MOORE NEWS Volume I August 27, 1996 Issue 16 SALUTATIONS There will be two issues of MOORE NEWS this week. This message responds to several requests: Our address list is not intended to be a pathway for global messaging. MOORE NEWS participants receive the following information before signing on: "MOORE NEWS is distributed every Wednesday or more often if needed. I compile and distribute each issue." Many of us are busy folks who feel that generic global communications are an inefficient use of their time, although participants enjoy communicating with each other selectively. ListServe has a Moore list for those who wish to subscribe. NEW MEMBERS Phyllis (StknDa60s) brings another Kentucky family into our fold. That's great because the early KY Moore family was large. The more descendants we enlist, the more productive the study will be. *****I would be interested in participating in your study. I have traced my ancestors back to KY but unfortunately don't know which county. Green Lee Moore was b. 1818 in KY. Found him in 1850 living with a McGhee family in McDonald Co., MO. Also living there was a Robert Morris (could be Moore), said to be an "idiot" on the census record. Green married Sarah Sutherland; they had 4 children: Clarinda Jane (Fore); Louisa C. (Barnette); Robert Joseph and Sophia Lee Moore. Green died in 1876 Denton Co., TX in the Pilot Point area. - - - - - - - Margene (MargeneR) sends this information about her South Carolina heritage. *****I live at 1601 Ben Roe Drive, Los Altos, California 94024-6241 and my e-mail address is MargeneR@aol.com. I am married, have two sons and three grandchildren, and have been working on my family genealogy for approximately 15 years. The software I am using is Roots4 and I think it is great. I was born in Virginia, grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, lived in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska for a couple of years and have been in California since 1951, so have made the trek from one coast to the other. Have finished my husband's paternal line back to the 1600's in Germany; can't go further back because the next records were destroyed in WWII. My Moore line is my mother's paternal line. My g-g--grandfather was William K. Moore who was born somewhere in South Carolina around 1800. His wife was Abigail Alexander born in Tennessee around 1803. I have traced them back to Lawrence County, Alabama prior to the Civil War and from there to Prentiss County, Mississippi. After the Civil War they were in Wise County, Texas and both William K. Moore and his wife are buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery outside Decatur, Texas. Their children were: Ruth Miriam, who married Jack Lackey, William Jasper who married Martha Emline Roberson, my great-grandparents, Ezra (Allen) who was a captain in the Confederacy and survived the war, Bester, another son in the Confederacy who was killed and is, I believe, buried in Indianapolis, Indiana, Sarah Margaret, who married William Allen Gentry, Mattie , who married John M. Fulghum, Armanella, who married Carol Liles(Lyles), Mary, who married James Minor, and lastly Clementine , who married Daniel Lambert. William Jasper Moore was born in 1830 and died in Lawrence County, Alabama in Mt. Hope in November 1873. Martha Emline died a few years later, but I do not know the date. My grandfather was Joseph Absalom Moore and he married Julia Ann Jones in 1891 and they lived primarily in Decatur, Texas and are buried there. So far I have been unable to find a military record for either Bester or Ezra, nor have I found where in South Carolina William K. Moore resided. It is believed that these Moores were Presbyterians. Any help will be greatly appreciated. [Note to Margene; Looking at the related names of Lackey, Gentry, and Minor, you might begin looking pretty hard at the Piedmont VA/NC family. All those names were in Stokes Co NC where I was born.) - - - - - - - Paula (RPRHORSES) is trying to find her Aunts and Uncles. Scrounge around, folks, and see if you know any of her family. *****My name is Paula Cathryn Moore Reames and I live at Rt 1, Box 240, Dayton, TX 77535 - a long way from Illinois, I know. I am a LVN and work for the State of Texas. I was born on February 19, 1969, and have three sisters and one brother: Sherrial Kay Moore, b Nov. 8, 1952, Nacogdoches, TX or McCamey Tx; Sandra Gail Moore, b June 9, 1954, Sintinal, OK; Margaret Karial Moore, b Oct 6, 1956, Crane Tx; Albert Wayne Moroe, b Apr 7, 1969, Tulsa Ok. Their parents were Alva Wayne Moore, b May 23, 1930, d Feb 9, 1990; married Betty Bell Maddox, b June 6, 1934. Alva Wayne Moore was the next to youngest of 12 or 14 siblings, raised by their older sister Bettie Moore, b. April 6, 1909 d. June 10,1992. She married a ? Fails from in or around Fairfield, Tx in Leon Co. I have discovered through an AOL friend that there was an historical account written and published on Leon Co. Tx and am attempting to locate it at this time. My mother has done some research and is sending me some info. She says that the Moore's from Leon Co. married several of the Syers from that same area. The only names I currently have of my uncles and aunts are: Daniel Moore : currently living in Ca. Dub Moore : currently living in Baird,Tx Bessie Maye Moore Faye Moore Homer Moore d. 1991 I know I have my work cut out for me, but hope to find new friends and (old) family. My father never talked about his family, so I guess they were not close, but I would enjoy hearing from anyone who thinks they may be related to me. QUERIES Paul (Pvm17) sends the following repeat query. Paul (and I) is sort of discouraged because, though we have a number of participants with northeastern and Canadian backgrounds, we're not receiving much in the way of research about Canadian Moores. Maybe someone out there will have something on hand they can submit for distribution. *****Anxiously searching for ancestors or descendants of MOOREs in Canada and England. James Moore b 1802 Devonshire, Eng came to Ontario in 1835 with wife Ann Wade and children. Lived in townships of Arlington and Fullarton. This couple had 13 children: 6 born in Devonshire - John b 27 Jan 1825, James b 7 Jun 1826, Richard b 1 Jan 1828, William b 31 May 1829, Margaret b 7 Feb 1831 d 1835 and Edward b 28 May 1833(died young); and 7 in Arlington Twp, Ontario - Thomas b 25 Aug 1834, Edward b abt 1836, Ann b abt 1838, Mary b 21 Dec 1840, Margaret b 15 Sep 1842, Elizabeth b abt 1844 and Jennie or Jane b abt 1846. Women members married into families such as Norhtey, Murch, Colquhoun, Hicks, and Goodwin. Any links to ancestors or descendants will be appreciated. Email pvm17@aol.com - - - - - Lois (Calmoore) is trying to put together a fairly recent family. Maybe someone of you CA whizzes can help. *****Back when I subscribed, I had very little info. I have more info now. Perhaps someone could help? If not, I'm going to have to look up every single Indiana Moore family in the 1870 and 1880 censuses until I find an Ohio-born husband with a Pennsylvania-born wife and a son Thomas A. of the right age. (Let's hope he had younger brothers and sisters.) And don't even get me started about the joys of tracing his wife, Mary Smith. Argh!!! Family Profile 1. (father) Moore, b. Ohio and (mother), b. Pennsylvania 2. Thomas Alvin Moore, b. Indiana, March, 1868, mar. Mary Frances Smith, b. San Francisco, CA, March, 1869 (all children born in California) 3. Carrie E. b. June 1889 3. William H. b. July 1891 3. Robert B. b. April 1893 3. Eveline R. b. June, 1895, mar. _____ Paladini 3. Gladys I. b. Dec. 1897 3. Edith V. b. Feb. 1900 3. Harry J. b. July 1904, mar. Frances Cecilia Fisher Some of these children were later in a Catholic orphanage in San Rafael, California, and some were adopted; but as far as I know they kept their own names. I realize this is recent history to some of the whizzes who are working on the 1700's and beyond, but perhaps by a miracle someone will have an answer... RESPONSES TO QUERIES Bob Moore (Patwarnes) sends the following about Simeon Moore in response to a query from Barbara (Babseeb). This is not Barbara's family, but it might fit into someone else's Moore profile. ******Simeon Moore, b. 20 Mar 1796, GA, d. 12 May 1876, Sip Springs, Comanche Co., TX, m. to Anna (maiden name unk), b. abt 1800, GA, d. abt 1870 Osage Twp, Carroll Co., Ark. Issue: 1. Arvazine Moore, b. abt 1813-1834, TN., d. abt 1856-1922, Poolville, Parker Co. TX. m. abt 1845-52 Ambrose Reeves 2. John C. Moore, b. abt 1828, TN., d. abt 1881-1920, m. abt 1851 (1) Martha Eveline Patty, (2) Deba A. ? ISSUE: 1. Pollyann Moore, b. abt 1852, TN, d. abt 1853-1946 2. Sarah Jane Moore, b. abt 1854, d. abt 1883-1948, m. 1 Apr 1877, Carrol Co., Ark. to T.W. Davis 3. Cordelia (Delia or Declie) Moore, b. abt 1858 TN., d. abt 1887 in CA., m. 21 May 1882, Carroll Co., Ark. to Martin Van Buren McClain ISSUE: 1. Jesse McClain, b. abt 1878-1908, d. abt 1884-1987 2. Bob McClain, b. abt 1878-1908 d. abt 1884-1987 4. James J. Moore, b. abt 1859 TN 5. Andrew J. Moore, b. abt 1869 MO 6. Jesse Calvin Moore, b. 28 Feb 1865, Carroll Co., Ark., d. 4 Dec 1938, Taft, Kern, CA., m. 19 Feb 1888, Blain Indian Terr., OK. to Sildelth McGuire 7. Nancy Louise Moore, b. abt 1866, Carroll Co., Ark. 8. Henretta C. Moore, b. abt 1867, Carroll Co., Ark. I have other children of John C. and Martha Moore, but am running everything together. If this is the family that anyone is looking e-mail me with an address and I will send them a print out. BIOGRAPHY This biography is about a people, not a person. It is a much abbreviated summary from "The Scotch-Irish: A Social History," by James G. Leyburn and published in 1962 by the University of North Carolina Press. *****In the 1730s and 40s, Virginia wanted settlers to fill in their back country. Some of the great planters of eastern Virginia had become land developers, acquiring thousands of acres of back country land. As members of the Virginia Council, they also adopted the legal means of which attracted new settlers. It seemed for a while that the Germad immigrants would pre-empt the entire Valley of Virginia as they took up much of the western land between Pennsylvania and the Potomac. In 1730 Governor Gooch of Virginia granted 40,000 acres of back country land to John and Isaac Van Meter of Pennsylvania. The Van Meters sold their warrant to Joist Hite, a German or Hollander who in 1732 established his personal estate just south of present Winchester VA. Some Scotch-Irish and German settlers began taking up land on the Hite grant around Strasburg (Shenandoah County) and Harrisonburg (Rockingham County). In 1736 Governor Gooch implemented grants to William Beverley of Essex County VA and Benjamin Borden of New Jersey, an agent of Lord Fairfax. These two grants comprised millions of acres of unsettled land. This coincided with events in Ireland. Many Scotch-Irish in Ulster, tired of oppressive British rule and attracted by Virginia land agents, began fleeing arriving in America by the tens of thousands. The Beverley and Borden grants were so predominately settled by the Scotch-Irish that the Valley land came to be known as the "Irish Tract." Two early settlers were John Lewis of Pennsylvania and James Patton. James Patton's ships carried many Ustermen to the Rappahannock River ports; but by far the greatest number came through the Pennsylvania ports. In 1740/41, the number of settlers in the Valley swelled, due in large part to a winter known as "the time of the black frost," because of the almost total absence of sunlight in Northern Ireland. As these new settlers moved farther and farther down the Valley, new counties were created from the big older counties. Frederick and Augusta were the first new counties created, then they were divided and divided again and again until finally there were more than 25 counties on the other side of the Blue Ridge. Presbyterianism with its stern morality and concept of education came to the Valley with the new settlers who were not held to the same standards in the established Church of England as were eastern residents. Early Presbyterian leaders were John Craig and John Caldwell. By the 1740s, the stream of Scotch-Irish settlers reached the latitude of the James River headwaters. Here, they had a decision to make - the settler could lead his family over the formidable Appalachian range, or south to the hills of North Carolina. Many elected the North and South Carolina Piedmont counties where English and German settlers had already arrived. This was the area that received the third great wave of Scotch-Irish settlement of 1740 and 1750. Agents of Lord Granville, Proprietor of the North Carolina Colony, rushed to attract Scotch-Irish from the Valley of Virginia. Some of the moves into North Carolina were comprised of new immigrants, but many were making their second or third move. In the Valley of Virginia, the valley walls guided the direction of settlement ever southward. When settlement reached North Carolina, it splayed outward in all directions. The Great Wagon Road, as it was called, ran a distance of 435 miles from the Yadkin River in Surry County, NC through the Valley of Virginia to Philadelphia. The modern counties which received the largest numbers of Scotch-Irish were Orange, Alamance, Guilford, Caswell, Rowan, Iredell, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Lincoln, and Gaston. Meanwhle the North Carolina German population (Moravians) had settled in a tightly governed 35,000 acre community known as the Wachovia grant in Surry County. Other German settlers continued their journey south into Piedmont South Carolina, in the area around Orangeburg. Three North Carolina Governors enthusiastically encouraged immigration by settlers with a Scottish background. Gabriel Johnston, 1734-1751, was a native of Scotland; Matthew Rowan, President of the Council, 1753-54, was an Ulsterman; and Arthur Dobbs, Governor from 1754 to 1765 was from Ulster. President Rowan wrote in 1753, "In the year 1746 I was up in the country that is now Anson, Orange, and Rowan counties. There were not then above 100 fighting men; there is now at least three thousand, for the most part Irish Protestants and Germans, and daily increasing." By estimating that one fighting man represented a family of five, this three county area had grown from 500 inhabitants to 15,000 in less than 10 years. [Editor's note: The area where many of our Moores began their western (and southern) journey - the Piedmont of VA and NC - is a perfect example of the American 'melting pot.' My heritage is English, German, French, Italian, Scots, and Scotch-Irish. The French heritage came from the Huegonot Michaux and LeGrand families who first settled in Manakin in Virginia (near Richmond VA). The Italian heritage is through Dr. John Taliaferro of Surry County whose immigrant ancestor was the grandson of a Venecian merchant of London. The German heritage was through the Moravian settlements in the Wachovia community of Stokes and Surry.] RESEARCH New member CappyW heeded well our plea for information about the northeastern Moore family. Thanks so much. ******All the information I have comes from a green book entitled "Early Settlers, Plymouth Vermont, including their genealogical records, revised edition" compiled by Blanch Brown Bryant and Gertrude Elaine Baker, published by William L. Bryant Foundation, Springfield, Vermont 1975. Two Moore's are listed: Hugh Moor, origin unknown, father of John Dunlap Moor who is believed to have come from near Rochester, NY. Hugh Moor and John Dunlap Moor have now been traced to Salem, NY. John Dunlap Moor's son is Hiram Dunlap Moor and it is this line that is traced in the green book. Hiram was born December 26, 1812 and died January 9, 1888 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. He married Abigail Franklin (daughter of Luther Franklin and Priscilla Pinney) in Plymouth, VT. Although Hiram Dunlap Moor died in Iowa, his children resided in Vermont, Louisiana, and Iowa. Again, the full genealogy is available in the green book. More information on the original Hugh after my trip to Salem in September!! The other Moore (I am not researching this one as not a relative) is Tilley Moore. According to the book, John Moore purchased land from Edmund Rice in 1642 in that part of Sudbury, Mass. later known as Wayland. He died January 6, 1673. He married Elizabeth Whale, daughter of Philemon Whale. Elizabeth died December 14, 1690. Descendants: 2. John Moore, b. before 1642, d. before 1702; m. Anne Smith 3. Jonathan Moore, b May 16, 1669, Lancaster d. Feb 6, 1752, Bolton, Mass; m. Hannah ? 4. Joseph Moore, b about 1702 d. 1776/77; m. Rebecca Houghton of Lancaster 5. Tilley Moore, third issue of Joseph Moore and Rebecca Houghton, b. Nov 29, 1730; d. Plymouth, VT; m. 1762, Zilpah Whiting. The full Genealogy for Tilley Moore is in the green book! Last but not least, and in a totally different family tree, I have found one Elizabeth Moore, daughter of John Moore and Abigail Pinney, who was born in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut in the year 1638. Elizabeth married first a LOOMIS and then a CASE, so the Moore name does not continue - Happy hunting!! - - - - - - Here is the continuation of that rich information from Verna (VLerdall) about the North Carolina Moores of Caswell County and its neighbor, Person County. Verna also sent a Caswell Co NC Tax List which I hope I can fashion so that it will retain its structure. *****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 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 MOORE MISCELLANY RIVER HIGHWAYS AND ROLLING ROADS (Source: "Reflections: Windows on the Past." Louise Eubank Gray. 1995 *****The roads "were hopeless seas of mud with archipelagoes of stumps" wrote a traveler in Virginia during the American Revolution How could such deplorable conditions have existed over 150 years after colonization? One reason was that the need for good roads for military use had not been recognized; Indian war parties kept to the woods. There were other contributing factors, however. Rivers were the first highways for the colonists. Exploration in the New World was done along the waterways. Settlers took up land first along the James, the York, the Rappahannock, and their tributaries moving inland gradually. After mid-seventeenth century great plantations were being established with imposing mansions such as Westover, Carter's Grove, and Rosegill, each built facing the river. Wharves and piers extended into the water where canoes, barges, and pinnaces were tied ready for use. Members of wealthy families attended weddings and funerals by boat. Ralph Wormely of Rosegill sailed up the Rappahannock to visit his friend Gawin Corbin at Buckingham some ten miles away because travel by boat was faster and more comfortable than by horseback. For settlers living inland travel overland was apt to b on foot or on horseback. Indian paths were narrow but wide enough to accommodate pedestrians or riders. If a wife accompanied her husband, she perched behind him on a pillion as they traveled to church, to court, or to visit a neighbor. The first highway law in the New World was passed by the Virginia Assembly. It required highways to be "layd out at convenient places . . . as parishioners shall agree." Each county court was authorized to see that roads were constructed to the churches and to the court house. The appointed overseer of highways had the power to call upon "all males sixteen years and up, slave or free," to give several days of free labor annually on the roads. Lacking expertise or enthusiasm, such a labor force did not produce good roads. Consequently, it was not until the development of the tobacco industry that roads became really important. Getting the tobacco crop to authorized tobacco ports on the various rivers required overland transportation of sorts. Tobacco had to be inspected before it could be shipped to England; thus growers could no longer ship from private wharves in their own vessels although some planters sent their tobacco crop to port by river traffic. The cured tobacco leaves were packed in huge casks or barrels weighing up to 1000 pounds; they could be rolled along the ground propelled by a man or hauled by oxen. Such traffic formed a beaten path which took the easiest route across streams at fording places or make-shift bridges. Swampy ground was sometimes covered by laying poles close together across the muddy track and covering them with a thin layer of earth, known as "corduroy roads;" they were passable but rough. Vestiges of these rolling roads can still be seen in places. . . At the end of the Revolution, the fledgling government had many pressing problems - one of them the building and maintaining of an adequate transportation system. [Note: I live in Northern Virginia, a cosmopolitan, sophisticated and wealthy area (not that share equally in these attributes). Within 30 or 40 minutes of my residence, there are several routes still called "Rolling Road."] __________________________________________________ MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7159@AOL.com 28 August 1996