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Sarah Ann <I>Leggett</I> Moody

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Sarah Ann Leggett Moody

Birth
Wadley, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA
Death
15 May 1882 (aged 65)
Holmesville, Appling County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Appling County, Georgia, USA
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George Moody Meets Sarah Leggett At seventeen, Sarah Leggett met George Moody in the town of Holmesville, this was 10 miles north of where his folks lived. They were both in town with their parents for court week, when business and documents needed to be filed at the courthouse. This is where George and Sally would meet for the first time. When court week was in session, Holmesville was hopping with gatherings from all around. During court week, there would be many games and men would actually have boxing matches to see who would be the strongest to endure blows. Holmesville was where the courthouse was located in the mid 1800's until Baxley became the county seat later near the 1900's. Holmesville would be the place where the Masonic Lodge was built in the 1850's and both George and his father Isaac were members. The Moodys lived next to the river and were hard working men. George's mother would always remark "men living near the river have no more time to fish than those away, for it puts no corn in the barn."Sarah's father, Benjamin Leggett would come into town to horse trade and negotiate land sales. It was then Ben made one of the counties largest land salesb1. He received one thousand dollars from James Wilcox for Lot number 163 2nd district. George was a modest strong upcoming informal Georgian who had few words to say, most of the time. George always believed that an empty wagon always made the most noise. At the age of 20, George thought it best to get hitched and asked Ben & Mary for their daughter's hand in marriage. George applied for one of the lotteries while he was at the courthouse in Holmesville. The lottery is best described as follows: Seven times between 1805 and 1832 Georgia used a lottery system to distribute the land taken from the Cherokee or Creek Indians. These lotteries were unique to the state; no other state used a lottery system to distribute land. Lot size varied widely, even in the individual lotteries. The largest lots distributed were 490 acres in the 1805 and the 1820 land lottery. The smallest lots were the 40-acre gold lots distributed during the Gold Lottery of 1832. It cost George a quarter to do sob1. George would receive many acres, in the thousands.
- Shane Forrester
George Moody Meets Sarah Leggett At seventeen, Sarah Leggett met George Moody in the town of Holmesville, this was 10 miles north of where his folks lived. They were both in town with their parents for court week, when business and documents needed to be filed at the courthouse. This is where George and Sally would meet for the first time. When court week was in session, Holmesville was hopping with gatherings from all around. During court week, there would be many games and men would actually have boxing matches to see who would be the strongest to endure blows. Holmesville was where the courthouse was located in the mid 1800's until Baxley became the county seat later near the 1900's. Holmesville would be the place where the Masonic Lodge was built in the 1850's and both George and his father Isaac were members. The Moodys lived next to the river and were hard working men. George's mother would always remark "men living near the river have no more time to fish than those away, for it puts no corn in the barn."Sarah's father, Benjamin Leggett would come into town to horse trade and negotiate land sales. It was then Ben made one of the counties largest land salesb1. He received one thousand dollars from James Wilcox for Lot number 163 2nd district. George was a modest strong upcoming informal Georgian who had few words to say, most of the time. George always believed that an empty wagon always made the most noise. At the age of 20, George thought it best to get hitched and asked Ben & Mary for their daughter's hand in marriage. George applied for one of the lotteries while he was at the courthouse in Holmesville. The lottery is best described as follows: Seven times between 1805 and 1832 Georgia used a lottery system to distribute the land taken from the Cherokee or Creek Indians. These lotteries were unique to the state; no other state used a lottery system to distribute land. Lot size varied widely, even in the individual lotteries. The largest lots distributed were 490 acres in the 1805 and the 1820 land lottery. The smallest lots were the 40-acre gold lots distributed during the Gold Lottery of 1832. It cost George a quarter to do sob1. George would receive many acres, in the thousands.
- Shane Forrester

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