REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT & CIVIL SERVICE :
Service: PATRIOT
Civil : Lunenburg County, Virginia: Served on a jury in Lunenburg County,
Virginia, in 1780, in Inquisitions of Escheature or Forfeiture of Land of
British subjects (Tories)
Public : Furnished supplies for the War
References:
Jury Service : Lunenburg County, VA; Deed Book 13,
1777-1784; pgs. 340-341
Public Service : Lunenburg Co. Court Booklet of
Public Service Claims; pgs. 1,4,&9 Court of 15th March 1782; Pg 9 "
furnished five hundred and fifity pounds of beef at 20 Shillings per 100"
;
(VA State Library)
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)
National Membership Numbers:
294720 - Annie Moon Turner (1936)
378061 -
Gena Moon Roth (1948)
304491 - Pauline Sullivan Mahaffey Nash
(1955)
765514 - Betty Jane Robinson Quinn (1994)
825592 - Kelly Jane
Moon O'Hara
(2004)
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Will Book 3- 372; Lunenburg County, Virginia :
Will of Gideon
Moon
IN THE NAME OF GOD the Creator all merciful I Gideon Moon, the Elder of
Lunenburg County by Divine Mercy in perfect sense and memory, make and ordain
this my last will and Testament.
First -
I Will and desire that every
just debt I owe at the time of my death may first be paid and discharged to
the last Farthing in whatsoever Manner my executors may think most
advantageous to my Estate.
Item -
I give and bequeath to my beloved
wife, Mary Moon, the use and occupation of the Plantation whereon I now live
as far down the creek as to a new line dividing it from the Plantation whereon
my son William Moon tends and where I live, for and during his natural Life
and after his decease I give the said Land to my son John Moon and his heirs
forever, I do desire that he may have the Liberty of tending any part of the
said land so as not interfere with that part my Wife may choose to tend, also,
I give unto my said Wife two negroes by name Moses and Hannah, for and during
her natural life and after her decease, to be equally divided among all my
children then living, or the heirs of the bodies then living, lawfully
begotten.
Item -
I give and bequeath to my son John Moon, three Ngroes
by name Judah, Sarah and Jimmy and eight head of Cattle and one feather bed to
him and his heirs forever.
Item -
I give to my son William Moon the
lower end of my tract of land whereon I now live, as far up the Creek as to a
new line dividing it from the Plantation whereon I now live and one Negro by
name Winne and one feather bed to him and his heirs forever.
Item -
I
give to my son Pleasant Moon, all the land on the Meherring River that I have
leased to John Cureton at the expiration of the lease and three Ngroes by name
Dick, Rose and Esther, one horse and saddle, eight head of cattle and one
feather bed, to him and his heirs forever.
Item -
I give and bequeath to
my daughter Elizabeth Moon, one Negro by name Phill, one horse and saddle and
one feather bed, twenty pounds Money of Virginia when she shall arrive to the
years of eighteen to her and her heirs forever.
Item -
I give and
bequeath to my daughter, Lurine Moon, one Negro by name Nelius, one horse and
saddle and one feather bed and one cow and calf and twenty pounds, current
Money of Virginia, when she shall arrive to the years of eighteen to her and
her heirs forever.
Item -
I desire that the money, my son William Moon
is owing me upon Land may be applied to disharge a debt due by me to Daniel
Claiborne for Negroes bought of him.
I give and bequeath to my daughter
Mary Ingram's children, twenty Shillings.
Item -
I give to my daughter
Ann Linch, twenty Shillings
Item -
I give and bequeath to my daughter
Dicey Scott, twenty Shillings.
Item -
I give and beqeath to my daughter
Sarah Cureton, twenty Shillings.
Item -
I give and bequeath and bequeath
to my son Abner Moon, twenty Shillings.
Item -
I give and bequeath to my
daughter, Rachel Glenn, twenty Shillings.
Item -
I give and bequeath all
the remainder of my Estate, not before willed away, to my beloved wife, for
and during her natural life and after her decease to be equally divided among
all my children then living, or the heirs of their bodies, lawfully
begotten.
Item -
My son, Pleasant Moons Negroes is to work on the
Plantation where I now live until he is eighteen years old.
Item -
If
either of my children die under age and without heirs of their bodies,
lawfully begotten, that then, the portion I have given to him or her, shall be
equally divided among all my children then living, or the heirs of their
bodies, lawfully begotten.
Lastly -
I nominate, constitute and appoint,
my said wife Mary Moon Executrix together with my sons, Abner, John and
William Moon and John Cureton Executors of this my last will and Testament,
hereby revoking all other former wills by me made, declaring this alone to be
my last will and Testament.
In Witness whereof sealed, published and
declared the same, this ninth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Thomas
Lad
Nathaniel
Cureton
Gideon (his X mark) Moon
Noble Lad
At a Court held for Lunenburg County the fourteenth day of October, seven
hundred and ninety, the last will and Testament of Gideon Moon, Deceased was
exhibited in Court by Abner Moon, and John Cureton, Jr. two of the executors
therin named and proved by the oaths of two of the witnesses thereto
subscribed and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of the said Executors
(who made oath according to Law, certificate is granted them for obtaing a
Probate of said will in due form, they having given Bond and securety,
whereupon they, together with Archer Herrin, Thomas Ladd, William Moon,
William Herrin and William Thackston, their securities, entered into and
acknowledged Bond according to Law (reserving liberty to the other Executrix
and Executors thereinnamed to join in Probate therof when they shall think
fitt.
Teste, William Taylor, Clerk of Lunenburg Court.
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MOON, GIDEON
Ancestor #: A079191
Service:
VIRGINIA
Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth:
(CIRCA) 1730 VIRGINIA
Death:
(ANTE) 14 Oct 1790 LUNENBURG CO
VIRGINIA
Service Source:
ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS VOL 2 P
647; EVANS, LUNENBURG CO DB 13 P 67
Service Description:
1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES; SERVED ON JURY FOR
ESCHEATOR'S INQUISITION,1780
Residence

1) LUNENBURG CO -
VIRGINIA
Spouse

1)
MARY X
Member
ID
Apps
Add
Vol.
Child/Spouse
Number/Spouse
390
SARAH / [1] JOHN CURETON
606

S
JOHN / [1] MARY DUDLEY
ABNER H. / [1] JUTUARY/JULANY FARMER

S
ABNER H. / [1] JUTUARY/JULANY FARMER
WILLIAM / [1] MARTHA KNEWSTER GLENN
900
DICEY / [1] JOHN SCOTT
901
ANNE / [1] WILLIAM LYNCH