Moses Lillard, Sr. (son of Benjamin Lillard and Elizabeth Lightfoot) was born Abt. 1748 in Culpepper Co, VA, USA, and died Abt. 1815 in Rockingham Cty, NC. He married EllanderMolly Field on Abt. 1770 in Rockingham, NC.
Notes for Moses Lillard, Sr.: Moses Lillard, Sr.
Est. 1748 - 1813
Moses Lillard, is the grandson of the original 1685 immigrant from France who was named John (changed from Jean) Lillard; Moses is the father of Thomas Lillard and the great great grandfather of Nancy Jane Vance. The ancestry of the Lillard family is quite interesting and illustrious. [3][4]
Moses is the fifth child, of eleven, issued from the marriage of Benjamin Lillard and Elizabeth Lightfoot. Analysis of census records, plus other sources, indicates his life span was 1748-1813 although no specific documents confirm this.
He was born in Culpepper Co, VA and moved to Rockingham Co, NC shortly after the Revolutionary War; in 1790 he lived in the Salisbury District of that county in Virginia. To confirm this move, there are no Lillards listed in the 1810 census records for Richmond Co., NC but there were Lillards in another NC county, as shown below.
Moses married an Ellender (with other spelling versions in other documents) about 1769, probably in Rockingham Co., NC or possibly in VA; it is uncertain which state this occurred but dates would indicate that it was North Carolina. [3]
The family size and composition had to be done by using multiple Census listings, followed by compilation of persons by dates and identification.
Moses Lillard (Sr.) is listed in the 1790, 1800, & 1810 census, for Rockingham Co, NC along with his family size and makeup. Being listed in a Census means he is the head of a household. From these records, we conclude that there were six boys and three girls (one unidentified) in the family, whose birth dates are estimated/calculated to be: [6]
A] sons: 1756 to 1765, 1775 to 1785, 1776 to 1785, 1776 to 1786, 1785 to 1788, 1789, and 1790. [ In this Census, our Moses was listed as Senior so it might logically be assumed hat one of these sons would be a Moses, Junior.] B] girls: 1785, 1795, and 1800-09.
Census age criteria cannot be justified/"explained" for the second son nor second girl; following are comments on the contents of Census informations:
1] It is believed that contradictions are contained in the Census records, e.g.,:
9-3-1 -a girl not born in 1790 is 11-15 in 1800, is not understood; -a boy under 5 in 1790 is shown to over 45 in 1810. It has been assumed that the 1800 census(girl)/1810 census(boy) data are in error.
2] There is a possible error for the youngest son, who is Thomas (our ancestor) who was apparently born no earlier than 1795, but the last son of Moses and Ellender was born about 1790.
Considering the above, as best as can be concluded, using various sources and the reference book "Lillard, A Family of VA", the children [6] of Moses, Sr. are:
1. Morgan, b Abt. 1770-d. Abt. 1835 (possibly in 1863, per a gravestone with "MCL-1863" on it); with no census confirmation for Morgan, after 1830, it is possible that the gravestone may belong to someone else. -Per census records, Morgan married a woman born between 1776-1784, indicating a marriage may have occurred about 1792 to 1796. The same census references indicate their six children were born 1784, 1795, 1799, c1802(daughter), 1805, and 1808, which creates an apparent conflict between the assumed marriage date and the birth date of the first child. -In 1820, there were four persons of this household, engaged in agriculture.
2. John (Jack or Jackey), b. c1780-d. 1813. He married a Rebecca Hutchison (c1780-?) about 1802. [She is the sister of Susan Hutchison Lillard who became the wife of James Lillard.] Their children were: a. Albert, who died unmarried. b. Joshua c. Moses d. James William [b 3 May, 1809- d. 3 May, 1893] who married Ann R. Forest [born 24 January, 1818-d. 13 May, 1900] on 15 September., 1836 in Rockingham Co., VA. (The Methodist Church records at Wentworth, NC cemetery show death of James Lillard on 3 May, 1893 and also show "Anne Richard, wife of James W. Lillard") e. Jefferson f. Minerva, who married March Gates g. Emeline, who married: #1 marriage to Pascal Ellington (issue a son James Ellington of Obion Co., TN), a brother of Daniel Ellington who became the husband of Martha Lillard. #2 marriage to John Y. Williams, issuing some children by him in Obion Co., TN. h. Elizabeth who married a Mr. Goolsby, apparently in TN. Shortly after their marriage, they returned to NC from TN. i. Martha, who married William Chadwell of Obion Co., TN; they had several children.
9-3-2 3. Joshua, b c1780. He married twice: -first to Nancy Forrest (b. Abt. 1778) about 1806 and -second to Lucy Roach on 3 December, 1812.
Confirmed children of this Joshua-Nancy Lillard marriage were: a. Joseph Abraham Forrest Lillard (b. 5 November, 1807-d 1 June, 1894), born in Rockingham Co., NC and dying in Marshall Co., TN. He was known as Squire Lillard of Lillards Mills, a town of his own in Marshall Co., TN. He was a TN State Representative in the Legislature for two terms just after the Civil War, and then served as a Postmaster for 52 years. b. Jesse Lillard, b. by 1809 and apparently died at a "young" age (however, in the 1830 census, there were two males 20/30 years of age but not specifically identified, plus father, in the house. c. Martha Lillard born c1812, who married Daniel T Ellington on 10 January, 1831. They had three or more daughters.
Joshua is the only Lillard who, in Census listings, is shown to have had slaves; he is listed as having 2 in 1810, 13 in 1820, and 10 (5M & 5 F) in 1830.
As mentioned above, Joshua had a second marriage to Lucy Roach, on 3 December, 1812. There is no confirmed children from this marriage. In this1820 Census, there were four persons of this house, engaged in agriculture. It is not understood who these four might be.
4. James [b. c1789] who married Susan Hutcherson 27 February, 1812. [1] She was the sister of Rebecca Hutchison[Hutcherson], who married brother John Lillard in 1802. The LDS marriage entry documents [1] show Susan's surname as "Hucherson"; added to that, elsewhere it is written that these two daughters were the offspring of a John Hutcherson.
5. Moses, Jr. b. c1790- d. c1825 and buried in the Lillard cemetery on road #2020, Rockingham Co., VA. In 1815 he married Elsey M. Forrest (b. c1795- c1864) of/in Prince Edward Co., VA. She was another daughter of Abraham Forrest, Jr.. Elsey is buried beside her husband in Rockingham County, VA.
The 1820 census shows the Moses, Jr home had two sons under age 10 and two daughters (one under 10 and one 10/15 years of age), plus a wife age 16/25. From this it was concluded the spouse was born about 1795 (or later), their marriage was about 1809, and the children were born in the 1810- 1815 era. Perhaps one of the girls was an employee of the home, rather than a daughter; if so, an 1815 marriage would be plausible, allowing two boys plus one girl to be born by 1820 and still be under age 10.
9-3-3 Source [5] list the children of Moses, Jr. and Elsey as: [With birth dates found, child Elizabeth’s 1822 birth conflicts with her being a child of this first marriage to Elsey but “agrees” with the 1820 Census data. Therefor the mother of Elizabeth cannot be confirmed.]
a.-1st- John M. Lillard , b. c1811 -d. 1879, who had two marriages: - he first married Frances M Ellington on 24 November, 1850; they had at least one child Francis Marion, b. 1852
b-2nd- Elizabeth F., b 21 April, 1822, who married John Talley Ellington on 18 December, 1843. (Note that an 1822 birth is not consistent w/1820 census.)
c. Booker T. Lillard, estimated to have been born in 1824; marriage documents filed indicate marriage to Sarah E. Gurrant on 5 Nov., 1841.
d. Richard.
John M. Lillard's second marriage was to Nancy Ellington in 12 January, 1858 (the two brides of John Lillard may be sisters as well as daughters of Pleasant Ellington who had daughters by the name of "Milly" & Nancy). There are no reported children of this second marriage.
6. Thomas Lillard [our direct lineal ancestor] was born about 1795; he married Tempey Duncan in 1814, to be the direct ancestor in our lineage. In 1820, there was one person of this home engaged in agriculture.[1a] Per DAR research, none of records tell us much about Thomas nor his father Moses, Sr. Information that may be on file in National Archives service records is available to the public but Sgt. Thomas Lillard apparently has no such records, nor John L. Lillard. None of the DAR resources traced Thomas past his marriage to Tempey Duncan.
7. Milly Cantrell, guess b 1785.
8. Elisabeth, guess b 1795 and married Pleasant Ellington.
9. Another daughter, per census records, b about 1805.
There were no records found indicating services of Moses, Sr. as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, although many of his relatives served in many battles/wars. [7] Actually Moses reportedly moved to NC just before or just after the War, so the VA records may not be good references for us.
9-3-4 Reference [7] says, per his will, Moses had moved to Guilford County, NC from which Rockingham County was formed in 1785. Moses was there in Guilford County by 3 April, 1781; he resided in Salisbury District of Rockingham County in the 1790 census. He died after 4 October,1810 but before 1813/1815.
Other researchers used "Public Service Claims, Culpepper County, VA Court Booklet" to show how civilians may have participated in the War--e g, bushels of grain, barrels of brandy, etc given to the Army. This effort allows a civilian to achieve a "Patriotic Service" status, and thereby qualifies descendants to achieve DAR or SAR membership. Moses may well have participated in this manner in either NC or VA. Moses Lillard, Sr. does not surface in the census records of 1820 nor 1830, but did appear in the 1810 census; on this referenced basis, it is concluded he died in the 1815 era, while Ellender lived on for perhaps twenty years.
He may be buried in the Lillard Cemetery in Rockingham County, NC, along with his wife.
As a matter of interest in the whold Lillard family, from the DAR reference book, Lillards involved in Revolutionary War are:
a)-Capt Benjamin c1740 VA- c 1829 VA; m Frances [Frankey] Crow. b)-*Capt. John, Sr. c1737 VA - 1801 KY, in Capt Culpepper Militia in 1778. c)-Pvt. John 1765 VA - c1833 VA; pensioned at age of 71 [?]; [believe him to be son of Thomas Lillard]; from Rappahannock Cty. d)-*Sgt. Thomas c1726VA - 1806/15 VA; Patriotic Service also. This man is noted as: “name appeared in Army Register but has not received bounty land. An extensive compilation in War Department". e)-*James c1725VA - c1804; Patriotic Service only. f)-*William ? - c1793VA; Patriotic Service only. *believe these to be brothers of Moses.
Also listed was: g) Corporal Thomas [from "VA to the Revolution"]; h) a Thomas Lillard, appearing in "Index of the Revolutionary records in the VA State Archives, by Eckenrode in 1912 to1914 [note that the Lillards (a) & (b) above are also listed in this reference.]
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[Please note that information on Moses Lillard, Sr. and his family has been gathered from different references listed at the end of this biography; specific correlation is not practical due to the multiple sources being used and the intermixing of source information.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [1] Marriage Entry forms, submitted for sealing in the Mormon Church. Family interrelationships are not presented, nor is data accuracy assured. [2] Census records for years 1790-1840 (which may contain errors) [3] Book "The Lillards" by David Irvine Lillard, published 1906. [4] "Lillard, A Family of Colonial VA-1415 to 1928" by Jacques Ephraim Stout Lillard, published in 1928 [5] Carolyn Vance Jensen, d/o Dale Vance and granddaughter of Nancy Jane Vance’s brother Clifford Walton Vance [1893-1982], who has done extensive research on the Vance family and placed this on the internet for all to share. [6] Names [only, not ages or sequence] of children 1-8, six boys and two girls, are listed in the will of Moses Lillard. [7] GenCircles/Global tree Internet address, reference #35169 of 15 Aug, 1998
The following is misc. information gathered in gathering the above biography; while it is not in the direct lineage type of information, it is deemed too "good" to destroy and therefor is kept as supplemental.
d. James William [s/o Moses, Sr.] b 3May, 1809. Believe this is James W. who married Ann R. Forest (ME church records show "Anne Richard, wife of James W. Lillard") who was born 24 Jan., 1818-d. 13May, 1900, on 15 Sept., 1836 in Rockingham Co., VA. The ME Church records at Wentworth, NC cemetery show death of James Lillard on 3 May, 1893.
Nancy Forrest [b c1778] who m. Joshua Lillard c1806, was the daughter of Abraham Forrest of Prince Edward Co., VA. Her nephew (or sibling) General Nathan Bedford Forrest, was a celebrated Confederate General and "was one of the finest Cavalry leaders of the whole Civil War". [3][4]
As listed below they had two sons and a daughter; there is a question as to how many more children, if any, they may have had. The 1820 census indicates a "17 yr old lived" in their home, who may have been a hired man. It is also suspected that a 15-20 yr old female was in their employ (rather than being a daughter) in 1830; this female did not appear in the 1820 census records for their home. Additionally, they may have had a mother-in-law or older helper in their home, during the 1820 census, which would explain the 26/44 yr old female and a 45 or older female being counted.
On 6 Oct., 1840, Joseph Abraham Forrest Lillard married a Mahala (Rainey) Clifft (b 11April, 1805 in Caswell Co., NC-d 30Aug., 1885). She was a young widow and had two daughters, Emily Jane and Ann, by her first husband. No children were born of the Lillard/Clifft marriage, but there were the two Clifft girls which were raised by this couple; they went to college in Columbia, TN.
As mentioned above, Joshua[s/o Moses, Sr.] had a second marriage to Lucy Roach, on 3 Dec., 1812. There is no confirmed children from this marriage, but the 1820 census head count leaves some room for uncertainty; this document displays that there were "hired help", or were these children? In this1820 Census, there were four persons of this house, engaged in agriculture. It is not understood who these four were; it could be the very young sons were already farming or/and some in-laws were living in this home or/and there were hired help living there. Source 1a provided no information for Ms. Roach's parentage.
Children of Moses Lillard, Jr: Source [5] list their children (only one daughter) as: a. Elizabeth F., b 21 April, 1822, who married John Talley Ellington on 18 Dec., 1843. (Note that an 1822 birth is not consistent w/1820 census.) b. John M. Lillard , b. Abt. 1811 -d 1879, who had two marriages: - he first married Frances M Ellington on 24 Nov., 1850; they had a child Francis Marion, b. 1852
(who married Mary Ann Grubbs 25 Jan., 1880). From this marriage issued: -John Lucian Lillard (b 1885-d 1959) m. Emma Sue Kingrey, and they had five sons/four daughters, some of whom are identified below: a-Moses - buried @ Bethlehem Methodist Church, Wentworth Township, NC b-Dewey - buried @ Bethlehem Methodist Church " c-George d-Henry e-Sally f-Lila Thomas g-Nannie Kirkman
c. Booker T. Lillard, estimated to have been born in 1824; marriage documents filed indicate marriage to Sarah E Gurrant on 5 Nov., 1841. This marriage is listed in the LDS computer files, showing they had six children: -Martha Ellizabeth b 1848 -Melvin b 1850 -Josephine b 1852 -George b 1856 -Albert Adolphus b 1859 -William b 1861
d. Richard ??
e. one other child possible In 1820, there was one person of this home engaged in agriculture.
======= per (1) below, and unknown in family interrelations, a John D Lillard (born about 1800) married Rachel Jarrell on 21 Feb., 1828.
References: [1] Marriage Entry forms, submitted for sealing in the Mormon Church. Family interrelationships are not presented, nor is data accuracy assured. Presenter was Donald L. Wall and document ID is 74 190 0642, with the Rockingham County, NC Marriage Bonds [Raleigh Archives] named as the source. ===================
supplemental notes, of ?? value
The DAR Library is a gem, for old materials/books/filings/what have you! My goal was primarily to find more of the Lillards, and then other things. 1. Found the 199± Lillard book, which carried the same name as before and is intended to update Stout's [as we call the first author] Lillard's "A Family of Colonial VA, 1415.....". The reviser is David H Lillard, P O Box 17627, Memphis, TN 38187. There are two volumes, totaling some 1,450 pages vs the 300 or so in the original. He adds nothing to the credentials of Moses or son Thomas-- these areas are very weak for us, in the succession of ancestors backwards. If we wished to prove our lineage through Thomas and back, Thomas would appear to be the "weak link".
2. There are six Lillards referenced for people who have previously joined the DAR; all these files were available and reviewed, in hopes of finding more relevant information. IT AIN'T THERE!!!!. David states that records indicate that Moses did not participate in the Rev. War, in any way that is known. Actually Moses reportedly moved to NC just before or just after the War, so VA records may not be good references for us. Other people used "Public Service Claims, Culpepper County, VA Court Booklet" to show how civilians may have participated in the War--e g, bushels of grain, barrels of brandy, etc given to the Army. This effort allows a civilian to achieve a "Patriotic Service" status, and thereby qualifies descendants to achieve DAR or SAR membership. I did not pursue this avenue, due to time. For Moses, this might be a worth- while effort, in VA as well as the equivalent documents for NC. Who knows?? David says Mose's wife name is Ellender, per his will, moved to NC, Guilford County, from which Rockingham Cty was formed in 1785; Moses was there in Guilford Cty by 3April, 1781; resided in Salisbury District of Rockingham Cty in the 179o census. he died after 10/4/181³ but before 1813/1815. Thomas is one of 8 children but no further info available. 3. In reviewing the files, there surfaced 2-4 [no notes on this] other bios on the Lillards; these are 20-40 pages type efforts, compared to David's polished,, professional, hard backed version. The important aspect is there is disagreement with respect to Lillard country origin and in how many came to America--it's easy to see a mountain of research might be required to resolve this; I've chosen to believe Stout ; David, with a note in the book stating possible disagreement on the issue--no such research for me! 4. A book by C E Lillard "Descendants of Thomas & Rhoda Patterson, was available and skimmed. A Thomas Lillard appears, of unknown lineage--born 12/28/1792; to Decauter Cty, IA 4/16/1880; thought to be fifth generation; he was an ORPHAN [tilt!!], was in War of 1812, lived 12 years in St Louis Cty, MO; to Calhoun Cty IL in 1832 until 4/1857; to Garden Grove, IA then; had ten children but no Nancy. Lots of Lillards in IA, but I could find no connections to us. Conclusion: this is a whole new line of Lillards, not apparently related to our line. 5. One small bio "proved" that the Lillards came from Scotland or some such place.--not very reliable info.
6. A "Lillard History" by Dewey B Lillard, 1978 [RR 1, Box 82A, Madison, VA, 22727, phone [703Ý 948-461´ was also skimmed. Since there was a Capt John Jr, he must be the son of John SR [which replaces Benjamin father of nine including Moses]; author did not substantiate the marriage of Benjamin and Elizabeth Lightfoot, causing one to wonder how much substantiation there may be around 1725 7. None of the resources traced Thomas past his marriage to Tempey Duncan.
It seemed strange to look at David's book, to see so much information on other Lillard boys, but nothing further on Moses. Perhaps this is being searches now, or perhaps he disappeared in NC. You might imagine this, visualizing some 1450 pages of names; in fact volume two begins with Moses, as I recall--but Moses ends about 3 pages later! By way of a relative by marriage, a lady in IL will do some research on the subject of B McKinney. She has done much general. work and offered to look around a little. After seeing the DAR, I've decided writing a book is a LARGE undertaking; to minimize this, the first such authoring effort will be for my wife's family, which will be smaller in number and therefor hopefully smaller in degree of difficulty. Just finding how to arrange or print or publish, is somewhat frustrating, in that noone has good advice. It appears to be, good luck and call me if I could be of help [at my unlisted phone]! I have already requested any information that may be on file in National Archives service records for Sgt Thomas, and will also request same for John L Lillard. Previous efforts for Civil War vets has been successful, one having a great many papers. Hope you find this interesting and of some value, if it proves little. Oh yes, the genealogy night class was not of real value, except emphasis placed on documentation/confirmation of research findings--I've been weak there and now will try to catch up. Regards to all---
More About Moses Lillard, Sr. and EllanderMolly Field: Marriage: Abt. 1770, Rockingham, NC.
Children of Moses Lillard, Sr. and EllanderMolly Field are:
+Thomas Lillard, b. Abt. 1795, NC, USA, d. Abt. 1845, MO.
Moses Lillard, Sr. (b. Abt. 1748, d. Abt. 1815)
Notes for Moses Lillard, Sr.: