William Brantley Mosely Sr (1755 - 1852)

Born 1755 in Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Phillips) Moseley — married 1792 in Franklin County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 1852 at about age 97 in Montgomery, Georgia, United States

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William Mosely Sr was a South Carolina colonist.

Biography

William Brantley Moseley was born in 1755 in Hogskin Creek, Pendleton district, South Carolina^[1], son of Thomas and Mary Brantley Moseley.

It is believed that Brantley Moseley was living in Butte County, North Carolina with his father Thomas Moseley and uncles William Moseley Jr., Benjamin Moseley Sr., and his grandmother Elizabeth Moseley, the widow of William Moseley Sr., when the British reimposed royal authority in Georgia. It is believed that Brantley and his Uncles fled to South Carolina where they listed as refugees from Georgia. When the war was over they all returned to Wilkes County, Georgia where they applied for their bounty Grants.

Private William Mosely Sr served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

William Mosely Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A081958.

William Mosely Sr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-253156
Rank: Private

Brantley Moseley Sr. enlisted for the Revolutionary War from Hogskin Creek, Pendleton District, South Carolina, serving as a Private. He received a land bounty for his service in Franklin Co. Georgia. He later sold this land to David and Hannah Greer. He also sold land in Burke and Screven Counties in 1799.

He married (1) Mary H.. He married Sara "Sarey" Phillips about 1792 in Franklin, Georgia. They had nine children in 29 years.

He appears in Montgomery County as early as 1804 now Toombs and remained there until his death. His wife, Sarey, was the daughter of Mark Phillips, a Revolutionary Soldier from Amhurst County, Virginia.

• 1820^[2], https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1480728:7734?ssrc=pt&tid=178898392&pid=242392278988

• 1830^[3], https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1854353:8058?ssrc=pt&tid=178898392&pid=242392278988

• 1840^[4], they lived in Montgomery County, Georgia. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1811957:8057?ssrc=pt&tid=178898392&pid=242392278988

• By 1850, he lived with his son Thomas and his family in Montgomery County^[5].

Timeline

• 1776-1782: William Brantley Moseley Sr. enlisted into the SC Continental Line at Hogskin Creek in Pendleton District S. C. Hogskin Creek lies just west of the present day town of Due West in Abbeville Co. SC near the Anderson County line. This may be oral history. There is only a record of the officers of this unit which fought the Cherokees. This action lasted approximately three weeks, and was militia volunteers^[6].

W. Brantley Moseley & Thomas Moseley contract to David Greer of South Carolina

He lived in Wilkes County, Georgia on May 24, 1784 when he and Thomas Moseley bound themselves to David Greer of the state of South Carolina in the full and just sum of five hundred pounds of sterling. The condition of the obligation is to assign the Bounty of 250 acres of land in Franklin County, GA, due the said Brantley Moseley for his service. This document was signed by Brantley Moseley, his X-mark and Thomas Moseley, his mark was witnessed by a different Thomas Moseley, his X-mark, when his Bounty was issued it was 287 1/2 acres in Franklin County, GA. He sold his land to David and Hannah Greer.

• 6/18/1784: Brantley Moseley listed as receiving Revolutionary War Soldier land bounty #619, for 287.5 acres in Franklin Co., GA. A Benjamin Moseley received land bounty #621, also for 287.5 acres in Franklin Co., GA. Brantley Moseley was 29 years old at this time and not married that we know of. He lived in Georgia, possibly Wilkes County for another 20 years before moving to Montgomery County in 1804.
• 1792-94: Brantley Mosley received a land warrant on 11/5/1792, surveyed on 3/31/1794, 200 acres on Horse Creek (situated in Screven Co and flows into the Ogeechee River south of Town of Rocky Ford). Survey chain carriers were Jno Salter and J. Roberts.
• 1797: Brantley Mosley to receive a land grant(#668) of 200 acres in Screven Co, GA, adjoining lands of Yeoble Parker and Cross Phillip. Warrant dated 10/1/1797 and surveyed 10/25/1797 by James Oliver, with Joseph Cooper and Jacob Harnage as chain carriers.
• 1803/1804: Brantley Moseley to receive a land grant of 500 acres in Montgomery Co, GA. Warrant dated 10/3/1803 and surveyed 08/11/1804 by A. Davis, with R. B. Phillips and Brantley Moseley as chain carriers.
• 1804: Brantley Moseley appeared on jury list of Montgomery County, Georgia, from Pendleton Creek District.
• 1805/1806: Tax Digest of Montgomery Co., GA. District 54.
  
• 1807: Won lot 329-22-W, From District 54.
  
• 1811/1812: Tax Digest of Montgomery Co., GA, District 54.
  
• 2/27/1815: Brantley Mosely received a land plat for 500 acres on Bay Branch [Bay Branch flows NE, emptying into the Ogeechee River about 2 miles SW of the present-day City of Millen in Jenkens Co].
• 1818: July 23, Brantley Moseley is listed as a Petit Juror for the Montgomery County court^[7].
• 1820: Brantley Moseley (M>45) appears as head of a family in District 51 in Montgomery Co., GA census, page 61B. Also enumerated Are F>45, M 16-26, M 16-18, 4M 5-10, 2M<10 plus 2 slaves^[2].
  
• 1822: Tax Digest of Montgomery Co., GA. District 51.
  
• 1827-1829: Tax Digest in Montgomery County., District 51.
  
• 1828: Clement T. Mosley as agent of Brantley Mosley Sr., of Peterson's District (#51), appears in Montgomery Co, GA Tax Digest, owning 4 slaves.
• 1830: Brantley Moseley Sr. (M 50-60) appears as head of a family in Montgomery Co., GA census, page 235. Also enumerated are F50-60, 3M 20-30, F 20-30, M<5, F<5 plus 5 slaves.^[3].
  
• 9/3/1833: Brantley Mosley, of Montgomery Co, sold to Elisha Wilks, for $420, 500 acres on Bay Branch, originally granted unto Brantley Mosley 1/16/1816, warrant dated 12/5/1814 and surveyed 2/25/1815. Wit: Jesse Wilks, Hugh McLane.

He died in 1851 in Montgomery, Georgia, at the impressive age of 96, and was buried with his wife on Tiger Creek on the old homeplace of his son Thomas in Thomas Moseley Cemetery, North of Vidalia^[8][1].

The DAR placed a marker at the North Thompson Baptist Church for this Revolutionary War Veteran.

"Brantley Mosley and wife are buried on Tiger Creek at the home place of son Thomas Moseley. Thomas and wife Lavinia (and other family members) are also buried there. No markers exist for them. Brantley was living with Thomas prior to his death. We placed a marker at North Thompson for historical reasons."^[9].

Cleo Taylor Mobley recorded this information from the Headstone at North Thompson Baptist Church May 18, 1997, during the Thompson Family reunion. “William Brantley Moseley 1755-1851 Continental Line Revolutionary War.”

THE VIDALIA ADVANCE - October 16, 1980
DAR'S MARK GRAVE OF REV. SOLDIER (edited)
William Brantley Mosley, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War, and ancestor of many prominent Georgia families was honored this month by members of the Vidalia Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) who marked his grave with a wreath. The life of Mosley was recalled and reviewed for members by a Mosley descendant and noted genealogist, J.E. "Bo" Mosley, of Atlanta. He gave many interesting facts about his forefather who was born in South Carolina in 1755, but moved to a part of Montgomery County, now Toombs, in 1804, and remained here until his death in 1852.
Following the meeting, which was held at the North Thompson Baptist Church, DAR members and guests followed a route marked by American flags to the cemetery and grave of Mosley. There an honor guard and members of the Children of the American Revolution (CAR), under the guidance of Frank Pruett, helped salute the patriot. Honor guard members were: Lynn Thompson, Vidalia, drummer, and Ailey Boy Scouts, John Roller and Charles Robeson, Color Guard. Following a 21-gun salute by members of the Toombs County National Guard, Kevin Robeson, Vidalia, played Taps, and CAR member, Susan Salter, placed a wreath on the grave.

J.E. "Bo" Mosley, a prominent genealogist, was the speaker for the occasion and reviewed the life of his ancestor.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 February 2021), memorial page for William Brantley Moseley Sr. (1755–1851), Find A Grave: Memorial #40640003, citing North Thompson Baptist Church Cemetery, Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Miriam Beasley (contributor 47031584) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Brantley Moseley, United States Census, 1820
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Brantley Mosley, United States Census, 1830
4. ↑ Brantley Moseley, United States Census, 1840
5. ↑ Brantley Mosley, United States Census, 1850 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18824323:8054?ssrc=pt&tid=178898392&pid=242392278988
6. ↑ Huxford, F. (1951). Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia: a biographical account of some of the early settlers of that portion of Wiregrass Georgia embraced in the original counties of Irwin, Appling, Wayne, Camden, and Glynn. Adel?, GA.
7. ↑ Cook, Lucy Peel, Historical Collections of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, The A.J Showalter Company, Dalton Georgia, 1902, page 97
8. ↑ Coleman, M.M. & Palmer, L.S. (1996). Graves of Montgomery, Treutlen, and Wheeler: A Cemetery Survey of Three South Georgia Counties. Vidalia, GA: Coleman Ferrotype
9. ↑ Bo Mosley, Macon, GA, (Family historian & author of two books on the Mosley family)

Bibliography

• United States Census, 1820, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-PWQ : accessed 18 November 2018), Brantley Moseley, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing p. 61, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 175,768.
• United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGB-X7J : 11 August 2017), Brantley Mosley, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing 235, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 7,039.
• United States Census, 1840, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-KF9 : 15 August 2017), Brantley Moseley, District 51, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing p. 216, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 7,045.
• United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYH-9F9 : 12 April 2016), Brantley Mosley in household of Thomas Moseley, Montgomery County, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

• Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672 pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
• Land: Bounty Certificate, Lot 619, signed by John Habersham on 18 June 1784, for 287.5 acres in Franklin, Co. Georgia., Copy of original in possession of P. Eubanks.
• Land Bounty records of Franklin Co. Georgia. Land Deeds from Burke and Screven Counties;
• Mosley Families of Montgomery and Emanuel Counties, Author: John E. Moseley, Jr. Publication: John E. Moseley, March 1969
• Scott and Bray Family Home Page:Information about William Brantley Sr Moseley