Moses Stamps Sr.

Moses Stamps was born in Virginia in 1772 to Thomas Stamps and Ms. Witt. Researcher Will Stamps believes that Moses's mother was Rhoda Witt, daughter of Charles Witt and Lavina Harbour, but offers no convincing evidence of this. There is also some dispute over Moses's name. Many researches have him listed as Moses Witt Stamps Sr., Witt being his mother's maiden name. One research, whose name I cannot remember or locate at this time, says that there is no record or evidence that Witt was his middle name. It is true that no record says his middle name is Witt, but there is some evidence that may suggest it. Moses had a son who he named Moses Witt Jr. Most of the time, a Junior has the same exact name as the father, so it is reasonable to assume that Moses's middle name may have been Witt as well. Since we do not know for sure, I have left out the Witt middle name from this article about Moses.
Moses married Sarah Ann Eason, a daughter of Moses Eason and Sarah Ann Rice some time before 1793, most likely in North Carolina. According to researcher, Muriel T. Cooter, "For her wedding gown, Sarah Ann carded and spun and wove her own material. It is said to have been so sheer that she could draw a width of it through her wedding ring." Sarah Ann Eason was born around 1770. By 1795, Moses and his wife and young child moved from North Carolina to Jackson County, Georgia. In 1803, he purchased 150 acres on Sandy Creek from William Stamps, son of Timothy Stamps and in 1804, he won a land lottery in Oglethorpe County, but he never lived there. Moses purchased a great deal of land in Jackson County, where he lived up until around 1820, when he moved his family to Gwinnett County, Georgia and then by 1825 his moved his family to Coweta County, Georgia.
Moses served in the War of 1812. He was appointed Captain after enlisting the 243rd District of Jackson County, Georgia on April 9, 1812. Besides a soldier, Moses was also a farmer, locksmith and blacksmith. Ann, as his wife was known, also held an occupation, quite unusual for a women in her days. "She was a doctor of note, receiving calls all over the countryside, traveling on horseback to her patients." (From: The Annals of Our Kin, by Mary Pearl Brown Price)
Moses and Sarah had at least ten children together. There oldest, Eason, was also a War of 1812 soldier and also fought in the Indian Wars of 1836. Other children are James Thomas, John Robert, Moses Witt, George Washington (who went to Texas), Mary A. F., Sarah, Louisa, Ann and Elizabeth.

Sarah died in 1847 at the wedding of one of her granddaughters. I do not know at which granddaughter's wedding she passed, but I can narrow down the possibilities. One is Sarah Ann Stamps, daughter of John Robert and Calla Castleberry Stamps. She was married prior to 1850 to Whorton Fletcher Ballard. A second possibility is Nancy Elizabeth Jane Stamps, daughter of Moses Witt and Sarah Freeman Stamps. She married on December 12, 1847 in Coweta County, Georgia to Joseph Baker Moseley. I do not know the husbands or marriage dates for all the granddaughters of Moses and Ann Stamps, so the list above may be incomplete. After his wife's death, Moses sold his land in Coweta County to Jacobus Gibson. Moses died in February 1850 in Carroll County, Georgia of "old age." He was buried at Indian Creek Baptist Church in Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgia.

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Sources:
1850 Mortality Schedule - Carroll County, Georgia
Census Records - 1820 Gwinnett County, Georgia
Census Records - 1830-1840 Coweta County, Georgia
Grave Photo - Thank you hmoore!
Land Deeds - Coweta and Jackson County, Georgia
The Annals of Our Kin, by Mary Pearl Brown Price
Research of Will Stamps, Muriel T. Cooter