• Born: 11 Jan 1792, Charleston SC
• Marriage (1): Catherine McFarlane on 23 May 1815 in Charleston SC
• Died: 1 Mar 1864, Charleston SC

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Peter Mood, about 1805, in Charleston SC.

• Partnership: Peter Mood, in 1816-1819, in Charleston SC. As PETER MOOD & SON

• Partnership: Peter and Peter Mood, in 1819-1821, in Charleston SC. As PETER MOOD & SONS

• He worked in 1821-1833 as a silversmith and jeweler in Charleston SC ⁴

• Advertised: Charleston Courier, on 2 Nov 1821, in Charleston SC.
  "South Carolinians: Encourage your own Manufacturies
  . . . He (Mood) Manufactures and repairs all kinds of silver work, the silver of which he will warrant superior to any Northern make which he has yet examined."

• Example: Sauce boat, circa 1825, in Private Collection. H" 4 1/4
  l: 7 3/4
  wt: 8.2 oz

• Partnership: Peter Mood, in 1834-1841, in Charleston SC. As J. & P. MOOD, with a shop at the Sign of the Crossed Spoons. ⁴

• He worked in 1841-1861 as a silversmith and jeweler in Charleston SC ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Charleston SC. Listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Charleston SC. Listed as a jeweler.

John married Catherine McFarlane on 23 May 1815 in Charleston SC. (Catherine McFarlane was born on 23 Jul 1798 in Charleston SC and died on 31 Jan 1857 in Charleston SC.)