You didn’t provide and dates for his b, m, d etc. Or any relationships such as spouses, children, possible siblings so it is difficult to tell. There is a Moses Pierce in Pinto in 1900?
U S Census, 1900 ED 121 Justice Precinct 3, Palo Pinto, TX
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head Moses Pierce M 47 Jul 1953 TX/GA/TN marr abt 1875
wife Sarah Pierce F 42 Feb 1858 TX/AL/GA 5 children 4 living
son Eli Pierce M 15 TX
son Robert Pierce M 10 TX
nephew Frank Vaden M 12 TX
nephew Edward Vaden M 8 TX
U S Census, 1880 Precinct 1, Somervell, TX
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self Moses Pierce M 28 TX/GA/TN
wife Sarah Pierce F 19 TX
son Garrett Pierce M 3 TX
daur Etta Pierce F 1 TX
Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981
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James Elie Pierce: Male
birth 17 Jan 1883 Gordon, Erath, Texas
father Moses Jefferson Pierce
mother Sallie Jane Vaden
If it is Moses Pearse/Pierce above who married Sarah Jane Vaden, then it might be him in the 1860 Census, father George b. 1831 in GA, mother Sarah b. 1824 TN and sisters Mary, Margaret and Laura.
SEE: 1860 Census data, Smith, TX at:
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