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Notes for Moza GRESHAM

Buried in a cemetery now destroyed on the Oscar George farm in Trigg Co., KY
Calloway County, KY - 1830 Census - Heads of Households - Part 3
Gresham, Moza

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Virginia Marriages to 1800

Virginia
Halifax County

Boyd, Elizabeth
Gresham, Moses

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Source: from notes of John Pearson, Moses moved from Halifax County, VA, in 1814 to Caldwell County, KY. He arrived there January 8, 1815. Until this death, he lived in Christian, Trigg, Caldwell and Calloway County, KY. Copy of Marriage Certificate provided. Copy of Will provided (will recorded 7-10-1840).

Moses Gresham listed on the "A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia" with 1 White Tithab les, 6 Slaves over 12 Years, 2 Horses.

Moza Gresham listed on the Christian County, Kentucky Tax List for 1817 with 1 white Male ove r 21, 5 Blacks over 16, 7 total Blacks, 3 Horses.

Moza Grisham listed on the Kentucky 1820 Census Index for Trigg County as1 male under 10, 2 m ales 10-16, 1 male 16-18, 2 males 18-26, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, slaves: 1 male under 14, 1 male 14-26, 1 male 26-45, 2 females 14-26.

Source: The Greshams of Cleburne County, AR, Along With their Allied Familes (Gresham AWYS I Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2000, pg. 20). From the Wadesboro, KY, land office n 1822 there was issued to Moses Gresham a warrant for 160 acres - the SW 1/4, Sec. 26, T-2, T-4E in Calloway County (neighbor to William Clayton and William Crow.)

Moza Gresham listed on the Kentucky 1830 Census Index for Caldwell County as 2 males 5/10 , 1 male 15/20, 1 male 20/30, 1 male 50/60, 1 female 50/60.

Moses Grisham listed on the Kentucky 1840 Census Index for Caldwell County as 1 male 10-18 , 1 male 60-70, 1 female 60-70, slaves: 1 male under 10, 1 male 30-55, 2 females under 10, 2 females 10-24, 1 female 35-55, for a total of 10 persons, 3 employed in agriculture

Christian County Deed Abstracts of Books K and L (1818-1821):
DB K, 512-514, 24 Sep 1819. William Johnson and Sarah, his wife, of Washington County, IL, s old to Moza Grisham, for $500. 400 Acres Bounded: Joshua Davis' corner, stake in side of road from Hopkinsville to McCaughlin's Mill, Thomas Craig's corner, Lucy Church's corner, Jonathan Bozarth's survey corner, land Grisham formerly resided on Hopkinsville to Eddyville Road 4.5 miles from Hopkinsville. Signed: William Johnson, Sarah (X) Johnson. Witnessed: D. Henry, Hosea Rawling.
DB K, 514-515, 16 Nov 1819. Moza Grisham & Elizabeth, his wife, sold to John Pursley for $20 60. 515 Acres on Little River. Bounded: Joshua Davis' corner, S side of Hopkinsville to Eddyville Road, Luch Church's corner, Jonathan Bozarth's corner. Signed: Moza Gresham, Elizabeth (X) Gresham.

Marriage:
Source: Copy of marriage certificate. Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Halifax Coun
ty, Virginia 1753 - 1800: August 2, 1800. Moses Gresham and Elizabeth Boyd. Sur. Jesse Finch. pg. 43.

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