There were two Moses Handley. One b. abt. 1854, this Moses was of Color. two, Your Moses, b. 10 June 1789 VA. He and Nancy had 3 child that I know of: John, B. Feb 2, 1814 Rezin B. b. abt. 1815 Samuel Renzin, b. abt. 1817. Ellie Merriam White wrote: > I have found this account of a Moses Handley in 1700's in Virginia. The > furthest my line goes back for now is Moses Handley b. 1788 place unknown d. > 1871 in Harrison County, OH. He married Nancy Bell in 1808 in Jefferson > County, Ohio. They lived in Greene Township, Harrison County, Ohio. Nancy > (Bell) Handley b. 1787 and d. 1850 in Harrison County, Ohio. Moses remarried > in 1861 to Sarah Ann Mason b. 1817 d. 1900 Hopedale, Harrison County, Ohio. > All three are buried in the Greenwood Graveyard of Green Township, Harrison > County, Ohio. > I have to public records that give the father of Moses Handley but > speculation is that his father was William Handley of Harrison County, Ohio. > I can't not connect this Moses Handley of Virginia to mine but he might be > related to William and John from the 1700's. > Merriam White > merriam@sprintmail.com > http://home.sprintmail.com/~merriam/ > > Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 > DEEDS > DEED BOOK E 1751-1761 > page 210 > Feby. 7, 1759. Rice Curtis of Spts. Co., Gent., to Benjamin Grymes of same > Co., Gent. £200 curr. 400 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Rice Curtis, junr., > Joseph Herndon, Moses Handley, Jno. Carter. April 3, 1759.