MOORE NEWS Volume I July 3, 1996 Issue 8 SALUTATIONS And Happy Independence Day! Two hundred and twenty years ago, Thomas Jefferson, a near neighbor and associate of at least two Moore ancestors, stayed up all night incorporating revisions into America's Declaration of Independence. NEW MEMBERS Linda sends a cram packed lineage which brings her Moore family from Ireland to Maryland to Pennsylvania. She also sent us the biography of a Moore ancestor who fought for his children's freedom on the walls of Londonderry. What more appropriate means, today, of launching our acquaintance with the European Moore family. Says Linda, even if I'm not a Moore, my Moss is more Moore than Moss. [Note from Joyce: Linda, I had to reconstruct the family profile - program generated lineages don't conform well to AOL format. Hopefully, the adaptation will overcome the formatting problems. If it's not clear, it can be re-run from AOL memo format.] *****I have been doing what I consider doing genealogy officially for just over a year. However, as a child my grandmother would always share her genealogical stories, letters, trips to cemeteries, etc. with me, her oldest grandchild. After she died in1974, my mother [in1975] dumped boxes of scraps of papers, correspondence, Bible records, photos, etc. on my doorstep. With a newborn, I just parked the boxes in a safe place and occasionally looked at them, but was daunted by the task of organization. Since my "baby" is 6'5" and turned 20 last year -- and with very pointed nagging by my brother over the past couple of years -- I decided to get serious about pulling together our family history. I bought a little program (the cheapest I could find) and very quickly out grew it - in two months. I am now working with Family Tree Maker 3.0 and find it wonderful! I have been working with several "cousins" [who respectively have worked on genealogy for over twenty years each] and have over11,500 names, most of these are the first settlers into the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania and their descendants. My Moore line: 1 William Moore b: born Scotland emigrated Ireland ... 2 William Moore II ...... 3 William Moore III d: emigrated abt 1705 settled in Cecil Co MD .... .. 4 Samson Moore b: Abt 1720 Cecil Co., Maryland taxable of E ----------Nottingham Twp, Chester Co in 1753 married, Phebe Gray ... 5 William Moore IV b: 2/15/1758 East Nottingham, Chester Co, -----------Pennsylvania --taught school d: 5/19/1823 Mooretown, -----------Union Twp. m Dorcas (Carr) Kerr b: 8/28/1764 East -----------Nottingham, m: 1781 d: 8/28/1842 Union Twp, Luzerne Co, Pa ... 6 Sarah Moore b: 10/06/1788 Chester Co, Pennsylvania . d: ---------------9/15/1852. Bloomingdale, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania ---------------m. John Moss b: 3/26/1787 Smithfield near Stroudsburg, --------------- d: 1/24/1864 Bloomingdale, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania ... 7 Joseph H "Little Joe" Moss b: 2/13/1809 Union Twp, Luzerne -----------------d: 1/09/1892 Maple Run Farm, Mossville, Luzerne -----------------m Emily Sophia Trescott b: 4/16/1809 Huntington ----------------Twp, m: 12/24/1828 d: 5/24/1891 Maple Run Farm, ... 8 Irvin Torrence Moss b: 11/06/1848 Maple Run Farm, -----------------Luzerne County d: 7/19/1920 Maple Run. m [1] Elnora ------------------ Genet Moore b: 10/14/1850 Fairmount Twp, County. ------------------ m: 7/04/1871 d: 8/24/1895 9 [5] Robert Leroy "Roy" Moss b: 6/20/1884 Mossville, --------------------Luzerne County d: 10/13/1971. m [6] Laura Mae --------------------Downing b: 11/30/1890. m: 6/24/1925 Wilkes -------------------- Barre, d: 1/09/1974 ... 10 [7] Kermit Claude Moss b: 7/25/1926 Mossville, -----------------------Luzerne County. m [8] Betty Ruth Wilkinson b: ----------------------- 5/05/1930. m: 7/1948 Maryland .... 11 [9] Linda June Moss . 6 John Kerr Moore b: 5/02/1794 taught school built house --------------- 1810 at McKendree d: 4/14/1867 Fairmount, Luzerne --------------- Co, Pennsylvania. m Christine Phillips b: 4/04/1784 m: ----------------11/12/1817 d: 5/05/1866 ... 7 Robert Sebestian Moore b: 9/19/1820 Fairmount Twp, ---------------d: 7/07/1902 Fairmount Twp, Luzerne County m ---------------Evaline Gregory b: 9/05/1828 Fairmount Twp, Luzerne ---------------Co. d: 3/26/1900 Fairmount Twp, Luzerne County ... 8 [1] Elnora Genet Moore b: 10/14/1850 Fairmount Twp, ------------------- d: 8/24/1895 Maple Run Farm, Mossville, Luzerne ---------------[2] Irvin Torrence Moss b: 11/06/1848 m: 7/04/1871 --------------------d: 7/19/1920 . 9 [5] Robert Leroy "Roy" Moss b: 6/20/1884 Mossville, ---------------------Luzerne County d: 10/13/1971. m [6] Laura Mae -------------------- Downing b: 11/30/1890. m: 6/24/1925 Wilkes -------------------- Barre, d: 1/09/1974 ... 10 [7] Kermit Claude Moss b: 7/25/1926. [8] Betty ---------------------- Ruth Wilkinson b: 5/05/1930 m: 7/1948 MD .... 11 [9] Linda June Moss --------- STEPHANIE (SHacker956) has joined our group and is looking for Moores in the northwestern VA area near the Philadelphia Wagon Road. *****My name is Stephanie V. Hacker. I am in sales and in my spare time I take (and teach karate) at a local studio. I have always been interested in genealogy but only recently I have been actively doing research. I have not found very much information on my MOORE line yet. Below is a copy of some of my MOORE family line that I have found so far. 1 MOORE, James (d: 1801-1804 in Hampshire Co., VA), m. ELIZABETH 2 MOORE, Mary (b: 01 June 1773 in Campon Springs, Hampshire Co., WV - -------d: 21 July 1845). + SECREST, Jacob (b: 14 February 1770 in -------Fredrick Co, VA - d: 01 February 1848) 2 MOORE, Benjamin (b: Abt 1765 - d: 08 September 1849). + FRYE, Sarah -------(b: Abt 1769 - d: 20 April 1834) 2 MOORE, Thomas 2 MOORE, John 2 MOORE, James 2 MOORE, Sary 2 MOORE, Elizabeth 2 MOORE, Catherine 2 MOORE, Rebecca 2 MOORE, Margaret QUERIES The following query is submitted by VPierce851. She's tacked a bit of personal information at the end. Hope we can help. *****In my grandmother's correspondence with a "cousin" [of both she and my grandfather by different lines] they were discussing the fact that Edwin Moore [of Long Island] had written and published a Moore history and was at that time gathering more data to update his book. I have not been able to find a copy of this book either in the Pennsylvania Historical Society library, Philadelphia or the Historical Library in Harrisburg. Have any of the numerous Moore researchers come across this volume??? My Great Grandmother, Seraphina H. Moore was born about 1834/35 in either Tennessee or Georgia. She married John P. Boyd (born about 1828-1829-1830 in Tennessee) on 3 July 1853 in Kingston, Roane Co., Tennessee. They lived in Tennessee and Missouri and lastly in Arkansas. They had seven children: Robert W. Boyd born Aug 1854, Andrew Jackson Boyd born 1860, Sarah L. Boyd born 3 Aug.1861, G.W. Dewitt Boyd born 1863, Mary Emma Boyd born 1864, J.P. Minnie Boyd born 1868, Frances Fannie Boyd born 1870. Their first child, Robert W. Boyd born in Crawford Co., Arkansas, is my grandfather. He married Sarah H. Andrews (born in Alabama Aug 1855). Their fourth child, Eduth Lavada Boyd, is my mother. She married Joseph Leander Kimes 24 June 1909 in Crawford Co., Arkansas. Joseph father eight children by his first wife. After her death he married my mother. They then had seven more children. I am their fourth child. I was born Jan. 4, 1917 in Van Buren, Arkansas. We left Arkansas when I was twelve and moved to California. I finished school and married in California. After World War II, my husband and I moved to Oregon. He passed away in 1979. If anyone knows anything about Seraphina H. Moore I would certainly appreciate hearing from you. RESPONSES TO QUERIES From Joyce to VPierce85 (see query above): Lois submitted the piece below which was written by Edwin N. Moore. I noted a reference to a book by Arthur Clayton Moore; 92 South Main Street; Hudson, Ohio 44236. The information that contained this reference was several years old, so who knows about the address. It's worth a try because he has apparently written about a Moore family that immigrated to Massachusetts in 1636 and went to Long Island (home of the Edwin Moore you're looking for). BIOGRAPHY Submitted by Linda Moss: *****A Memorandum Concerning William Moore of Aughnacloy-- Edwin N. Moore. William Moore of Aughnacloy is known to have been a militant Protestant and to have distinguished himself as one of the defenders of Londonderry in the siege of that city March 10, 1689 to July 31, 1689. Family tradition adds that he was Scotch by birth and family and that he died in Northern Ireland. He is supposed to have had several sons and daughters, including James Moore who emigrated to Chester Co., Pennsylvania and became Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and William Moore II. Nothing is known of William Moore II except that he had a son William Moore III. Tradition says that William Moore III emigrated to America and first settled (about 1705) in Cecil County, Maryland [just across the state line from Chester County, Pennsylvania] at the head of the Chesapeake Bay near Havre-de-Grace, Maryland. And that he left two sons: Samson Moore and John Moore. John is said to have died in 1730 a resident of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and to have left a will [recorded at Lancaster] bequeathing L25 to his elder brother Samson Moore. MY NOTES: Samson Moore was a taxable inhabitant of East Nottingham Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania in the years 1765-1779 [Pennsylvania Archives, Series III, Vol. IX]. According to Futhey, Samson was a taxable in Chester County, East Nottingham Twp., in 1753. A deed dated June 3, 1779 recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania, p. 615 deed book V on Sept. 18, 1779 conveys land from Phebe Moore, widow and "relict" of Samson Moore of East Nottingham, deceased, and John Moore, William Moore, and Mary Moore his children. This land had been surveyed to Samson Moore May 23, 1770 by the Commissioners of Property under the Proprietors of Pennsylvania. William Moore IV was born February 17,1758 Chester County and died May 14, 1823, Luzerne County Pennsylvania. He married Dorcas Kerr who was born August 28, 1764 and died August 28, 1842. Her father was William Kerr of East Nottingham Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania. William Kerr was a taxable there in 1765 - 1774 with 100 acres of land the latter year. COLONIAL MOORES We Moores are fortunate that an authoritative Moore devotee and researcher. Merle Moore, will join our effort via US mail. We can thank Capt C for bringing Merle into this study. Merle lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and has been chasing after Moores for a long time. He is a descendant of Rodham Moore (b. 1744) of Patrick Co VA and his wife, Elizabeth Gallihue, through their son, William Moore and his wife, Jane Hanby. Many Moores headed west from this area of Virginia and Rodham Moore had a housefull of sons and daughters Expect to hear from Merle again. He has personal memories of the recollections of family members who were only three generations removed from the colonial, Rodham Moore. Members of this line of Moores often have long lives, apparently a genetic gift from old Samuel Dalton of Albemarle Co VA and Rockingham Co NC. It has been verified from contemporary news reports that hewas 107 years old when he died. I had a warm and wonderful chat with Merle by phone last week and he enthusiastically gave us permission to probe his brain and to contribute to MOORE NEWS. Merle brings his family's legends and raditions, and the results of his own research to our study, as well as his expertise in surveying, engineering, and other technical skills . . . plus, it would appear, a good pair of knees. About six years ago, he and his wife, Grace, set out to find "White House," the old Moore home and graveyard in Patrick County VA. His description of their discoveries will sometimes cause your heart to skip a beat. Merle's "White House" story will run in continuation for several issues. He'll also tell us why everyone picked up their homes and began moving west in earnest in 1816-20. *****During Sunday evening, 26 March 1989, I collected and inventoried the equipment I wanted to take on our junket to Patrick Co VA to find the cemetery containing the remains of the "Frontier" Moores and others. At 6:30 am on 27 March 1989 wife, Grace, and I departed "Birdsong" to make the long journey. Two hundred and eighty miles and five and one half hours later, we arrived at Mt. Airy, NC and very excited. After securing a motel room for the night, we proceeded to May Belle Thompson Smith's, widow of Harden Moore Smith, to contact Bobby Clement and Phylis Clement and to take May Belle along. Neither Bobby nor Phyllis could go. We drive to Ararat VA to the intersection of Routes 773 and 675 where I set my computer to measure mileage. Driving generally westward on Route 675, we arrive at the Ararat River 0.82 miles from the intersection. 0.18 miles further on Route 675 put us at a large white house with a "dirt road" on the west side. The house is on the left side as we proceed westward. We turned left (south) here and proceeded along the private lane 0.47 miles, and arrive at Mrs. Herman (Georgia Collins) Puckett's home at the end of the road. After a flock of "how-de-doo's" Ms. Georgia and Linda, her daughter, proceed to take the author, my wife, Grace, and May Belle to the cemetery. As we proceed south from the home, I observe the remains of an old road. Ms. Georgia states that is the road Roady Moore and his family used. I state my topographic chart shows a "Y" a little further south, and she affirms that the "Y" is down along the "White House" bottom. We make a turn west and go deeper into the woods with Linda and me in the lead. Arriving at the cemetery, I observe a deep pit on the north side and am imformed that two children of Sid Smith were exhumed there and reburied at Doe Run Baptist Church Cemetery near by. Then suddenly, there it was . . . the stone of Jane (Hanby) Moore lying on its back and facing generally west. I have great difficulty containing my emotions. I want to whooo and holler: but using control learned while in aircraft pilot training, I am able to restrain myself. I am definately on "a roll" and not myself alone: the loud talking from the rest could be heard far away. Thirty-five years of research and desire were being consummated before my very eyes. I quickly note the stone had apparently been done "commercially." I also note it is of a Steatite mineral locally called "Soapstone." The stone is 10-1/2 inches wide by 12-1/2 inches tall by 2-plus inches thick The bottom is jagged and the other piece no where in sight. Inscribed thusly - "Jane Moore - wife of Wm. Moore - departed life Oct. 2nd Ano (broken area) - age 74 years." (To be continued) Note from Joyce: Jane Hanby Moore was the daughter of Jonathan Hanby and Sarah Matilda Dalton. Capt. Jonathan Hanby and his family lived for a time in Charleston, SC. While they were there, the Revolutionary War began. Capt. Hanby is reported to have been the "right hand man" of James Marion, South Carolina's famous "Swamp Fox." Their daughter, Jane, married William Moore, son of Rodham Moore, of Patrick Co VA on 13 December 1798. MOORE MISCELLANY INDEPENDENCE DAY . . . 1996 . . . A TIME TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE GOT HERE July 1776 . . .Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . . John Nixon, member of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, stood on the steps of Constitution Hall and read aloud the sense of the Continental Congress to a sometimes somber, sometimes jubilant throng. . . . "When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature, and of Nature's Good entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness -- that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . . . ". . . We, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in General Assembly assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, and Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." [Grievances Omitted] __________________________________________________ MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7159@AOL.com 3 July 1996