Post-war
After the end of the American Revolution, Moulton continued his role in the New Hampshire militia. On March 25, 1785, he was created Brigadier General of the 1st Brigade of the New Hampshire Militia.
Civilian Life
Jonathan was rewarded lands (for his successes during the war) in the lakes region of New Hampshire and founded the town of Moultonborough. He settled in North Hampton, New Hampshire and was one of the first people to paint his house colonial white; which was not a popular decision with some of the local towns people. Since paint had to be imported from Britain. he was also considered a torry because he was friends with the then governor Bennington. Back then Portsmouth was the capital of the state.
Jonathan ended up getting into a (Hatfield and McCoy style) feud over farm land with a neighbor Johnathan Swett which ended up as a series of (slanderous) editorals written in the Boston Post, Boston's major newspaper at the time. The feud ended up in court and the judge (a long time friend of the General) ruled in Jonathan Moulton's favor, and he won his case. His neighbor was not happy with the ruling as he felt it was biased. The other Johnathan moved "his" large family away in the middle of the night, due to the amount of emotional stress that the feud put on his family. Mysteriously the General's barn was burned down after the other Johnathan left town and no one ever claimed responsibility even after the General offered a reward of $50.00; which would have been a large amount of money. He expressed that he was more upset about losing the animals than losing the barn itself, which could be re-built.
Jonathan had a large family. One of his sons (Joseph?) ended up moving the family to York County, Maine in 1782.
Jonathan Moulton died at the age of 71 on September 18, 1787. His body was moved in the middle of the night before burial and his tombstone disappeared. Two years later, in 1789, George Washington stopped and paid his respects to General Moulton's widow Sarah on his tour of the new United States of America.
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