Ann Moody (1732 - 1819)

Born 17 May 1732 in Derry County, Ireland

Wife of Thomas McCuiston — married 15 Sep 1756 in Guilford, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1819 at age 87 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Name: Ann MOODY Given Name: Ann Surname: Moody Sex: F Note:

Ann Moody is the great aunt of General Andrew Jackson, 7th presidentof the United States. Ann was the 'Dear Old Great Aunt' referred toin Andrew Jackson's writings, who took him and sent him to school inGuilford. His parents lived in the wilderness on the line betweenNorth and South Carolina at the Waxhaw Settlement.

Hearing that the British were approaching, Andrew Jackson, being olderthan Ann and Thomas McCuistion's children, helped his Aunt carry alittle keg of gold coins down to the creek where they let it sink farout of sight among some fallen trees. It was while they were takenrefuge in the smokehouse that a British officer ordered Andrew, then13, to polish his boots. Andrew refused, and the officer struck himacross the cheek with his sword, leaving a lasting scar. Andrew wrotehome that 'Dear old great-aunt Ann bandages it.

It is still preserved as of 1937. The land was bought by a Mr. Aikinsand then owned by a Thomas Green in 1925.

Birth: 17 MAY 1732 in Derry Co. Ireland Death: 30 SEP 1819 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Burial: Family Burying Ground [1]

• Fact: Moved (after 1783) Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States
• Fact: Guardian (August 1794) Half-sister, Elizabeth North Carolina, United States
• Fact: DO NOT COMBINE Ann was only married to Thomas and not to Robert. There are other correct records.
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Birth: May 17, 1732

County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Death: Sep. 30, 1819 Bedford County Tennessee, USA

Family links: Spouse: Thomas McCuistion (1731 - 1783)*

Children: James McCuistion (1758 - 1826)* Sara McCuistion (1766 - 1821)* Robert Newton McCuistion (1770 - 1849)* John Quincy McCuistion (1774 - 1854)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: McCuiston Cemetery Shelbyville Bedford County Tennessee, USA

• Fact: Burial McCuistion Cemetery, Bedford, Tennessee, United States

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 February 2017, 21:41), entry for Ann Moody(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHKM-QKG); contributed by various users.
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:121070&id=I2223

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:121070&id=I113

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:121070&id=I3112