Person:Elias Moses (1)

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Elias Moses
b.Nov 1843 South Carolina, United States
d.28 Mar 1929 Lonoke, Arkansas
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Isaac Moses1831 -
  2. Joshua Moses1835 -
  3. Elijah Moses1839 - Bef 1880
  4. Elias Moses1843 - 1929
  5. James Moses1847 -
Spouse and Children
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  1. Elijah Moses1868 -
  2. Infant Moses1870 -
  3. William M. Moses1872 - 1952
  4. Ida Moses1874 -
  5. Missouri Moses1875 -
  6. Luanna Moses1877 -
  7. James Moses1879 -
  8. Benjamin Moses1881 - 1945
  9. Joseph Franklin Moses1883 - 1983
  10. Sarah Alma Moses1889 - 1969
  11. Mary Moses1892 -
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Facts and Events
Name Elias Moses
Alt Name Eli Moses
Alt Name Elly Mosses
Alt Name Eliga Moses
Gender Male
Birth? Nov 1843 South Carolina, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth Ginwright
Residence? 1 Jul 1870 Legette, Marion, South Carolina, United States
Residence? 1880 Legette, Marion, South Carolina, United States
Residence? 27 Jun 1900 Richwoods, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Education? 26 May 1910 could read and write
Residence? 26 May 1910 Richwoods, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Residence? 1920 Richwoods, Lonoke, Arkansas, United Stateswith son, James Moses
Occupation? Farmer
Death? 28 Mar 1929 Lonoke, Arkansas
Other? Speculative parents?: Joshim Moses and Dramur Moses (1)  

Elias isn't listed by name in the 1860 Census, meaning he was most likely in servitude at one of the nearby plantations in Legette township. Figuring out exactly which plantation that might have been is a daunting proposition, to say the least, as slaves were only enumerated by sex and age range; and there were 9,951 slaves distributed amongst 778 slaveholders in Marion county in 1860. Elias lists his father as being from Virginia in the 1900 census. If this is the case, his father was presumably sold, likely out of Richmond, to one of the plantations in Marion county where he met Elias' mother.

Other than circumstantial evidence, there is absolutely nothing to prove that Joshim Moses and/or Dramur Moses were Elias' parents. Both of them lived in a neighbouring township, were of approximately the right age, and were, if not Elias' parents, likely close relations. However, more research is needed to establish a link. Likewise, Isaac, Joshua, Elijah and James are of about the right age to have been Elias' siblings and/or Joshim and/or Dramur's sons, but the relation is not proved and should be considered very tentative.

Elias Moses - United States Census, 1870

Elias Moses - United States Census, 1880

The Moses family left South Carolina sometime between 1880, and 1900; the bulk of them resettling in Lonoke County, Arkansas. According to one of his granddaughters, Elias and his son Benjamin "Bennie" Moses went on to become successful farmers there, raising rice and cotton.

Elias Moses - United States Census, 1900

Elias Moses - United States Census, 1910

Elias Moses - United States Census, 1920

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