabeth m. undetermined
Jane Spratt died unmarried

He and wife Elizabeth Neal, they are both buried here. Served as Pvt. in North Carolina Troops. (DAR MAGAZINE, November 1964). Marked: MAR 1964 -- Pathfinder Chapter MSSDAR.

(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages.

(2) Revolutionary War Pension Application.
VETERAN
American Revolutionary War.

NOTABLE: Name appears in the list of persons in the First Families of Mississippi Organization.

Grave located at Pisgah Church Cemetery 7 miles from Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Son of Moses Shelby and wife Isabel.

Moses Shelby, Jr. was born 08 Nov 1761 in Frederick County, Maryland and died 21 Jul 1823 in Claiborne County, Mississippi. He married Elizabeth Neil 01 Mar 1784. She was born in 1763 in South Carolina and died 07 Sep 1819 in Claiborne County, Mississippi.

He received the following in his father's will:

I will and bequeath to my beloved son, Moses, the plantation on mile branch on the wagon road and all the money that is due to me from James Ross which is about 48 pounds, also I will to my son, Moses Shelby, one yearling stallion colt, brown color, one two year old iron grey filly of Morrison's mare and one Negro boy, Dick.

Moses Shelby, Jr. served in Colonel William Polk's regiment during the Revolution. After he married he moved to Greene County, Georgia and later moved to Crittenden County, Kentucky. He left Kentucky in 1811 and settled in Claiborne County, Mississippi, where he died September 27, 1823.

Moses Shelby and Elizabeth Neil had six children:
Sarah Julia m. Joshua Saxon, Jr.
Marquis de Lafayette m. Sarah J Barnes
Mary Jane, m. Robert Smith Caldwell
Thomas Neal, m. Mary Teas Love
Elizabeth m. undetermined
Jane Spratt died unmarried

He and wife Elizabeth Neal, they are both buried here. Served as Pvt. in North Carolina Troops. (DAR MAGAZINE, November 1964). Marked: MAR 1964 -- Pathfinder Chapter MSSDAR.

(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages.

(2) Revolutionary War Pension Application.


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