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Descendants of JOHN A. MOFFITT

Prepared by Mike Moffitt

Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN A.1 MOFFITT was born Abt. 1815 in Probably NC, and died 25 Nov 1867 in Lexington, Henderson Co., TN.  He met SARAH ANN COOPER Abt. 1835 in Probably Tennessee, daughter of JAMES COOPER and DELILAH SIMPSON.  She was born Abt. 1816 in Kentucky, and died Abt. 1880 in Prob. Bell County, TX.

Notes for JOHN A. MOFFITT:
Date of death taken from Jonathan K.T. Smith's abstracts of Lexington (TN) Constantine Lodge Masonic Records provided by Brenda Fiddler, Lexington, TN 1998.

From "West Tennessee Whig"
  Notice on February 1, 1858, the slave Lucy, aged about 21 years, would besold by John A. Moffitt, deputy sheriff, Henderson Co., to pay debt of Creed D. McHany.
(From A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson Co., TN, Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith) 

More About JOHN A. MOFFITT:
Census: 1836, Henderson Co., TN Tax List
Fact 1: 1840, Census Howard County, Missouri
Fact 2: 1850, Census Henderson County, Tennessee
Fact 3: 1860, Census Henderson County, Tennessee
Fact 4: 1870, Census Henderson County, Tennessee
Fact 5: (Sarah A. and family only)
Fact 6: 1880, Census Sarah A. enumerated with son, Thomas J. Moffitt and family, Bell Co., TX
Occupation: 1858, Deputy Sheriff, Henderson Co., TN

Notes for SARAH ANN COOPER:
According to documents submitted to U.S. Government (Dawes Commission) by relatives, Sarah  was 1/4 Cherokee.  Brothers John W. Cooper and William T. Cooper were enrolled in tribe at Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation.  Niece Eliza S. (Cooper) Gilliam on Final Cherokee Dawes Roll No. 29383, blood 1/8.
Niece Catherine Cooper married Andrew Enoli Ross, Grandnephew of Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross (listed in E. Starr, "History of the Cherokee Indians," pg. 417).  Sister Tamesia Cooper married Mills Darden abt. 1839.  Darden listed in the Guiness Book of Records as one of the world's largest men.  At his death on 1/23/1857 he was approx. 7'10'' tall and weighed 1080 lbs. (G. Tillman Stewart, "Henderson County," pg. 63).

More About SARAH ANN COOPER:
Fact 1: 1/4 Cherokee by blood according to Dawes Roll Census Card of niece, Savannah
Fact 2: Cooper Gilliam (daughter of John W. Cooper), Dawes No. 29383.
       
Children of JOHN MOFFITT and SARAH COOPER are:
                   i.    ANDELIA C.2 MOFFITT, b. 01 Aug 1836, Missouri; d. 13 Jun 1926, Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas; m. ARTHUR KNOTTS, Bef. 1860, Prob. Henderson Co., TN; b. Unknown, Prob. Tennessee; d. Aft. 1860, Lexington, Henderson Co., TN.

Notes for ANDELIA C. MOFFITT:
Death date for Andelia Moffitt Knotts taken from 1925-26 Mortality Schedule for Corsicana, TX.

                  ii.    WILLIAM T. MOFFITT, b. 1840, Missouri; d. Bet. 1862 - 1865, Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM T. MOFFITT:
Said to have been killed in the Civil War. 

                 iii.    THOMAS JEFFERSON MOFFITT, b. 19 Mar 1844, Tennessee; d. 28 Nov 1914, Cleburne, Texas; m. M.S. ?, Unknown, Prob. Henderson Co., Tennessee; b. Abt. 1846, Tennessee.

Notes for THOMAS JEFFERSON MOFFITT:
Evidently brought his and Albert Sidney Moffitt's mother, Sarah Ann Cooper Moffitt, to Texas with his family in 1870's from Henderson Co., TN.

More About THOMAS JEFFERSON MOFFITT:
Cause of Death: Typhoid Pneumonia
Fact 1: 28 Nov 1914, Died of Typhoid Pneumonia
Fact 2: Buried 11/29/1914, Belton, Bell Co., Texas
Fact 3: 1863, Civil War Vet, CSA, Co.C 16th Tenn Regt.-- Capt. John Rice.
Fact 4: 1864, 21st Tenn. Regt.
Fact 10: Mother, Sarah Ann (Cooper) Moffitt, enumerated with Thomas J. and family on 1880
Fact 11: Texas Census for Bell Co.
Medical Information: 70 yrs old

                 iv.    SUSAN ( AMANDA) MOFFITT, b. 19 Feb 1847, Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee; d. 24 Jul 1937, Bexar Co., TX; m. JOSEPH E. BARNHILL, Abt. 1868, Prob. Henderson Co., TN; b. Apr 1836, Henderson County, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1886, Texas.

Notes for SUSAN ( AMANDA) MOFFITT:
Listed as widow, living with her son Joseph E. Barnhill, Jr. in San Antonio city directories from 1911 to 1920.  C. Michael Moffitt has copy of TX Death Certificate.

More About SUSAN ( AMANDA) MOFFITT:
Burial: 25 Jul 1937, San Jose Cemetery, San Antonio, TX

Notes for JOSEPH E. BARNHILL:
Company K, 27th TN Infantry, CSA "Henderson Co. Sharpshooters" --
JOSEPH E. BARNHILL enlisted Aug. 13, 1861, Trenton; promoted to 2nd Lieut., May 12, 1862; missing in battle near Murfreesboro, Tenn. late in 1862.

 

More About JOSEPH E. BARNHILL:
Census: 1880, Fayette Co., TX

                  v.    SAMANTHA J. MOFFITT, b. 1849, Henderson County, Tennessee; d. Unknown, Prob. Texas; m. EVAN WINFIELD TEAGUE, Abt. 1868, Henderson Co., TN; b. 29 Sep 1847, Henderson Co., TN; d. 21 Apr 1937, Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX.

More About EVAN WINFIELD TEAGUE:
Burial: Hamilton Cemetery, Corsicana, TX

                 vi.    JOHN C. MOFFITT, b. 1851, Tennessee; d. Unknown, Texas?.

Notes for JOHN C. MOFFITT:
W.V. Barry on May 12, 1933 wrote, as quoted in the book, "Lexington Progress, 1884-1946", ed. by Brenda Kirk Fiddler, that John Moffitt's sons John and Tom "moved to Texas." (pg. 77)

                vii.    SARAH R. MOFFITT, b. 1854, Tennessee.
               viii.    C.H. MOFFITT, b. 1856, Tennessee.
                  ix.    OLIVER S. MOFFITT, b. 1858, Tennessee.
                   x.    ELLA N. MOFFITT, b. 1859, Henderson Co., TN; d. Perhaps in Navarro Co., TX; m. SAMUEL L. COOPER, 18 Dec 1879, Smith Co., Texas; b. 1858, Henderson County, TN; d. 12 Jul 1917, Skiatook, OK.

Notes for ELLA N. MOFFITT:
Ella Moffitt Cooper may have remarried and moved to Navarro Co., TX after 1917 where brother Albert S. Moffitt and family had lived.

More About ELLA N. MOFFITT:
Fact 1: 18 Dec 1879, Married cousin, Samuel L. Cooper in Smith Co., Texas
Residence: 1900, Cherokee Nation, I.T.

Notes for SAMUEL L. COOPER:
Samuel L. and Ella Moffitt Cooper filed for Cherokee land allotment under the Dawes Act around 1905. (Rejected)  

More About SAMUEL L. COOPER:
Burial: Collinsville, Tulsa Co., OK

                  xi.    ALBERT SIDNEY MOFFITT, b. Feb 1862, Henderson Co., Tennessee; d. 16 Nov 1933, San Antonio, Texas; m. ARZILLA WADLEY, 27 Dec 1883, Navarro County, TX; b. May 1867, Henderson Co., Tennessee; d. 23 Aug 1913, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.

Notes for ALBERT SIDNEY MOFFITT:
Living in San Antonio in household of son Ollie at time of death in 1933.  Body sent to Dallas for burial.

More About ALBERT SIDNEY MOFFITT:
Burial: Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, TX, Lot 38, Sec. 17
Fact 1: 1870, Census Henderson County, TN enumerated with mother, Sarah A. and family
Fact 2: 1880, Census Unknwn, however, brthr Oliver S. enum. in Cooke Co., TX as single laborer
Fact 3: 1890, Census Unknown
Fact 4: 1900, Census Corsicana, Navarro County, TX
Fact 5: 1910, Census Dallas County, TX
Fact 6: Buried ar Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, TX (unmarked)

More About ARZILLA WADLEY:
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Fact 1: 24 Dec 1948, Died of Tuberculosis
Fact 2: Buried 8/24/1913, Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas (with Wadley parents).
Medical Information: Age 45 years

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Prepared by Mike Moffitt
Email:  mmoffitt@austin.rr.com