MOORE NEWS Volume I May 29, 1996 Issue 2 SALUTATIONS Greetings. We're up and running in spite of the email mistakes of ye old Hub keeper. Sorry 'bout sending a couple of communications before they were done by forgetting I had scheduled an automatic Flash mail session. We can all hope that experience really does breed success. Thanks so much for the information you're sending in. Send more. Someone asked if I was going to change information sent in. My answer is that I will correct spelling when I run Spell Check and any text that is garbled on transmission or obvious mistakes such as correcting 1978 when the author clearly meant 1778. If I have more substantive questions, I get in touch with you. My job is to compile information you send and to contribute information I have. ----------- H Silcox sends an announcement that Mary Kegley, noted historian and writer of SW Va, is having a seminar in Wytheville Va. on June 22. She has 50 to 60 people {genealogy people} at these annual seminars. Contact: Mary Kegley PO Box 134 Wytheville, Va 24382 H 540 228 3420 O 540 228 6305 ----------- Judy Alley sends the following address and comment: Agnes M. Wells 521 North Franklin Road Mt. Airy, NC She had done extensive research and has published books pertaining to the Mt. Airy, NC area....very nice to work with..... NEW MEMBERS My name is Robert Moore. I was born 15 Oct 1941, Waynoka, Woods, OK. There was nothing special about my birth place. At that time we had the largest roundhouse for the railroad, and the largest ice plant in the United States. As I got older I was able to join with the rest of the town in our one big event of the year, "The Waynoka Rattlesnake Hunt". The only time we were not living in Waynoka was during the war. My dad's job took us to Pampa, TX., and my mother and I lived with her folks for about six months when there was no work. I have seven children. The four older ones I adopted from my wife's first marriage. We had three girls, and lost our first after five weeks. My oldest son was killed in a car accident in 1979. I have a son and daughter who live in Cheyenne, Wyo., one living in Liberty, MO, and two daughters living her in Okla City. We have 11 grandchildren, 2 boys, and 9 girls. They range from 16 yrs. old to 10 months. I entered the USAF after High School in August 1959. I spent 22 years in the service as a Police Officer, and retired in June 1981. I am of course a Viet Nam Vet. Since my retirement from the service I have worked with four different employers as in house security. I have only been able to track my Moore Family, back to my Great Great Grandfather James Marion Moore, b. 13 May 1811, NC. The family moved about 1816 to Tennessee, and since there are so many James M. Moore's, I haven't yet found his parents. James married Raphael W. Patton abt 1829. The two older children were born in Tenn., and the other eight were born in Missouri. I have just proven that the city of Marionville, MO. was named after him. My middle name is the same as my GG Grandfather James Marion Moore, and my Grandfather Arthur Marion Atkinson on my mothers side. TINY TAFELS Bob Moore's Family (Patwarnes) 1.James Marion and Raphael W. [Patton] Moore 2.John Patton and Mary Angeline [Elsey] Moore 3.George Sherman and Pearl [Overstreet] Moore This was George's 2nd Marriage. 4.Garold Jay and Vera L. [Atkinson] Moore (my parents) 5. Robert Marion Moore QUERIES QUERY from Becky (LadyBec): My father is James Lyle Moore, His father is Oliver Oscar Moore,dob 16, June, 1897 in Sunset Montague TX. Oliver married Bernice Brewer. Oliver's father was James Marion Moore, dob abt 1871.In Ark, (I think) He is supposed to be 1/2 Indian but I don't know the tribe. He married Bertha Jackson in Alvord TX. As I said I haven't discovered much. ---------- QUERY from Ramona (RamonaBG): If you have information that will help, please send it to her (and to MOORE NEWS) Nathan MOORE. born 4/18/1861 in poss. Iowa; married Floral Rodenbough. They had at least one child, Reed Aldridge MOORE born 2/14/1891. Nathan MOORE died 5/27/1944. Somehow, Reed MOORE ended up in Washington and/or Oregon, where he married Sadie Cooper, and had 3 sons, one of which was my grandpa, John Moore 5/20/1920. Reed died in 1968. Does any one know these folks? --------- QUERY from Bob Moore (Patwarnes): Still interested in roots of Henry Jefferson Moore b 1816 Patrick County Va d 1896Mt Airy NC. Also info on Rodeham or Rodam Moore who first appeared in Patrick County Va in late 1700. -------- QUERY from Lori (HuckLor). I was wondering if anyone had any info on a Mary Moore, born March 6, 1818 in Giles County, TN. She died in 1885 in MO. She had married an Isaiah Thomas Webb of Bedford County TN. They were married June 26,1836 in Gibson County. RESPONSES TO QUERIES RESPONSE to Becky (LadyBec) from Bob Moore (Patwarnes) : I think that your James Marion Moore died at Little Rock, Ark. I found a James Marion Moore who died from typhoid fever while his company was camped at Little Rock, Ark. He was the son of Nimrod Moore, Sr., born 1794 in VA and died in 1858 in Tennessee. James had two brothers Nimrod Jr., and Fredrick Jones Moore. Nimrod Jr. was born Bledsoe Co., TN in 1825 and died in Johnson Co. Ark. in 1864. Nimrod Jr. went to Ark. between 1850 and 60. Fredrick and James went with him. Nimrod Jr. had at least two sons James and William Taylor Moore. Both James Marion Moore and Fredrick Moore served in the Civil War. Fredrick rose to the rank of LT. This is taken from the MOORE FAMILY REGISTER, #4, Dec 1985 edited and published by: Ophelia Wade, Bragg, MO. I know that she does not have any more copies because when I received mine it was at the bottom of the stack and she was not going to do any more. You might also write Dixie Peterson, 2701 Longmire #202, College Station, TX 77840. She is the one that was looking for the family members of Nimrod Jr. ----------- RESPONSE to Bob Moore (Patwarnes) from Joyce (JBrown7169): There was a Jefferson family moving into Patrick County at same time Moores were moving into the area. President Jefferson didn't have any sons, so these Jeffersons are his nephews or cousins. Next time I go to the Library I'll get a little more precise information. TINY TAFELS SueSkay submitted this very comprehensive information on her family line: Daniel Moore, b. 1800, Grainger Co TN (possibly); m. Mary McCarty, b. 1808 in TN. Their children were: Joseph H. Moore, b. 1827 in Alabama, m. 5-27-1851 in Madison Co., MS, Mary A. Joiner. James Alexander "Sandy" Moore, b. 5-10-1829 in Madison Co., MS, m. 1-8-1852 in Madison Co., MS, to Pamelia C. Maddox, d. 1-1-1871 in Paris, Lamar, TX. (my husband's gg-grandparents) Sarah J. Moore, b. 1831 Madison Co., MS, m. 10-26-1854 in Madison Co. MS, James H. Galloway. Nancy C. Moore, b. 10-28-1832 Madison Co., MS, m. 6-13-1854 in Madison Co., MS, Sterling Edmond Goodrich, d. 9-3-1858 in Paris, Lamar, TX. (my husband's ggg-grandparents) Fredonia A. Moore, b. 1835 Madison Co., MS, m. 7-1-1852 in Madison Co., MS, William Newell. John S. Moore, b. 8-1836 in Washington Co., AL, m. 10-22-1857 in Paris, Lamar, TX, Margaret C. Guffy, d. aft 1900 in Waco, McLennan, TX. Daniel M. Moore, b. 1840 in Washington Co., AL Charles W. Moore, b. 1844 in Madison Co., MS, m. 7-16-1870 in Lamar Co., TX Eliza J. Stewart Thomas A. W. Moore, b. 1848 in Madison Co., MS Mary Julia Moore, b. 5-4-1850 in Madison Co., MS, m. 10-15-1868 in Paris, Lamar, TX, Claiborne C. Dodson, d. aft 1900 in Marshall, Harrison, TX. We also find another Moore family in Lamar Co., TX, that has some family ties to ours. A man by the name of Levan or Leban Moore, had a daughter Nancy Matilda Moore. She and her husband filed for custody against Daniel Moore for the minor children of Sterling Goodrich and Nancy Moore. Have not found any documents supporting any family relationship, however we believe there is a connection. Daniel Moore was quite prosperous and participated in civic duties, however the War of Northern Aggression ruined the family. My husband's grandparents were 2nd cousins once removed, and it is said that his 3rd great grandmother on his grandmother's side was Indian. This could only be Nancy C. Moore, as her husband's Goodrich family appears to be English. Early photographs of this family supports this theory. (Note from Joyce: It seems to me that a lot of families connecting to Moore from the same NC/VA area went to Granger Co TN. If you haven't looked there for ancestors who migrated from that hub, you might want to take a look. If someone is researching there, I hope they'll submit whatever they can pull together. I think it will help a lot of searching MOORES.) --------- The extract below may amplify information about the Mississippi Moores in SueSkay's Tiny Tafel. Some of the descendants of Matthew Redd Moore went to Mississippi. So here's another group of Moores extracted from the "Stokes County NC Heritage Book," published by the Historical Society of Stokes County, 1981: Matthew Moore was born in 1738 in Virginia, probably Hanover County, later Louisa County and later still, Albemarle County. He was the son of John Moore and Mary Susanna Jouett. He married Letitia Dalton, born 15 March 1742 in Albemarle Co VA. She was the daughter of Samuel Dalton and Ann (believed to be Anne Dandridge Redd). Matthew and Letitia Moore moved to Surry County NC (now Stokes Co) around 1773. His will is dated October 1801 and was proven in December 1801 (Stokes County NC Will Book 1, Page 9-1/2). Matthew Moore became a very successful business man and land owner in the area. In addition to other activities, he built Providence Iron Works on Big Creek (in the Sauratown Mountains, Stokes Co) in 1800. When he died, he owned land in Stokes and Surry Counties in NC, Patrick County, Virginia and Tennessee. The iron mine was bought by Johnson Clement who married Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Matthew and Letitia Moore. The known children of Matthew and Letitia Moore were: Ann (Nancy), b. 17 Jun 1762, d. 23 Aug 1848; m. 22 Jul 1781, John Hughes. Samuel Moore, b. 15 Jan 1764, d. 29 Aug 1854; m. 1 Dec 1788, Elizabeth Gaines. Mary Moore, b 26 Dec 1767, d. Mar 1863; m. 9 Jun 1792, Ambrose Gaines. Edward Moore, b. ca 1769, d. ca 1839/40; m 18 Jan 1805, Jean Tyson. Reuben Moore, b. ca 1766, d. ca 1839/40; m. 18 Jan 1805, Susannah Martin William Moore, b. 20 Feb 1775, d. 8 Aug 1867; m. 18 Jan 1805 Mary Martin. Elizabeth Moore, b. ca 1780, d. after 17 Nov 1868; m. Johnson Clement. Gabriel Moore, b. 1785, d. 9 Jun 1844 near Caddo TX; m. Miss Callier and divorced. Tucker Woodson Moore, b. ca 1785/86, d. before 1824; m. Sarah Clement. (Note to descendants of Caroline Matilda: the earliest Caroline Matilda I've seen was the daughter of Tucker Woodson who married Thomas Banks in Henrico County VA in 1770. This Woodson family moved to Patrick Co VA. -- JB) Matthew Redd Moore, b. 8 Sep 1792; d. 1877; m. 31 Jan 1822, Maria McKenzie. (Note to Researchers: Children of Matthew Redd Moore and Maria McKenzie migrated to Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. -- JB) RESEARCH Judy Alley, our mentor, sends the following information: Pulaski County, Va. marriages 1839-1857 Crockett Moore and Margaret A. Quisenberry 24 Sep 1846 Elizabeth Moore and Crockett Quisenberry 25 Oct 1853 Death records Pulaski Co. Va 1853-1870 James R. Moore, age 7, son of C. and A. Moore Oct 1860 1850 census, Pulaski Co., Va. #150: Jonathan Moore, age 24, Coach driver, wife Detita, age 23; Emyes age 2 (F) #171: Peter Moore, age 56, farmer, Rebecca, wife, age 52, Garman D. age 10 (M) #179:Crockett Moore, age 23, farmer, Margaret, wife, age 33, Cornelia J age 2 (F) #188: John, age 31, laborer, Elenor, wife, age 31 ------------------- Bob Moore sent the following information about Rodham Moore which a cousin sent to him: Rodeham Moore, b. 1744; d. 1811, Patrick Co., Virginia. He married Elizabeth Gallahue, daughter of William and Ann (Kenner) Gallahue. Their son, John Moore was born in VA., and he married Elizabeth Williams daughter of John and Margaret (Edgeman) Williams, and a sister to Judge John Williams who made Lawrence Counties first settlement. John and Elizabeth Moore had 10 children: Greenville, believed to have gone to Texas, Roadhame; Elizabeth; John Williams; Alfred; Ann; Gollahugh; Cynthis A.; Luetsey; and George Moore. John Williams Moore, b. 12 Feb 1815, in East Tennessee. In 1838, he moved to Lawrence County, Missouri. He married Harriet R. Lebow, b. 19 June 1823. --------- SueSkay submitted the following list of Moore's in Washington Co., AL and MS: Andrew Moore - 1810 AL David Moore - 1808 AL Edward Moore - 1810 AL Eli Moore - 1816 AL Gibson Moore - 1816 AL, 1850 Yazoo Co. MS James Moore - 1816 AL, 1809 Madison Co. MS Joseph Moore - 1816 AL, 1850 Madison Co., MS Eli Sr. Moore - 1840 AL Daniel Moore - 1820 &1840 AL, 1830 & 1850 Madison Co., MS Also from SueSkay: We find the following in Grainger Co. TN and in AL: Benjamin McCarty - Grainger 1799 tax records James McCarty - Grainger 1799 tax records John McCarty - Grainger 1810, also 1816 Washington Co., AL Joseph McCarty - Washington Co., AL 1817 James McCarty Sr. - Grainger 1799 tax records James Moore - Grainger 1799 tax records MOORE MISCELLANY The following extracts are from the Stokes County Heritage Book cited above. I've included comments which I hope will further described my home county. Those who have never seen the lovely old hills of the Sauratown Mountains might be interested in this description. Stokes County is located in northwest North Carolina and is considered to be in the Piedmont Plateau. The county is bounded on the north by the Virginia state line (Patrick County), on the east by Rockingham County, NC, on the south by Forsyth County, NC, and on the west by Surry County, NC. A geographical oddity of Stokes is a mountain range that lies entirely within the bounds of the county. The Sauratown Mountains rise from nowhere in the southwest edge of the county and run northeast for over 1/2 the width of the county. The Sauratown Mountains were named for the Saura Indians, a tribe that inhabited the area that became Stokes. An early map of this area (Collet 1770) shows these mountains as Sawratown, and one other old unnamed map shows these mountains as Sorrowtown. The Sauratown range has several individually named peak: Eatons Mt., Ruben Mt., Huckleberry Mt., Moores Knob (the highest peak near Matthew Moore's home plantation), Cooks Wall Mt., Cole Gap Mt., Hanging Rock (now a State Park), and Flat Shoal Mt. These peaks are seldom called by name today with the exception of Hanging Rock, Moores Knob, and Cooks Wall. The Sauratown Mountains are the result of, and the survivor of erosion. Geologists tell that many millions of years ago, the Sauratown Mountains were a part of and linked to the Blue Ridge Mountain Range. The Sauratown Mountains contain many interesting spots for the visitor, such as Moores Springs, Cascade Falls, Tories Den, the Rock House (very early house built by Moore related family, Martin), and the Dan River. One of the few worldwide deposits of Itacollumite, commonly known as "limber grit," or bending rock or flexible sandstone, is found in the Sauratown Mountains. Other minerals found in these mountains are mica, iron ore, feldspar, limestone, and clay. In past years these resources were mined and processed commercially. The Dan River originates in Patrick County VA near Buffalo Knob and dips in and out of Virginia several times as it flows toward the Roanoke River east of Stokes.The banks of the Dan were "home" for the early Indians who occupied this region. Col. William Byrd found their deserted villages when he explored this area in 1728. Their villages were in the lowlands along the river. It is believed that the Indians of Piedmont Virginia and North Carolina were decimated by tribal warfare and sought shelter with the powerful Cherokees in the Great Smokies. Col Byrd also found a few hardy white settlers along these paths in 1728. His exploration took him as far west as Peters Creek in northern Stokes County. Throughout the region, there was a network of trails and trade paths. In the early 1700s the Saura-Saponi Trail followed an east-west path through the mountains and the Tutela-Saura Trail was a north-south route. Both were laid out with skill by the Indians who first made them. Today they form the basis of modern rail and highway travel. (JB Note: The most influential trail was the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road which bisected Stokes County on its way south, bringing people from diverse backgrounds into the area: English from Virginia and Maryland, Germans from Pennsylvania, and Scotch-Irish from the Shenandoah. Many Stokes County lineages reflect all of these cultural backgrounds. (JB Note: The county seat is Danbury, a courthouse town right at the base of the Sauratown Mountains. There are towns larger than Danbury in the county, but all are very small. Winston-Salem in Forsyth County and Greensboro in Guilford County are the largest nearby towns. A highlight for any Moore family descendant would be a visit to Moore's Springs about ten miles from Danbury. The springs on the Moore land were part of local lore for years because the peculiar-tasting spring water was believed to have beneficial qualities. The stock that grazed nearby seemed to flourish particularly. In the closing years of the century, a resort was developed around the spring. John Moore and William Gabriel Moore formed the Moore's Springs Company and "Moore's Red Sulfur Springs" underwent a real boom. The "Daily State Chronicle" in Raleigh reported in July 1890, that the spring "is attracting much attention. It is just one mile from the courthouse, on a beautiful drive, and hundreds of our people visit it daily, and many are loud in their praise of the medicinal properties of the waters. The proprietor thinks of building a hotel, so as to better accommodate the public." The proprietor did build a hotel, a large white frame building with airy verandas on both floors. To this they added a store and a few family cottages. In the golden era of mountain resorts, guests lived like royalty. There was music at every meal and dancing in the evenings, with young men and ladies from the area joining in the festivities. In addition to drinking water from the springs, there were many diversions available, such as visiting nearby towns, swimming in the Dan River, rocking or playing cards on the shady verandas, riding horses, playing billiards and waiting for the daily delivery of the mail. The amount and quality of the food served was legendary. One cook went from a Sauratown resort to the White House. The resort flourished until about 1921 when the building began to need repairs. Not wanting to invest the money, the Moores sold the resort. Four years later, the old hotel was destroyed by fire. (JB Note: By the time I was born, the age of the mountain resorts was pretty well past. I remember hearing my mother and her sisters talk about dances they went to at Moore's Springs The old hotel at Moore's Spring was but a pile of rubble by the time I was born, but I do have one or two distinct memories about the old spring. My Grandmother had jars of Moore's Spring water brought in every week. It was the only water she would drink. I thought it tasted pretty awful and always said I wasn't thirsty when she urged me to have some. but she never neglected telling me how healthy it was. Sometimes when I was a little child, I would ride with family up to Moore's Springs. The old spring house was still standing. I remember the gray lattice work that shaded it from the sun. But the most vivid memory is that we had to drive across a creek that had no bridge. I was certain we would not be able to cross without getting stuck or chocking off the engine. We never did. (When I was older, I went to camp farther up the mountains. Vade Mecum, an Episcopal camp, had once been another resort and later served as winter quarters for Sparks Circus. The main building was an old wooden hotel with porches on both levels, much like the one that had been at Moore's Springs. Two things might interest you from my camping days. Under the Gymnasium where the foundation had been dug out, if you looked carefully, you could find bits of shell. At one time eons ago, this mountainous land about 200 miles from the shore was inundated with sea water and had a very different kind of life - another geological oddity about the Sauratown Mountains. In the evening after dinner and Vespers, we would file across to a hillside campfire ground. This was on the slope of the highest point of the camp. The campfire was built at the edge of the slope. As we sat on that fire lit slope singing, telling stories, watching skits, having a general quiet evening time, we were observed by the looming presence of Moore's Knob which rose just across the valley.) __________________________________________________ MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7159@AOL.com