General Notes

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Moses Darden was born 31 Aug 1800 in Warren County, GA.  He died 19 Apr
1881 in Lee County, AL.  He was the youngest son of Stephen Darden and
Nancy Ann Ellington.  His father died about 1807 in Warren County, GA.
His mother died in 1829 in Warren County, GA.  Both mother and father are
buried in the Williams Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
In the 1820 Fed Census for Warren County, GA a Moses Darden is listed on
page 301 with a number of other familiar Darden names.  In the family
group are one male in the 16-26 age bracket, one male in the over 45
bracket, one female in the over 45 bracket.
In the 1840 Fed Census for Chambers County, AL Moses Darden is listed. He
is also listed in the AL Land Records, document 14989, dated 1 Oct 1860.
In the 1850 Fed Census of Chambers County, AL Moses and his family group
are listed.  At that time the family consisted of Moses, his second wife
Elizabeth Stevens, and children: Stephen, William, James, Thomas P.,
Francis M., Joseph J., Celia A. M., and Hubbard.
In the 1860 Fed Census for Russell County, AL Moses Darden is listed.
Moses Darden married Nancy Wynne on 13 Jul 1820 in Warren County, GA.
They had one son, Uriah Addison Darden, born 23 Sep 1825 in Warren
County.  Nancy died in Warren County in 1829, leaving Moses with a young
son.  Also, Moses' mother, Nancy Ann Ellington, died in 1829.
The next event in Moses' life finds him in Chambers County, AL.  He
married Elizabeth Stevens on 19 Jun 1834 in Chambers County.  Elizabeth
was the daughter of Theophilus Stevens and Celia DeVane.  Between 1836
and 1853 Moses and Elizabeth had eleven children as follows: Stephen
Darden, William C. Darden, James Madison Darden, Thomas Jefferson Darden,
Francis Marion Darden, Willis Darden, Joseph Johnson Darden, Celia Ann
Martha Darden, Hubbard Darden, Mary Darden, and Virginia Elizabeth
Darden.  There is some question about whether Willis was a son or a
nephew.
Another interesting aspect of Moses location is in AL.  He moved into
Chambers County.  Later, he was found in Lee and Russell Counties.  I am
convinced that Moses and family did not move about.  The county lines
were redrawn as Lee and Russell Counties were created out of Chambers
County.
Frank Culpepper, a grandson of Virginia Elizabeth Darden Culpepper who
lived in Opelika, says that the Darden homestead was in Lee County just
north of the Russell County line.  The Union Primitive Baptist Church and
cemetery are just south of the homestead about two or three miles into
Russell County.  Moses and Elizabeth are buried there.