THIRD GENERATION

7. Moses CORNELIUS was born on 20 Nov 1784 in South Carolina. He signed a will on 25 Nov 1846 in Blount County, AL. In the name of God Amen I Moses Cornelius being mindful of my mormortality do this twenty fifth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousnd and eight hundred and forty six and publish this my last will and testament in manner following first Idesire to be decently buried and with as little expence as may be .... Also give and bequeath to my Wife Sinthy Cornelius all my land that I have or may have at my death Also all horses, hogs, cattle household furniture farming tools of every kind that I may own at my death also one Two horse wagon, one carry all waggan and set of Blacksmith tools during her natural life and after her decease the above land and property to be sold on a twelve month credit and the money divided in equal shares between my lawful heirs..... Also I do hereby constitute and appoint my Son Andrew Cornelius sole Executor of this my last will and testament Also to collect all my just debts and to pay off all my just creditors and the remainder after paying all lawful Expences to be given to my wife for her use and benefit... Given under my hand and seal the day and year above written...MOSES x CORNELIUS

Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as for his last Will and Testament in presents of us who at his request and in his presents have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto... WILLIAM HOHHINGSWORTH; MEREDITH CORNELIUS; JOHN H. BOX... Probated 30 July 1847 He died about 1847 in Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama. He was buried in Old Liberty Cemetery. Moses was the first person buried in the Old Liberty Cemetery. Moses Cornelius and his wife, moved from South Carolina in 1819, to Alabama. They owned a mill four miles southwest of where Oneonta now stands. It was the only mill we had in this country. He ground corn only. He also built the first saw mill. It was at the time called a sash saw mill. The saw was a straight blade eight inches wide and eight feet long. It had two motions, upward and downward. It did it's sawing with the downward stroke. I give this description because they are in use no more. The mill was on a creek where it runs through a great gorge cut through the mountain. The bluffs were more than one hundred feet high. Grandfather Moses would cut his saw logs and haul them to the bluff and when he had gotten several hundred he would invite his neighbors to come and see the logs roll off the bluff.
Moses Cornelius was addicted to drink until he was thirty years of age; but by God's wonderful love and grace he was saved fron the curse of rum and made "a new creature in Christ Jesus."
"We who in Christ believe That
he for us has died, We all his unknown
peace receive, And feel his blood applied."
He joined the Methodist church and became a minister of the gospel. He was a great power for God. Under the influence of his prayers and sermons Christians were made to rejoice in the Lord, sinners were convicted and came home to God.
He died at the age of sixty-five. His final illness began two years before his death. He has his casket made and placed under his bed; and when he grew suddenly worse, he sent for one of his old friends and companions to come and see how a "Christian soldier can die." He died in 1846. His wife, Cynthia, lived to be eighty-four years of age, dying in 1875.

He was married to Cynthia BYNUM (daughter of Isaac Newton BYNUM and Cynthia ELLIS) in 1806 in South Carolina. Cynthia BYNUM was born about 1792 in South Carolina. Moses CORNELIUS and Cynthia BYNUM had the following children:

+15 i. Zechariah CORNELIUS.
+16 ii. Joel CORNELIUS.
+17 iii. Sarah (Sally) CORNELIUS.
+18 iv. Eliza CORNELIUS.
+19 v. Champion CORNELIUS.
20 vi. William CORNELIUS was born in 1817 in Tennessee. He died in 1838.
+21 vii. Meredith CORNELIUS.
+22 viii. Elizabeth (Betsy) CORNELIUS.
23 ix. Andrew CORNELIUS was born in 1824 in Blount County, Alabama.
24 x. Cargile CORNELIUS was born in 1825 in Blount County, Alabama. He died in early manhood.
+25 xi. Celia CORNELIUS.
+26 xii. Dicie CORNELIUS.
+27 xiii. Tillman CORNELIUS.

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