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Anson Frederich Moss (moss4001)

Father: Turner Moss (moss3001)
Mother: Sarah Jane Reavis

b. July 28, 1810 in Granville County, North Carolina [OWT]

d. September 14, 1888 buried in the Moss Cemetery, near Kosse, Limestone County, Texas. [OWT]

m. January 1, 1844 in Texas, Eliza McCanless, b. in Giles County, Tennessee, d. April 1847 in Limestone County, Texas [OWT]

Issue: [OWT]

John Whitfield Moss, b. January 5, 1846 in Texas, d. October 9, 1901

m. December 10, 1868, Matilda E. Patrick, b. September 2, 1848, d. December 14, 1923
1870: John and Matilda are living next to his folks.

m2. February 5, 1850 in Sutton, Robertson County, Texas, Nancy Jane McKnight, b. April 25, 1830in Maury County, Tennessee, d. April 30, 1899 in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas Daughter of William McKnight (b. March 16, 1788 in Maury County, Tennesse) and Rachel Harrison Pickens (b. July 20, 1788 in South Carolina) [OWT]

Issue: [OWT]

Edney Moss, b. November 22, 1850 in Texas

Mary Elizabeth Moss, b. January 12, 1852 in Texas, d. May 1925

m. October 25, 1882, Benjamin Franklin Brown

William T. Moss, b. August 26, 1853 in Texas, d. December 25, 1889

m. Isabell Crowell, b. February 11, 1857, d. November 18, 1938

Anson A. Moss, b. February 13, 1855 in Texas, d. May 1932

July 20, 1893, Isabell

Nancy J. Moss, b. September 13, 1857 in Texas

James H. Moss (moss5001), b. December 23, 1858

Robert W. "Wiley" Moss, b. January 15, 1861 in Limestone County, Texas

Thomas Henry Moss, b. July 15, 1862 in Limestone County, Texas

Albert P. Moss, b. October 30, 1865 in Limestone County, Texas, d. November 26, 1939

m. May 26, 1889, Eula Hutchins, b. April 24, 1868

Arthur H. Moss, b. February 21, 1871

m. Priscella Elizabeth Doak, b. March 4, 1871

Information:

1825:
Anson accompanied his brother Samuel Revis Moss to Texas, where Samuel purchased 11 leagues from Antonio Manchaca for $125 in gold. [OWT]

1846:
A. F. appears on the 1846 Tax List for Robertson County, Texas. [census-TX]

December 25, 1849:
A. F. signed a petition from the citizens of Limestone County complaining of Caddo, Hainai (Ioni), Anadarko, and Delaware Indians stealing horses, killing livestock, and "burning the praries woods and etc." They asked Governor Peter H. Bell to compel the Army to remove the Indians beyond the line of settlement. Page 1 , Page 2

1850:
Anson's wife Eliza had died leaving him with baby John. He had remarried and was farming in Limestone County, Texas. According to the Slave Schedule, Anson owned 8 slaves. It would appear that this might be a family - a male, a female and 6 children ranging from 15 years old to a baby.[census-TX]

Patent Date June 12, 1855:
Anson received his patent for 1280 acres in Limestone County, Texas.[TXland]

Patent Date June 30, 1855:
Anson received the patent for another 320 acres. [TXland]

1860:
Anson and his family were farming in Limestone County, Texas. The value of his real estate was estimated at $27,000 and his personal property at $14,000. According to the Slave Schedule, Anson had 9 slaves, a 50 year old male, three females 20, 18, and 17, and 4 children 10, 7, 3, and 2. He also had three slave houses for them to live in.

Civil War:
A. F. was a Captain in the 12th Texas Cavalry, Company K, Limestone County Mounted Rifles. His son, John W. joined as the bugler. [CWrec]

1870:
Anson and the family were still farming in Limestone County, Texas. But after the war his real estate was now valued at $4,000 and his personal property at $1,075. It appears that Richard Moss (a black man) and his family stayed on after the war.

1880:
Anson, Nancy and the four youngest were farming in Erath County, Texas. [census-TX]

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