Moses Kirby, Sr.^[1]

1756 - 1829  (73 years)

• Name	Moses Kirby
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1756	Halifax County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Nov 1829	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried	Museville Christian Church, Chatham, Virginia
  Person ID	I23372	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret Oakes,   b. 1786, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 11 Nov 1858, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 72 years)
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Hudson Kirby,   b. 1805, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1874, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F8841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54270932/moses-kirby. Moses Kirby Sr. Birth 1756, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Death 20 Nov 1829 (aged 72?73) Pittsylvania County, Virginia Burial: Museville Christian Church Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Moses Kirby Sr. was 1 of 4 children born to John Kirby, Jr. & his wife, Sarah (Davis) & the grandson of John Kirby, Sr. & Joannah (Owens). Moses Sr. had a son, Moses Kirby Jr. & a daughter, Elizabeth Hudson Kirby, with his 1st wife (name unknown). *Moses Kirby, Jr. is named as brother of Elizabeth Hudson Kirby in "Quill & Pen", a genealogical publication from VA *Elizabeth Hudson Kirby married Joab Oakes Sr., the son of William "Old Bill" Oakes #54121214 & his 1st wife, Ruth(Smith) Oakes. On August 8, 1820, in Pittsylvania Co, VA, Moses Kirby Sr. married his 2nd wife, Margaret (Oakes). She was the daughter of Daniel Oakes #70213009 & his wife, Catherine (maiden name unknown). *Moses & Margaret had no children; Margaret was about 30 years his junior Virginia Magazine of History & Biography "The Kirby family was one of the founding families of Museville, Pittsylvania Co, VA. More than 100 years before the community, which is now Museville, became a post office, the land in the immediate vicinity had been settled by members of the Kirby family around 1746-48. John, Francis & William Kirby held separate grants totaling some 1000 acres near the junction of Snow Creek & Pigg River. The original inhabitants were Indians & legend has it that a Kirby girl was scalped at the footbridge over Snow Creek. Museville was a post office from 1857 onward. Before the name "Museville" was used, the post office was called "Oak Shop" (1851-1857); this name may have originated from the prominent "Oakes family". In about 1817, when Moses Kirby Sr. built what is now the oldest standing residence in the community, he is said to have removed portions of the original homestead dwelling to the present site on the banks of Snow Creek. Moses is buried in the Museville Christian Church Cemetery. The house was the dower of Elizabeth Hudson Kirby when she married Joab Oakes Sr., thereby uniting these two founding families. The house has been meticulously restored by Mr. Davis, who inherited the property from his father, Lee "Babe" Davis, who in turn, had bought it from a member of the Oakes family in 1905." Gravesite Details Volunteer searched entire cemetery but could not find grave; is a grave with a flat stone (no markings) beside his daughter Elizabeth Oakes; this may be his grave