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Moses Guest, Capt. b. 3 January 1749 d. 1 October 1837
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| Lineage | Guest |
| Sex | Male |
| Full name (at birth) | Moses Guest, Capt. |
| Parents
♂ William Guest [Guest] b. about 1720 d. after 5 June 1801 ♀ Susanna Howard [Guest] b. 1730 | |
| Reference numbers | GEDCOM::otime.ged::INDI @I02093@::Gam3 |
Events
3 January 1749 birth: Fauquier or Prince William Co. VA, /50
other: [[Place:kathy riddick <riddick@@nwark.com>|kathy riddick <riddick@@nwark.com>]], Kinship
military service: Captain in the Rev. War
between and residence: In Pendleton Dist. SC, ,
about 1770 marriage: Rowan or Surrey Co. NC, ♀ Mary Blair [Blair] b. about 1752 d. 1827
24 March 1775 child birth: Surry Co. NC, ♂ William Guest [Guest] b. 24 March 1775 d. 16 July 1850
5 June 1792 child birth: ♀ AnnAnny Lina Gess Guest [Guest] b. 5 June 1792
28 June 1796 child birth: Pendleton Dist. SC, ♀ Cynthia Sinthia Guest [Guest] b. 28 June 1796 d. about 1870
7 June 1799 child birth: Pendleton Dist. SC, ♂ Sanford Guest, Sr. [Guest] b. 7 June 1799 d. 17 October 1878
28 August 1802 child birth: Franklin County, Georgia, United States, ♀ Susannah E. Guest (Addison) [Guest] b. 28 August 1802 d. 27 May 1876
8 May 1829 marriage: Franklin Co. GA, ♀ Eleander York [York] b. 1789 d. 24 May 1866
September 1835 child birth: ♂ Joseph Flint Guest [Guest] b. September 1835
1 October 1837 death: Franklin Co. GA
burial: Old Guest Homeplace in Franklin Co. GA
Notes
GONE TO GEORGIA No. 30 Jackson and Gwinnett Counties and their Neighbors in the Western Migration By William C. Stewart, Page 256-257 "Moses Guest, a Revolutionary soldier (N. C. service wife, Eleanor W11072, BLWt 15436-100-55) was born in Fauquier County, Va., January 1750, and was living in Wilkes (formed from Rowan) County, N. C., in 1775 when he entered service under Capt. Armstrong and Col. Benjamin Cleveland (later of Pendleton District). The Guests moved to Pendleton by 1787 (Stewart, Pendleton, p. 35) and there Moses son William, born March 24, 1775, married Elizabetn Barton. Moses moved to Franklin County, Ga., around 1800 along with other of his family. Incidentally, part of Moses' land in Pendleton District--now Oconee County, S.C. - - Georgia released to South Carolina by the Beaufort Convention of 1787."
Moses Guest born 3 Jan 1750 in Prince Wm. County later Fauquier County Virginia served in the American Revolution. He enlisted in Wilkes County, NC. Served as captain of the NC Militia by the governor of that state in 1775. He served a 2 months tour against the Indians. He participated in the Battle of King's Mountain and afterwards was sent as a guard over about 700 prisoners to Moravian Town, NC. During this time he was Captain of Horse. Later he was put in command of a foot company. He was in the service during the entire Revolutionary War. He was removed to Pendleton County SC; also lived in Lumpkin County, VA. He received a pension for his service as a Revolutionary soldier while a resident of Franklin County, GA. His widow also received a pension. There is a monument to his grave erected by his daughter, Ceclia Guess Cogburn -- written by Mrs. Archibald Cogburn.
Revolutionary War Pension Application of Moses Guest
State of Georgia, Franklin County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Moses Guest, to whose original and amended Declaration this is Attached, and who being sworn Saith that he has stated in said amendment his several services as fully as he can from memory except that from papers since discovered he served as Captain but does not recollect whether he had a Commission or not in writing, But he knows he was fully authorized to Act as such. In 1777 he held an ensigns Commission in the Infantry but does not recollect that he served under it. he held at the time a Captains Commission which is lost or so misplaced that he cannot possibly obtain it. He has written to the Secretary of State in North Carolina to find if his name is not enrolled there and if any proof is obtained will forward it herewith. He also forwards the affidavit of Col. James Blair late a Senator for the adjoining County of Habersham and also annexes a List of Light Horsemen who were under his Command in the War, also his Ensigns Commission and a Captains Commission dated in January 1782 for a Captain of a foot Company which was at home and not in Service. He further states that both the Ensigns and Captains Commissions annexed were for Foot Companies, While the Commission he has lost and the service he performed was in a Horse Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of September 1833 - Christopher ADDISON J.P.
State of Georgia, Franklin County
Personally appeared before the undersigned Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Col. James Blair of Habersham County in the state aforesaid. Who being Duly Sworn deposith and saith That he has been well aquainted with the aforesaid Moses Guest for about Sixty years. That deponent knew said Guest in the Revolutionary War at several different periods of the War, when he was always acting as a Captain of Horse and was obeyed and respected as such. Deponent saw said Guess presiding as Captain upon Courts Martial amd Courts of Enquiry both before and after the Battle of Kings Mountain in which battle deponent was and he saw Guess Commanding his Horse Company. Deponent further saith upon looking over the annexed List of Capt. Guests Troops at Kings Mountain, that he knew all the men named in the first column of said List, except John Snowdy and that they were serving at the battle under Guess. Deponent saith that Guess was then and is now a very Respectable and truthful man and he is as certain as he can be of anything that he must have held a Regular Captains Commission at the time he states. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of September 1833 - Christopher ADDISON J.P
State of Georgia, Franklin County
I Christopher ADDISON an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Do Certify that James Blair who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a Resident of my neighborhood in the adjoining County of Habersham about nine miles from my residence That he is a respectable and credible person and that his state ment is entitled to credit. Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written - C. ADDISON J.P.
From grandparents to grandchildren
other: kathy riddick
marriage: ♂ Moses Guest, Capt. , Rowan or Surrey Co. NC
death: 1827, Franklin Co. GA
burial: Old Guest Homeplace
marriage: ♀ Susannah E. Guest (Addison) , United States, Fairfield County, Georgia
census: 1840, Franklin County (Georgia), P. 321, 211th dist.
death: 25 November 1861, Franklin County (Georgia)
marriage: ♂ Austin Bush
marriage: ♂ Robert Lee Farnsworth
marriage: ♂ Thompson Benjamin Addison , Scott County, Arkansas, United States
marriage: ♂ B. F. Evens , Scott County, Arkansas, United States
death: 1914, Scott County, Arkansas, United States
marriage: ♂ Thompson Benjamin Addison
death: 1882, Dayton, Sebastian Co., Arkansas, United States
