Samuel Moseley (abt. 1750 - aft. 1810)

Born about 1750 in Brunswick County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Patty (Holloway) Moseley — married about 1771 in Brunswick, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1810 after about age 60 in Meherrin District, Brunswick, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Samuel Moseley (abt. 1750 Brunswick, Virginia - aft. 1810 Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia).

Researchers have identified his father as William Sr. Moseley,

• Birth: ABT 1711 in Surry Co. or, Isle of Wight, VA, evidently
• Death: BEF 26 AUG 1776 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Brunswick County was formed in 1720 from part of Prince George County. In 1733, Surry and Isle of Wright Counties contributed land. The Tidewater of several generations began to move into the area from Isle of Wright, Prince George and Southampton.^[1]

About 1769, Samuel Moseley married Martha Patty Holloway daughter of ???. Samuel and Patty have been identified through records of their children.

Samuel Moseley and Martha Patty Holloway children include:

1. Rebecca Mosley 11 APR 1772 Brunswick, Virginia - 07 JAN 1838 Golden Grove, Greenville, South Carolina married James Huff^[2]. Samuel Moseley identified as father-in-law
2. Samuel Moseley 1775–1824 married Elizabeth White^[3]
3. Hulda Moseley 1777–1850 married Julius Huff^[4]. Samuel Moseley identified as father-in-law
4. Abligail (Abby) Moseley 1778–1840 married Silas Jesse Holloway^[5]
5. Anne Elizabeth Mosley 1779–1837 married Lewis Henry Linch^[6]

Other possible children shown on some trees:

1. Thamer 'Tama' Moseley (C.1770 Virginia - 24 January 1839 Greenville, South Carolina) married James Hunter?
2. Martha Moseley 1779–1837 married David Thomas?
3. Sally Moseley 1784– married Syrick Linch?
4. Dann Moseley 1786–
5. Sarah Mosely 1788–
6. Nelly Moseley 1789–1874
7. Mary Polly Moseley 1790–1872

Research Notes

No verifiable records found on Familysearch.org. DKMMoseley-537 16:20, 1 October 2017 (EDT)

Updates:

• 4 Nov 1736^[7]: William Huff, under command of William Moseley, helped clear road right of way between Lizard and Pigeon Roost Creeks of Brunswick Co., Va. (These creeks are still so named and run out of Va. into Warren Co., NC and if traveling north on I-85 as you leave NC into Va., it is located to the east).

• 1748^[8]: Names of residents voting for Representatives for Houses of Burgresses for sessions of Oct 1748 and Apr 1749 includes George Moseley, William Huff, William Huff (son), William Moseley and George Moseley

• 1789^[9]: Includes Jesse Holloway, Lewis Huff, Ma? Holloway, Martha Holloway (widow), William Holloway, James Huff

• 1810^[10]: Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia, United States. Samuel Mossley. Also Jessee Moseley, Tabitha Moseley, Jane Moseley, Rebecca Moseley on same page.

Sources

1. ↑ Granville Hough, "Hough and Huff Families of the United States, 1620-1820: The Southeast" Pg 36
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQF-YQJ : 11 February 2018), James Huff and Rebecca Moseley, 09 Nov 1793; citing Brunswick, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 30,659.
3. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQN-W53 : 6 August 2020), Samuel Moseley, 1818.
4. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQF-YQR : 6 August 2020), Samuel Moseley in entry for Julius Huff, 1796.
5. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQF-T24 : 6 August 2020), Abby Mosely in entry for Silas Holloway, 1799.
6. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQN-3X1 : 6 August 2020), Lewis Linch, 1803.
7. ↑ Virginia StateArchives
8. ↑ Brunswick County Poll List, 1748
9. ↑ Brunswick, Virginia !789 Tax List
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-QVW : accessed 10 August 2021), Samuel Mossley, Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia, United States; citing p. 756, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 66; FHL microfilm 181,426.