Nancy (Peggy) Moss

Nancy married William Wellmon about 1788. William (son of Wellmon and Katty) was born on 12 Mar 1763 in Maryland; died on 5 Sep 1857 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William N. Wellmon, Jr. was born in 1791; died on 26 Feb 1846 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
2. Mary (Polly) Wellmon was born on 17 Aug 1789; died on 16 Aug 1883.
3. Wilkins Wellmon was born on 31 Aug 1793; died on 19 Jan 1852 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
4. Nancy Wellmon and died.
5. Elizabeth (Betsy) Wellmon and died.

Other Events:

• Military Service: 1777, Virginia; Revolutionary War

Notes:

Henry enlisted in the Revolutionary War Jan. 13, 1777, at the age of 41, he was a 2nd Lieutenant and received a pay of $27.00 a month. He was in the 2nd Virginia Regiment, under Captain William Taylor, commanded by Colonel Christian Febiger. He was at White Plains, New York on Dec. 15, 1778 with the 1st Virginia Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Woodford. He appeared on list "Arrangements of VA Battalion, White Plains, Aug. 1778, as Number 2 Ensign." On May 14, 1780 he was taken prisoner by the British at Charleston, VA., and exchanged in April 1781. Henry was given a new commission with the rank of Captain on May 26, 1781. In 1782, he is the commander of "Company of Second Virginia Regulars," in 1783. He is now a Captain in 3rd Company, Virginia Detachment, commanded by Major Samuel. Finialy, he remained in the Continental Army service until the end of the Revolutionary War, and retired on Jan. 1, 1783.

Henry Moss received 300 acres of land for his service in the war by warrant #1504 issued May 29, 1783. On May 2, 1783, he received 4,000 acres for his three years of service as a Captain, Warrant #614, dated 5-2-1783. All of these warrants of land made Henry a very rich man, but he was already rich before the Revolutionary War started.

Sources:
"Chronicles of Moss Family" by Rose Moss Scott, 1926, Willrose Farm, Chrisman, Ill.;
"Our Heritage" by M.W. Freel, Miller Printing Co., 1956, Ashville N.C.; Murphy NC Library, *6175;
Revolutionary War - 7 years - Captain - receiving for service 4,000 acres in Morgan District, Rutherford County, he lived in Loudoun County, VA, Rutherford and Lincoln Counties, N.C. in 1785; owned land on Harris Creek where it runs into Little Broad river at Double Shoals about 2 miles south to southwest of Lawndale, N.C. (now Cleveland County, N.C. in 1801 Rutherford County.
Henry Moss deeded 70 acres to Howell Moss, of Lincoln County, N.C. - Register of Deeds, Book 3, page 122-26, Dec. 1785;
Samuel Hollingsworth paid to Henry Moss for 15 pounds, for 50 acres on both sides of Mt. Creek - to Henry Moss's old line and to John Snyder's Corner, book "The Moss Family" by Paul Moss, Odessa, Texas, page 9-12, 1795;
Rutherford County Census; Marriage Records, Rutherford Co., N.C. *1800 Census and 1810 Rutherford County Census, settled not later than 1785;
Deed Book J-L, page 215; 23 Sept. 1785. Recorded 19 July 1794 Joel Vaughn of Rutherford County deeds to Henry Moss of same county for 40 pounds, 200 acres on both sides of Broad River, original grant to Vaughn Sept. 1775. This should prove that Henry Moss lived in these areas at the times indicated.

Military Service:
Henry enlisted in the Revolutionary War Jan. 13, 1777, at the age of 41, he was a 2nd Lieutenant and received a pay of $27.00 a month. He was in the 2nd Virginia Regiment, under Captain William Taylor, commanded by Colonel Christian Febiger. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant July 11 1777. He was at White Plains, New York on Dec. 15, 1778 with the 1st Virginia Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Woodford. He appeared on list "Arrangements of VA Battalion, White Plains, Aug. 1778, as Number 2 Ensign." On May 14, 1780 he was taken prisoner by the British at Charleston, VA., and exchanged in April 1781. Henry was given a new commission with the rank of Captain on May 26, 1781. In 1782, he is the commander of "Company of Second Virginia Regulars," in 1783. He is now a Captain in 3rd Company, Virginia Detachment, commanded by Major Samuel. Finialy, he remained in the Continental Army service until the end of the Revolutionary War, and retired on Jan. 1, 1783.

Henry married Sarah Stephens in 1763 in Surry Co., VA.. Sarah (daughter of James Stephens) was born in 1742 in Sussex County, Virginia; died in 1815 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Henry received 1580 acres as executor of his father's (William Henry Moss) will. William Henry II had five children and lived in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Mary Jane Craik, his wife's brother, Dr. James Craik, was a prominent doctor and physician to President George Washington for many years. He figures prominently in Tobias Lear's letters and recollections, published in 1920-30 per Mr. Frank Grizzard jr., Assistant Editor of the Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia.

William married Mary Jane Craik in 1726 in Essex County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Craik, daughter of CRAIK) was born in 1700 in Old Rappannock, York, VA; died in 1777 in Loudoun, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William was a commissioner of the King's revenue, of Fairfax County, and from 1758-1796 he was High Sheriff of Fairfax County, as the oldest Justice in commission, in the new English Colonial state of Virginia in America.

William married Margaret Hopkins in 1687 in York, VA. Margaret (daughter of Robert Hopkins and Katherine Stanford) was born in 1670 in Old Rappannock, York, VA; died in 1698 in Old Rappannock, York, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]