Moon Genealogy of Columbia County, Georgia

George Moon of Prince Edward County, Virginia, proven to be the father of Thomas (1759-1855) as follows:

Thomas Moon appointed Joseph Yarborough to recover the following property all my legacy left me by my father George Moon in Prince Edward County. Columbia County Deeds, Power of Attorney dated 23 April 1799.

Thomas Moon, born 1759 in Randolph County, North Carolina, died 1855 in Columbia County, Georgia. He was married to Sarah Brooks of Columbia County and by her had twelve children. The names of the other three I do not know. Possibly they were children of a former wife and did not come to Georgia. We will notice from this ancestor down to the present, that the Moons generally had a large family of boys, which accounts for so many Moons in the South.... Issue:

Jesse Moon, son of Thomas Moon and Sarah (Brooks) Moon, was born ca 1780. One reference says that he did at the age of 112 years. He married (1) Rachael Willingham and by her had issue: Thomas (married a Miss Davis); John Willingham (married 1st Harriet Cole on 1/31/1820 in Columbia County, 2nd, Prudence Baggett); Rachael (married Jack Griffin); and Mary (Polly) (married Burton Baggett on 11/27/1824 in Columbia County). Jesse Moon married (2) Miss Creacy Willingham, a sister of his first wife and by her had issue: Madison (married 1st Miss Richardson, 2nd, Margareth Coloway); Lewis (married Kate Webb); Cash (married Mary Davis on 2/27/1841 in Walton County, a sister of the Miss Davis who married Thomas Moon); Nelope (married Sanford Fulse); Sandal (called Sallie), married Charles Bookout; and Patsy (married James Webb). Jesse Moon married (3) Polly Brown ca 1846 and removed to Randolph County, Alabama. After the loss of his second wife he made a grave mistake in the selection of his third wife. There seemed to have been a lack of congeniality between himself and this woman. She squandered and asted his fortune and they separated several years before his death. Issue by 1st wife:

• Thomas Moon was born in Columbia County. Wife, Nancy. Resided in Marietta, Cobb County. Issue: Mary A. born 11/12/1817; Martha M., born 8/22/1819; Elizabeth U., born 12/1/1821 married Lewis L. Moon 10/26/---; James Odom Moon, born 11/28/1823; Isaiah M. Moon, born 4/5/1826; Jabez P. Moon, born 12/5/1827; Levi T. E. Moon, born 7/2/1831; Jesse M. Moon, born 8/22/1833, married Nancy Josephine Turner in 1867; Littleton L. Moon, born 5/16/1836; and Charles B. Moon, born 9/11/1840.

• John Willingham Moon, son of Jesse and Rachel, was born 4/14/1802 in Columbia County and died on Powder Springs Creek near the Paulding County line on 5/27/1876. He was married on 2/20/1820 to Miss Harriet Cole, the daughter of Marcus Cole of Columbia County. The coupled removed to Walton County about 1824, then in 1837 removed to Cobb County. They had eleven children, nine sons and two daughters. Issue:

1. Joseph K. Moon, born 12/22/1820 in Columbia County, married Mary Butner 3/25/1849 in Walton County and by her had six children.
2. Cicero D. Moon, born 12/13/1822 in Columbia County. He married (1) Miss Ferraby Bullard of Cobb County and by her had eight children. After her death, he married Mrs. Susan McCutcheon (formerly Bullard), a sister of his first wife. The family settled in Cobb County near Powder Springs where he died on 8/27/1899.
3. Wilkes L. Moon, known as Coot, was born Walton Co. on 12/20/1824. He was married on 9/24/1850 in Walton County to Malsey C. Webb of Walton County and by her had seven children. They removed to Powder Springs where he died on 2/5/1876.
4. Thomas Jefferson Moon was born 7/28/1826 in Walton County and died on his farm in Cobb County in 1889. He was married on 7/24-1851 to Elizabeth S. Moon of Walton County, a daughter of Thomas Moon and granddaughter of Jesse and Rachael Willingham Moon. They had five children.
5. John Francis Moon was born 5/6/1830 in Walton County. He was married to Sophronia Adcock of Cobb County on 2/17/1856. He first resided near Lost Mountain in Cobb County before removing to Hiram, a town in Paulding County. This is where he died on 2/6/1902. Issue: Louis Anthony, born 12/12/1856 (married Sarah J. Hipps); Robert Toombs, born 6/8/1858 (married Ella Land); Mary Jane, born 10/19/1859 (married John A. Clonts; Harriet Lane, born 11/29/1860; Sophronia Frances, born 10/1862 (married John T. Lester) and John William, born 8/12/1866 in Spalding County, (married Eunice Sorrells on 12/28/1904). He served in the War Between the States under General Nathan B. Forrest, was captured at the battle of Chickamauga on 8/27/1863 and taken to Camp Douglas in Chicago where he suffered from hunger and cold. He was admitted to the Bar in Dallas, Georgia 1892.
6. Isaac N. Moon, born 4/11/1832 in Walton County. He married (1) Cynthia Bullard of Cobb County and by her had eight children. He married (2) Mrs. Maggie Daniel of Cobb County. He represented Cobb County in the Georgia Legislature from 1886-1887.
7. Lucy Ellen Moon was born 4/3/1834 in Walton County. She was married to W. M. Bullard of Cobb County and by him had eight children..
8. W. W. L. Moon (called Lump) was born 12/24/1835 in Walton County and married Milza Webb. He served as a private in Co. I, 2nd Georgia Cavalry during the War Between the States and was found dead on 3/30/1863 in camp by his brother-in-law, William M. Bullard. His widow married again, to William Brown.
9. Jesse M. Lee Moon, born Walton Co., married Margaret Callaway 11/28/1854 in Walton County.
10. Stephen C. Moon, born in Cobb County on 8/7/1841, never married. Died from measles during the War Between the States at the battle of Manassas on 7/30/1863.
11. Sarah N. E. Moon, born on 10/24/1828 in Walton County and died 8/22/1910. She was married to Jacob D. Moore of Cobb County, and by him had nine children. They resided on a farm near the Paulding-Cobb County line.
12. Harriet Cole Moon, died 5/3/1843, born Cobb Co.
13. John Willingham Moon married on 11/1/1843 Prudence Baggett of Cobb County. Issue: Mariles J., born 9/30/1844 (married John Summers); Mary Elizabeth, born 3/7/1847 (married James R. Summers), died 5/24/1914; Susan I., born 12/15/1849 (married David S. Poole); Benjamin F., born 9/11/1854 (married Mary Paris); Rachael R., born 10/3/1857 (married James R. Eliot; and Willie, born 3/6/1860 (married William R. House).

• Rachel Moon married Jack Griffin.
• Mary Moon.

Issue by 2nd wife:

• Madison Moon, born 10/30/1815, married Mary Richardson and by her had seven children, viz:
  

1. Rollie Moon married Arbel Moon of Cobb County.
2. John Moon, resided in Texas.
3. William Moon, resided in Texas.
4. Amy Moon married Andrew J. Swords 1859 in Walton County.
5. unk
6. unk
7. unk

• Lewis Moon was born in Columbia County and married Martha Willingham in 1806. They had nine children as follows:

1. Javus Moon.
2. John Moon.
3. Mommon B. Moom married Elizabeth Austin. They had issue: Lewis, Martha, John, Margaret, Jesse, Morgan and Bev.
4. Lewis Moon, Jr., born ca 1819.
5. Isaac Moon, born ca 1826.
6. Jesse Moon, born ca 1833.
7. Martha Moon.
8. Mary Ann Moon, born 10/6/1839, married John B. Rodgers on 4/8/1855, residents of Tucker, Georgia.
9. unk. Died infancy.

• Cash Moon married Mary C. Davis 7-27-1841 in Walton County.
• Nelope Moon.
• Sandal Moon.
• Patsy Moon, born in Columbia County, married James Webb. Known children: Andrew, Wiley, John, James, Jr. and Elizabeth Webb.

Edom Moon, son of Thomas Moon and Sarah (Brooks) Moon, was born 1783 in North Carolina. He was married to Obedience, born 1793 in South Carolina. He had twelve or fifteen children. They were residents of Walton County in 1850.

• Daniel Moon, born 1813.
• Martha Moon, born 3/16/1818, known as Pattie. married Josiah Brooks on 10/15/1866.
• Sarah Moon, born 1820.
• Mary Moon, born 1825.
• Edom G. W. Moon, born 1830 in Walton County. He was a resident of Walker County, Georgia in 1850, and lived to be over aged 90 years of age.
• William Moon.

Joseph Moon, youngest son of Thomas Moon and Sarah (Brooks) Moon, was born 10/16/1796 in Columbia County, Georgia. He married (1) Edith Hutsonand married (2) Martha Jones in 1833 and by her had fourteen children. He married (3) in 1861 to Luranie Thompson and resided with her for twenty-three years, dying on 5/30/1893. He removed to Walton County in 1819 to a farm on Gum Creeek Church where he built a log cabin. At his death he had eighteen children, one hundred grandchildren and one hundred and seven great grandchildren, and ten great-great-grandchildren.
Issue of 1st wife:

• William E. Moon, born 1826 in Walton County was a farmer in Monroe, Walton County where he owned over eleven hundred acres of land. He was married on 12/19/1844 to Susie J. Willingham (born 1828 in Walton County, a daughter of Cash and Martha Moon. They had eleven children, viz: T. M., Fannie, Cicero L. J., Columbus A., Joseph P., Benjamin F., Stephen Douglas, Robert L., Elizabeth, William E. and Virginia.
• Creasy Moon.
• Susie Moon.
• Thomas Moon.

Issue by 2nd wife:

• Stephen Lafayette Moon.
• Joseph DeKalb Moon.
• George W. Moon.
• Catherine Moon.
• Andrew J. Moon.
• Josephine Moon.
• Augustus J. Moon.
• Edom T. Moon.
• Charles K. P. Moon.
• Sarah E. Moon.
• Franklin Pierce Moon.
• Jesse L. Moon.
• Columbus Moon.
• Martha Moon.

History of the Moon Family

Sources: History of the Moon Family by William H. Moon; Columbia County Deeds & Marriages; Walton County Marriages.