Milo Moffitt (1828 - 1881)

Born 9 Jun 1828 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Jane (Dorsett) Moffitt — married 29 Nov 1853 in Randolph Co, NC

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1881 at age 53 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Served in Civil War, Confederacy in NC, 28th Infantry in 1863

The ancestor of the Moffitt family in Sanford, N. C., was William Moffitt, b. 1802, said to have been married three times. He left wife, Elitha b. 1805. His children were:

1. Milo Moffitt, b. 1828.
2. Dennis Moffitt, b. 1830.
3. Reuben Moffitt, b. 1832.
4. Hahala Moffitt, b. 1835.
5. Marshall Moffitt, b. 1838 (C. S. A.)
6. Delphine Moffitt, b. 1840.
7. John T. Moffitt, b. 1843.

The gravestone record of Milo Moffitt shows that he was born 1828, died 10-29-1881, aged 53 years, 4 months, and 26 days.

The stone of Martha Jane Dorsett shows that she was born 5-22-1830, died 5-7-1904, and that she married Milo Moffitt 11-29-1853. They are buried near Goldston, N. C. Their children were:

• Walter Brehon Moffitt, b. 2-28-1857, d. 6-21-1910, m. 4-29-1882 in Winston-Salem, N. C., Mary Louola Sanders, b. 10-16-1861, d. 3-29-1890. He m. 2nd Mary L. Matthews, b. 4-22-1869, d. 4-12-1894.
  • By his first wife he had:
    • Shelly Moffitt, b. 2-22-1883, of Dillon, S. C.
    • Bessie Novella Moffitt, b. 9-30-1885, d. 9-15-1886.
    • Allie Bell Moffitt, b. 3-16-1889, m. 11-26-1911 Anderson Ruffin Kimrey of Wilmington, N. C.
  • By his second wife, Mary L. Matthews, he had:
    • Alton R. Moffitt, b. 1894.
    • Conley Moffitt of Richmond, Va.
    • Gertrude Moffitt, m. lives in Fayetteville, N. C.
    • Roscoe Moffitt lives in Montgomery, Ala.
• Monroe Moffitt, m. Patsey Thompson.
• Graham Moffitt, b. 7-12-1859, d. 1-13-1932, m. Mattie Clark, d. 8-15-1949, aged 77 years, and they had Wava Moffitt, b. 1880, d. 1914, and others.
• Samuel C. Moffitt, b. 1871 at Goldston, N. C., m. 1st Annice Budd Johnson, m. 2nd Mrs. Ethel Cain.
  • By first wife he had:
    • Jesse Kemp Moffitt of Brooklyn, N. Y.
    • Capt. Francis E. Moffitt of Fort Benning, Ga.
    • Milo Moffitt of Brooklyn, N. Y. d. Ted Moffitt of Marietta, Ga.
  • There were four daughters by the second marriage.
• Thomas R. Moffitt, d. 1948 in Sanford, N. C., m. Sallie
• John M. Moffitt, died 10-11-1865, a child.
• Mrs. J. C. Gregson of Sanford, N. C.
• Mattie Moffitt, m. Noah Cheek of Goldston, N. C.
• Annie Moffitt, b. 8-26-1866, d. 1-18-1933, m. 3-11-1888 James Rives in Goldston, N. C., son of Elizabeth A. Marsh and Col. James Rives of Chatham County, N. C., and they had:
  • Lottie Rives, b. 6-16-1890, d. 3-18-1917, m. Graham Kimrey Wicker of Sanford, N. C.
  • Nellie Rives, m.

Five of the sons of Milo and Martha (Dorsett) Moffitt, Walter B., Monroe, Graham, Thomas and Samuel Moffitt, moved to Sanford, N. C., in 1886 and founded the Moffitt Brothers iron foundry and machine shop. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Kellam, Ida Brooks, 1950; Brooks and Kindred Families, pg 35 available at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062872569&view=1up&seq=17&skin=2021

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BN-9CZ : 24 December 2020), Milo Moffitt in household of Wm Moffitt, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8ZP-8JX : 14 February 2020), Milo Moffatt, 1853.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD64-YM8 : 18 February 2021), Milo Moffitt, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8Z-LG8 : 29 May 2021), Milo Moffett, 1870.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9JG-1YS : 25 August 2021), Milo Moffitt, 1861-1865.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6N-XDB : 19 February 2021), Milo Moffitt, Gulf, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 31, sheet 185A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,958.
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6X-1X7 : 8 March 2021), Milo Moffitt, 1881; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,064,913.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98486520/milo-moffitt: accessed February 22, 2024), memorial page for Milo Moffitt (9 Jun 1828–29 Oct 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98486520, citing Meroney United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bear Creek, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039).