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Moses Shelby, Jr.

Moses Shelby, Jr.

Male 1761 - 1823  (61 years)


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  • Name Moses Shelby 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 8 Nov 1761  Hunt's Cabin, Hagerstown, Frederick County, MD. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Apr 1823  Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Pisgah Church Cemetery 7 miles from Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1778  MyTree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2011 

    Father Sgt. Moses Shelby, Sr.,   b. 1728, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1776, Mecklenburg Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother M. Isabel Alexander(?)   d. Bef Apr 1806, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1746  Hunts Cabin, Prince George Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2851  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Neal   d. 1819, Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1784  Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Shelby,   b. Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Jane Sprat Shelby,   b. Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Thomas Neal Shelby,   b. Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Marquis deLafayette Shelby,   b. Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Sarah Julia Shelby,   b. Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1862, Noxubee Co., MS Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elizabeth Shelby,   b. Claiborne County, MS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 

  • Notes 
    • (DAR MAGAZINE, November 1964)
      Marked: 3 1964 -- Pathfinder Chapter:
      Shelby, Moses, Jr. -- b. 8 November 1761 South Carolina. d 15 April
      1823. Grave located at Pisgah Church Cemetery 7 miles from
      Hermanville, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Son of Moses Shelby and
      wife Isabel. Also a first cousin of Capt. Moses Shelby m. Milly
      Renfro. Wife Elizabeth Neal, both buried in same place. Served as pvt.
      in North Carolina Troops.

      Rev. Oliver Hazzard Perry Davis Bible Record -
      Carthage, Leake Co., Ms.
      Note: Rev. O.H.P. Davis was the s/o Mark P. Davis & Mary Davis.
      Mark P. Davis was a native of S.C. & Mary Davis was a native of Pa.
      The parents emigrated to Columbia Co., Ga. where O.H.P. was born in
      1814.
      Sometime prior to 1836, O.H.P. Davis came to Ms. and on 2 May, 1836
      married Mrs. Sarah Julia Shelby Saxon Mills d/o Moses Shelby Jr. &
      Elizabeth Neal Shelby of Claiborne Co., Ms. Sarah Julia Shelby
      married 1st Joshua Saxon Jr. ; 2nd ____ Mills ,and 3rd, O.H.P. Davis.
      She died in May, 1862 and in August of that year he married Ann Eliza
      Hendrix of Carthage, Ms. d/o William & Mahala Massey Hendrix
      O.H.P. Davis was one of the founders and was later pastor of Goshen
      Methodist Church in Leake Co., Ms. This church celebrated its
      centennial anniversary in 1948. Oliver Hazzard Perry Davis was a
      member of the Ms. Conference of the Methodist Church.
      Moses Shelby Jr. (b. 1761 in S.C. ) was the s/o Moses Shelby Sr.
      (b. 1728 in Wales ; d. ca 1784 ) and Isabella Shelby (d. ca 1784 ) and
      grandson of Evan Shelby Sr. (b. ca 1692 in Wales ; d. 1751 ) and
      Catherine Shelby. He married in 1784 Elizabeth Neal (or Neil ). He
      had been a private in different Units of Sumtrer's Brigade, Greene's
      Army, in the Rev. After the War, Moses Jr. moved over into northern
      Georgia ; later he moved to Hardin Co., Ky. ; and in 1811 moved to
      Claiborne Co., Ms. Elizabeth neal Shelby d. in 1819 ; Moses Shelby
      Jr. d. 1823 ; both died in Claiborne Co., Ms. and are buried in the
      old Pisgah churchyard, but their graves are not marked. Their
      children were: Mary, Jane Sprat, Thomas Neal, Marquis deLafayette,
      Sarah and Elizabeth.