Moses Short

Moses SHORT on 24 Jan. 1745/6 received a bounty on a wolf's head in Albemarle

County, VA.81 Moses also received a payment in 1751 of 11 hogshead of tobacco

from the estate of Robert WALTON of Cumberland Co., VA.82 Robert WALTON had owned

land in Albemarle Co. that was adjacent to a 1746 survey of 394 acres for Samuel SHORT.83

A close neighbor of that Samuel SHORT was Noble LADD, whose daughter Judith/Judah

later married Moses SHORT's son Samuel in Guilford Co., NC in 1776.

Moses SHORT was in Rowan Co., by 21 June 1751 when he was a chain carrier for his

father-in-law, John NICKS.1 Moses SHORT married Margaret NICKS.2 He wrote

his will in Rockingham Co., NC on 17 Sep. 1809.3 It was produced in court

on 27 Nov. 1809 where it was caveated,4 and later declared invalid