Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-06

this Littlcberry Moon married Sarah
staples WAS natural, but erroneous.
This old homestead Is In Scottsville
Albemarle County. on the high hill
above the town about onc-ciShth of Il
milo east of the public school building
The private Sravcyart marks the last
resting place OF littlo-erry Moon tson
OF Jacob. and his wife. Sallic Pcr-
kinS) Moon. n former statement that
William Moon. who married Charlotte
Digs. was the son of the original
William. is incorrect. The family
records of the late John Il. Moon. Com
monwealth's attorney Of Nlbemurlc
who had the access 20 his grandfathcr's
papers. established the fact that tho
William Moon, who married Charlotte
DiSSS, was Il son Of the original Jacob
Moon.
journal No. ] of the firm OF william
and i.ittleherry Moon begins May /,
1908. when the firm was in business at
Stoncy Point. The following names
appear In this journal: Captain Will
liam Moon" william Moon tson Of
William)." William Moon. Jr.," Will
liam Moon. SRI" "Littlcberry Moon"
l.ittlebcrry Moon. Jr." Jacob Moon,
81, Jacob Moon. Jr.,' archer Moon"
Richard Moon. Sr.," "Nathanial Moon"
Richard Moon (son OF Richard)"
Pleasant Moon tper brother William),"
Ihchard tTennessce) Moon"
jacob Moon Line.
= Some time before 1850 two broth
crE. Jacob and William Moon. set
tied along the James River near SCOTS
vile. The descendants OF William
Moon generally settled In Albeinarlc
COUNTY, while those OF Jacob Moon
settled mostly in Buckingham, although
this is not hard and fast division.
Jacob Moon WAS a paymastcr in the
Fourteenth Virginia. of the Cont
mental Army during the war o: the
Revolution. He married Mildred Cobb
"a daughter Of Bishop Cobb. The de-
sccndants OF Jacob Moon will! be mark
ed with even numbers and those Of
william Moon by odd numbers. except
where q person is descended from both
lines. This occurs in the children Of
the late :. -. Moon, the late i.ittlcbcrry
Moon, OF Campbell County, and the
late William Hopkins Turner, father
of ." ~. Turner, Jr.. Of Baccsyillc
Jacob Moon. Sr.. will he known as num-
Der >, the first even number. He had
Issue: ]. William, see 4 >. Little
berry, see 6. 8. Jacob. Jr.. see S. L.
Archalaus.
4. William Moon, OK ., was at one
time owner of Belle Grove. "a large farm
near Scottsvillc on which tho old court
house stood. In 1919 he was appointed
Il magistrate of the county and died
III 500. re married Charlotte DlSsS,
a daughter Of John Digs and Eliza
beth Harris Digs. OF Nelson County,
and they had the following issue: l..
John Diggs, see 10. .. Robert g. Rich
ard r, see IL. 4. Elizabeth who mar
ried John steele. ). Edward H.. see
-. 6. Mildred Cobb. sec lG.
6. Littlebcrry Moon, ex. . lived in
buckingham County and was in bust
ness at Virginia Mills a>>shown by the
lpdp ,f j..
late s. o. Moon. He married SalIie
Price Perkins in 1905. a daughter OF
Hardin Perkins and Mildred tMoorc)
Perkins and granddaughter Of Hardin
Perkins, Sr.. and Sallie tPrice) Perkins
and they had issue: l. Maria r., see
IS. .. Martha r.. see 20. 3 Mary p.
see 10 g. Mildred T.. sec "a. In 1926
he left a VIII (wlll book q page l0)
making loan to his wife. sally p.
Moon, and mentioning the four dauch-
tcrs above. Al tho time Of his death
his youngest daughter, Mildred. was
only four years old. Sallic Price per
kins) Moon died seven years later and
then Mary Mildred went TO live with
her aunt Maria who had married :. o.
Moon and lived in Batesville. Va. His
SON law. s. o. Moon. acted as exc
cutor of his estate and guardian OF the
children, Mary and Mildred
8. Jacob Moon. cX. >: married and
moved 20 Bedford County before 1850.
He died in 1881. leaving to his wife
200 acres Of land in Albcmarle County
adjoining the old furnace. lie left two
children and appointed his brothers.
William ana Archalaus as executors.
His Will was probated on May 80. 1881.
"a John Diges Moon. Sr. eX. 4; had
his home at Mount Air lie became
magistrate in 1885. and died in 1863.
lie married Mary T.. Barclay step
daughter of John Harris. They had
tho following children: GlD Robert Bar
clay. see 20: 90 Sarah: 60 William +.
see IS: % Ann: 90 John Schuyler. see
50; 90 James n; % Mary; go JACOB
Luther see 30.
- Richard r. ex. 4: lived for a
while in Tennessee and finally returned
10 Albemarle County and added .'T' TO
his name and was known among his
friends as Tennessee Dick"
II. Edward II. Moon. eX. A. lived at
Nicwmont, the old Fry homestead. lie
married Ann Maria Barclay, a step
daughter OF John Harris, and died in
1853, Issue: % Thomas b; C2)>Oriana.
see "a; go Charlotte: Cd Isaac A.;
t5) Sarah; co Mary; % Edmonia.
lG. Mildred Cobb Moon, ex. 3 mar
ried Nathaniel Anderson, and located
in Memphis, Tenn.
Is. Maria Perkins Moon. cx. g. was
a daughter OF Littleberry Moon 90.
and Sallie Price Perkins. She was
born on May 81, 1909. and was married
10 s O. Moon. i'll Scottsvlle on March
%, 1926. by Walker Timberlake, 4 min
lister Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
She died In Batesville, Va. on Septem-
Der IL, 1856, and is buried in the Moon
family cemetery on the S. o. Moon
farm at Eatesville, which is How owned
by Mrs. 7. L. Taylor They had five
children, but this line is fully described
in the William Moon Line and will not
he further expanded here.
20. Martha Perkins Moon, ex. 6: was
a sister OF Maria u. Moon and these two
sisters married the two brothers, Sam
uei o. Moon and Littleberry Moon
Martha T.. Moon and her husband Lit
tleberry Moon tson Of I.ittlcberry. son
of William) settled. in Campbell Coun-
~ and left twelve children: the his
tory of whom is written under the
William Moon chapter. The marriage
OF these two sisters To S. O. Moon and
Littlebcrry Moon connected their de-