Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,301, for Joel Moody, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Moody Joel Ann
R. 7301
CONTENTS

State of Georgia Court of Ordinary for County of Spalding Said County
Be it known that on this ninth day of April 1855 personally ap- peared Green Moody in Open Court held in & for Said County Said Green being a son of Joel Moody a revolutionary Soldier but now deceased a resident of Henry County Georgia aged Seventy five years past who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Statements in Order to obtain the pension to which his father Joel Moody or his Mother Ann Moody was entitled at the time of the death of his Said father & Mother under an act of congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act to grant half pay & Pensions to certain widows to which she was entitled under Said act of Congress on account of her husband (Said Ann Moody) Said Joel Moody served in the time of the Revolutionary War & which she died without ever receiv- ing From his own knowledge he knows nothing of Said Services but he has often heard his father Said Joel & others who he supposes served in the Said War & who are now dead relate many Narratives in relation to Said War & which occurred while they were in Said service and from what he has always heard from all sources he does sincerely

believe that the aforesaid Joel Moody must have been a true Whig & a faithful Soldier to his country & rendered import- ant services in said War This deponent is unable to give a narrative of the services of the said Joel or the names of his off- =cers but deponent has heard said Joel speak of Captain Richards under whom deponent supposes said Joel served Also deponent has always understood said Joel at the time of said service resided in the County of Franklin North Carolina That is to say his home was there that he entered said service as a private probably drafted This deponent begs leave to state some of the facts related by said Joel when in conversation with others about said War He has heard him say said Richard wrote with his left hand his right having been cut off with a sword deponent has also heard said Joel say & others that the company which he was in were within about twenty miles of the battle of Camden South Carolina had made a forced march to reach there that the Colonel said from his dream all was lost From best information this deponent supposes said Joel entered said service in the year 1777 or 1778 but has no means of know- ing precisely how long he remained in service but always understood that that tour was for six months and dep- onent has also been informed said Joel did service also as a minute man for some considerable time

Deponent also States that there is no per- son now living by whom he can prove any thing more to establish these facts fur- ther than has already been proved in re- lation to said service now of file in Pension Office But must rely upon any further proof which may be necessary to prove said service Documents & records & deponent prays that such testimony which may be found in the Pension Office department or on the muster roll may be furnished him for the purpose of establishing his claim This deponent says said Joel Woody & said Ann Woody were man & wife he supposes they were married in North Carolina that deponent was their second child after said marriage he recollects hav- ing seen the old family record but it is now destroyed He states said Joel died in Green County Georgia in the year 1837 and that said Ann Woody died in Putnam County Georgia in the year 1842 Deponent does not know nor can he ascertain exactly whereabouts in North Carolina said Joel & Ann Woody were married There may be evidence of said marriage on record but after diligent inquiry he has not been able to procure such testimony This dep- onent does not know what has become of the man who made his father Joel Coffin & superintended his burial nor does he think his funeral eulogy was preached Friends to & subscribers in open court Wm L Gordon Ordinary Green Woody

Georgia Spalding County } S William Le Gordon Ordinary & Judge of said Court in & for said County Certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings had in said Court of ordinary in the matter of Green Wood Applicant for the Pension due his mother under the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838
Given under my hand & seal of office this 9th April 1855
Wm L Gordon Ordinary Ex officio Clerk of the Court of Ordinary
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Georgia } Personally appeared before Bibb County } me Ebenezer L. Hanniff a justice of the Peace in for said County duly authorized to administer oaths &c. Sarah Womack aged Seventy Six, 7/8, years & who is the widow of Abraham Womack and a pensioner of the United States under the act of February (1858) who after being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she was once acquainted with Joel Moody and Mrs. Moody his wife whose maiden name before her marriage was Mrs. Beall. That she was once acquainted with them in the County of Franklin in the State of North Carolina until their removal to Georgia & they removed to Georgia about the year 1890. That defendant removed to Georgia in the Eighteen hundred and fourteen (1814), and said Joel Moody and Mrs. Moody were then residing in the County of Grew in this State (Georgia) That in all she knew them from seventeen hundred and eighty five - from her infancy the lifetime of said Joel Moody who died in Grew County in the year 1829 or about that time as well as she recollects leaving his widow surviving him who remained his widow sole and unmarried up to the time of her death and that she died in the County of Pulaski in said State on about the eighth day of April 1842.

And that during all the time of her acquaintance with said Isaac Moody and Ann Moody his wife during their joint - lives they lived together as man & wife were reputed to be — were so deemed by their neighbors and acquaintances and she never heard the question of their marriage questioned or doubted or disputed & she has no doubt of it that she is well acquainted with Green Moody a son of said Isaac Moody and Ann Moody who is now about Seventy Seven years old. Also that she is well acquainted with Martha commonly called Patsy Stubbs who is is a daughter of the said Isaac Moody & his wife Ann Moody & who on the eight th day of March in the year 1813 intermarried with Francis Stubbs & these two last named persons are the only surviving children of said Isaac Moody & his wife Ann Moody — and that said Martha Moody now Martha & commonly called Patsy Stubbs & wife of Francis Stubbs was born about the year 1791

An d that said Ann Moody remained single sole & unmarried at the time of her death & she has no children in the claim December 1884 before me the 22 June 1887 E. G. Grannis J.P. Lucy Mornack mark
Georgia } In person appeared before Robert County } me E. G. Grannis a justice of the Peace in for said county Thomas P. Stubbs and a Stubbs citizen of said state who after being duly sworn before and say they and each of them are well acquainted with Lucy Mornack and saw her at subscribe the foregoing affidavit & knew that she is the identical person who represents herself to be and they believe her to be of the age above stated by her 22 June 1887
Thos P Stubbs E. G. Grannis E. A. Tucker
Subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that I am well acquainted with Lucy Mornack then as P Stubbs and as I know her to be the identical person & I have no interest in this claim 22 June 1887 E. G. Grannis J.P.

Georgia Pike County } Clerk's office I Edward G. Jeffers Clerk of the Superior Court in for said County duly commissioned and sworn do hereby certify that Elizabeth Grannis whose genuine signature appears as the attesting witness of the Pleas to the annexed affidavits of Lucy Womack and Thomas Stubbs E. L. Stubbs and H. H. Tucker was at the time & now is an acting justice of the Peace in for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith & credit ought to be had & given to all his official acts as such and that said affidavits are each genuine and in due form of law
Given under my hand & seal of office this 14 th day of August 1887
Ed G. Jeffers CLC

Griffin Ga Feb 2 nd 1857
Commissioner of Pensions
Enclosed please find Record evidence of the Military Services of Joel Moody in the Revolutionary War A declaration made by the heirs of Joel Moody has long since been forwarded to Pension Office A communica- tion rec d from Lt Waldo June 1855 in relation to the matter Whereupon an amendment to declaration & additional testimony was forwarded to be at- tached to the first Now the record evidence set for the same purpose which we think estab- lishes the Claim No number has been given us by which to designate the Claim We can only refer you to the Claim of the Children of Ann Moody & Joel Moody (bo 1735 d. 1815 ) of Ga for Revolutionary Services of Joel Moody our former declarations & evidence If we are lacking anything we would like to know what it is The claim has been on hand a great while Please give us the information
Yours Respectfully G. Norton

COOPER & NORTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Additional testimony to be applied in the Moody case on application for Claims in govern- ment as heir of Revolutionary Soldier

COOPER & NORTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Georgia Spalding County To the Commissioners of Pensions at Washington City
The petition of Green Woody a resident of Henry County & State aforesaid Set forth that he is the Son & heir at law of Joel Woody who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain s. who (Said Joel) died Some time in the Spring of the Year eighteen hundred & thirty One And your petitioner also States that his mother Ann Woody & wife of Said Joel died about the Month of April eighteen hundred & forty two Said Joel Woody hav- ing died in Green County State aforesaid & Said Ann Woody having died in Putnam County & State afore- Said This petitioner is informed & believes that his Father (Said Joel) Served two Tours in Said War one on foot the other on horseback And This petitioner States he is informed & believes Said Joel was honorably discharged from Said Service but he does not know what has become of Said discharge but believes it to be lost or destroyed This petitioner does not know the length of Ser- vice performed by Said Joel but knows he was a resident of Franklin County in North Carolina  when when he entered Said Service is informed & believes he served over 2 years his Captain was by the name of Richards and perhaps under the command of General Green He is also informed & believes Said Joel Woody

never received any pension for his said Service while living nor said Sam Moody or any other person any thing for said Service since his death And this petition or application is made by the said Green Moody being the son & heir at law of said Sam Moody said Green Moody being now seventy four years of age for the purpose of obtaining from the Government of the United States whatever he may be entitled to for the services of his father said Moody for his services as aforesaid and as the son & heir at law of the said Sam Moody
The facts stated in the above foregoing petition or application which came under the knowledge of the said Green Moody he states to be true & those derived from the information of others he believes to be true & which are sworn to & subscribed before me this 2 nd February 1855 Ephraim Lynch J. P.
Green Moody
I believe the above petition or application to be worthy to be believed on his oath Feb 2 nd 1855 Ephraim Lynch J. P.

COOPER & NORTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
Georgia
Spalding County
I James P Wood
Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Ephraim Lynch Esqr whose genuine signature appears to the accompanying affidavit & certificate is an acting justice of the peace in & for said County of Spalding duly commissioned & qualified to administer oaths under the laws of this State & that full faith & credit should be given his official acts as such I also certify that I think the said Green Moody worthy to be believed on his Oath In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office This 2 nd day February 1855
James P Wood C.S.C.

Griffin La Feb 2nd 1855
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir — Please examine enclosed papers & correspond when necessary with your Hon. Secy
Cooper & Co Norton

State of Carolina Comptroller Department
I Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made to sundry persons for military service in the Revolutionary war as follows viz
Isaac Moores
Book C17 Page 37. £ 3. 10. 8 spec Holford District
Ditto 74 £ 14. 15. 0 spec Ditto
Book 24 59. £ 7. 2. 0 " No District given
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said office on this the 25 th day of December AD 1856
Geo. W. Brooks Comptroller

State of Georgia Before me James B. Hanson Pike County } an acting justice of the peace for said county personally came Ann Floyd who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is personally acquainted with Green Moody and has been acquainted with him for more than seventy years that the said Green is the son of Joel Moody. Said Joel Moody being a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the state of North Carolina. and that she recollects the day that said Joel Moody started in the army and the day he returned, and gone over sixty years but has no recollec- tion of the time length of time served by him nor of the names of the officers under whom he served. And that she is eighty two years of age Sworn to and subscribed Ann. F. Floyd mark before me this 11 th January 1855 James B. Hanson S.P.
State of Georgia James B. Hanson do hereby Pike County } certify that I am personally ac- quainted with Ann Floyd and believe her to be an old lady of undoubted veracity and as such all due faith and credit should be given to her testimony as such.
Given under my hand and official sig- nature this 11 th January 1855
James B. Hanson S.P.

Georgia Pike
County / I Joseph C Beckham Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for said County do hereby Certify that James B Hanson whose genuine signature appears as a subscribing witness to the within instrument and before whom the same was made and acknowledged is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit - Given under my hand and Seal of office at Zebulon in the County and State aforesaid this 12 th day of January 1835. Joseph C Beckham Clk D.C.
Georgia Pike
County / I William D Redding an acting Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said County and State do hereby Certify that Joseph C Beckham whose genuine signature appears to the above Certificate and Clerk of the Inferior Court & that he has been duly commissioned & qualified and that all his acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit - Given under my hand and private Seal this 12 th January 1835
W D Redding

7301 P. O. Ann Moody Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 . Discharged: _____, 18 .
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 15261
Ann Moody dr? widow of Jacob.
Georgia.
July 7. 1838 Casper Norton, 13 Feb. 1855. " " 18 June 1853
Z. Norton Feb 24/57 Same Aug 28/57

Before me E. C. Grannis a Justice of the Peace — & my for said county Georgia } Personally appeared Rab County } before me Francis Stubbs a resident of Rab County in the State of Georgia. who says on oath That he was well acquainted with Joel Moody & his wife Ann Moody — Joel Moody died in Green County Georgia in the spring of the year 1839 — But whether in the month of March April or May of the year 1839 This deponent does not recollect
Ann Ann Moody his wife & widow died on the 7 th day of April A.D. 1842 in the County of Putnam in this State —
Deponent knows that they were living together as man & wife when he first became acquainted with them which was in the year A.D. 1808 to 1810 and that they lived together as man & wife until the death of said Joel Moody & that his widow Ann Moody remained his widow sole & unmarried up to the time of her death & died in the house of this deponent —
Subscribed & sworn to before me This 8 th day of May 1855
E. C. Grannis J.P.
Francis Stubbs

Georgia } Bibb County } Before me an acting justice of the peace in & for said County personally came Green Moody who after being duly sworn saith the family record containing the marriage of Joel Moody and Ann Moody their deaths and the births of their children has been lost or destroyed and cannot be pro- duced as evidence to the Pension Of- fice at Washington City D.C. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 18 th day of May 1855 E. C. Grannis. J.P. } Green Moody
Georgia } S E. D. Jeffys Bibb County } Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby hereby certify that the genuine signature of E. C. Grannis Esq whose name appear to the two above and foregoing affidavits is an acting justice of the peace duly commissioned and qualified and authorized to admin- ister oaths and was at the date of said affidavits and that full faith and credit should be given his official acts as such Justice thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of May 1855 E. D. Jeffys Clerk

Georgia Putnam County
Court of Ordinary of Said County. August Term 1857
Francis Stubbs having made his application in terms of the law for letters of administration on the estate of Ann Moody deceased and no objection having been made thereto; ordered
That Said letters be issued to Said applicant upon his giving bond in the sum of eight thousand dollars with Philip H Dawson. Security, & taking the oath prescribed by law
Georgia Putnam County
Office of Ordinary of Said County.
August 15th 1857
I William B Carter Ordinary of Said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the appointment of Francis Stubbs administrator of the estate of Ann Moody deceased from the records of this office, that Said Francis Stubbs has entered into the above mentioned bond and taken the oath as required by law in such case
Given from under my hand and Seal of Office
Wm B Carter, Ordinary

State of Georgia } Before me James Norris a Justice of the Monroe County } peace in and for said County
Personally came before me Jabez Moody who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Green Moody and has been acquainted with him for more than Seventy years and that the said Green is the son of Joel Moody said Joel Moody being a Soldier in the Revolutionary war from the County of Franklin in the State of North Carolina and that he recollects that he saw his discharge after the said Joel Moody returned home from the army but does not recollect the time he started in the army nor the time when he returned home and has no recollection but thinks that he served over seven months how long he served. The Captain's name that he served under was Richards but does not recollect his given name. And And that he is now nearly Seventy Eight years of age and that I am well aware of the time of his birth and that I have been acquainted with him since his birth this January 17 th 1855
Jabez Moody
James Norris JP
State of Georgia } I James Norris do hereby certify that Monroe County } that I am personally acquainted with
Jabez Moody and believe him to be a man of undoubted veracity as such all due faith and credit should be given him and to his testimony as such is given under my hand and official signature this January 17 th 1855
James Norris JP

State of Georgia } I Willis Currey Clerk County of Monroe } of the Superior Court } in and for the County
aforesaid do hereby certify that James Morris whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments and that the same thereto subscribed is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this 18 th day of Jan. A. D. 1855
Willis Currey Clerk S. C.

State of Georgia } I John H Thomas one of the Macon County } Justices of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby Certify that Willis Curry whose name & Seal of Office appears to the foregoing Certificate is Clerk of the Superior Court of said County & due faith & Credit should be given to his attestation
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name This 18th Day of January 1855
John H Thomas, J. H.