MOSES MOBLEY GRAVE
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MOSES MOBLEY GRAVE
LOCATION: This is a lone grave located on private property, not
accessible to the public. On US Hwy 59 at the New Colony Church
between Atlanta and Linden, turn north on CR 1132 for 1.3 miles.
This grave is about .1 mile off the road in a field. This grave
was covered with a marble slab, but is broken in several places.
This information was furnished by Audrey Rankin & Jeanine Rich 03
FEB 1996.
MOSES MOBLEY
Located in the New Colony Community near Linden is the grave of
a slave which once was covered with a marble slab. This slab has
been broken and parts of the inscription are missing.
Legend is that after Moses Mobley got old, he sat under a tree
out near the road and enjoyed watching the people passing by. When
he died, he was buried under the same tree where he had spent his
last days.
His gravestone shows no date of death and no age. However, the
Deed Records of Cass County, Texas tell part of the story. Mose
was the separate property of Mary R. Taylor, wife of Thomas Creed
Taylor, since 05 Sep 1839 in Pike County, Georgia. Even so, he was
included in a deed made on 20 Apr 1854 when Thomas C. Taylor was
on the verge of removing from Georgia to Texas and deeded all his ‘
worldly possessions to his wife, including Negroes, lands, houses,
cattle, carriage, wagon, farm animals, etc. Included in a list of
twelve Negroes was Mose, age about 60. This deed/declaration of
property was dated 08 Mar 1858 and recorded in Cass County after
the move was completed.
On 29 Mar 1858, Mary Taylor and her husband, Thomas C. Taylor,
sold Mose along with other properties, to their son, Richard G.
Taylor. This is the last time Mose is to be found in the Deed
Records.
Mrs. Taylor died on 04 Dec 1859, and between then and 29 Nov
1860, Thomas C. Taylor had moved to Sevier County, Arkansas. His
will was not probated in Cass County, so it is possible that he
may have died in Sevier County, Arkansas.
It is presumed that Moses Mobley died sometime during this
period, at least by the time Thomas C. Taylor left Cass County for
Sevier County, Arkansas. If he was 60 years old on 20 Apr 1854 and
he lived until 1859 or 1860, he would have been about 65 when he
died. That would have made his birthdate in 1794 (in the 18th
Century as inscribed on the slab). It is possible that his exact
age was not known, and he could have been even older than that.
Some people around Linden remembered having been told that Mose
was much older than 65.
Thomas Creed Taylor and Mary R. Gregory Taylor were the parents
of: Richard G. Taylor, Mary V. Taylor Scott, wife of William F.
Scott; Martha Ann Taylor; William H. Taylor; Sarah E. Taylor
Beckham, wife of James S. Beckham; Thomas J. Taylor; George W.
Taylor; and James M. Taylor. Linden's Dr. O. R. Taylor was a great
grandson of Thomas Creed and Mary R. Taylor.
(Reference Cass County Cousins column dated 21 Feb 1996 for
information on names and disposition of other slaves owned by the
Taylor family).
Much more information and a list of internments can be found in
THE CEMETERIES WITH CASS COUNTY CONNECTIONS VOLUME 7
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