Moses Speer (abt. 1774 - bef. 1840)

Born about 1774 in Edgefield, South Carolina

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Biography

Moses was born in or around 1775. He had migrated to what would become Alabama before 1813 (His son, Robert, was born in Madison County in January of 1813). He appears to have died before 1840.

Both the Bible of Moses's grandson Rev. Robert Andrew Speer, and the genealogy prepared by R.C. Speer list Moses's father as Robert and describe his travels from North Carolina, through Georgia and ultimately to Madison County, Alabama (although still technically part of Spain at the time). They differ in the description of Moses's wife but the family Bible lists her more definitively as Elizabeth .

He mustered in as a Private of the 16th Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Charles Burrus) of the Mississippi Militia to fight in the War of 1812.

In 1830, Moses appears to be living with his wife Elizabeth, and their children Parmelia, Robert, Moses, Mary Ann, and James. They also kept one female slave (age 10 - 24). His eldest daughter Catherine had left home and married.

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Sources

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-839 : accessed 5 July 2017), Moses Spears, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 55, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 181,421.ls).

• https://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/16th-regiment-of-mississippi-militia.htm

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-YH2K : 12 March 2018), Moses Spurr, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 197; FHL microfilm 882,715.

• Rollo Clayton Speer, "The family of Dr. Robert E. Speer, D.D. : many noted scions from Scotland, Ireland, Pennsylvania and west : several family groups combined for the first time", Pocatello, Idaho : [s.n.], 1942.

• Transcription of Rev. Robert A Speer's family bible. Preserved in the Lawrence County Archives.

• Bureau of Land Management, “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch : accessed 23 September 2015), Robert Speer (Franklin County, Alabama), Credit Volume Patent, Accession Nr: CV-0107-490.

• United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-M5J : accessed 12 October 2015), Moses Spears, Franklin, Alabama, United States; citing 56, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 2,328. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-M5J

DNA Information

Relationship to descendants is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch and FTDNA consisting of cousins, Randy Braidfoot (descendant of daughter Catherine), W. B. Smith (descendant of daughter Parmelia), Sandra Robinson & Mitchell Harden (descendants of son Robert), Diana Holt (descendant of son Moses Martin and R.S. (descendant of daughter Mary).

A GEDmatch triangulated group consisting of Randy Braidfoot, Sandra Robinson, Mitchell Harden, and R.S. share a 9 cM segment on Chromosome 11 from 37,111,867 to 48,518,893.

A GEDmatch triangulated group consisting of Randy Braidfoot, W. B. Smith, Sandra Robinson, and R.S. share a 14.9 cM segment on chromosome 11 from 56,421,197 to 73,317,931.