Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13
Genealogical Note S
Queries and Answers
THE MOON FAMILY OF ALBEMARLE.
py #. L. Taylor, Dean of Engineering
Department., University of Texas,
Austin, TeXaH.)
Addresn NIL COMMUNICATION TO
Genealogical Editor, The Times
Dispatch.

my #. L. Taylor, Dean of EnEIneering
Department, University of Texas,
Austin, Texas.)
The data presented herein have been
gathered from several independent
sources. The most reliable and fullest
records were the family Bible OF
Samuel Overton Moon, who is No. IS
in the following geneaiogy; second. the
county records of Albemarle County;
third. the family history obtained from
the late John B. Moon. Commemorative
attorney OF Albemarle County; fourth.
Cha!Xleys Abstract OF the Augusta
County Records: 9th, Woods History
OF Alhemar!e County: sixth. the account
OF books OF 8. O. Moons father and
uncle.
Some confusion formerly existed as
TO the Moon genealogy. In my opinion
IL was caused from the fact that the
original William and the original
Jacob each had son by the name Of
Littleberry. These two Littleberry
Moons. first cousins, married and had
issue The Littleberry ;son OF the
original tWiiiiam) married Jane Hop
kins. and Littleberry Moon (son OF the
original Jacob Moon), married Sallie
Perkins. daughter OF Hardin PerkinR.
Mr.. Wood. in his History OF Albemarle,
states that Littleberry Moon married
Sarah Staples This was natural
error, as the Staple family bought the
old Littleberry Moon homestead on the
high hill to the east and In tho suburbs
OF Scottsville. This Llttleberry Moon,
however. was the son o, the original
Jacob Moon and not the original Will
liam. as mentioned In Woods History.
Another natural error In Wood His
tory is the statement that William
Moon who married Charlotte Digs,
was the son OF the original william.
This William Moor who married Char
lotte DiggS. was the son of the original
Jacob Moon. This Information was OBJ
tanned from the late John B. Moon,
Commemorative attorney OF Abe
marie, who had the access to his
grandfather's papers. here present
the William Moon genealogy and will
follow it by the Jacob Moon line.
Sometime before 1850. two brothers,
Jacob and William Moon. settled along
the James River near i;cottsville. The
descendants OF william Moon gem
orally settled in Albemarle County,
while those OF Jaoob Moon settled in
Buckingham, although this Is not a
hard and fast division. In order to
keep the numbers ;eparate and dis
tinct, only odd numbers are used In
this section for the descendants Of
William Moon. Sr.
t., William Moon bought 1000 acres
VI iSHu iIoiH burnley on the
lower Hardware River. In Athena rIe
County. The date and manner of this
purchase are somewhat unknown. but
is stated in q conveyance made by
William Moon to John Lewis In 1880
William Moon died In 1900 His wife's
name was Elizabeth. but her full
maiden name Is as yet unknown. They
left the following children: 1. william;
g Richard, see 8: 3, Littleberry, see 5
4. Jacob, see z; s, Judith. see 8; 6, STU
san, see II; Z, Martha, see 10; 8. Elix-
abeth, sac 10: 0, Lucy see IT; 10, Sarah,
see 10.
8. Richard Moon. ex. /; married wini-
fred -, and died In 1919. Issue: l.,
Thomas, SEQ 81; 3. Richard b., see a.;
3, William, see 2B; 4, Nathaniel, see al;
6, Elizabeth. see 90; 6, Sarah, sec 81;
Z, Lucy; s. Fleming, 8; Jacob, see 80;
10. Martha; II, Samuel.
g. Littleberry Moon, Ok. 1; was born
in 1850, married Jane Hopkins. daugh-
ter of William Hopkins and Mary
(Haden) Hopkins, and a granddaugh-
ter Of Colonel Arthur Hopkins, OF
Goochland and Albemarle Counties.