Moses K. Speight

Moses K. Speight

• Father: Moses Speight b. say 1775
• Mother: Elizabeth Maria Cawthon

• Moses K. Speight was born on 27 June 1812 in Georgia or possibly the 17th.
• Following the death of John Speight Moses K. Speight chose as his guardian Nathaniel A. Jameson, who was appointed by the Wilcox County court in December 1825.
• Moses K. Speight and his mother's brother, Josiah Dabney Cawthon were partners in a marcantile business in Columbia.
  
• He married Martha Amanda Smith, daughter of Simon Smith, on 20 June 1833 in Henry County, Alabama, and the marriage is elsewhere recorded on the same date in 1832.
• On 6 August 1840, he served as bondsman for the marriage of Robert Gog and Elvina Meadows.
• Served in the Alabama general assembly as a representative from Henry County during 1844.
• Moses K. Speight and Martha Amanda Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Sarah Elizabeth Speight, Susan E. Speight and Moses K. Speight Jr.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
• Moses K. Speight and Martha Amanda Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, and also a farm laborer and a ditcher.. Other members of the household included Susan E. Speight, Moses K. Speight Jr. and Joseph W. Speight.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• Moses K. Speight became a widower at the 26 April 1863 death of his wife Martha Amanda Smith.
• Moses K. Speight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Susan E. Speight and Joseph W. Speight.
• He was a former justice of the peace, according to the 1870 census.
• Moses K. Speight died on 30 September 1876 at age 64.
• He was interred at Victoria Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

• Last Edited: 21 Sep 2009