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Descendants of Jesse Moody I

Generation No. 1

1. JESSE¹ MOODY I.

Notes for JESSE MOODY I:
MOODY OR MOODIE

THE EARLIEST RECORDS THAT I HAVE FOUND FOR THE MOODYS IN GEORGIA
ARE THESE LAND GRANTS.

MOODIE, JOHN TOWN LOT # 21, BRUNSWICK; GRANTED DECEMBER 1,
1772 GRANT BOOK L, PAGE 106.

MOODIE, JOHN WHARF LOT # 21, BRUNSWICK, GRANTED JANUARY 19,
1773 GRANT BOOK L, PAGE 153.

MOODIE, ROBERT TOWN LOT # 98, BRUNSWICK, GRANTED DECEMBER 1,
1772 GRANT BOOK L, PAGE 107.

MOODIE, THOMAS 500 ACRES, ST. MARY PARISH GRANTED JANUARY 6,
1767; GRANT BOOK F, PAGE 29.
BOUNDED ON THE SOUTHWEST BY SATILLA RIVER, NORTH BY LANDS
SURVEYED FOR CHARLES WEST, SOUTHEAST BY LANDS SURVEYED FOR
HUGH BURNS. TRACT WAS HERETOFORE ORDERED TO AND SURVEYED
FOR WILLIAM JONES.

MOODIE, THOMAS 500 ACRES, ST. MARY PARISH; SURVEYED MAY 7 OR 9,
1768; PLAT BOOK C, PAGES 222 AND 284; GRANTED JANUARY 7, 1772;
GRANT BOOK I, PAGE 500.
BOUNDED ON THE SOUTHWEST BY ST. MARYS RIVER, SOUTHEAST BY
LAND LAID OUT FOR EPHRAIM GILBERT.

MOODIE, THOMAS; TOWN LOT # 148, BRUNSWICK; GRANTED DECEMBER
1, 1772; GRANT BOOK L, PAGE 108.

THESE LISTINGS ARE POSSIBLY FOR THE FATHER OF OUR MOODY
CONNECTION, THOMAS MOODY. IT IS GENERALLY THOUGHT OR
BELIEVED THAT THOMAS MOODY WAS THE FATHER OF; ISAAC,
SOLOMON, JEREMIAH, THOMAS AND JESSE MOODY. THESE ARE THE
FIVE BROTHERS WHO SETTLED IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.

JESSE MOODY GIVES HIS PLACE OF BIRTH ON THE CENSUS RECORDS AS
BEING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE WERE AND STILL ARE NUMEROUS
MOODIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER;
VOL. VII; PAGE 418.
NOVEMBER 1756
READ A PETITION OF THOMAS MOODIE PRAYING FOR A LOT IN
HARDWICKE KNOWN BY NUMBER 154.
RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LOTT WITHIN SEVEN MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN THE
REGISTERS OFFICE OF THIS PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE
DATE THEREOF THEN THE PRAYER OF HIS SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.
IBID: PAGE 447
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE FOLLOWING GRANTS LAID OUT SINCE HIS
ARRIVAL. DECEMBER 1756
THOMAS MOODIE A TOWN LOT NUMBER 154 IN HARDWICKE.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
IX ; PAGE 380.
THOMAS MOODIE, HUGH POLSON AND JOHN SIMPSON ESQRS. BEING
APPOINTED JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THIS PROVIDENCE NAMELY THE
SAID THOMAS MOODIE FOR THE PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, THE SAID
HUGH POLSON FOR THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES, AND THE SAID JOHN
SIMPSON FOR THE PARISH OF ST. PHILLIP. IT IS ORDERED THAT THE
CLERK OF THE CROWN AND PEACE IN WHOSE OFFICE THE SAID
COMMISSION IS LODGED DO INSERT THEIR NAMES ACCORDINGLY.
AUGUST 1765.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
IX; PAGE 671; NOVEMBER 1766

READ A PETITION OF THOMAS MOODIE SETTING FORTH THAT HE WAS
DESIROUS TO OBTAIN LAND IN THIS PROVIDENCE HAVING HAD NONE YET
GRANTED HIM AND HAVING A FAMILY CONSISTING OF SEVEN CHILDREN
AND A NEGRO THEREFORE PRAYING FOR FIVE HUNDRED ACRES ON
GREAT SATILLA NEAR LAND THERE LAID OUT FOR EDWARD BERNARD.

RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND WITHIN SEVEN MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN THE
REGISTERS OFFICE OF THE SAID PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM
THE DATE THEREOF THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY NOT BE DEFRAUDED OF HIS
QUIT RENTS THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.

IBID: PAGE 699; DECEMBER 1766

READ A PETITION OF THOMAS MOODIE SETTING FORTH THAT HE HAD
FIVE HUNDRED ACRES ORDERED HIM AT THE LAST BOARD WHICH HE
DESIRED TO RESIGN AND OBTAIN LAND IN LIEU THEROF THEREFORE
PRAYING FOR IN LIEU OF THE SAID FIVE HUNDRED ACRES, FIVE
HUNDRED ACRES ON SATILLA RIVER IN ST. MARY'S PARISH BEING A
TRACT HERETOFORE ORDERED WILLIAM JONES THE FIAT WHEREOF WAS
LAYING IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE ELAPSED EVER SINCE THE 5TH
OCTOBER 1765.

RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LAND WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE (AGREEABLE TO AN ORDER OF COUNCIL IN THAT CASE
LATELY MADE) AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN
THE REGISTER'S OFFICE OF THE SAID PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS
FROM THE DATE THEREOF THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY NOT BE DEFRAUDED
OF HIS QUIT RENTS THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER; VOL.
X; JANUARY 1767. PAGE 17.

READ A PETITION OF ANN MOODIE SETTING FORTH THAT SHE OBTAINED
HIS MAJESTY'S GRANT FOR TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND BUT THE
TIME FOR REGISTERING THE SAME IN THE REGISTER'S OFFICE WAS
ELAPSED THEREFORE PRAYING THAT SHE MIGHT OBTAIN AN ORDER TO
THE REGISTER TO ENTER THE SAID GRANT IN HIS OFFICE
NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAPSE OF TIME.

RESOLVED THAT THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED AND
THAT THE REGISTER OF GRANTS DO ENTER THE SAID GRANT ON RECORD
ACCORDINGLY.

IBID: PAGE 40 FEBRUARY 1767.

GRANTS SIGNED: THOMAS MOODIE, 500 ACRES IN ST. MARY'S PARISH.

IBID: PAGE 88; MARCH 1767.

READ A PETITION OF THOMAS MOODIE SETTING FORTH THAT HE WAS
SETTLED IN THE PROVIDENCE AND WAS DESIROUS OF IMPROVING A LOT
IN THE TOWN OF SAVANNAH THEREFORE PRAYING FOR LOT NUMBER
NINE IN THE SECOND TYTHING ANSON WARD.

RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION ONLY THAT THE PETITIONER DOTH
TAKE OUT A GRANT FOR THE SAID LOT WITHIN SEVEN MONTHS FROM
THIS DATE AND THAT HE DOTH ALSO REGISTER THE SAID GRANT IN THE
REGISTER'S OFFICE OF THE SAID PROVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM
THE DATE THEREOF THE PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS GRANTED.

IBID: PAGE 335; NOVEMBER 1767.

GRANTS SIGNED THOMAS MOODIE A TOWN LOT IN SAVANNAH.

IBID: PAGE 428; FEBRUARY 1768.

NEW COMMISSION OF THE PEACE ORDERED:

THOMAS MOODIE JUSTICE FOR THE PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ALLEN CANDLER;
VOL. XII; PAGES 137-138. DECEMBER 1771.

READ A PETITION OF THOMAS MOODIE SETTING FORTH THAT SOME
TIME SINCE HE HAD ORDERED HIM FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN ST.
MARY'S PARISH WHICH HAD BEEN SURVEYED AND A PLAN THEREOF
RETURNED INTO THE SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE BUT THE TIME WAS
ELAPSED IN WHICH A GRANT FOR THE SAME SHOULD HAVE PASSED.
THEREFORE PRAYING THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE LAPSE OF TIME HE
MIGHT BE PERMITTED TO TAKE OUT HIS MAJESTY'S GRANT FOR THE SAID
LAND AND THAT THE SURVEYOR GENERAL MIGHT BE ORDERED TO
PREPARE AND CERTIFY A PLAN THEREOF FOR THAT PURPOSE.

RESOLVED THAT ON CONDITION AND PRAYER OF THE SAID PETITION IS
GRANTED.

IBID: PAGE 191 FEBRUARY 1772.

HIS HONOR THE PRESIDENT SIGNED THE FOLLOWING GRANTS VIZ.

THOMAS MOODIE ESQ. 500 ACRES IN ST. MARY'S PARISH.

COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA; ORIGINAL PAPERS OF GOV.
WRIGHT, PRES. HABERSHAM, AND OTHERS. 1764-1782; VOL. 28, PART II;
KENNETH COLEMAN AND MILTON READY; COPIES MADE FROM ORIGINAL
RECORDS IN ENGLAND. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS.

GRANT DATED 6TH AUGUST 1765

TO BENJAMIN MOODY FOR 400 ACRES OF LAND IN THE PARISH OF ST.
GEORGE. REGISTERED 13TH AUGUST 1765.

IBID: GRANT DATED 6TH JANUARY 1767.

TO THOMAS MOODIE FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND IN THE PARISH OF ST.
MARY. REGISTERED 12 JANUARY 1767.

IBID: GRANT DATED 3RD FEBRUARY 1767.

TO ANN MOODIE FOR 200 ACRES OF LAND IN THE PARISH OF ST.
MATTHEW. REGISTERED 24 MARCH 1767.

IBID: GRANT DATED 6TH OCTOBER 1767.

TO THOMAS MOODIE FOR A TOWN LOT IN THE PARISH OF CHRIST
CHURCH. REGISTERED 13TH OCTOBER 1767.

REF. HINTON'S MAP OF GEORGIA 1779 HARDWICKE WAS LOCATED SOUTH
OF SAVANNAH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GREAT OGECHEE RIVER.
HARDWICKE WAS NORTH OF SUNBURY.

Children of JESSE MOODY I are:

SOLOMON² MOODY.

ii.

JEREMIAH MOODY.

iii.

THOMAS MOODY.

iv.

ISAAC MOODY, b. 1774, SOUTH CAROLINA; d. 1858, APPLING COUNTY GEORGIA.

JESSE MOODY, b. Abt. 1776, SOUTH CAROLINA; d. Abt. 1856, APPLING CO. GA..

vi.

GABRIEL MOODY, b. 1790, APPLING CO. GA.; d. 1843, APPLING CO. GA..

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