Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameMoses Curtis
Birth26 Dec 1826, Burke, NC2
Death14 Mar 1908, Story, Montgomery, AR2
FatherThomas Moses Curtis (1802-1885)
MotherMary Moffitt (~1797-~1885)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Moses Curtis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH5F-CPQ
!CENSUS: 28-Sep-1850 District 85, Union, GA, 343/343, Moses Curtis
!CENSUS: 06-Jul-1860 Union, GA419, 394/390, Moses Curtis
!CENSUS: 15-Jun-1870 District 8, McMinn, TN, 31/31, Moses Curtis, 6 children
!CENSUS: 1880 Sulphur Springs, Montgomery, AR, 25/27, Moses Curtis, 3 children
!CENSUS: 1900 Sulpher, Montgomery, AR, 114/114, Moses Curtis, born Dec-1826, son Benjamin L. F. Curtis
!OCCUPATION: Farmer
!REFERENCE: A Curtis Genealogy491, page 230
!REFERENCE: 1998 Riders in the Sky, Moses Curtis, https://web.archive.org/web/20060418033620/http://.../g0000059.html#I0546
!REFERENCE: 16-Jul-2001 email from Penny Spencer to Don Braffitt, "Hi, I descend from Thomas and Eleanor to their son Moses/Mary Allison, son Thomas Moses/ Mary "Polly" Moffitt son Moses/ Sarah Clemens, son Thomas Andrew/ Serry Knox son Thomas Allen/ Mary Reed. I have looked for a long time for the Moffitt connection. My dad was born in Story, Arkansas in 1892 and was 52 when I was born. Is there anyway I can get a copy of the Moffitt papers? I just went to a Curtis reunion in Washington of Moses/Sarah Clemens but think you have a wonderful web site. I am receiving some documents from Arkansas about Moses but did not realize that there were some available about Mary Polly Moffitt. My grandfather Thomas Andrew Curtis is buried beside them and I have pictures of their graves in Fannin used to be Union County Georgia."
!REFERENCE: Feb-2002 emails from Penny Spencer, see details at spouse Sarah Sallie Clemens
Spouses
Birthabt 1835, NC2
Death1861-1865, Union, GA2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Sarah Clemens, 4 children, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/K2JP-1WG
!CENSUS: 06-Jul-1860 Union, GA419, 394/390, Sarah Curtis, 4 children
!REFERENCE: 15-Feb-2002 email from Penny Spencer to Don Braffitt, Moses who is the first born of Moses and Mary Allison - Moses who married my gr grandmother Sarah Sallie Clemens had four children, fought in the Civil War, she was murdered he remarried and had four more children by Elizabeth Grubb. I have tons of information if you are interested ... Penny Curis Spencer
!REFERENCE: 17-Feb-2002 email from Penny Spencer to Don Braffitt, When Moses b. Dec 26, 1826 in Burke Co., NC, d. March 14, 1908 in Story, Arkansas; married Sarah "Sallie" Clemens who was born abt. 1835 in NC. The 1850 census of Union County, GA shows Sarah, 15, living in the household of Andrew Clemens and wife Dicy, the 1860 census of Union Co, shows her the wife of Moses and they have 4 children. (who is supposedly related to Samuel Langhorne Clemens - Moses told my dad about him coming to visit) they had the four children, Thomas Andrew ( my grandfather), Sarah Naomi, William Allen, and Dycie or Dicie. Sarah hid him and Thomas Andrew who was of fighting age under a corn crib for 3 days while the Confederate soldiers ransacked their farm. After this incident - Moses and Thomas Andrew headed north for the Union Army after stashing Sarah with Curtis relatives. Evidently after some time elapsed she must have felt confident to return. The soldiers returned, whether the same ones - who knows, the 3 little ones hid in the bushes, William Allen's descendants - live in Washington and have recounted this tale for me, besides my own dad when he was still alive. My dad was born in 1892, the youngest and only surviving male of 9 children of Thomas Andrew and Sarah Knox. Thomas Allen was my father born Oct 3, 1892 in Story, Ark and had two sisters out of that 9 that were older survive one, was Grace Ellen and the other was Lisa. Sarah Clemens Curtis was killed and I'm pretty sure you can imagine what else. The little ones were farmed out to relatives. The war was over -2 -3 years and Moses and Thomas Allen returned, gathered up his young children and moved to McMinn Co, TN where he married Elizabeth Ann Grubb on June 3, 1866. He was 39 and she was 33. They went on to have James Grant Curtis, John Asberry Curtis, Amos H. Curtis and Benjamin Lafayette Curtis. This is also where my grandfather Thomas Andrew married Sarah Knox. Penny
Marriageabt 1849, Union, GA
Birth5 Apr 1833, McMinn, TN2
Death23 Dec 1903, Montgomery, AR2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Elizabeth Ann Grubb, 4 children, father William Grubb, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH5F-C58
!CENSUS: 15-Jun-1870 District 8, McMinn, TN, 31/31, Elizabeth Curtis, 3 step-children, 3 children
!CENSUS: 1880 Sulphur Springs, Montgomery, AR, 25/27, Ann E. Curtis, 3 children
!CENSUS: 1900 Sulpher, Montgomery, AR, 114/114, Ann E. Curtis, father born VA, 4 children 3 living, son Benjamin L. F. Curtis
Marriage3 Jun 1866, McMinn, TN505
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