MOON.
The genealogy of the Moons is somewhat difficult to trace.
It seems however that two brothers, Jacob and William,
settled in the county in early times. In 1750 Jacob purchased
land from Thomas Fitzpatrick in the gorge of the
south fork of Hardware. He also entered a small tract in
the same vicinity. He sold out in 1777, and removed to
Bedford County.
William bought a thousand acres from Hardin Burnley on
the lower Hardware. When this purchase was made is not
known, but the fact is stated in a conveyance of part of the
land made by Moon to John Lewis in 1760. He died in
1800. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and his children
were William, Richard, Littlebury, Jacob, Judith, the wife
of Charles Moorman, Susan, the wife of Thomas Tilman,
Martha, the wife of William Viers, who removed to Mason
County, Kentucky, Elizabeth, the wife of Henry A. Bryant,
Lucy, the wife of John Steele, and Sarah, the wife of Robert
Moorman.
William married Charlotte, daughter of John Digges and
Elizabeth Harris, of Nelson County. Their children were
John Digges, Robert, Richard, Elizabeth, the wife of John
Steele, Edward H., and Mildred, the wife of Nathaniel
Anderson. He was at one time the owner of Belle Grove,
the plantation above Scottsville on which the old courthouse
stood. In 1819 he was appointed a magistrate of the
county, and died in 1833. John D., who was called Senior
to distinguish him from a cousin of the same name, married
Mary E. Barclay, step-daughter of John Harris, and his
home was at Mount Air. He became a magistrate in 1835,
and died in 1869. His children were Robert B., who was
appointed a magistrate in 1846, served as County Surveyor,
married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Massie, and died in
1891, Sarah, William F., who married Marietta Appling,
and removed to Tennessee, and whose son, Judge John A.
Moon represents the Chattanooga district in Congress, Ann,
J. Schuyler, James N., Mary and J. Luther. Richard lived
for a time in Tennessee, and as a mark of distinction bore
the addition of T. to his name. Edward H. married Ann
Maria Barclay, another step-daughter of John Harris, and
lived at Viewmont, the old Fry homestead. He died in 1853.
His children were Thomas B., Oriana, the wife of Dr. John
S. Andrews, Charlotte, Isaac A., Sarah, Mary and Edmonia.
Richard, son of the first William, died in 1819. His wife's
name was Winifred, and his children were Thomas, Richard,
who lived on Briery Creek, and hence had the affix B. to distinguish
him from Richard T., William, Nathaniel, who married
his cousin Roxana Moon, and removed to Upshur County,
Elizabeth, the wife of Jeremiah Cleveland, Sarah, the wife
of William Cleveland, Lucy, Fleming, Jacob, Martha and
Samuel W. William married Elizabeth Hamner, and his
children were John, William, Roxana, the wife of Henry
Boatright, Archer, Martha, Elizabeth, Judith, Sarah, Pleasant,
and Mildred, the wife of Thomas Garland. Jacob
married Elizabeth Darneille, and his children were John
D. Jr., Isaac D., Elizabeth, Mary, the wife of Thomas N.
Trice, Charlotte, Anna, and Martha Louisa.
Littlebury married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Staples,
and died in 1827. His children were Maria, the wife of Samuel
O. Moon, son of Littlebury Moon, of Buckingham County,
and Jane Hopkins, Martha, the wife of Littlebury Moon, a
brother of Samuel O., Mary, the wife of William H. Turner,
and Mildred, the wife of Rev. Thomas J. Deyerle.
Jacob, son of the first William, married Mildred Hamner,
and died in 1811. His children were Samuel, Schuyler, Mary,
Roxana, the wife of Nathaniel Moon, Susan, Turner, and
Elizabeth, the wife of William Hopkins.
It is said the early Moons, like the Lewises of the same
part of the county, were largely engaged in the business of
transportation on James River, and after its construction, on
the canal.
