Source: Land Bounty records of Franklin Co. Georgia. Land Deeds from Burke and Screven Counties; Census records of Montgomery Co. Georgia from 1820-1850. "Moseley Families of Montgomery and Emanuel Counties" Brantley Moseley Sr. enlisted for the Revolutionary War from Hogskin Creek, Pendleton District, South Carolina. He received a land bounty for his service in Franklin Co. Georgia. He also sold land in Burke and Screven Counties in 1799. He first appeared in Montgomery Co. Georgia in 1804, where he remained until his death after 1850. Brantley is buried in the Thomas Mosley cemetery, just north of Vidalia, Georgia. The DAR has placed a marker at the North Thompson Baptist Church for this Revolutionary War Veteran. He was 95 years old on the 1850 census and was living with his son Thomas.
Cleo Taylor Mobley recorded this information from the Headstone at North Thompson Baptist Church May 18, 1997, during the Thompson Family reunion. William Brantley Moseley 1755-1851 Continental line Revolutionary War
Brantley Mosley., Sr served in the Revolutionary War as a Private. He was living in Wilkes County, Georgia on May 24, 1784 where he and Thomas Mosley bond themselves to David Greer of the state of South Carolina in the full and just sum of five hundred pounds of sterling. The condition of the obligation is to assign the Bounty of 250 acres of land in Franklin County, GA. due the said Brantley Mosley for his service. This document was signed by Brantley Mosley, his X mark and Thomas Mosley, his mark was witnessed by a different Thomas Mosley, his x Mark, when his Bounty was issued it was for 287 1/2 acres in Franklin County, GA. He sold this land to David and Hannah Greer. It is believed that Brantley Mosley was living in Butte County, North Carolina with his Father Thomas Mosley and Uncles William Mosley Jr, Benjamin Mosley Sr. and his Grandmother Elizabeth Mosley the widow of William Mosley Sr., when the British reimposed royal authority in Georgia it is believed that Brantley and his Uncles fled to South Carolina where they listed as refugees from Georgia. When the war was over they all returned to Wilkes County, Georgia where they applied for their bounty Grants. Brantley Mosley was 29 years old at this time and not married that we know of. Brantley Mosley was 29 years old at this time and not married that we know of. Brantley Mosley lived in Georgia possibly Wilkes County for another 20 years before coming to Montgomery County in 1804. Brantley Mosley sold land in Burke and Screven Counties in 1799. He appears in Montgomery County as early as 1804 and remained there until his death. The 1850 Montgomery County census shows him living with his son, Thomas Moseley, Sr.
The Vidalia Chapter DAR has marked the grave of Brantley Mosley in North Thompson Baptist Church Cemetery.
1776-82: Enlisted into SC Continental Line from Hogskin Creek, Pendleton District, SC. LAND: Bounty Certificate, Lot 619, signed by John Habersham on 18 June 1784, for 287.5 acres in Franklin, Co. GA.. Copy of original in possession of P. Eubanks
3/24/1784: Brantley and Thomas Moseley bind themselves to David Greer of State Carolina, to transfer the bounty of Brantley Moseley. Wilkes Co, GA. 1804: Brantley Moseley appeared on jury list of Montgomery Co, Georgia, from Pendleton Creek District. 6/18/1784: Brantley Moseley listed as receiving Revolutionary War Soldier land bounty #619, for 287.5 acres in Franklin Co, GA. A Benjamin Moseley received land bounty #621, also for 287.5 acres in Franklin Co, GA. After 1804, William Brantley Moseley Sr is pretty much documented in Montgomery Co., GA courthouse records. 1804: Montgomery Co, GA jury. From Pendleton Creek District. 1805/1806: Tax Digest of Montgomery Co, GA. District 54. 1807: Won lot 329-22-W. From District 54. 1811/1812: Tax Digest of Montgomery Co, GA. District 54. 1820: Brantley Mosely (M>45) appears as head of a family in District 51 in Montgomery Co, GA census, page 61B. Also enumerated are F>45,M16-26, M16-18, 4M5-10, 2M<10 plus 2 slaves. 1822: Tax Digest of Montgomery Co, GA. District 51. 1827-1829: Tax Digest in Montgomery County. District 51. 1830: Brantley Mosley Sr. (M50-60) appears as head of a family in Montgomery Co, GA census, page 235. Also enumerated are F50-60, 3M20-30,F20-30, M<5,F<5 plus 5 slaves. 1840: Appears as head of a family in Montgomery Co, GA Census, page 217. 1850: Appears in family of Thomas Moseley in Montgomery Co, GA census, page 96B.
(Birth, spouse, children, death, biography from JE Mosley, Jr.; MOSLEY FAMILIES OF MONTGOMERY AND EMANUEL COUNTIES. 1969, Macon, GA.1994: John E. Mosley Jr wrote the book on Mosleys of Emanuel and Montgomery Counties, GA. Address: 5718 Kentucky Downs, Macon, GA 31210.)
More About William Brantley Sr Moseley: Burial: Unknown, Thomas Moseley Cemetary, north of Vidalia, Ga.1302 DAR Monument: North Thompson Baptist Church.1302 Military service: Participated in the Revolutionary War.1302 Received Property: 287.5 acre land grant for mil. service in Franklin Co. GA.1302 Sold Property: 1799, in Burke and Screven Co.1302
More About William Brantley Sr Moseley and Sara "Sarey" Phillips: Marriage 1: Abt. 1792, Franklin Co, GA.1302 Marriage 2: Abt. 17921303, 1304
Children of William Brantley Sr Moseley and Sara "Sarey" Phillips are:
+Cleman T. Moseley, b. June 15, 1798, Montgomery Co GA1304, d. November 03, 1850, Emanuel Co, Ga1304.
William Brantley Sr Moseley (b. 1755, d. 1851)
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