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Turner Moss (moss3001)

Father: Reuben Eaton Benjamin Moss (moss2001)
Mother: Martha Ann Jordan

b. 1777 on Nutbush Creek, Granville County, North Carolina [OWT]

d. 1853 in Robertson County, Texas. [OWT]

m. November 15, 1797 in Granville County, North Carolina, Sarah Jane Reavis [holcombG], b. 1772 in Northampton County, North Carolina [OWT]

Issue: [OWT]

Thomas Moss, b. September 1798 in Granville County, North Carolina, d. 1825 in Granville County, North Carolina

m. Sarah P. Brame, b. 1803 in Granville County, North Carolina

Marcellus Moss, b. October 1801 in Granville County, North Carolina, d. in Robertson County, Texas

Samuel Reavis Moss, b. May 8, 1804 in Granville County, North Carolina, d. November 20, 1889 in Sutton, Robertson County, Texas

m. May 16, 1847 in Sutton, Robertson County, Texas, Lydia Elvira McKnight widow of --- Hill), b. April 16, 1827 in Tennessee.

William Whitfield Moss, b. October 1807 in Granville County, North Carolina

Anson Frederich Moss (moss4001), b. July 28, 1810, d. September 14, 1888

Mary Moss, b. 1814 in Granville County, North Carolina

m. -- Driver

Information:

1810 - 1830:
Turner was living in Granville County, North Carolina. In 1920 he owned 8 slaves: Two males (one 16-26, the other a boy) and six females (one older than 45, one 26-45, two 14-26 and two children). [census-NC]

1840-1850:
Sarah moved to Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. in 1850 her widowed daughter Margaret Driver and her two sons Mathew (14) and Marcillas (7) were living with her. [census-NC] Turner had gone to Texas with his sons.

September 26, 1853:
Turner's son Samuel applied to the Robertson County Courts to administer his father's estate. Turner had an unconditional certificate for 640 acres of land: 320 acres of said land located on Steels Creek in Limestone County and 320 acres in Robertson County worth about $.50 per acre. [OWT]

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