An American Family History

Susannah Ricketts Moulton was born on February 21, 1794 (or January 31, 1794) in Nicholas (or Mason) County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Robert Rickets and Susannah Wilson.

She married John S. Moulton in Nicholas County, Kentucky. John was born in Pennsylvania on March 24, 1793. His father was John Moulton. John's brother Jeremiah Moulton married, Susannah's sister, Vienna Louise Ricketts. John was a soldier in the War of 1812.

They settled in Decatur County in 1824 and lived four miles east of Greensburg. John was a noted hunter and helped cut the Brookville road from Greensburg to Franklin County.

Susannah and John's children were Elizabeth Moulton (1816), Deliah Moulton (1818), Nancy Moulton (1819), Thomas Moulton (1822), Martha Ann Moulton (1827), Mary Jane Moulton (1829), John S. Moulton, Jr. (1831), and Margaret F. Moulton (1834).

She was left a widow when John was killed by a horse on May 08, 1844 in Decatur, Indiana. He was buried in the Ross graveyard, three miles east of Greensburg.

At the time of the 1850 census she was living in Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana.

She died on December 10, 1861 (maybe October 12, 1861) and is buried in Springer Cemetery, Decatur County, Indiana.

History of Decatur County, Indiana by Lewis Albert Harding

John Moulton was a soldier of the War of 1812. The most of his time while in the service was spent in a block house at the mouth of Laughery creek, on the Ohio river, in this state, for the defense of the few settlers in that vicinity. He was born in Pennsylvania, March 24, 1793. His parents came to Kentucky and located in Nicolas county.

He was married to Susannah Ricketts in 1814, and came to Decatur county in 1824, locating four miles east of Greensburg. He was killed by a horse, on May 8, 1844. and was buried in the Ross graveyard, three miles east of Greensburg. The headstone and grave are in good condition. John Moulton was a noted hunter in his day. He and two others cut out the Brookville road from near Greensburg to the Franklin county line. He has descendants living in Decatur county. He was probably not a pensioner, but it is possible that his wife was.