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Moses received a land grant #808 from the State of NC for service in the State Militia during the Rev. War on the north side of the Yadkin River of 638 acres, between the mouth of Lick Creek and Cabin Creek beginning at a beech on the river bank above the mouth of Cabin Creek near Israel Cox's corner to a cedar on the bank of Lick Creek thence the meanders of the creek and river to the beginning." He sold 236 acres of this tract to John Parks, son of Ebenezer on April 28, 1787. On March 7, 1788 he sold the remaining 402 acres to Anthony Peeler, John Park's father-in-law. On March 17, 1788 he purchased 225.75 acres of John Sturgeon's farm in Mecklenburg Co., NC on the north side of the West Fork of 12 Mile Creek.
Moses was an elder in the Providence Presbyterian Church.
Moses was probably born in New Jersey since his father, John Park II stayed in the Hunterdon County, New Jersey area until about 1745. By 1767, Moses was in Rowan County, NC., where he married Mary Hill . In 1788, Moses and his family moved south to Mecklenburg County, NC.,where he died in 1828. Some descendants have Moses born in Stafford Co., VA. which is not correct. (Note from Susan Avery - I'm not so sure this is correct - I believe John Park II left NJ more like 1735, not 1745 and Frederick Co., VA was considered for a time to be Stafford Co. VA - so I believe that he WAS born in Stafford or Frederick Co. VA) Date of death for Moses is also shown as October 5, 1828.
1768 Moses & George Parks were enumerated as residents in John Ford's District of Rowan Co., NC
Moses Park served as a Private in Capt. Ebenezer Witter's company from Preston during the Lexington Alarm. In service three days. He was also a private in the 2nd company, Capt. John Tyler, Col. Sam H. Parsons Commander. He enlisted May 9 and was discharged December 16, 1775.
Moses appears in a list of Rowan County, NC militia officers. He held the rank of Ensign and served under Lt. George Park. (NJ Clark, "Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774," North Carolina Militia, p. 646. DAR#657124)
Moses was the bondsman for his brother Noah's marriage when he married Anna Reed in Rowan Co. on Aug. 8, 1767. He and his brother George Park were enumerated as residents in John Ford's Dist. of Rowan Co. in 1768.
It is also recorded that Moses served in the Revolution, at the battle of Ramseuer's Mill about 1780.
DAR #657124, DAR #488821.
Recorded in the History of North Carolina, Historical Treasury Office, Raleigh, NC
"Park Origins" by Percival Park.
MOSES PARK (1738-1828) of Rowan and Mecklenburg Counties, NC
DAR records submitted by Mrs. Laquita Wilkerson Weaver PS#652
Mrs. Patricia Ann Howard Salie PS#1282
Descendant, Patricia Davitt Fisher PS #1341
Descendant, Ms. Mary Bullock PS#1320
Witness my hand at office January. 2 1860 S. Talley Clk
Filed in my office on the 9th day of January 1860 at 3 o’clock & 40 min. P. M.
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Excerpted from:
“Moses Park, 1738-1928”, Clara Lorene Cammack and Wilbur Goolsby Park, p. 21
1790 NC Census, Mecklenburg Co, Salisbury District. Moses Parks is head of a household consisting of 3 white males of 16 and upwards (Moses Park would be about 52, Thomas Park about 18, John Park about 16), 3 white males under 16 (Moses Park Jr. about 10, George Parks about 7, and James Park about 5), and 3 white females (Mary Hill Park, Olivia Park, and Nancy Park). 1800 NC census, Mecklenburg Co, microfilm page 602. Moses Parks is head of a household with 2 males of under 10, 1 male of 16 and under 26, 1 male 45 and over, 2 females of 10 and under 16, 1 female of 16 and under 26, 1 female of 26 and under 45, and 1 female of 45 and over. 1810 NC census, Mecklenburg Co, microfilm page 31. Moses Parks is head of a household with 1 male of under 10, 1 male of 26 and under 45, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female of 16 and under 26, and 1 female of 45 and over, as well as 2 others and 1 slave. Information about the Moses Park family is taken from "Moses Park 1738-1828", by Clara Cammack Park and Wilbur Goolsby Park, 1991, Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, an excellent book which provides references to source material. Other publications which provide information about the descendants of his sons Thomas and James are "History of Walker County, Georgia", by James Alfred Sartain, 1932, The A. J. Showalter Company, Dalton, Ga., page 422 - "The Park Family of Walker County, Georgia", contributed by Mrs. Frances Park Stiles. Much of this same information by Mrs. Frances Park Stiles appears in "History of Catoosa.
County, Georgia, 1853-1953", by Susie Blaylock McDaniel, page 83. The birthplace and ancestry of Moses Park is unproven. Stafford, Virginia and Hunterdon County, New Jersey have been suggested as possible birthplaces. Percival David Park, of Charlottesville, VA, in his manuscript, "Possible Origins of Some Park Families in the Eastern Part of Old Rowan County, North Carolina", August 1994, has concluded that Moses Park is (as he now knows!) a descendant of Roger Parke of Hunterdon County, NJ (born in England about 1648, came to New Jersey about 1682, died abt. 1739, at Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey). One of Roger Parke's sons was John Parke (born about 1674, died about 1757), who married Sarah Smith, daughter of Andrew Smith, Sr. One of the sons of Sarah Smith and John Parke was named John Parke, and is referred to in the "Origins" manuscript as John Parke II. John Parke II wife's name was Mary, and these ARE the parents of Moses Park (b. 1738, d. 1828).
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Burial: Will written July 22, 1822 [2]
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1738 - 1828 (90 years)
