Mary E. Moon Simms, daughter of Mitchel and Mahala Moon

Sevier County Public Library - brides and grooms index
SIMS, W. J. B.      MOON, M. E.      01/31/1891


Mary Moon is the daughter of William Mitchel Moon and Mahala Patterson Moon. 

Headstone of J F Haynes, Third Creek Cemeter, Knox County, TN

J F Haynes
J F Haynes
born 08 Dec 1849
died 20 Dec 1900
Married Sarah Elizabeth Matlock Haynes
September 10, 1873 in Knox County, TN

Third Creek Cemetery, Knox County, TN

They had 11 children.  J F and SE Haynes are my husband's g-g-g-grandparents.

Sarah Moon Thurman

On www.FindaGrave.com I found a memorial headstone for John and Nancy Thurman, and Barnabas and Sarah Moon Thurman in the Stafford Cemetery in Sevier County, TN. 
See the photo here:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32452022

The note below the picture said that Sarah Moon is believed to be the daughter of John Moon of Sevier County.
John Moon is one of my husband's ancestors, though I did not know that Sarah was his daughter.  Some searching turned up some other interesting information about Sarah.

Sarah's daughter Elizabeth Thurman married Jesse Stafford about 1837 in Sevier County.  When Barnabas and Sarah died, Jesse Stafford became guardian of his wife's minor siblings and helped settle the estate of his in-laws.

This information seemed important because when John Moon's son William died, Jesse Stafford became guardian of his minor heirs and helped to settle his estate also.  Perhaps this indicates a family relationship of sister and brother between Sarah and William if Jesse Stafford was related to them both.

Some emails sent to Thurman/Stafford researchers turned up no definite proof of a connection, but a likely relationship.

Headstone of Wm. Moon in Jones Chapel cemetery

This undated headstone in Jones Chapel cemetery is marked only with the name Wm. M. Moon.
Jones Chapel Baptist Church cemetery is located in Sevier County, TN.
Perhaps this is the headstone for William Moon (born about 1800 and died about 1846) the father of William Mitchell Moon.

William Moon is found in the 1830 Sevier County census, the 1837 Sevier County tax list and the 1840 Sevier County census.

Headstone of John F. McGown

Headstone of John F. McGown in Sabine County, TX.

John F. McGown was rejected for a pension because he deserted from the Confederate Army. He was later court martialed and sentenced.  Served in CSA Pvt, Co F, 11th Tex Infantry.

Headstone of Jefferson McGown and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stroud

Headstone of James Jefferson (Jeff) McGown and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stroud in Sabine County, TX.

Headstone of Columbus and Louisa Leatherwood

Union Grove Cemetery
Sevier County, TN

Columbus Leatherwood is the son of John Leatherwood and Hannah Flinn.  He married Louisa C. Bird.

headstone of John and Catherine Leatherwood

Union Grove Cemetery
Sevier County, TN

John Leatherwood is the son of John Leatherwood and Hannah Flinn.  He married Catherine Trotter.

Millie Stacy Ford headstone

Aunt Millie next to her grandmother's headstone

Millie Stacy Ford
April 16, 1901 - June 8, 1945
cemetery in Weber City, VA

Clara Stacy headstone

cemetery in Weber City, VA

Clara Stacy
Feb 11, 1883 - Jan 21, 1959

born Clara Lee Brickey
married Orbin Stacy around 1900

Sarah Elizabeth Matlock Haynes

Head stone of Sarah Elizabeth Matlock Haynes in the Third Creek Cemetery, Knoxville, TN.
Wife of J.F. Haynes. Married January 10, 1873. April 2, 1852 - July 9, 1905.

The search for the parents of Mattie Haynes

Mattie Ann, daughter of JF and SE Haynes, October 1, 1880 - January 8, 1923
Third Creek Cemetery in Knoxville, TN


I believe this is the headstone for my husband's great great grandmother. Mattie Haynes married Samuel R. Tillery sometime between 1900 and 1903. Their daughter Bessie Mae Tillery was born August 20, 1903.

Hannah Flinn Leatherwood James

This is the headstone of Hannah Flinn Leatherwood James from Union Grove Cemetery in Sevier Co., TN. Hannah James is in one of the earlier pictures I posted of the John Leatherwood family. John Leatherwood was her son by her first husband, John Leatherwood Sr. Exactly how and why her husband died is a mystery. And where he is buried is unknown. Though the theories seem to abound.

I came across another "cousin" last week, on the Leatherwood side. He was gracious enough to take this picture and email it to me. After corresponding with him by email, I wondered if we will ever know what really happened to Hannah's husband.

Going through a relatives old notes I was given, I found written that John had died during the civil war. Then, I found notes where someone claimed he had been shot and was buried in Cocke County, TN. My new found cousin had heard that John had been scalped by Indians! Some notes said he died when his son John was about 3 years old. Some one else said that he died when his wife was pregnant with their son. I called my husband's great aunt to see what she knew about it. According to her sources, who she claimed knew the true story, John was killed by a neighbor who suspected he was having an affair with his wife! She also said he was buried in NC.

Of course, genealogy without documentation is just an entertaining story. Unless we can find proof, I guess we will never know.

William Mitchell Moon

Pictures of headstones are helpful in genealogy research, but not as personal as a picture of the actual person. I hope one day to discover a picture of William Mitchell Moon. William Moon is the father of John C. Moon. That makes him my husband's great great great grandfather. He was born February 22, 1826 and died April 29, 1893. He is buried in Providence Cemetery in Sevierville, TN.

William Moon was married to Mahala Patterson who is also buried in Providence Cemetery. Mahala Patterson was born January 28, 1828 and died June 30, 1907.

William Moon was a Corporal in Co. I of the 2nd TN Cavalry, USA during the Civil War. He applied for a pension due to disability after the war. His son John's affidavit in the pension records states, "I am a son of the said Mahala and William M Moon and was something like 9 or 10 years old when my father enlisted in the war of the Rebellion. I well remember when he went into the war in the fall of 1862 and especially do I remember of his return from the war in 1865. I remember when he came home he complained of his legs hurting him, he also had a dry hacking cough and complained of his breast and complained of headache.... I lived with my father on the farm and in the house with him until I was married. Then I lived on the same farm and close to him until his death. I saw him almost daily now from the time he came home until his death. I don't know what was the immediate cause of his death. I was present and with him almost daily from the time he was taken down until his death. "