Moses Leathers (1754 - 1825)

Born 25 Jul 1754 in Orange, Virginia

Husband of Sarah Sally (Stagg) Leathers — married about 1780 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1825 at age 71 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Private Moses Leathers served with 6th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Moses Leathers is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A206270.

There are extensive historical records of Moses. This includes 3 census records plus 31 pages of documents in a failed pension application made by his 2 surviving children on 9 Oct 1852. We have much less about his brother William that came with Moses to North Carolina sometime before 1776. The parents of William and Moses Leathers are John leathers (1724-1818) and Nancy Bathurst (1728-1629). John wrote a will naming sons, William Leathers, Moses Leathers, Jonathan Leathers, and daughters, Patsy Leathers, Nancy Leathers, Betsy Leathers, Alice Leathers, and a deceased daughter named Polly Brown. John has a provision for all of his children but William and Moses to use his land after his death. He apparently is acknowledging that William and Moses are the only living children that are not living nearby in Virginia in 1818.

The first record of Moses is his birth date of 25 July 1754 from his family Bible. This date as well as his death date are repeated in the letter written by his surviving children. Next is his enlistment in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War in Hillsborough North Carolina in April or May of 1776 in the regiment of the North Carolina line under the command of Archibald Lyttle. He served for 2 ½ years and was discharged in the State of New York and was in the Battles of Brandy Wine and Germantown. By 1779 he is back in North Carolina in Orange County (Federal Census) where he remained until his death. Both Moses and William were witnesses in writing of the will of Hugh Caine in Orange County in November 1781. Moses married Sally Stagg sometime in 1780 or 1781 and had his first child named James on 23 January 1782. On 20 Sept 1784, he was awarded a land grant of 357 acres of land for his military service.

Both William and Moses appear in the first census of the United States (1790) in St Mary's District of the Hillsborough District of Orange County, North Carolina^[1]. They both appeared in the federal Census for Hillsborough, Orange County in 1800 ^[2]. After this William disappears from census records. Moses appeared before the Courts of Equity of North Carolina on 11 May 1818 and testified about his military service and at the time was under reduced circumstances because of rheumatism. He appeared for the last time in the 1820 census ^[3] living with his son Moses who was 30 years old. Moses Sr. must be a person who is over 45 years old. Moses died 31 Oct. 1825 ^[4] in Orange County NC according to a failed pension application made by his last 2 children Moses Jr and Polly Horner on 9 Oct 1852. According to these documents, Moses and Polly are the only living children at that time. The family Bible plus the pension application letter provides the names of all 6 of Moses Sr’s children as follows:

Children of MOSES LEATHERS and SALLY STAGG are:

1. JAMES LEATHERS, b.1782, d.1845

2. SARAH LEATHERS, b. 1785, d.1816

3. MARTHEY LEATHERS, b. 1787,

4. ELIZABETH LEATHERS, b.1788, d. 1869

5. MOSES LEATHERS, b. 1790, d.1852

6. MARY POLLY LEATHERS, b. 1796, d. 1882

American Revolutionary War

From his bio on Find a Grave ^[4]:

"Enlisted in the Revolutionary War in Hillsborough North Carolina on 27 April 1776 in Whites Company of the 6th Regiment of the North Carolina line under the command of Archibald Lytle. He obtained the rank of Corporal and served for 2 ½ years and was discharged in the State of New York and was in the Battles of Brandy Wine and Germantown. By 1779 he is back in North Carolina in Orange County (Federal Census) where he remained until his death. (by Britt Maxwell)"

Moses held the rank of Private in the 6th Regiment, North Carolina Line of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War ^[5]. His DAR ancestor record:

LEATHERS, MOSES

Ancestor #: A206270

Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PRIVATE

Birth: 7-25-1754

Death: 10-31-1825 ORANGE CO NORTH CAROLINA

Service Description: 1) 6TH REGT, NC LINE, COL GIDEON LAMB

COMMENTS: 1) HEIRS REJECTED; SOLDIER RECEIVED PENSION

RESIDENCE: 1) County: ORANGE CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA

SPOUSE: 1) SALLY STAGG

Roster of American Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors ^{[6] [7]}:

Name: Moses Leathers

Military Rank: Pt

Military Regiment: White's

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 27 Apr 1776

Event Place: North Carolina, United States

Page: 1103

Reference: North Carolina. North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution. Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution : The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1N-841 : Thu Sep 21 08:00:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Leathers, 1790.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRD-XPT : Thu Sep 14 17:19:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Leathers, 1800.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-21F : Thu Jul 20 21:37:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Lathers, 1820.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #157078391
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 September 2023), "Record of Moses Leathers", Ancestor # A206270.
6. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG29-3MQX : 6 June 2023), Moses Leathers, 27 Apr 1776; citing Military Service, North Carolina, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229235.
7. ↑ "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-P82H : Tue Sep 26 15:43:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Leathers, 25 Jun 1782.

See also:

• "The History of Moses Leathers (1754-1825) and William Leathers (1755-1806) by Britt Maxwell.
• A failed pension application dated 9 Oct 1852 made by Moses Leathers Jr. and Polly Horner. p31.
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/101692997/person/272245315431/facts
• North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1779
• Heads of fams. at the first U.S. census. NC. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (292p.):96
• North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, Warrant or Survey Date 20 Sep 1784