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Henry J Moss

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Henry J Moss

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7 Apr 1912 (aged 77)
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Cleveland, Blount County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Moss, Henry Jackson, enlisted as a 4th Sergeant 26 Jul 1862 in Blountsville by W.H. Hundley; on muster roll dated 26 Jul 1862 at Falkville in Morgan County; discharged 14 Jul 1863 (reason not recorded), rank was 3rd Sergeant.
1907 Blount County Confederate Census address: Cleveland #1; born 16 Jan 1835 at Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia; first entered the service as a Sergeant Feb 1861 at Chepultepec, Alabama in Captain A.J. Ingram's Company B of the 1st Alabama Cavalry; continued service until he was discharged while at a hospital at Catoosa Springs, Georgia. Re-enlisted in 1865 at Blountsville, Alabama in Captain Donegan's Company and continued service until the close of the war. Captain Donegan's Company was organized at the close of the war and saw little service.
Henry Jackson Moss first married Jane; he second married Harriet M. Addington Allen 31 May 1900, Blount County. According to his Confederate pension application, Moss enlisted in Company B of the 1st Alabama Cavalry in the Spring of 1862 at Chepultepec; honorably discharged Jul 1864; he reported he was never wounded; application witnesses included Nathaniel H. Gurley and William Gurley, both of Blount County; pension was approved.
According to her Confederate widow's pension application, Harriett reported her husband died 7 Apr 1912; application witnesses included J.H. Bowan and James A. Brice, both Blount County; pension was approved. However the State Board of Pensions ruled in 1913: The name Henry J. Moss has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any troop of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, Confederate States Army; nor has any record been found of the capture or parole of a man of that name and organization.
State of Alabama, County of Blount: Before me the undersigned authority personally appeared Elijah Bynum, who after being duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth deposeth and saieth as follows, to-wit: My name is Elijah Bynum, I knew Henry J. Moss in his life time, I am eighty years old. Henry J. Moss and enlisted in the confederate service on the same day. We served together in the confederate service from Aug. 2, 1862 until I was captured in April 1st, 1864 on the Tenn. river. He was in the Company at the time I was captured. We served in Hunley's Battalion together and later consolidated into the First Alabama Cavalry under Capt. Ingram. [signed x his mark] Elijah Bynum. Sworn and subscribed to before me this the 22 day of Sept. 1913, [signed] John F. Kelton, Judge of Probate, Blount County, Alabama.
State of Alabama, County of Blount: Before me the undersigned authority, personally appeared Wm. D. Moody, who after being duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth, deposeth and saieth as follows, to-wit: My name is W.D. Moody. I live in Blount County, Ala., I knew Harriett M. Moss, the widow of Henry J. Moss, and knew Henry J. Moss in his life time; I served in the First Alabama Cavalry Confederate States Army, for nearly three years. Henry J. Moss was a member of said Company, and we went from Blount County in said Company at the same time. We joined the 12th Alabama Cavalry and then consolidated with First Alabama Cavalry. I was a prisoner the last twelve months of the war, but at the time I was captured he was with said Company. The name of the Company we served in the First Alabama Cavalry was Company I. [signed] W.D. Moody. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 22 day of Sept. 1913, [signed] John F. Kelton, Judge of Probate, Blount County, Alabama.
State of Alabama, County of Blount: Before me the undersigned authority, personally appeared W.A. Causey, who after being duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth deposeth and saieth as follows, to-wit: My name is W.A. Causey, I will be seventy five years of age the 17th day of Dec. next and have resided in Blount County all of my life, I served in the Confederate States Army with W.D. Moody and Henry J. Moss, the husband of Harriett M. Moss the petitioner in this matter. We first enlisted in Hunley's Battalion and served in Company B under Capt. Ingram, and were afterwards consolidated with the First Alabama Cavalry and my reccollection is that my Company was then known as Company I. Mr. Henry J. Moss and I enlisted from Blount County at the same time, and that my recollection is that we went off to the war at the same date. He was serving in the said service at the time I was discharged on account of sickness about eighteen months before the surrender. Henry J. Moss has lived in my neighborhood and I have been knowing him all of his life and I was acquainted with him before the war broke out. [signed x his mark] W.A. Causey. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 22 day of Sept. 1913, [signed] John F. Kelton, Judge of Probate, Blount County, Alabama.
The State Board later found: Mrs. Moss offers the affidavits of three witnesses to establish the military record of her husband, Henry J. Moss. They differ on to the particular command of which he was a soldier, but generally concur in the statement that he served well and faithfully in Company I 1st Ala. Cavalry, and I report that she is eligible to a pension.
According to monuments in the Tidwell Cemetery near Locust Fork, Jane E. Moss was born 25 Nov 1837 and died 27 Jun 1899; Henry J. Moss was born 16 Jan 1835 and died 7 Apr 1912. Harriett later remarried another ex-Confederate, Isaac Timothy Barnett 2 Nov 1916.

The Southern Democrat, 11 Apr 1912
Henry J. Moss Dead
Henry J. Moss, one of Blount's best citizens, who resided in Concord beat, died at the residence of James Bowen, east of Oneonta, last Sunday morning of paralysis. He was born near Gainsville, Georgia 77 years ago, and moved to Blount county in 1855, where he has resided ever since. The deceased was a noble, good citizen, joined the Methodist church in his youth and lived a consecrated Christian life and is worthy of the respect of the living. He is survived by a widow, three sons, two daughters, two brothers and a host of friends. He was a brother-in-law to our townsman, Mr. Jasper E. Bynum, having married Miss Jane Shockley. The remains were carried to the Tidwell cemetery, near his home, for interment.

The Blount County Journal, 12 Apr 1912
Dies At Age of 77 Years
Henry Moss, one of this county's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowen, on route 1, Oneonta, on last Sunday morning after a brief illness of paralysis. Mr. Moss was a native of Hall County, Ga., having been born in 1835. He resided in Talladega county for a few years. He came to Blount county in 1855 and resided here up to the time of his death. Mr. Moss was a consecrated Christian and member of the Methodist church. He was in every sense a good man, and his death is a source of much sorrow to his numerous friends. Three sons, two daughters, two brothers and a host of friends are to mourn his departure. The funeral service, conducted by [missing] was held monday, interment taking place in the Tidwell graveyard. Mr. Moss was a brother-in-law to "Uncle" Jasper Bynum of this place.

Information provided by David Walker [email protected]
Moss, Henry Jackson, enlisted as a 4th Sergeant 26 Jul 1862 in Blountsville by W.H. Hundley; on muster roll dated 26 Jul 1862 at Falkville in Morgan County; discharged 14 Jul 1863 (reason not recorded), rank was 3rd Sergeant.
1907 Blount County Confederate Census address: Cleveland #1; born 16 Jan 1835 at Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia; first entered the service as a Sergeant Feb 1861 at Chepultepec, Alabama in Captain A.J. Ingram's Company B of the 1st Alabama Cavalry; continued service until he was discharged while at a hospital at Catoosa Springs, Georgia. Re-enlisted in 1865 at Blountsville, Alabama in Captain Donegan's Company and continued service until the close of the war. Captain Donegan's Company was organized at the close of the war and saw little service.
Henry Jackson Moss first married Jane; he second married Harriet M. Addington Allen 31 May 1900, Blount County. According to his Confederate pension application, Moss enlisted in Company B of the 1st Alabama Cavalry in the Spring of 1862 at Chepultepec; honorably discharged Jul 1864; he reported he was never wounded; application witnesses included Nathaniel H. Gurley and William Gurley, both of Blount County; pension was approved.
According to her Confederate widow's pension application, Harriett reported her husband died 7 Apr 1912; application witnesses included J.H. Bowan and James A. Brice, both Blount County; pension was approved. However the State Board of Pensions ruled in 1913: The name Henry J. Moss has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any troop of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, Confederate States Army; nor has any record been found of the capture or parole of a man of that name and organization.
State of Alabama, County of Blount: Before me the undersigned authority personally appeared Elijah Bynum, who after being duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth deposeth and saieth as follows, to-wit: My name is Elijah Bynum, I knew Henry J. Moss in his life time, I am eighty years old. Henry J. Moss and enlisted in the confederate service on the same day. We served together in the confederate service from Aug. 2, 1862 until I was captured in April 1st, 1864 on the Tenn. river. He was in the Company at the time I was captured. We served in Hunley's Battalion together and later consolidated into the First Alabama Cavalry under Capt. Ingram. [signed x his mark] Elijah Bynum. Sworn and subscribed to before me this the 22 day of Sept. 1913, [signed] John F. Kelton, Judge of Probate, Blount County, Alabama.
State of Alabama, County of Blount: Before me the undersigned authority, personally appeared Wm. D. Moody, who after being duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth, deposeth and saieth as follows, to-wit: My name is W.D. Moody. I live in Blount County, Ala., I knew Harriett M. Moss, the widow of Henry J. Moss, and knew Henry J. Moss in his life time; I served in the First Alabama Cavalry Confederate States Army, for nearly three years. Henry J. Moss was a member of said Company, and we went from Blount County in said Company at the same time. We joined the 12th Alabama Cavalry and then consolidated with First Alabama Cavalry. I was a prisoner the last twelve months of the war, but at the time I was captured he was with said Company. The name of the Company we served in the First Alabama Cavalry was Company I. [signed] W.D. Moody. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 22 day of Sept. 1913, [signed] John F. Kelton, Judge of Probate, Blount County, Alabama.
State of Alabama, County of Blount: Before me the undersigned authority, personally appeared W.A. Causey, who after being duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth deposeth and saieth as follows, to-wit: My name is W.A. Causey, I will be seventy five years of age the 17th day of Dec. next and have resided in Blount County all of my life, I served in the Confederate States Army with W.D. Moody and Henry J. Moss, the husband of Harriett M. Moss the petitioner in this matter. We first enlisted in Hunley's Battalion and served in Company B under Capt. Ingram, and were afterwards consolidated with the First Alabama Cavalry and my reccollection is that my Company was then known as Company I. Mr. Henry J. Moss and I enlisted from Blount County at the same time, and that my recollection is that we went off to the war at the same date. He was serving in the said service at the time I was discharged on account of sickness about eighteen months before the surrender. Henry J. Moss has lived in my neighborhood and I have been knowing him all of his life and I was acquainted with him before the war broke out. [signed x his mark] W.A. Causey. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 22 day of Sept. 1913, [signed] John F. Kelton, Judge of Probate, Blount County, Alabama.
The State Board later found: Mrs. Moss offers the affidavits of three witnesses to establish the military record of her husband, Henry J. Moss. They differ on to the particular command of which he was a soldier, but generally concur in the statement that he served well and faithfully in Company I 1st Ala. Cavalry, and I report that she is eligible to a pension.
According to monuments in the Tidwell Cemetery near Locust Fork, Jane E. Moss was born 25 Nov 1837 and died 27 Jun 1899; Henry J. Moss was born 16 Jan 1835 and died 7 Apr 1912. Harriett later remarried another ex-Confederate, Isaac Timothy Barnett 2 Nov 1916.

The Southern Democrat, 11 Apr 1912
Henry J. Moss Dead
Henry J. Moss, one of Blount's best citizens, who resided in Concord beat, died at the residence of James Bowen, east of Oneonta, last Sunday morning of paralysis. He was born near Gainsville, Georgia 77 years ago, and moved to Blount county in 1855, where he has resided ever since. The deceased was a noble, good citizen, joined the Methodist church in his youth and lived a consecrated Christian life and is worthy of the respect of the living. He is survived by a widow, three sons, two daughters, two brothers and a host of friends. He was a brother-in-law to our townsman, Mr. Jasper E. Bynum, having married Miss Jane Shockley. The remains were carried to the Tidwell cemetery, near his home, for interment.

The Blount County Journal, 12 Apr 1912
Dies At Age of 77 Years
Henry Moss, one of this county's oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bowen, on route 1, Oneonta, on last Sunday morning after a brief illness of paralysis. Mr. Moss was a native of Hall County, Ga., having been born in 1835. He resided in Talladega county for a few years. He came to Blount county in 1855 and resided here up to the time of his death. Mr. Moss was a consecrated Christian and member of the Methodist church. He was in every sense a good man, and his death is a source of much sorrow to his numerous friends. Three sons, two daughters, two brothers and a host of friends are to mourn his departure. The funeral service, conducted by [missing] was held monday, interment taking place in the Tidwell graveyard. Mr. Moss was a brother-in-law to "Uncle" Jasper Bynum of this place.

Information provided by David Walker [email protected]


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