Thomas Moody

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BIOGRAPHY: Served with Company I, 58th North Carolina Troops and with Comapy A, 11th Battalion North Carolina Home Guard during the US Civil War.

George married Jane Day about 1846 in North Carolina, , , . Jane (daughter of Edward Mitcheam Day and Sarah Wells) was born about 1828 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1850 Caldwell County, NC Census
Benj. Moody 50 NC
Rhody 35 NC
John 19 NC
Isaac 17 NC
Elizabeth 15 NC
Benjamin 13 NC
Margaret 10 NC
Jackson 8 NC
Matilda 7 NC
Martha 5 NC
Marion 3 NC
Mary 2 NC

Benjamin married Matilda Mellis on 26 May 1827 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Matilda was born about 1807 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died about 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Sarah Wells about 1816 in Burke County, , , North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Wells and Elizabeth Oakley) was born in Dec 1796; died in 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Michael J. Watts has done extensive research on the Moody family. In his Article 241 in the Heritage of Watauga County, he states: 'The earliest Moody ancestors to settle in what is now Watauga County apparently came to this area from Virginia. They seem to have come first in the late 1780's to an area in (then) Burke (now Caldwell) County near the present Watauga County line. Some remained in Burke and in what later became Caldwell, but others moved into Ashe (now Watauga) to the present Valle Crucis and Foscoe area between 1800 and 1815. these early Moodys may have been descendants of one Thomas Moody and his wife Ann, who emigrated from England to the area of Jamestown, Weyanoke Parish, Charles City County, Virginia, in the late 1600's or early 1700's. The descendants of this Thomas are known to have settled in Virginia, South Carolina, and the southwestern North Carolina mountain counties of Buncombe, Haywood and Cherokee. However, no definite connection has been made to between Moodys of Northwestern North Carolina and those descended from this Thomas Moody. Perhaps the earliest Watauga Moody about whom we have definite information is Edward Moody. He was born about 1756/7 in Albemarle (later Fluvanna) County, Virginia. His father may have been Thomas Moody, Sr. (born ca 1732), althogh this has not been established with certainty..... Another early Moody was George, who seems to have come into this area about the same time as Edward. The exact relationship between George and Edward is not yet known. They may indeed have been brothers, perhaps sons of Thomas Moody, Sr., or may have been cousins, or nephew and uncle....'

George married Margaret Hill about 1798 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Margaret was born about 1776 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Moody on 25 Jul 1785 in Bedford County, , , Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Moody and Sarah Ann Elizabeth Defoe) was born about 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Oakley about 1792. Elizabeth was born about 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]