Moses Kirby Sr. (1756 - 1829)

Born 1756 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Marthey Oakes — married 8 Aug 1820 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1829 at about age 73 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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Biography

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Find A Grave: Moses Kirby Sr. was 1 of 4 children born to John Kirby, Jr. & his wife, Sarah (Davis) & the grandson of John Kirby, Sr. & Joannah (Owens).

• Moses Sr. had a son, Moses Kirby Jr. & a daughter, Elizabeth Hudson Kirby, with his 1st wife (name unknown).

• Moses Kirby, Jr. is named as brother of Elizabeth Hudson Kirby in "Quill & Pen", a genealogical publication from VA

• Elizabeth Hudson Kirby married Joab Oakes Sr., the son of William "Old Bill" Oakes #54121214 & his 1st wife, Ruth (Smith) Oakes.

• On August 8, 1820, in Pittsylvania Co, VA, Moses Kirby Sr. married his 2nd wife, Margaret (Oakes). She was the daughter of Daniel Oakes #70213009 & his wife, Catherine (maiden name unknown).

• Moses & Margaret had no children; Margaret was about 30 years his junior

Virginia Magazine of History & Biography

"The Kirby family was one of the founding families of Museville, Pittsylvania Co, VA. More than 100 years before the community, which is now Museville, became a post office, the land in the immediate vicinity had been settled by members of the Kirby family around 1746-48. John, Francis & William Kirby held separate grants totaling some 1000 acres near the junction of Snow Creek & Pigg River. The original inhabitants were Indians & legend has it that a Kirby girl was scalped at the footbridge over Snow Creek.

Museville was a post office from 1857 onward. Before the name "Museville" was used, the post office was called "Oak Shop" (1851-1857); this name may have originated from the prominent "Oakes family".

In about 1817, when Moses Kirby Sr. built what is now the oldest standing residence in the community, he is said to have removed portions of the original homestead dwelling to the present site on the banks of Snow Creek. Moses is buried in the Museville Christian Church Cemetery.

The house was the dower of Elizabeth Hudson Kirby when she married Joab Oakes Sr., thereby uniting these two founding families.

The house has been meticulously restored by Mr. Davis, who inherited the property from his father, Lee "Babe" Davis, who in turn, had bought it from a member of the Oakes family in 1905."

Name

Moses /Kirby/Moses Kirby. ^{[1] [2]}

Birth

1756

Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. ^[2]

Death

20 NOV 1829.

Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. ^[2]

Buried

Museville Christian Church.

Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. ^[2]

Note: Volunteer searched entire cemetery but could not find grave; is a grave with a flat stone (no markings) beside his daughter Elizabeth Oakes; this may be his grave.

Residence

Date: 1820

Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA^[1]

Object

Object:

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Title: Moses Kirby Sr

Marriage

Husband: Moses Kirby

Wife: Margaret Marthey Oakes

Marriage:

Date: 8 Aug 1820

Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA^[3]

Research Notes

Pittsylvania County was formed in 1767 from Halifax County.^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} United States Census, 1820

   Census Place: , Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: M33_140. Residence date: 1820 Residence place: Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

   database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-FVX : accessed 19 December 2018), Moses Kirby, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing p. 72, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 140; FHL microfilm 193,699.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2018), memorial page for Moses Kirby, Sr (1756–20 Nov 1829), Find A Grave: Memorial #54270932, citing Museville Christian Church, Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Cheri (contributor 47094916) .
3. ↑ Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.; Repository: #R2
4. ↑ Category: Pittsylvania County, Virginia Colony, Category: Pittsylvania County, Virginia

• Repository: R2 Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Robert Stiles for creating WikiTree profile Kirby-1123 through the import of 2013-07-01.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.