William Moon

William Moon, who married Charlotte Digges, was a son of the original Jacob Moon
9 or 10 children

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WILLIAM MOON
William, son of Jacob and Mildred (Cobb) Moon, was born November 26, 1770. (William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1, p. 67.)

(Can be viewed here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_William_and_Mary_Quarterly... )

His grandfather, William I, left all his landed property to him when he became incensed at the abolishment of the entail law in Virginia. The will, however, was not enforced. (Sallie T. E. Moon Notes).
At one time William owned “Belle Grove,” now Valmont, a large plantation near Scottsville, on which the old courthouse stood. In 1745 “Belle Grove” was owned by Daniel Scott and in 1S29 William Moon sold Valmont to Peyton Harrison, son of Randolph Harrison.
(Antebellum Albemarle by Mary Rawlings.)
In 1819 William was appointed a magistrate of the County. He married, November 3, 1793, Charlotte, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Harris) Digges of Nelson County, Virginia. She was born November I8, 1773 and died January 14, 1839
Issue:

1. John Digges,
2. Elizabeth H.,
3. Robert S.,
4. Mildred Cobb,
5. Edward Harris,
6. Jacob Nelson,
7. William F.,
8. Isaac Webster, and
9. Albert G.
10. T. U. Taylor gives William -and Charlotte (Digges) Moon a son Richard, who lived for a while in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, then returned to Albemarle County and added “T” to his name and was known as “Tennessee’' Dick.

William and Charlotte (Digges) Moon lived at Stony Point, which was named for the Battle of Stony Point.
Mary Rawlings, in her book, The Albemarle of Other Days, writes:

"A beautiful Colonial dwelling near Scottsville, in the late years destroyed by fire, was Stony Point, the original home of the Moon family. It was noted for its elaborately carved mantels, which reached to the ceiling in the library and reception room, and for its spacious ball-room on the second floor."

It has been thought by some that the William Moon who married Charlotte Digges was the son of the original William. This is incorrect.
The family records of John Barclay Moon once Commonwealth’s Attorney for Albemarle, who had access to his grandfather’s papers, proved that William Moon, who married Charlotte Digges, was a son of the original Jacob Moon, (T. U. Taylor.)
William Moon died September 26, 1840, and with his wife, is buried in the grave yard near the site of the house.
The stones which marked their graves are no longer standing.

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William owned a large plantation near Scottsville, Va., called Snowden.
Snowden was the over 2,000 acre estate, originally part of the lands owned by Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), father of Thomas and Randolph Jefferson (presumably named after Snowdon, the mountain in Wales near where the Jefferson family was said to have originated.
The original home sat on a high bluff overlooking Scottsville and the James River.

William owned a large plantation near Scottsville called Snowden.

Snowden was the over 2,000-acre estate, originally part of the lands owned by Peter Jefferson (1708-1757), father of Thomas and Randolph Jefferson (presumably named after Snowdon, the mountain in Wales near where the Jefferson family was said to have originated). Located on the south side of Horseshoe Bend, the original home sat on a high bluff overlooking Scottsville and the James River.

The estate was inherited by Randolph Jefferson following his father’s death. The original house, built by Peter Jefferson, burned to the ground and another house was built in a different location by Captain John Harris, the owner of the property at the time, around 1857.

Owners of Snowden following the Jefferson family, in addition to Captain Harris, included John Moon, who purchased the property in 1870, and Mrs. D. W. Hancock, who owned it in 1901.

In 1849, John L. Harris was taxed on 1277 1/2 acres (Snowden, 22 North), a portion of the original Snowden estate.  In c. 1848-1850, Harris built his Snowden home high on the bluff on the estate, and this home still stands today and is noted for its 15-foot ceilings (see photo above).  When Harris died intestate on February 9, 1856, in Madison Parish, Louisiana, the ownership of Snowden was once again contested.  Then John Schuyler Moon, a Scottsville attorney and cousin of John L. Harris, purchased Snowden c. 1870.  By 1901, part of the Snowden farm and the house was owned by Mrs. D.W. Hancock, a daughter of John S. Moon.

CHILDREN:

1. John Diggs Moon, Sr (1794-1862)
2. Elizabeth Harris MOON (1796-1854)
3. Robert S MOON (1798-1856)
4. Mildred Digges MOON (1800-1868)
5. Richard Tennessee MOON (1802-____)
6. Mary Elizabeth Moon (1803-1874)
7. Edward Harris MOON (1805-1853)
8. Jacob Nelson MOON (1807-1873)
9. William F. MOON (1809-1823)
10. Isaac Webster MOON (1811-1883)
11. Albert Gayle MOON (1817-1847)

Rosanna Perrigo - William Moon's parents:

WILLIAM H. MOON SR.
1740-1810

SARAH "SALLY" RICHARDSON
1741-1814* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 22 2022, 0:56:23 UTC