1. JAMES1 MOZLEY1,2,3 was born Abt. 1712 in England, and died Unknown in VA. He married ? Unknown in England. She was born Unknown in ?, and died Unknown in Prob. VA.
Notes for JAMES MOZLEY:
I wish to express my appreciation to all the faithful researchers who have shared their information so willing with all of us who ask. This information would undoubtedly be lost if not for such generous and dedicated people.
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It is not proven that James is the progenitor of this line in America. This comes from a notarized letter from Norman Adolphus Mozley , a lawyer, who decended from Edward Mozley , the son of James Mozley who migrated from England. I received a copy from my cousin Rusty Mozley who received a copy from Raymond Mozley. Rusty and Raymond have done an enormous amt. of research and documentation. Raymond is now deceased. I just found THE GARTH FAMILY 1734-1986, Davis, 1988 at the library. There is a wealth of information concerning the Garths, Walter Mozley and some reference to Edward and their working relationship with Thomas Jefferson. I have found a James Mousley in Albemarle Co., VA living near Edward and Walter.
JULY 1999: IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH WARREN L. "TUCK" FORSYTHE who is researching the Moseley family of Virginia. His family is the Moseleys from the Norfolk line who do not seem to be related to my Mozleys. We found a will attributed to James Mosley dated 1760. Tuck ordered a microfilm of this will and found that it is MOBLEY rather than Mosley. He said that it is a handwritten document and it is definitely MOBLEY. I am quite dissapointed by this, but someday I hope to find our James Mozley.
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Norman Adolphus Mozley, the compiler of the following Family Abstract, was born on a farm in Johnson Co., Ill. on December 11, 1865. He was a teacher, a lawyer, and a statesman. He died May 9, 1922 and is buried in Bloomfield, Missouri in the Bloomfield Cemetery.
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This is verbatim from the booklet that I received from my cousin Rusty which was researched and prepared by Raymond G. Mozley with the assistance of various members of the different branches of the family, including Rusty Mozley.
THE MOZLEY FAMILY
We are greatly indebted to Mr. Norman Adolphus (N.A.) Mozley for his abstract of the Mozley family written 12-12-1893, which is probably the most accurate and most complete lineage record on the early generations of this line of Mozleys available. Through the use of this document as a guide it has been possible to accurately confirm many family connections.
A few errors, however, have been found, as listed below, but basically this document is very valuable.
1. Walter Mozley, brother of Edward, did not die childless. He had at least four children, Nancy Trent, Susannah McCabe, William, and James, according to his will proved 27 Oct. 1800 in Bedford Co., VA
2. It was Walter's daughter Nancy who married Obadiah H. Trent, not Walter's sister. Confirmed by Walter's Will.
3. Edward Mozley and his son Edward, Jr., known as Edwin Mozley, and who married Sarah Gaithright in Bedford Co., VA 21 July 1785, did move to Georgia where they stayed the rest of their lives. We have no evidence that they ever went to Missouri.
4. Sarah, daughter of Edward, Sr., married Jonathan Prather, not Praler.
Samuel G. Mozley, son of Edwin (Edward, Jr.) and Sarah Gathright Mozley, did marry Elizabeth Bankston, daughter of Lawrence and Nancy Henderson Bankston, in Wilkes Co., GA 29 Dec., 1808.
The father of Edward, Sr. and Walter Mozley is still unproven but it is hoped that some day we will find him to have been James as stated by N.A. Mozley in his Abstract.
Family Abstract
Collated by N.A. Mozley
12-12-1893
The first one of my family, of which I have any account, was James Mozley. He was born in England and emigrated to American-stopping in the state of Virginia. He had two sons and one daughter. The daughter married Obed. Trent. Her christian name and subsequent history is unknown. The two sons were named Walter and Edward. Walter died childless. Edward who was my grandfather's grandfather, married Mary McDaniels. Of this marriage were born five sons viz:-James, Edward, David, John, and Archibald, and four daughters viz:-Sarah, Catherine, Polly, and Patsy.
These sons and daughters were my Grandfather's uncles and aunts except John who was his father. Sarah married Jonathan Praler.
Catherine---William *Vader
Patsy---------John Hambrick
Polly----------Unknown
James and Edward were both revolutionary soldiers.
Edward (Grandfather and father of the last named children) moved to Georgia ten years after the Revolutionary War.
James (Uncle of my Grandfather) married
first--------------Miss Turner
second--------Widow Perman
third------------Widow Tramel.
By the first marriage he had four sons viz:- Caleb, Turner, James, and Archibald and three daughters viz:-Millie, Patsy, and Peggy. By the second marriage he had one son viz:-Thomas Jefferson.
By the third marriage he had one son viz:- Daniel, and two daughters viz:-Susan and Martha. James girls by his first wife married as follows viz:-
Millie married-------J. W. Terrell
Patsy -------------------John Glover
Peggy ------------------Jerry Tinman
James (my Grandfather's uncle) sons married and emigrated as follows:
**Caleb married-----------Betsey Murry
**Turner's wife's name is unknown. He married, however, and emigrated to Alabama.
Archibald married-----Sarah Vaden, and went to Alabama.
***Nothing is known of Edwards family except one son who married Miss Bankston and went from Georgia to Missouri.
David (my Grandfather's uncle) married-------Miss Terrill. Of this marriage were born three sons viz:- Edwin, William, and Harry and one daughter whose christiam name is unknown, and who married a man by the name of White and settled in Georgia.
John (Father of my Grandfather) was born in Virgian in 1771 and emigrated to Georgia in 1787? John's wifes name was Sarah Norman. They had three sons Viz:-Archibald N., Thornton T., and John N. and four daughters viz:-Nancy, Martha, Lettie and Melvina.
Archibald married-----Elizabeth Hogg, and lived in Illinois.
John N.---------------------Agnes Galloway first and the Widow Casper, second, lives also in Illinois.
Thornton T.---------------Adaline Carlton and lives also in Illinois.
The daughters married as follows viz:
Nancy married---------John Harris.
Martha---------------------Moses B. Adkins.
Lettie -----------------------never married.
Melvina--------------------T.C. Helms
Archibalds marriage with Elizabeth Hogg resulted in the birth of six children viz:-Hicksey Jane, Nancy, Rebecca, Susan, Martha, and John H. These children are all dead except Susan and Rebecca.
John N. had by his first wife, nine children viz: Sarah Jane, James Marshall, Martha Margaret, Samuel Galloway, William Wallis, John Thornton, Archibald Thompson, Lucy A. and of his marriage with Elizabeth Casper was born one daughter who name was Manda Elizabeth.
Nancy's marriage to John Harris resulted in ten children viz:- Martha, Diana, Archibald, John N., Francis, James T., Edward, Tennessee, Missouri, and Narrie.
Nancy's children are all dead except Narrey and Tennessee.
John N. Mozley's (My Grandfather) children married as follows viz:-
John Thornton married-Margaret Worley.
Archibald T.married------Nancy A. F. Shelton
(Frances Dallas)
Sarah Jane------------------Leroy Helm.
Lucy A.------------------------A. J. Burkhead
Martha Margaret---------E. B. Burkhead
James Marshall----------Melissa Webb.
The remainder of John's children never married.
John Thornton and his wife had four children viz:-William Archibald, Amanda Rosalee, Norman Jackson, and Charley Almun.
Archibald T. and his first wife had two children viz:- John Marshall, and Norman Adolphus.
By his second marriage with Rosa Ann George he had seven children viz:- Anthony, George W., Theodore M., Charlie F., Mary L., Eugene G., and Francis M.
James Marshall and his wife had five children viz:-Samuel T., Charlie N., Maggie, Louise, and Minnie.
Thus far have I recorded, from data furnished me by my Grandfather, the births, marriages, and deaths of my family in the lineal line of descent.
I hearby certify that this is an accurate typewritten copy of a clearly handwritten copy of the Family Abstract by N.A. Mozley, dated 12-12-1893, which was made in March 1934 by Mary (Mollie) L. Mozley for her neice Miss Archa Mozley. The orginal handwritten copy by Mary L. Mozley is still in the possession of Archa Mozley (now Mrs. Marion Mosley), North Acre Lane, Jonesboro, Illinois 62952.
_____August 16, 1976________________/s/Raymond G. Mozley____________
State of Ohio )
Co. of Shelby) ss.
Acknowledged and signed in my presence the 16th day of August, 1976.
Gene B. Mozley, Notary Public
Shelby Co., Ohio
My commission expires Feb. 25, 1979 /s/ Gene B. Mozley
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*Vaden
**Caleb and Turner, above, are the same person. Caleb Turner did marry Betsy Murray.
***This is my line of Mozleys. The one who married Miss Bankston is Samuel G. Mozley, father of Isaiah Irvin Mozley, my ancestor.
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Mozley is just one of the spellings of this name. If you are seriously looking for Mozley ancestors, you must look at all the possible spellings--Mousely, Moseley, Moseley, Mosely, Mozeley, Mozely, and Mozley. I have recently recieved verification of the Mozley spelling from Donna Mosley Benson who just found out that her father's birth certificate and one other sibling's is spelled with a "Z", all the others are spelled with an "S". Donna descends from James H. Mozley, the brother of Edward Mozley, Jr. who is known as Edwin. But I received a different spelling from a descendant of Walter Mozley-Janie Moseley Garraghty Jordan states that her family chose to spell their name MOSELEY! This spelling has been passed down in her family as a middle name. Janie knew that her ancestor was named Walter, and that his wife was named Sarah, but not that her maiden name was Garth and that they had lived in the same area for almost 300 years.
Robert "Bob" Mayse, another desc. of James Mozley, the Revolutionary War Soldier, also has a family history of the name being spelled Mozley. He was looking for that name, not knowing that his family had been here in America since the early 1700s. He had the family tradition that the correct spelling was Mozley. I grew up with this same tradition, that "if it's not spelled Mozley, it's not a relative." (This is funny since my grandfather had two brothers who splled it Mosley!) Bob also has the family tradition of the family coming here from England.
DNA testing has shown that the Mozley descendants from Edward Mozley who was in Amherst and Bedford Co., VA are not related to any other of the Moseley/Mosley families who were in VA at about the same time. We do not have any male descendants of Walter to test, but the genealogical research and oral family history of Norman Adolphus Mozley appears to be proven by the DNA results.
Ann LeDoux and Russell Mozley are Group Administrators. Ann descends from James H. Mozley and Keziah Turner who married in Campbel Co., VA. James is a son of Edward and Mary McDaniels (Last Name not proven) Mozley. Russell is descended from Edward Jr., known as Edwin and Sarah Gathright. The family was apart for almost 200 years years, after James, John, and Archibald Mozley moved into Bedford Co., TN. John moved north ending up in Illinois, James moved into Northwest Alabama, and Archibald has been lost to research. Edwin stayed in Georgia as did David.
There is some marriages in THREE CENTURIES OF MOZLEYS, Compiled by the Mozley Family Roots Center, Published by Three Centuries, 1181 S Parker RD # 105, Denver, Colo. 80231 that I can't account for and haven't confirmed. I don't know who this publisher is. I think that it is one of the groups that compiles data and sells it to people with a particular name. I have added a few notes of things that I have found that I haven't really been able to find enough to be sure that they are who I think that they are, except for John E. Mozley, who is John Edwin Mozley, son of Edward, Jr.
Archibald Mozley married Hixy Hight 7-9-1836 in Maury Co., TN Source: Mozley Family Records. (There was an Archibald Mosley-I don't remember the exact spelling of the name, altho it was a variation of Mozley), in Maury Co., TN in the 1820 Census. I don't know the age of that Archibald, but he could be Archibald Mozley, but I could not find enough info to really decide if he was the right person or if it was just coincidence. I don't know what these "Mozley Family Records" are, I have not been contacted by any desc. of this line.
Nancy L. Mozley married Thomas C. Crumley 3-3-1846 in Gilmer or Franklin Co., GA Source: Same as above.
(I think that this person may be related to the Samuel "Mozley" who was in Franklin Co., GA in the early 1800s. This Samuel was a RWS, I think, and I have not found any relationship to my Mozleys. The records are also in the spelling Moseley, and Mosley. I corresponded with a desc. of this line, who had ancestors who went to Cherokee Co., GA She said that there was a family history of being related to the Terrells. It may be that this Samuel IS related to our line of Mozleys, but I don't know how. Some of the Terrells were also in Franklin Co., GA as was David Mozley who married Elizabeth Terrell, but I think that David had already moved into Rabun Co., GA by 1846.)
In a post on Genforum from Jane dated Nov. 21, 2002:
Ancestor William Terrell Moseley was a son of James Washington Moseley and Sarah Wilbanks, his grandfather was Samuel Moseley who married Mary Ann Kelley, his great grandfather was Samuel Moseley who married Susanna Bledsoe (This Samuel was a Revolutionary Soldier and born in NC and moved to Franklin Co., GA).
A cousin of the grandfather was a Mozley from Rabun Co., GA (This is the Mozeley family who married into the Terrell family.)
Jane also does not know how the Terrells are related, but they are relatives.
D. E. Mozley married J. D. Armstrong 12-12-1892 in Somervell, TX Source: Ditto
(I think that her name is Ella Dora Mozley, called "Nora". She does not appear to be from my line of Mozleys, maybe from the Mozleys who came here in the early 1800s.)
Census Database, same book.
James Mozley was counted in Bedford Co., VA Census pg 471, 1810. (This is believed to be James, the son of Walter.)
Josiah Mozley was counted in Bedford Co., VA Census pg 474, 1810. (I don't know who this is, or if he is related.)
Pamale Mozley was counted in Bedford Co., VA Census pg 474, 1810. (This is may be Pamela Crump who married Arthur Mosley. "--, -, 1799 , Arthur married Pamelia Crump; Caleb Tate, Jr. Surety; Bond, M.R. in canvas book.")
John E. Mozley was counted in Monroe Co., No TWP listed, GA Census pg 223, 1830. (This is the son of Edward, Jr, aka "Edwin".)
Solomon Mozley was counted in Appling Co., No TWP listed, GA Census pg 12, 1830 (Unknown relationship, if any)
Thomas Mozley was counted in Marquette, Marquette Co., Wis., Census pg 97, 1850. (This Thomas was the son of the Edward Mozley who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 1800s, relationship to our line unknown, if any.)
There are probably many other records out there that I have not accessed that may give some info. I am hoping that someone finds these records and shares them.
Children of JAMES MOZLEY and ? are:
