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Barfield Moody

Barfield Moody

Male 1796 - 1860  (64 years)   Has 3 ancestors and 80 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Barfield Moody
    Birth 1795/1796  Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _TAG Uncle/Aunt ancestors 
    _UID 4ABE888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400002C57 
    Death 7 Apr 1860  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1631  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2019

    Father Charles Moody,   b. 1730/1740   d. Aft 1830, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 91 years)
    Mother Millinder,   b. Bef 1765   d. Aft 1814, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years)
    Marriage SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID DBBE0E482E1E1643ADDB5AFD0DDC2366E5CD 
    Family ID F29506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Crawford,   b. 1799/1800, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1870/1880, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 1816/1820  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 9F79CE6B7D2E254AA975547813966A8BF3D4 
    Children 
     1. Maj William H Moody,   b. 1819/1820, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Evander J Moody,   b. 17 Apr 1825, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1903, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Sarah Ann Moody,   b. 1824/1825, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Montgomery Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 26 years)
     4. Elizabeth J Moody,   b. 19 May 1829, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1892, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     5. Martha Louisa "Lucy" Moody,   b. 16 Aug 1831, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1892, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     6. Julia C Moody,   b. 17 Mar 1833, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1900, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     7. Robert B Moody,   b. 1837/1838, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1894, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     8. Senator Thomas C Moody,   b. 14 Feb 1839, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1905, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     9. Albert C Moody,   b. 30 Sep 1841, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1915, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NOTES:
      (1) I'm not related to this person. But I'm interested in all Marion Co SC families to some extent.
      (2) This person is an uncle/aunt of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


      !REFERENCE:
      http://www.martygrant.com/
      http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


      !NOTES:Barfield is proven son of Charles Moody Sr. See deed dated 27 Dec 1815;


      !NOTES:Barfield Moody was referred to as Uncle by the children of Robert Moody of Glynn Co., GA. They are nearly 20 years different in age, so perhaps different mothers. Father unknown;


      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 142-147
      ...
      The first James Crawford married a second time, and had a daughter, Sallie, who became the wife of the late Barfield Moody, a prominent man in his day in Marion, of whom more may be said hereinafter.
      ...
      There were two Crawford brothers from Alabama of the same family, named John H. Crawford and Dr. James Crawford; they were here during the '40's. John H. married a Sarah Ann Moody, oldest daughter of the late Barfield Moody. They went back to Alabama. The wife of John H. died, leaving a son, named Albert, but was called Dock Crawford; he came back to this State and lived here for years ; was a merchant at Marion, and was County Auditor for a while, but resigned the office. It was said he went crazy or became a lunatic, and in a lucid interval went or started back to Georgia, and dlied, it was said, crazy in the woods. He was the nephew of our fellow-citizen, E. J. Moody. ;


      !CENSUS:1790;


      !CENSUS:1800;


      !CENSUS:1810;


      !WITNESS-DEED:12 Mar 1813 Marion Co., SC Deed Book F p. 196
      Jesse Moody of Marion, SC to Sherrod Johnson of Marion Dist.
      100a lower end of Cypress Arm to the big meadow Ss Buck Swamp and NE of Ten Mile Bay.
      S: Jesse Moody
      Wit: Barfield Moody*
      Sam Smith,
      Thomas Moody.
      Nancy (her mk) Moody, wife of Jesse Moody rdr bef Taply Moody, JQ.;


      !DEED:27 Jul 1813 Marion Dist., SC Book F p. 215
      Jesse Moody of Marion Dist to Esther Moody of same, for $80.
      125a ... Joes Branch ...
      S: Jesse Moody.
      Wit: Barfield Moody*
      Charles Moody Jr.
      Proven bef Tapley Moody, QU 1 Jan 1813
      No spouse signed nor mentioned in deed;


      !DEED:27 Dec 1815 Marion Co., SC Deed Book F, p. 309
      Charles Moody Senr of Marion Dist to my son Barfield Moody
      give negroes Peg & her two daughters Molly & Sally.
      S: Charles (his mk) Moody.
      Wit: C. Daniel.;


      !NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 162 Marion Co., SC James Crawford, Sr. 1817
      Will dated 16 Sep 1816 (see full transcript in James Crawford's notes)
      Proved by John Finklea 11 Nov 1817. James Crawford qualified as Executor 11 Nov 1817.
      ... (Sales, appraisements, etc. in file, I did not abstract) ...
      Account Current 1818 and 1819, James Crawford, Exec.
      ...
      Paid John Tart heir to said estate
      Paid: (not listed as heirs, but some are heirs)
      B. Moody
      Jas Stackhouse
      John Gasque
      John Bethea
      John K. Windham
      Abijah Porter
      John Jones
      Jesse Moody
      Levi Blackman
      Osburn Lane
      John Davis
      John Bridges
      Hugh Crawford
      John Gibson
      Proved 31 Mar 1820 Thomas Harllee, Ordy...
      * From "Marion County Probate Records" Volume 1, Lucille Utley, Danny Smith. Three Rivers Historical Society. 1985.;


      !WITNESS-DEED: 7 Jan 1818 Marion Co., SC Deed Book H, p. 123
      David Blackman of Marion Dist., to Lewis Mairs of same for $35, p/o tract containing 50a granted to D. Blackman out of tract of 200a binding on Lewis Mairs, D. Blackman, Isaac Lewis and new blazed line.
      S: David (his mark) Blackman.
      Wit: B. Moody, Lewis Huggins.
      Proven by Barfield Moody 28 May 1818 before John Harllee, QU.
      * From "Marion County South Carolina Abstracts of Deeds Volume Two Books F - I & K 1811-1823", Lucille Utley, Alita White Sutcliffe, 1997.;


      !CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist., SC p. 18
      Barfield Moody age 16-25 (1794/1800)*
      100101-00100
      Slaves=5220-3140
      * Note: There is a man aged 45 and up (bef 1775) in household. It could be his father Charles (1730/40) who was alive then. There is a Charles listed in 1820 also aged 45+ but it might be one of the younger men of the same name;


      !CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC p. 34
      Barfield Moody age 30-39 (1790/1800)
      1110020000000-1100100000000
      Slaves 330000-010100


      !CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC p. 161
      B. Moody age 40-49 (1790/1800)
      2002301000000-1212010000000
      Slaves=450000-201000


      !NOTES:Marion Co., SC Probate Roll # 166
      3 Jan 1846 Amelia Moody vs. Barfield Moody, guardian of Salathiel Moody.
      Amelia Moody shows that her late father Robert Moody of Glynn Co., GA left heirs:
      Robert Moody
      Stephen Moody
      Solomon Moody since dead
      Jane Moody
      Elizabeth Moody now wife of George Clary
      Sarah Moody now wife of W. I. Andrews
      Charles B. Moody
      and the oratrix.
      Barfield Moody is their uncle.


      !CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist, SC # 1484 Barfield MOODY, 54 (1795/96) born Marion;

      !REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 330 - 342, State Representative, Clerk of Court;


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