The Moon sisters

Ruby and Thelma Moon

daughters of Walter Moon and Lillie Leatherwood

Ruby Moon was born April 13, 1911 and died May 28, 2001.

Thelma Moon was born February 8, 1920 and died January 24, 2005

The Moon brothers in the 1940s

Jay, Ray, Toy, Roy, Lester, and Theodore Moon

The sons of Walter Moon and Lillie Leatherwood

1940s Knoxville, TN

Theodore Moon - born September 14, 1909 - died October 1,1990

Lester Moon - born April 1, 1913 - died June 2, 1997

Roy Moon - born March 7, 1922 - died August 12, 2000

Toy Moon - born March 7, 1922 - died July 30, 2007

Jay Moon - born January 6, 1925 - died January 26, 1986

Ray Moon 

Walter Moon and Lillie Leatherwood

Walter Moon and Lillie Leatherwood were married November 29, 1908 in Sevier County, TN.  They divorced after 1930.

Walter Moon (1885-1958)  is the son of John Moon and Dialtha Shrader.
Lillie Leatherwood (1887-1956) is the daughter of John Leatherwood and Catherine Trotter.

Petition Sundry Inhabitants South of French Broad River 1789

In 1789, William Moon (1744-1822) and his son Jesse signed their names to a "Petition Sundry Inhabitants South of French Broad River".

Petition


A good description of this area is given on the TNGenWeb Project Surveyors' Districts

In 1807/08 William was given land grant No 268 by the State of Tennessee, Sevier County, for 385 acres of land in the district South of the French Broad and Holston. (Sevier County Land Grants, Book 1-1, page 236)