Caroline Susannah (Powers) Gaines (abt. 1780 - abt. 1856)

Born about 1780 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Wife of Moses Kidd — married 1 Jan 1798 in North Carolina

Descendants

Died about Sep 1856 at about age 76 in Moore, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Parents were John Powers and Susannah ________

Caroline was born in 1780. Around 1800 she married Moses Kidd and they raised a family of eight children. She passed away in 1856.

• Children, born in Chatham:
  • Susannah b. 1797
  • James b. 1798
  • William Madison b. 1801
  • Carey Rosa b. 1803 m. John Siler Lane
  • Moses b. c1805
  • Lewis b. 1807
  • Winifred b. 1809

Moore County, North Carolina. Will of Moses Kidd dated 13 March 1841. Entire estate "...to my beloved wife Cary Kidd..."

Executors were Cary Kidd, son Moses Kidd (Jr), and son-in-law John S Lane. Witnesses included James Gaines whom Cary would later marry.

Research Notes

The Powers family moved to North Carolina from Virginia before the Revolutionary War. The first appearance of John Powers in records of Chatham County, North Carolina, was in 1784 (Chatham County, N.C., Deed Book N, pages 246-248.) He appeared frequently in the records of that county from that time until his death in 1799. An inventory of his estate was dated 29 June 1799, David Powers, Administrator (Chatham County, Will Book A, page 8.) John Powers married Susannah. Her maiden name is not known. She died after 18 October 1802, when a deed was recorded in her name in Chatham County, North Carolina (Deed Book N, pages 244-245.) Children of John Powers in Chatham County, North Carolina Deed Book L, pages 296-297, were listed, and there may have been others.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BD-QDV : 24 December 2020), Cary Gaines in household of James Gaines, Moore, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-LGHG-994R?cc=1867501&wc=32GS-4WL%3A169763701%2C169870501 : 21 May 2014), Moore > Wills, 1818-1852, Vol. B > image 95 of 166; county courthouses, North Carolina.