Sara Elizabeth Proffitt

Thomas married Dorcas Moody on 31 Dec 1869 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Dorcas (daughter of Benjamin Moody, Sr. and Rhoda Hatton) was born in Jun 1852 in Caldwell County, , , North Carolina; died on 26 Mar 1936 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Butler Memorial Cemetery, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Found in Johnson Co., TN census from 1850 to 1880. Deeds: 1860 - $2000
Land; 1870 - $1000 Land. Per Grandad was from Asheville,
NC.

John married Lydia Robinson about 1830 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Lydia (daughter of Joseph Robinson, Sr. and Mary Sarah Stout) was born about 1812 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died about 1887 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; was buried in Doeville, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grandson John H. Read b. abt 1865 TN was living w/Lydia in Johnson
Co.

Notes:

1850 Caldwell County, NC Census
Benj. Moody 50 NC
Rhody 35 NC
John 19 NC
Isaac 17 NC
Elizabeth 15 NC
Benjamin 13 NC
Margaret 10 NC
Jackson 8 NC
Matilda 7 NC
Martha 5 NC
Marion 3 NC
Mary 2 NC

Benjamin married Rhoda Hatton on 5 Jul 1846 in Caldwell County, , , North Carolina. Rhoda (daughter of Charles Hatton and Mary Millsaps) was born on 11 Jul 1816 in Caldwell County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Found in 1850 Johnson Co., TN census with Sarah(Mary) and:
John 42 farmer
Catherine 42
Margaret 22
Hannah 13
Efviale 4

He stated his birthplace VA in census.(census record)

Will 1853-54, Will Book 1, dated 1853 prvd. 1854 page 89; Excr/Admrs.
Samuel Howard & H.P. Murphey. (Jerry Ann Stout)

Joseph married Mary Sarah Stout about 1805 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Godfrey Daniel Stout and Catherina Magdalen Voltzen) was born on 8 Jul 1787 in Shenandoah County, , , Virginia; died after 1860 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Michael J. Watts has done extensive research on the Moody family. In his Article 241 in the Heritage of Watauga County, he states: 'The earliest Moody ancestors to settle in what is now Watauga County apparently came to this area from Virginia. They seem to have come first in the late 1780's to an area in (then) Burke (now Caldwell) County near the present Watauga County line. Some remained in Burke and in what later became Caldwell, but others moved into Ashe (now Watauga) to the present Valle Crucis and Foscoe area between 1800 and 1815. these early Moodys may have been descendants of one Thomas Moody and his wife Ann, who emigrated from England to the area of Jamestown, Weyanoke Parish, Charles City County, Virginia, in the late 1600's or early 1700's. The descendants of this Thomas are known to have settled in Virginia, South Carolina, and the southwestern North Carolina mountain counties of Buncombe, Haywood and Cherokee. However, no definite connection has been made to between Moodys of Northwestern North Carolina and those descended from this Thomas Moody. Perhaps the earliest Watauga Moody about whom we have definite information is Edward Moody. He was born about 1756/7 in Albemarle (later Fluvanna) County, Virginia. His father may have been Thomas Moody, Sr. (born ca 1732), althogh this has not been established with certainty..... Another early Moody was George, who seems to have come into this area about the same time as Edward. The exact relationship between George and Edward is not yet known. They may indeed have been brothers, perhaps sons of Thomas Moody, Sr., or may have been cousins, or nephew and uncle....'

George married Margaret Hill about 1798 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . Margaret was born about 1776 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850 Watauga County, NC Census

Charles Hatton 59 NC
Mary 52 NC
Sarah 23 NC
James 18 NC
Susan 17 NC
Warren 11 NC
Sarah M. 10 NC
Mary 2 NC

Charles married Mary Millsaps about 1815 in North Carolina, , , . Mary (daughter of William Millsaps and Margaret 'Peggy' Gwaltney) was born on 27 Apr 1798 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]