William S. Moughon

William S. Moughon

• Father: Thomas Moughon b. circa 1783, d. circa 1851
• Mother: Mary G. Sanford b. circa 1794

• William S. Moughon was born circa 1825 in Georgia.
• He married Parthenia P. Ramsey on 25 October 1847 in Columbia County, Georgia.
• Thomas Moughon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Jones County, Georgia, and overseers John Lee and Albert Blanks.. Other members of the household included William S. Moughon, Parthenia P. Ramsey, Elizabeth F. Moughon and Emily J. Moughon.
• The following appeared on 29 November 1859 in The Georgia Weekly Telegraph: In pursuance of the Will of Joseph Bond, late of the city of Macon, we will offer for sale before the Court House Door, in Albany, Georgia, on the first Tuesday (the 3d day) in January next, Over 500 negroes! belonging to said Estate.
       These Negroes are all under good discipline-- climatized to the country-- well trained to the cultivation of corn and cotton, and are as likely a gang as will ever be offered again, perhaps, in any of the States South. In the lot there are several good Carpenters, Blacksmiths, and Waggon makers.
       The terms of sale will be known on the day, and the sale will be continued to each successive day.
       And also, on Monday following, we will offer for sale all the remaining personal and perishable property of said deceased, consisting of a fine lot of Mules, Working oxen, Cattle, Hogs, Plantation Blacksmith and Carpenter's Tools, and the other fixtures. Household and Kitchen Furniture, and all the Corn, Fodder, Oats and other provisions on hand at the time of sale. The sale will commence at the Fowltown Plantation and be continued from day to day to other plantations. Thos. H. Moughon, Wm. S. Moughon, Ex'rs. Henrietta S. Bond, Executrix. Nov. 15, 1859.
• William S. Moughon and Parthenia P. Ramsey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Elizabeth F. Moughon and Emily J. Moughon.
• He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
• He married Alice Wyche, daughter of Ainsley H. Wyche and Harriet Sullivan, circa 1868.
• Ainsley H. Wyche and Harriet Sullivan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, and planter and his wife James and Gertrude Woolfolk.. Other members of the household included William S. Moughon, Edward G. Wyche, Robert C. Wyche, Ainsley S. Wyche, Alice Wyche and William Moughon.
• He was a planter, according to the 1870 census.
• William S. Moughon died in November 1900.
• His wife Alice Wyche became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 12 November 1900 in The Macon Telegraph: Col. W. S. Moughon, whose death occured a week ago in Jones county, and was mentioned in the Telegraph at the time, was not only well known in Bibb county but once represented both Bibb and Jones counties in the legislature. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Bond [sic] of this city. Of this union two girls were born. After the death of his first wife, he married a Miss Alice Wyche of Macon, who survives him. Of this union five boys and three girls were born, all of whom are living.
• A short biographical sketch appears in Memoirs of Georgia, published in 1895.

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2011