Henry T. Mozeley, Sr. was the son of David Mozeley and Elizabeth Ann Terrell. The family moved from Pickens Co., SC to Rabun County, Georgia by 1820. Henry Sr. held numerous positions in Rabun County, serving as the second Sheriff in Rabun County in 1822, Clerk of both the Inferior Court and the Superior Court from 1824 through 1832, and Senator in the Legislature from his district from 1833 to 1838. He was also a Justice of the Inferior Court for several years. In 1824, H.T. Mozeley bought land lot 20 just west of the town of Clayton. This lot contained 250 acres for $400. He added other land adjacent to the lot and built a house of "hewn poplar logs." His son William built another house on the property which remained in the family for over 100 years, with grandson Eugene Mozeley as the last known occupant.
Source: Andrew Jackson Ritchie, Sketches of Rabun County History, (no publisher, 1959) 213-216.
Source: Andrew Jackson Ritchie, Sketches of Rabun County History, (no publisher, 1959) 213-216.
Henry T. Mozeley, Sr. was the son of David Mozeley and Elizabeth Ann Terrell. The family moved from Pickens Co., SC to Rabun County, Georgia by 1820. Henry Sr. held numerous positions in Rabun County, serving as the second Sheriff in Rabun County in 1822, Clerk of both the Inferior Court and the Superior Court from 1824 through 1832, and Senator in the Legislature from his district from 1833 to 1838. He was also a Justice of the Inferior Court for several years. In 1824, H.T. Mozeley bought land lot 20 just west of the town of Clayton. This lot contained 250 acres for $400. He added other land adjacent to the lot and built a house of "hewn poplar logs." His son William built another house on the property which remained in the family for over 100 years, with grandson Eugene Mozeley as the last known occupant.
Source: Andrew Jackson Ritchie, Sketches of Rabun County History, (no publisher, 1959) 213-216.
Source: Andrew Jackson Ritchie, Sketches of Rabun County History, (no publisher, 1959) 213-216.
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