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Joseph B. Moon

Generation #4

Joseph B. Moon b: March 20, 1749, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: April 14, 1832, April 14, 1832, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; son of John and Mary (Farmer) Moon; m: Ann Brewer Brown April 13, 1772, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: August 21, 1824, Clinton Co., Ohio; dau of Daniel and Grace Craven (Thompson) Brown

Tale about Ann Moon


Daniel H. Moon

b: June 23, 1773, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina; d: April 15, 1841, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Ruth Hudson October 29, 1790; b: May 5, 1770, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: January 19, 1852, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio

Mary Moon

b: January 30, 1775, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina; d: August 11, 1840, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: James Garner 1796 b: March 9, 1772, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: March 29, 1856, Clinton Co., Ohio

William K. Moon

b: January 25, 1777, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina; d: June 6, 1850, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Jane Hutson October 20, 1799, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina; b: November 28, 1755, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennesee; d: 1818, Clinton Co., Ohio; dau of Richard and Sarah (Lamb) Hutson

Grace Moon

b: January 26, 1779 Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: 1780, Randolph Co., Randolph Co., North Carolina

Samuel Moon

b: April 17, 1781, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: March 25, 1846, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Martha Routh b: March 5, 1781, Chatham Co., North Carolina; d: February 19, 1852, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio

Joseph H. Moon

b: July 19, 1783 Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: November 4, 1863 Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Sarah Comer b: December 12, 1781, North Carolina; d: February 14, 1846, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio

Jesse Moon

b: January 30, 1788 Randolph Co.,  North Carolina; d: March 25, 1865 Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Rebecca Stidman b: 1793, South Carolina; d: April 29, 1868, South Carolina

Jane Moon

b: May 28, 1789 Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: July 24, 1853, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: John Routh October 6, 1805, Jefferson Co., Tennessee; b: January 11, 1786, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: June 25,, 1835 Clinton Co., Ohio

Henry Moon

b: November 29, 1790, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: June 25, 1859 Newberry, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Sarah Mills September 29, 1814; b: January 1, 1792, Guilford Co., North Carolina; d: October 19, 1873, Bangor, Marshall Co., Iowa

John Moon

b: September 25, 1794, Randolph Co., North Carolina; d: May 14, 1855 Martinville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Elizabeth Mount 1805

Thomas Henry Moon

b: March 14, 1798, Lost Creek, Servier Co., Tennessee; d: January 23, 1867, Grant Co., Indiana; m: #1) Elizabeth Hockett 1817, Clinton Co., Ohio; b: May 7, 1800, Tennessee; d: February 19, 1842, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: #2) Sarah Presnall March 22, 1844, Duck Creek, Henry Co., Indiana; b: November 22, 1811, North Carolina; d: August 7, 1858, Westfork, Ohio; m: #3) Eleanor Hinshaw August 5, 1859; b: February 25, 1810, Clinton Co., Ohio; d: August 11, 1892, Grand Co., Indiana; she m: #1) Jesse Holloway 1826; b: 1800; d: 1849

James Moon

b: September 19, 1801 Lost Creek, Jefferson Co., Tennessee; d: 1858, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Anna Hockett

Solomon Moon

b: January 21, 1803, Lost Creek, Jefferson Co., Tennessee; d: February 8, 1848, Martinsville, Clinton Co., Ohio; m: Hannah McLinn b: March 3, 1803, Clinton Co., Ohio; d: December 28, 1872, Douglas Co., Illinois

Joseph and his wife Ann are buried in Martinsville, Ohio in the Quaker cemetery. Unfortulately, the stones of Joseph and Ann have been lost and are no longer in the cemetery. Joseph and his family were the first family members to arrive in Ohio and settle in the Martinsville colony. This was in 1809. Joseph is considered the patriarch of the Ohio MOONs and his progeny now extend from coast to coast and border to border.

Joseph, the fourth son of John MOON and Mary FARMER, was born March 20, 1750 on Deep River, Randolph County, NC. On April 13, 1772 he married Ann BROWN, daughter of Daniel and Grace (Thompson) BROWN. Ann was born in Virginia, January 22, 1755. Joseph and Ann had thirteen children, and resided in Randolph Co., North Carolina. In 1796 Joseph and Ann and their children, left North Carolina and went to Jefferson Co., Tennessee, where they lived for several years. The first to leave Tennessee, in the spring of 1808, were Joseph and Ann's sons Daniel and Joseph, and their families. They settled about a mile east of what now is Martinsville, Ohio. In spring, 1809, Joseph MOON, Sr., with his family and sons, William and Jesse, with their families, and accompanied by John MOON, brother of Joseph MOON, Sr., joined the others in the new settlement. By 1811 the rest of the MOON family had followed from Tennessee to join the "MOON Colony" which, with them, numbered 55 persons. Ann MOON died August 31, 1824 and Joseph died April 14, 1833. Their family included 829 great grandchildren. They were buried in Newberry Cemetery at the Quaker church at Martinsville. In the photo, Ann's headstone is on the left, Joseph's on he right. The stones were reportedly still in the cemetery in the early 1980's. However, they have not been seen in recent years.