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Facts and Events
Moses McSpadden was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Overview
Moses, thought to be the son of Thomas McSpadden of Borden's Grant, settled in Washington County, Va by about 1774.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Page 98.--10th August, 1768. Samuel McDowell and Mary to James Edmiston, £10, 170 acres; corner James Richey (on) the Mary; Archibald Alexander's line. Delivered: Moses McSpadden by order James Edmiston, 26th July, 1774. (Note: James Edmiston was the uncle of Moses McSpadden).
Land Records
- Page 41 - Moses McSpedon...200 ac...commissioners certificate...on the south east side of Holston River...Beginning on a bank of a creek called Laurel fork running into Holston - Moses McSpaddin, assignee of Ebenezer Alexander, assignee of James Gilliban, assignee of John Walker...300 ac...on the south side of Holston River opposite John Berrys, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1774...August 29, 1781.
Children
Children
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Moses McSpadden
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Margaret McSpadden
| 22 JUN 1780
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Jane McSpadden
| 1782
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Thomas McSpadden
| 1784
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Rebecca McSpadden
| 1794
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John (Capt.) McSpadden
| 1799
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Footnotes
- ↑ Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8144075. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Virginia Genealogical Society (Richmond, Virginia). Magazine of Virginia genealogy. (Richmond [Virginia]: Virginia Genealogical Society)
series XXI, Vol.4, page 140, Name index, volume XVI, number 4, page 137, (01-OCT-1978).
Gravestone inscription: "Moses McSpadden departed this life August 11, 1827, in the 75th year of his age."
Note: "in the 75th year of his age" means that he was 74 years old. Therefore, if his age is given correctly, he was born between August 1752 and August 1753.
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