Individual Details

Littleberry Moon lived at the top of Moon's Mtn., which took its name from this family. The ancestor of the Moon family went with the Conqueror to England at which time the name was Du Mohon, Mhoon, then Moon. Littleberry moved in 1838 from his father's home in Buckingham county; his mother was Jean Breckenridge, daughter of Wm. Hopkins, who was the son of Dr. Arthur Hopkins of Revolutionary fame. He bought 600 acres from Wm. Anderson upon which he built Viewmont, his home, facing the distant Peaks of Otter, and standing not far from Leesville: m. Martha Perkins, dau. of Littleberry Moon, Sr., a wealthy merchant of Scottsville, who had died young and his wife also, leaving 4 orphan daughters who were then raised by their uncle Benjamin Perkins of Scottsvile. Viewmont replaced a smaller, quaint old house which was moved to the negro quarters: the land upon which it stood had been the part of Col. Early's large estate devised to his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Anderson. Littleberry's brothers, Overton of Albemarle, and Arthur of Buckingham, were amongst the wealthiest citizens of those counties: the family seem to have confined themselves to the marts of trade, rather than offical or military activities. Children of Littleberry Moon, were - Maria m....Gilbert, d. soon afterwards, ----Sallie P. m. Col. Goodman, ---Jennie B. m. Leverette S. Early, son of Col. Edmund Early, ---Elizabeth m. Sam'l C. Goggin, clerk of Campbell County, ---Littleberry, Jr., d. at Lexington 1858, ---Edward was killed in the Confederate army, ---John B. moved to a western state.
Source: Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926; Lynchburg, VA; J.P. Bell Co., 1927; page 97-98 of 580 pages.
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Spouse

Martha Perkins Moon ( - )

Father	William\Littleberry Moon (1760 - 1814)
Mother	Jane Hopkins (1770 - )
Sibling	William H. Moon (1796 - 1812)
Sibling	Arthur Hopkins Moon ( - )
Sibling	Samuel Overton Moon (1801 - 1870)
Sibling	James D. Moon ( - 1838)
Sibling	Mary Moon ( - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Moon ( - )
Sibling	Jane Moon ( - )
Sibling	Sarah Moon ( - )