I am looking for info on Solomon Ross in the time period of 1800 to 1840 in Rutherford Co, NC. These court records below appear not to be related to him but hope they help someone out there. Also see below 2 articles on Moses Ross and James Ross in Rutherford/Cleveland Co, NC Audrey Rutherford Co, NC Court records Date Page Name Details October 1819 289 Samuel S. Ross Acknowledge deed to Edmon Fuell Dated 30th August 1819 January 1820 28 Saml. S. Ross William Toms, Saml. S. Ross & Major R. Alexander apptd commitee to settle with Lemuel Moore, one of admrs of Lemuel Moore, decd. January 1821 125 James Ross Juror next Superior Court April 1821 156 Samuel S. Ross John Wall proved deed Edmond Fuell to Samuel S. Ross dated 30th August 1819 April 1821 159 Moses Ross M. Roberts proved deed J. Rutherford to Moses Ross dated 8th August 1814 May 1821 16 Charles Ross Charles Ross proved power of atty from Anna Spence & Thomas L. Ogden to Augustus Sackett 28th February 1821 July 1821 17 James Ross George Cabiness proved deed Robert Wear & Joseph Wear to James Ross dated 11th August 1814 October 1821 35 Samuel S. Ross George McDaniel proved deed Samuel S. Ross to Samson McDaniel 21st February 1821 "The Heritage of Cleveland County, NC" Vol 1 1982 publ by The Cleveland Co. Historical Association Moses Ross 955B Moses Ross was born April 16, 1785, in NC. In 1808 he married Mary Spurling, daughter of John Spurling. There is no record of children born of this union. Mary must have died early, for in 1819 he married Rachel Bookout (b. May 15, 1804 - d. April 29, 1863). They were the parents of eight children: Osburne (b May 3, 1823 - d May 5, 1863) married a first cousins Easter Lettie Bookout. He died of measles at Goldsboro while in the Confederate Army. Their children were:James married Marsella Patterson; Elizabeth married Martin Ledford; John moved to Mississippi, Martin went to Arkansas, Annalizer married John Hord and Moses married Mary Ledford. Elizabeth Ross born 1828 died 1871 and was buried in the Ross Family Cemetery "Rock Cut". She never married. Perry Ross, born 1831, married Margaret Morrison. After he came home from the Civil War, he and Margaret went to Quitman, Arkansas where he died in 1905. They had no children. Moses C. Ross Jr. born 1835, was killed at Manasses, VA in 1862 fighting in the Civil War. Easter Lettie Ross, born 1837 married Able Hardin. They had no children but they adopted two; Alice and Easter Lettie inherited most of her father's estate and deeded some of this land for what is now Ross Grove Baptist Church on Highway 18 outside of Shelby, NC. Easter Lettie and Able Hardin are buried at Ross Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Decendants of Moses Ross meet at this Church on the last Sunday in September for a reunion each year. Relatives welcome. Julia Ann Ross born 1841 died in 1869. She never married. She is also buried at "Rock Cut" family cemetery. Noah Webb Ross born in 1843 married Elizabeth Jane Wilson; they were parents of eight children:Albert Moses born 1867, married Alice Myers Proctor; Plato O. Ross born 1870, married Julia Camby; George A. Ross born 1872, d 12-6-1886; Melinda M.J. born 1873, married Sam Camby (father of Plato's wife), Fannie Laura Ann 1876, married William Kertis White; C.C. born 1878, (Margaret) married Barry C. Hamrick; Sallie Aline Ellen born 1881, married William Yoder; Noah Wright Ross born 1883, married Georgia ----and Noah Webb Ross married Nancy Regina Ha___n the second time and they were the parents of four children; Reuban Jacob Forest born 1891 married Elizabeth Ramsey; Lettie Ula Belle Ross born 1897 married Tom Ramsey; Ada Maude Matine born 1900 married Cecil Jenkins and John Lester Crowell Ross born 1903 married Mary Lou Houser. Elizabeth Jane Wilson Ross died 11-27-1886, nine days before her son George died. Moses Ross was a large land owner in Cleveland Co and we believe this was from a land grant. Buried in the Ross Cem. located across from the present home of the Paul Weathers Family or what remains due to destruction by time, elements and with some help by local farmers who continued to edge closer in, the cemetery has almost disappeared. This is on the old Shelby Airport Road off Hwy 18. There is as stone which bears the names of James Ross and Hannah Ross. We believe these to be the parents of Moses Ross born in 1785. written by--Elizabeth Camp Anthony (((my note: from census records, it would appear that Moses Ross above did have some children with his 1st wife, Mary Spurling))) and same book: JAMES Ross 951 The research for the early Rosses in Rutherford County show the name spelled as Ross, Rose, Ruse, and Russ. Clerks, in those days, spelled names as they sounded to them. The Rock Cut Section, about three miles north east of Shelby, is where the Moses Ross family "burying ground;; is located. Along with other tombstones, one inscription reads: James .Ross Hannah Ross Died May 2, 1829, aged 95 (born 1734) Died April 11, 1835, aged 90 (born 1745) It is logical to believe that they were parents or grandparents of Moses Ross, for several reasons. The 1790 census of Rutherford County, Morgan District, lists two men by the name of James Ross, each with a male under the age of sixteen. No other Rosses were listed in the County. Bible records show that Moses was born 1785. The 1800 census lists the two James Rosses, both forty-five and up, but only one as having a male 10-16, which could have been Moses. However, two William Rosses had males of Moses approximation. By 1810, 1 Moses was listed in his own household. Other ""Rosses listed were, George, George, and \Solomon on page 430. On page 343, were James, James Sr., James Jr., Samuel and Moses. None of the above Jameses were old enough to have been the James born 1734. No other Ross household, from 1810 through 1840, showed anyone of James' and Hannah's ages. It is assumed that, because of their advanced years, they were living with one of their daughters or granddaughters, married names unknown. Moses and James Ross were chain-bearers when a survey of 300 acres of land was made for James Ross on July 21, 1793. It was in "Rutherford County on the headwaters of Hickory Creek, both sides of said creek joining Criders line, joining William Hanes land, including own improvement and the land the Meeting House is on and round it for complement, granted to self" (1779-1795 — S.S. 962.1, unindexed book at Raleigh). This is the same land that Moses Ross devised to his daughter, Easter Lettie Ross Hardin, and she gave fifteen acres of it for Ross Grove Baptist Church. In order to try to establish the relationship between James and Moses, an important deed found is; "August 14, 1814, James Rutherford to Moses Ross land on Hickory Creek [volume 22-23, page 420)", which is the same and James Ross bought on February 2,1801 from Joshua Earles. No sale was found for this land and how James Rutherford received the land is unknown. The Reverend Sherman Ross prepared an Historical Sketch of the Ross family which was read at the Ross family reunion at Waco on September 6, 1958. He wrote: "Something over 200 years ago, three Ross brothers came over from Scotland, Ireland. One of the brothers went West and Moses came here to North Carolina, and as to where the others went, there is no record. To our great grand-father, Moses, that came over from Ireland, his grandmother wrote in his Bible: "When I am dead and gone — remember me and Mother. I may meet you in heaven. My days is not many. I am going to heaven. God told me so. God bless. I will see you there." Does this mean that the grandmother of Moses was Hannah of the tombstone record? She outlived James. Much research has been done in an attempt to distinguish between the two James Ross in Rutherford County of the early census reports. Research continues to hide documentary proof that James was the father or grandfather of Moses. The closest is Moses approximation in the 1790 and 1800 census reports, of James Ross and Moses being chain-bearers in James Ross' survey and Moses acquisition of James Ross' Iand ; through James Rutherford, plus the grave the present Cleveland County of James R (1734-1829) and his wife, Hannah (1745- 1835). written by— Mrs. Grady F Ross