MOORE NEWS Volume I August 21, 1996 Issue 15 SALUTATIONS This issue will arrive a day early. I'll be out of town until Tuesday -Sunday. Folks, we really need more information about the New England and Canadian families. Hopefully, more will be submitted when summber travels are over. Below are several generous offers from MOORES willing to help other MOORES. This is what online research is all about, isn't it? Each of us is a resource for others. Thanks so much to each of you who are making this MOORE NEWS a ringing success! C.F. Moore (Cfmoor) wants everyone to know that he has a list of Moore marriages in Arkansas, some as early as 1789. Please contact him if you would like him to look up an ancestor's marriage in Arkansas. C.F., thanks so much for making the information available to MOORE NEWS participants. - - - - - - - - - - - - Sue (SueSkay) thought about us Moores when she found a new resource. This is wonderful resource! ******Thought you might enjoy having this and passing it on in the newsletter. It's the web site for the US Geological Survey - National Mapping Information. It's wonderful for locating old, obscure sites and not so obscure sites. I tried to find a town in NE Texas from the 1850's, .....not on my map! Took me to it, gives longitute and latitude also....if you're into that kind of thing. http://www.gnatnet.net/~vamp/mapping.html - - - - - - - - - JoAnne (JO4CATS) is willing to help with the calculation of birthdates. Thanks JoAnne. *****Just want to let you know that a fellow genealogist e-mailed me a birthday calculator that helps when you have cemetary records that just show age at death in years, months and days rather then a date of birth. I will gladly email it to anyone that is interested. - - - - - - - - - Be sure to read Dell Moore's "New Member" profile below. She includes information about the first Moore in America. NEW MEMBERS Dell Moore (AMoore2309) has done a lot of work on her Moore line and has them traced back to a Methodist preacher in NC who was born in 1798. Dell recognizes the fallacy of accepting as fact the "lost" generations between John, the "Preacher" and John, the "Immigrant." But in submitting information about John Moore, the "Preacher," she also tells us about the first Moore to come to America. I tried to outdo her by claiming that the first Moore came over with Raleigh's "Lost Colony" in 1557; but alas, no Moores joined that venture. Elizabeth, the wife of John Moore, the "Immigrant," arrived in Virginia in 1722 aboard the "Abigail." The other candidate for the first American Moore is little 6-year-old Richard Moore who came on the Mayflower about the same time, but landed a few months later. Here's Dell's intro and profile. *****Short brief about me. Adella M. Moore, 10 July 1939. High School Science teacher. Goal is to win the state lottery, retire and do genealogy just for fun. Nice thought huh? Have three children, 2 grandchildren. Residence: Lawrenceville, New Jersey (Not far from Princeton University). I'm trying to link John Moore, Captain, Mid-1600 to John S. Moore, a Methodist preacher from NC. Information I received makes a Quantum leap from 1630 to 1798. Sounds like an Olympic Gold leap! According to this information, in 1620, Captain John Moore at the age of 36 yrs. shipped from England on the "Bona Nova." 1638 found to be still in Virginia, located in Elizabeth City County. Patented 285 acres of land. His wife, Elizabeth joined him from England. Captain John became a prominent man in the affairs of the Colony and served Isle of Wight County as Representative in the Colonial House of Burgesses. I verified the passenger list of the Bona Nova and there was indeed a Captain John Moore. Did not find wife Elizabeth on that list, but haven't looked further. [Editor's note: Elizabeth, the wife of John Moore arrived two years later.] The next verifiable ancestor is John S. Moore b.1798 NC, reported to have been a Methodist preacher. mar. Abigail (Abigail) Williams b. 1800 Ga (1850 census). I found these Moores in 1850 Census in Conecum County Alabama. I'm looking for NC Moore link. (The full family profile will be included in next week's MOORE NEWS.) The Moores of 1800's were/are to be found in Escambia , Covington, Conecum counties of Alabama. I have more information to share but figured this was more than enough to identify links. I also have Cemetery, Marriage and census records from the 1880's. Family Profile: 1. John S. and Abigail (Williams) Moore 2. Amanda Moore b. 1846 mar. James Travis McGowin 3. George Edward McGowin 3. John Leonard McGowin 3. Carrie Lee McGowin 3. William Travis McGowin 3. James T. McGowin 3. Annie Bell McGowin 3. Jack William McGowin 3. Lena Gertrude McGowin 2. Rebecca Frances Moore b. 1840 mar. Jacob Lewis McGowin 3. James L McGowin 3. Emma V. McGowin 3. Alice Eliza McGowin 3. Ida McGowin 2. Sabray Moore ( no history) 2. David Moore b. 1828 mar. Mary Sirmon 3. Elmira Moore mar Tom Kendall 3. John A. Moore 1852-1915 3. James Levi Moore 1855-1922 mar. Lula McGowin 4. Lewis Walker Moore 4. Lawrence Grover Moore 1885-1937 4. Dennis Percy Moore 1887-1940 4. Carrie Belle Moore 4. Abbie Virginia Moore 4. Iva Gertrude Moore mar. G.J. Hornsby 4. Texas Keron Moore 1897-1968 mar. Maxie G. Deer Sr. 4. James Malcolm Moore 4. Mary Agnes Moore 3. D.E. Moore 3. W.Watt Moore b. 1859 mar. Sarah Foshee 4. William Abbott Moore mar Mag. McGowin 4. Mamie Moore mar. Fielding Taylor McGowin 4. Ida Gray Moore mar C.Alex Hart 4. Greeley Moore mar Jewel Whitehead 3. Molly Moore mar. George Simmons 3. Duncan Moore 3. Fletcher Moore 3. Missie Moore mar. Buck McGowin 3. Jess W. Moore 2. Sanford Phoenes(sp?)(pronounced fee knee us) "Pilly" Moore b.1842 mar. Permelia Adeline (Addie) Ghent. Sanford ("pilly") is my Gr.Grandfather. 3. William T. Moore b. 1866 3. Fielding "Feley" Walter Moore b. 1868 3. J.M. Moore b. 1871 3. Steve P. Moore b 1876 3. Arthur B. Moore b 1873 3. Cleopatra (Cleo) Moore 1878 3. H.H. ( Herbert /Hubert Hillary ) Moore 1880 -1963 * My Grandfather 4. Clara Adeline Moore 1908-? 4. Lorin Bayzer Moore 1910-1995 5.Richard Robert Moore 1936 5. Adella Mae Moore 1939 5. Timothy Brian Moore 1947 4. Herbert Arthur Moore 1912-1984 5. Robert Arthur Moore 5. Cynthia Moore 4. Frances Moore b. 1915 mar. Philip Sage 5. Betty Sage mar "Huck" Cerone 4. Oweita Moore b. 1923 mar. Gene Tyson 5. Ghent Tyson 5. Gina Tyson 3. Kizzie Louise Moore b.1883 3. A.C. Moore b.1886 3. P.B. Moore b. 1889 - - - - - - - (Poose) sends the followingfamily background. Thanks so much, Poose. Does John Sherman Moore fit with some of our other Ohioans? *****John Sherman (Sherry or Shary) Moore b.1805 came north to Ripley, Brown Co. Ohio. Family tradition says he left his home in KY because he abhorred Slavery. This was about 1825. It is said his brothers Isaac b.1806 and Samuel b. 1807 came soon after. Sherry married Sarah Ann Flaugher in Ripley on the 27 May 1827. They had 4 boys and 5 girls. I have further information on 8 of the children. Nothing on Emily Moore b. 1830 d. 1895. The children were: Henry Moore - b. 1828 d. 1874 Emily Moore - 1839 - 1895 Daniel M. Moore - 1831 - 1885 Amanda Moore - 1833 - 1905 Isaac Newton Moore - 1837 - 1885 Diana Moore - 1839 - 1915 Wm. Allen Moore - 1841 - 1885 Rachel F. Moore - 1843 - 1901 Colista Moore - 1852 - Unk Further information available E-Mail - Poose@Aol QUERIES Cindi (Razp) is looking for her family in Ontario, Canada. I hope representatives of Canadian families will spot an Aunt or and Uncle in her query and help her. ****I have been reading along with all this wonderful information on the Moores, but I don't think that any of this relates to me. I can only go back to my Grandfather, William Henry Moore, born Nov 4, 1886. On my mother's birth certificate it states he was born in Hamilton Ontario. He married my grandmother, Lena Alligood, of St. Catherines Ontario. I am having trouble obtaining birth certificates for William or Lena due to the fact I do not know who their parents were, etc. It's pretty scary when you don't know much about your past history, just bits and pieces I have been able to pick up. I am currently trying to obtain (once again) my grandparents birth records as well as a marriage certificate. If anyone that can help in the Ontario Canada area, please let me know...but for now I'll keep reading all the information you put out. RESPONSES TO QUERIES Bob Moore is responding to several queries. He's going to be away for a few weeks so somebody's going to have to fill in for him. We'll miss his quick response time, but look forward to the new information he brings back home. *****Found a Reuben Moore son of Charles Moore and Ester Bidwell. The only child listed for Reuben was Evelyn, b. abt 1806, m. abt 1841 to Nathaniel Strong, b. abt 1810, Catraraugus Res. Erie Co., NY. Charles Moore, b. abt 1741, d. abt 1828, married Ester Bidwell (Unk date), b. 6 May 1750, d. between 1778-1844. Can take the Bidwell back to the 1500's in England. Also, found a Sarah Stroud, b. 29 Apr 1777, Hillsborough, Orange Co., N.C., dau of John and Sarah (Connelly) Stroud, married abt 1805 to a William Bankston. Do not know if this is of any help or not. Can take this Sarah Stroud back to Eng. BIOGRAPHY Linda (LMoss78599) sends the below lyric along with an historical account of her Irish Moore. Did you ever stop to think how dull our world would be without the ancestors who brought Irish and Scots lore and traditions to America? ****William Moore of Aughnacloy (a strong Protestant and possessor of a substantial estate near Aughnacloy) Tyrone County, Ireland. It is surmised, since William had a substantial Irish estate, that he had a substantial financial interest in the revolution of 1688. When James II arrived in Ireland, after fleeing from England, his first act with the Dublin Parliament was to declare forfeited to the Crown all land titles acquired in Northeast Ireland since 1641. This general confiscation of land titles was aimed at the Protestant colonists, and if it were to stand then all the property of the English and Scotch colonists in northeast Ireland would be lost. These colonists rose to a man on behalf of William and Mary and among them was William Moore of Aughnacloy. "Sir Arthur Roydon's Horse rode to the plain In warlike order, ebove a thousand men: Some of his men strong polish'd armour bore; But he himself a silken armour wore. Above a thousand foot he thither brought, Who at Drummore against the Irish fought. Thither my Lord Mount - Alexander's Horse And Foot advance to join the English force. Both Horse and Foot the relicts of Drummore, Where they the shock of th'Irish Army bore: For he Nore-East a Gen'ral's post obtain'd, When at Drummore the Irish Army gain'd The victory. Young Lord Mountjoy's Dragoons Advanced next, rais'd in his father's towns: For near to Newtown-Stuart in Tyrone, The neighb'ring gentlemen are all his own. The false Lundy under Dumbarton bred, His father's Reg'ment of Foot thither led. Next unto these brave Skivington's Reg'ment, Into the Camp, in gallant order went: From Killyleagh, young Sir George Maxwell Was to that Reg'ment Lieutenant Col'nel. From Ballymenagh the Laird Dontreth's men, Were the next Foot that march'd to the plain. Then Baron Blaney a brave Reg'ment led, Which near Armagh and Blackwater were bred. Next Montgomery's Foot of Bally lesson, From Ligacurry the brave Ritchison, eMongst which the brave Sir Nicholas Atchinson. Then Audley Mervin from Omagh was sent; From Garvagh, Kenny a brave Reg'ment. Then Parker brough a Reg'm,ent from Coleraine, Col'nel Hammil another from Strabane. From Dungannon brave Chichester was sent, With Casield the Lord Charlemont's Regiment. The Lagan Horse under James Hamilton, In that encampment great applause won. From Colemackletrain, from Burt, and Inishowen, eSquire Forward brought horse and foot of his own. From Glaslough, Monaghan and Caledon, A thousand Foot were brought by Squire Johnson. SQUIRE MOOR OF AUGHNACLOY A REG'MENT BROUGHT, And Cairness of Knockmany at Derry fought. From Hammilton's-Ban, Frank Hammilton led A brave Reg'ment, which near Armagh were bred. From Roe-water and Newton-Limmavady, eSquire Philips sent of Foot a mighty body From Hillsburough, eSquire Hill a Reg'ment sent, Which to the Camp in gallant order went. From Down likewise Major Stroud did bring A gallant Reg'ment which his praises sing. Alderman Tompkins from Tirkearing sent Into the Camp a gallant Regiment. Which joined Col'nel Murray as they went. The Vaughans likewise brought forth of their own, Some independent Troops from Inishowen. From Lough-Swilley, the Stuarts and Conninghams A party brought, which to our forces joins. Groves of Castle Shannaghan forces brought, From Kilmackrennan which the enemy fought. This valiant man after the wars was slain, When on the Fews he's by the Tories ta'ken; He's much lamented for his worth and zeal, And suffer'd greatly for the common-weal. Him Charles Colquhoun assisted with some Horse From Letterkenny, and they join'd our force. These and some thousands more came to the plain, A puissant army of brave lusty men! The Gen'rals view'd the forces as they lay, and valiantly St. George's arms display; Then they in haste upon the spot did call A council of th'Officers and General. Poem -- from "Derriana" [Note: It's hard to pass up this opportunity to point out the several associations of Moore and Stroud in this issue; i.e. The Stroud/Moore, et al, Bible records from Chapel Hill NC, Bob Moore's response to Barbara (Babseeb) about her Moore/Stroud marriage, and here in Linda's poem we find "Squire Moor of Aughnacloy" and "From Down likewise Major Stroud" fighting side by side to protect their Ulster homeland.] RESEARCH Here's a preserved Bible record to accompany the Moore/Stroud references above. This research can best be appreciated when used in conjunction with information about the family of Capt. Francis Moore of Essex Co VA and Prince William Co VA which appeared in the 24 July 1996 issue. ******Source: Old Southern Bible Records. Compiled by Memory Aldrige Leter. 1974 Captain James Butler, b 1723 in Prince Wm Co Va, d 7 Nov 1781, Edgefield Co, SC. mar in VA Mary Simpson. Children: William b 17 Dec 1758, m Betheland Foote Moore James b 2 Mar 1761, d 7 Nov 1781, killed with his father at Cloud's Creek, SC Thomas b 4 Nov 1763, m Miss Grigsby Nancy b 27 Sep 1765 m Wm. Elisah Brooks Elizabeth b 17 Dec 1765, m Zach. Smith Brooks Sampson (Simpson?) b 6 Feb 1769 Gen Wm Butler, oldest child above, was b in Pr Wm Co Va, d 15 Nov 1821 in Saluda Co SC, mar 3 June 1784 in Edgefield SC, Betheland Foote Moore, dau of Capt Francis Moore and Frances Foot, was b 28Dec 1764, d 2 Dec 1853. John Strayhorn b 8 Sep 1791, mar 14 Nov 1822 to Susannah Borland, b 16 Jun 1799. William Strayhorn, Sr. b 1756, d 17 May 1834, aged 78 years. Samson Moore b 25 Apr 1783, d 16 Feb 1830 Alfred Moore, d 1837, aged 55 yrs Thomas C. Moore b 13 Jan 1821 Emeline Moore b 18 Aug 1824 William Craig, b 1741 (was the immigrant), mar the widow of Geo. Long, nee Logan, [David Craig, son of Wm Craig, m Eleanor Johnston. This very old Bible is owned by Miss Mattie Blackwood, Chapel Hill NC. She doesn't know to whom it belonged originally or how she got it. She thinks it belonged to Nancy Moore (Strayhorn) Craig. Note accompanying the Bible which contains no Moores. "This Bible copied in the home of Winston Strayhorn between Hilsboro and Chapel Hill, NC. Mrs. Winston Strayhorn brought out the following very small and very old Bible which was leather bound and with the letter S burned in on both covers and with a very old metal fastener. She has no idea whose children these Harts are." [The immigrant, Gilbert Strayhorn came to NC from Dauphin Co PA and was in the Rev. War in NC, died in Orange Co NC on 6 Feb 1803. Family records say he was b in 1715. His sons John and James were both in Rev War.] John Strayhorn was the son of Gilbert, b 1742, d 1826 aged 84 yrs. m Elizabeth Johnston. Their son David m Annie Freeland and they were parents of John who m Eliza Cole. - - - - - - - The information below is a continuation of research submitted by Verna (VLerdall).***** Williamson Moore b 1795 Virginia (Amelia Co?), son of Brittain Moore, d. Jul 1861 Webster Co, MO. Census 1820 Person Co, NC; 1830 Caswell Co, NC; 1860 Ozark Twp, Webster Co, MO. He married 3 Mar 1817 Person Co, NC; Nancy Graves b. 1800, daughter of Henry Graves and Nancy Daniel. They had the following: 1. Olive Ann Moore b. 14 Oct 1818 Person Co, NC; d. 8 Jan 1901 Webster Co, MO bu, Mt Olive Cem, Webster Co, MO. Married 30 Nov 1840 Caswell Co, NC to James K Dameron, son of Samuel Dameron and Fanny Samuel. 2. male Moore (name unknown) b. about 1820 Person Co, NC 3. male Moore (name unknown) b. about 1822 Person Co, NC 4. Rojina Moore b. about 1824 Person Co, NC. Married Mr Chaffin in Webster Co, MO. It could have been a daughter of their's, Sarah Rojina Chaffin that married another child of James K Dameron's, John S. Their family resided for a long time around Marshfield, Webster Co, MO. Sarah and John Dameron died in Niangua, Webster Co, MO. 5. Elizabeth Moore b. ca 1826 Person Co, NC. Married Mr Aldridge in Webster Co, MO. 6 female Moore (name unknown) b. ca 1828 Person/Caswell Co, NC. Possible that she died young before they left North Carolina. 7. Julia Moore b about 1831 Caswell Co, NC. Married Mr Good in Webster Co, MO. 8. Candice Spec Moore b. about 1838 Caswell Co, NC. Married Mr Grier in Webster Co (TO BE CONTINUED) MOORE MISCELLANY This is an interesting article about colonial marriage customs and it features one of our Moore families. The article appeared in Bill Moore's "Newsletter of the Descendants of John Moore" and was written by Fleming S. Moore, late co-editor of this lively newsletter and a terrific researcher. ******The family of Matthew Moore [and Letitia Dalton] did not intermarry, at first, with those of his half-siblings. (There were two such marriages in later generations, but in one case the parties involved did not know they were related until after their marriage, and in the second case the survivor of the pair was very much surprised when I told her that she and her husband were quadruply related.) Neither did Matthew's descendants intermarry with any Jouett descendants. However, two of his children married first cousins on the Dalton side, and many of his later descendants intermarried, not only among themselves, but with Dalton descendants as well. Today there are many individuals in North Carolina and Missouri who descend four times over from Matthew. Among the descendants of Mary (Bullock) Moore [wife of John Moore of Albemarle Co VA] there were many cases of the marriage of first cousins. Their greatest concentration is in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, where most of the descendants of Ann (Moore) Hamner are still to be found, as well as many of those of her brothers, John, Jr., and James. So regular was the practice of intermarriage among the Hamners that when Ann (Moore) Hamner voiced her great displeasure at the bride selected by one of her sons, one, but not the only, reason was that he was marrying someone who was not his cousin, in contradiction to most of his siblings. A little more surprising are the close ties that remained among the descendants of the other siblings even after most moved to different parts of Kentucky. Two of the children of Frances (Moore) Henderson, one of those of Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson Crockett, three of those of Mary (Moore) Clark, and one of those of Martha (Moore) McCalla married other grandchildren of John Moore [of Albemarle Co VA]. Two -- and possibly three* -- children of Susannah (Moore) Bullock and two of those of her brother Edward, married other descendants of John Moore. In addition to all of these intermarriages, there were others with the descendants of Patterson Bullock. These ties closely connected those few that remained in Virginia (not in Albemarle County, whence our Moores completely disappeared, but in Campbell County) with those that went to Kentucky or on to Missouri. Descendants of John Moore many times over are to be found in the vicinity of Russellville and Franklin, Kentucky. Obviously blood was "very thick" among the Moores. This was due, in part, to pride of family, but also to propinquity and the limited gene pool available. When I asked a very old gentleman in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, why he, his father, and his son had all married members of the Hamner family, he thought a while and then replied, "I guess there weren't that many people around." It is difficult for us to visualize the difficulties of socialization in those days. A distinguished old gentleman whom I visited in Russellville, Kentucky, said that he and his family very seldom went to town, a distance that seemed to me only a few miles, due to the impassible nature of the roads. It is fortunate that over 90% of our Moore descendants lived in the South where it was possible, and also desirable, to marry first cousins, because in those Northern states where the influence of Puritan New England was strong, such marriages were, and are, illegal. When all is considered, however, the Moores seem to have been even more dedicated to intermarriage than the average Southern family. The writer was amused when a relative in North Carolina was telling about the widow of her great-uncle who was a grandson of Matthew Moore and who had, typically, married a great-grandaughter of Matthew. The lady in question had taken as her second husband what the narrator described as "an ordinary man" and moved to the Deep South, leaving her children behind in North Carolina. She was apparently condignly punished for this lapse of taste, or so thought some of her first husband's kin when they saw, but did not accost, her doing the family wash by hand in the side-yard of the town to which she had moved. While the inference of the term "ordinary man" was partially that he was "infra dig" socially, the main objection seemed to be that he was not a Moore. __________________________________________________ MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7159@AOL.com 21 August 1996