He was a Landowner/Farmer.
John was born at
Chester Co., South Carolina, on 16 September 1826. He was the son of
William F. Moffatt and
Jennie McDill. He married
Margaret Simpson in 1853. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Chester Co., South Carolina. He married
Martha Elizabeth Wilson at
Tipton Co., Tennessee, circa 1872. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at
Tipton Co., Tennessee. John died on 6 January 1908 at
Idaville, Tipton Co., Tennessee, at age 81. His body was interred in January 1908 at
Atoka, Tipton Co., Tennessee, at Salem ARP Cemetery.