When John R Moon was born on 25 September 1784, in Deep River Township, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph R Moon, was 34 and his mother, Ann Brown, was 29. He married Elizabeth Sarah Mount about 1804, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. He died on 14 August 1855, in Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Martinsville Friends Cemetery, Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Irish: variant of Mohan .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce .
Americanized form of German Mohn or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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