5 Feb 97 MOORE NEWS/Vol. II -7 Part B (Continued from Part A) BOB Moore (Patwarnes) *****Was there someone who was looking for a HILL Moore? I am attempting to clear this desks of mine off and see if I can find the tops of them. I do not remember where I got the information for this family group sheet, but it is my writing. Hill Moore, b. ca 1778, NC: d. ca 1829, Wilkes Co., GA: m. Elizabeth (Maiden name unk), b. ca 1777, VA: d. May 1861, Wilkes Co., GA. Children: John H., b. Dec 1801, Wilkes Co., Ga; James B., b. ca 1803, Wilkes Co., Ga; Mary (Polly), b. ca 1806, d. 9 Mar 1864: m. Thomas Nash; Mathis (Matthews), b. ca 1834, Wilkes Co. Ga. (date does not seem right); George W., b. ca 1816, Wilkes Co., Ga., d. ca 1891, Wilkes Co., Ga: m. Mary E. Barrett William V., b. ca 1818, Wilkes Co., Ga; d. Nov 1886, Wilkes Co., Ga - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JANALEE GARN (JJgarn@msn.com) (The following is typed as the original was written.) Maine Wills Probate Office, 5, 54. In the Name of God Amen. The twenty fourth Day of February Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five six. I John More of Kittery in y County of York in y Province of y massachusets Bay in New-England Mariner being sick & weak in Body, but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto mind y mortality of my Body Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament. First of all I give & Recommend my Soul into y hands of God that gave it me & my Body I recommend to y Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at y Discretion of my Two sons Robert More & Jonadab More believeing that I shall Receive y same again at y General Resurrection by the mighty power of God. & as for such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give & Dispose of y same in the following manner and form. Imprimis I Give unto my well-beloved Children John More Edward More, Robert More, Ebenezer More, Eliza More, Abigail Parker, and Mary More (besides what I have heretofore given them) five shillings to Each of them to be paid to them by my Executrix Either in Currant Money or in good Bills of Credit of y afores Province. Item I Give & bequeath unto my Dearly beloved Wife Sarah More her Heirs & Assigns for ever all y Residue or Remainder of my Estate Real & Personal in what Place soever & of every Denomination & Kind freely to be possessed & Enjoyed by Her her Heirs & assigns for Ever. Item. I Do hereby Constitute make & Ordain my Dearly beloved Wife Sarah More my Sole & only Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. And I Do by these presents utterly Disallow revoak & Disannul all former & other Testaments Wills Legacies & Bequests & Esecutors by me in any manner named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this as my last Will & Testament. In wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal y Day & Year first abovementioned. ---- John More (seal) Signed sealed Published & pronounced by y s John More as his Last Will & Testament in y presence of Us the subscribers. John Newmarch, Richard Cutt, George Frink Mary (X) Ball Probated 2 Apr 1736. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HARRIET EAGLE (HarrietMI) responds to DALE PIGOTT (pigott@king.vc.cc.tx.us) whose inquiry was in the issue for 22 Jan 97. *****I read your query in the Moore Newsletter. Regarding "West Florida" I believe that in the 1760 & 1770s, to secure title to the land in "West Florida" you had to go to Pensacola, FL; but the land itself was in Mississippi. From the book "Genealogy of the Swasey Family" my people called themselves Swayze from quite early on. Anyway pp 94 & 95 called it his Majesty's Province of West Florida but my peolple settled in Natchez District. COLONIAL MOORES Recently a subscriber sent me a copy of "Six Centuries of Moor de Falley, Berkshire, England," written David Moore Hall and published in 1904. Here is a much abbreviated version of an early Moore family. This Moore family is of special interest be a Moore family. Decendants are now in both our northeastern group and our southeastern group of early Moore families. ****In his account of the family, my great-great-uncle, John Moore, Esq., of New York, stated that we were descended from Sir John Moore, of Fawley, who was created a knight, as he believed, by King Charles I, May 21st, 1627. . . . . . . ."Hon." John Moore, Esq., Barrister-at-Law (1658 Eng.-1732) Philadelphia), of London, of "Moore Hall" in Charleston, S.C., of "Moore Hall, co. Chester, Penn., and of Philadelphia Penn., known to some as Sir John Moore, and called in Pennsylvania, Hon. John Moore . . . . m, ab 1685 Lady Rebecca, ( -1745), daughter of the Landgrave Daniel Axtell, hereditary "Peer of the Dominion of Carolina under the Government of Lords, and Lady Rebecca (Holland), his wife, and granddaughter of Daniel Axtell of the Parliamentary Army, Governor of Kilkenny in Ireland, and High Commander of the Guard of the High Court of Justice in Westminster Hall during the trial of King Charles I. Between 1687 and 1690, he ("Hon" John Moore) moved from Charleston, S.C., to Philadelphia, Penn. . . . . His eldest son was. . . . Col. John Moore (1686 So. Car.-1749 New York City) of "Moore's Folly-on-the-Hudson" near West Point and White Hall, New York City m. in 1714 Frances Lambert (1692-1782) of Huguenot descent. . . . He left a large estate in the province of New York and City of Philadelphia, Penn.; that former, by his will dated Sept. 24, 1748 . . . was bequeathed to his "well beloved wife" for life, excepting the family seat on the Hudson, devised to his son Stephen in fee, when he should reach his majority . . . Gen. Stephen Moore, of White Hall, "Moore's-Folly-on-the-Hudson," N.Y., and Mount Tirzah, N.C. (1734-99) . . . m. Griselda Philips, of Boston, Mass. . . . During the Revolutionary War he moved from Moore's-Folly-on-the-Hudson to Mount Tirzah, N.C., a beautiful spot in (now) Person Co., "where ax had never been laid to tree." . . . After the peace he sold his estate on the Hudson to the U.S. Government. It is now the site of the U.S. Military Academy, (founded 1802). RESEARCH LIBBA (libba@ebicom.net) sends a pretty complete Moore family, one we haven't heard from before in such detail. Her information will be presented in a two-part series. ******* Joseph Moore b. 24 Feb 1740 New Kent County, VA d. 18 Mar 1791 VA, buried Farmville, Prince Edward Co., VA. Revolutionary War Record in VA State Lib War Vol 5, p. 132. He served in Capt. Bennett Bussey's Co., Maryland Artillery, Continental Service. He married Sarah Ivy who was born 19 Mar 1754. Children of Joseph Moore and Sarah Ivy: *John, Joseph Ivy, George, Thomas Ivy, Mary (Polly), Elizabeth, Sarah, Nancy. *John Moore born 22 Sep 1779 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. 14 Aug 1856 Columbus, Lowndes County, MS. On 8 Oct 1801 he married Nancy Booker. Nancy Booker b. 4 Jun 1785 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. 27 Sep 1864 Columbus Lowndes County MS. Nancy Booker was the daughter of George Booker and Martha Watson. Children of John Moore and Nancy Booker: Sarah Anne, George Marshall, Amanda Booker, John Gerdine, *Richard Edward.(to be continued) John and Nancy Moore moved from Prince Edward County, VA, where both were born to Lexington, GA. In 1835 they moved to Noxubee County, MS near Deerbrook. They came with a colony of Georgians. Thomas Carleton Billups and his wife Sarah Anne Moore came along with Sarah Anne Moore's parents John and Nancy Moore with their youngest child Richard Edward Moore (Ned); a Major Moore brother of John Moore. John and Nancy Moore and their son Richard Edward Moore later moved to Columbus, Lowndes County, MS, where they remained until their deaths. The children of John Moore and Nancy Booker are: 1. Sarah Anne Moore b. 11 Apr 1805 Oglethorpe Co, GA, d. 6 May 1845 Noxubee County, MS, buried Friendship Cemetery Lot No. 751, Columbus, Lowndes County, MS. Sarah Anne Moore married Thomas Carleton Billups 25 Feb. 1823 in Oglethorpe County, GA 2. George Marshall Moore b. 16 Mar 1809 married Sadie (maiden name unknown) 3. Amanda Booker Moore b. 14 May 1811 married James S. Sims 4. John Gerdine Moore b. 14 Feb 1813 died 11 Sep 1846 Blue Sulphur Springs, VA. 5. Richard Edward Moore b. 13 Mar 1825 died 19 July 1903 Columbus, Lowndes County, MS, buried in Friendship Cemetery Lot No. 156, Columbus, Lowndes County, MS. He married Frances Antoinette Swoope 6 Aug 1857 in Columbus, Lowndes County, MS. (To be continued) - - - - - - - - - - - LORENE (lorenew@tir.com) Here are some Moore marriages from Norfolk Co, ONT, Canada: Margaret Moore, spinster 11 Jan 1814 Charlotteville to David Pierce, yoeman Hannah Moore, Charlotteville 26 Mar 1834 to Robert Munroe witness James Moore Sarah Ann Moore, Charlotteville 4 Jun 1841 to Alvin Wooley. Townsend Calvin Moore. Charlotteville 6 Aug 1854 to Mary Armstrong, Middleton (my line) Robert Moore, Simcoe 25 Jan 1856 to Miss Anne Maria Chrysler in Waterford Thomas Moore 23 Feb 1856 to Nancy Smith both of Charlotteville Edward Moore 21 Mar 1857 to Mary J. Smith both of Townsend John Moore 26 Nov 1868 to Nancy Vanburskirk both of Townsend Matthias Moore 6 Apr 1860 to Maria Morick, both of Simcoe John Moore, farmer, Walpole 27 Nov 1865 to Agnes dau of late Samuel McNeilly, Woodhouse Pt, Dover H. A. Moore, Esq Charlotteville 5 Dec 1875 to Christina 4th dau of Mr. John Gill, West Flander Mary Ann Moore, Simcoe, 22 Nov 1855, to Robert Chapel at Burford George A. Moore,32, of Mal, s/o Francis & Elizabeth to Mary A. Hooker 20 dau of Stephen, both of Windham John Moore, Townsend 28, s/o Elwin & Elizabeth to Martha Ferris d/o Isaac and Jane of Townsend David Moore, Townsend, born Can. s/o Thomas & Elizabeth to Eliza Downer, 20, Townsend 11 May 1868 Mary M. Moore, 18, Charlotteville d/o William & Elizabeth 21 Dec 1859 to John Wesley Culver, Townsend John Moore,24, Wals. born Can s/o E(orC) & Mary 31 Oct 1859 to Elizabeth BRANDOW d/o Jacob & Hannah Matthias Moore, 23 Sincoe born Burford, s/o John & Phoebe 4 Apr 1860 m Mariah Horollick,19, Simcoe (could be same as previous Matthias ?) James Moore 15 Oct 1856 to Miss Hannah Kitchin both of Townsend Martha B. Moore, 21, d/o Daniel & Julia Ann 13 Jan 1858 to John Herron, 26, s.o Thomas & Mary Twylor, witnesses: John & Catherine Moore - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SANDI GAGE (SGage83192) I know sometimes people don't have access to the web. Here is some info I found while digging. MOORE, Abigail and Thomas Bissell, 11 October 1655, Windsor, Conn. MOORE, Abraham and Priscilla Poor, 14 December 1687, Andover, Mass. MOORE, Anne and Ephriam Hildreth, 8 October 1686, Stow, Mass. MOORE, Frances and Philip Dodridg, 15 October 1696, New York. MOORE, James and Mary, 6 December 1656, Boston, Mass. MOORE, John and Anne Smith, 16 November 1654, Sudbury, Mass. MOORE, John and Hannah Goffe, 21 September 1664, Windsor, Conn. MOORE, John and Elizabeth Cheek, 8 September 1696, New York. MOORE, John and Hesadiah Fairbanks, 1 January 1698, Concord, Mass. MOORE, Joseph and Ruth Starr, 21 March 1656, Boston, Mass. MOORE, Joseph and Mary Gillett, 15 July 1658, Windsor, Conn. MOORE, Joseph and Sarah Brown, 29 August 1681, Windsor, Conn. MOORE, Martha and Nathaniel Black, 1695, Milton, Mass. MOORE, Mindwell and Nathaniel Bissell, 25 September 1662, Windsor, Conn. MOORE, Miriam and John Wi;ley, 18 March 1668, New London, Conn. MOORE, Samuell and Abigail Hawkins, 13 May 1660, Boston, Mass. MORE, Christine and Joshua Conant, 31 August 1676, Salem, Mass. MORE, Mary and John Holme, 3 January 1688, Philadelphia Co., Penn. MORE, Richard and Christine Hunt, 20 October 1636, Plymouth, Mass. MORE, Richard and Rebecca Baily, 11 January 1694, New York City, N.Y. MORE, Thomas and Susan Newell, 3 October 1673, Dorchester, Mass. - - - - - - - - - - - - - BARBARA BLACK (Babseeb) - A chance to celebrate a new-found Moore! *****We have found my Baylis Moore. This was found on the Prodigy message board and sent to me. I am forwarding it to you as it was sent to me. The Bayliss Moore b. 1812 m. to Sarah Stroud are my Dycie Moore's parents. Dycie was b. 1838 in Flag Pond, Tn. I didn't think I would ever find them. ""Barbara, you are in luck. I found this for you. Nothing proved, but lots to work on. From Washington Co. TN, there was a Wm. Moore, b c 1767 in NJ, apparently moved to Patrick Co. VA, then in 1790's to Shelton Laurel, Buncombe Co. NC with Roderick Shelton, in 1810 to SC(?), 1820 back to Buncombe Co., and from 1830-50 in Flag Pond area of Washington (now Unicoi Co.) TN. Wf unknown--possibly a Bayliss???? as per names of kids: 1. John (bc 1799 NC m 1821 Wash. Co. TN Sarah Nelson (b1799 TN). Their children: ..... a. Betsy bc 1828 m ? Willis ..... b. John b 1830 m Sarah Gillis ..... c. Samuel bc 1832 m Charity Brown ..... d. Rebecca bc 1835 ..... e. Nelson b 1837 m? Rebecca? Davis? ..... f. George W. bc 1835 ..... g. Minerva bc 1831 ..... h. Baylis bc 1844 (no info. Is he yours??) 2. Samuel b 1801 m1)___? m2 Sarah Metcalf 3. Rachel bc 1804 SC m Roderick Shelton 1820 Wash. Co. ***4. BAYLIS bc 1812 m1 1832 Sarah Stroud, m2)____? 5. Riley bc 1816 m Sarah____ These additional records may relate somehow: In 1808 Reuben Bayles m. Elizabeth Moore, bond Henry McCray. In 1796 Henry McCray m Mary Moore with Charles McCray bond, and somewhere (??) a Thos. McCray mc 1803 Jane Moore. I think there's a marriage in Rowan NC for a Woodlief Shelton and a Moore. I also think there's a likely connection to Bayless families in NJ. Other surnames that come to mind (?) Nodding and Brown. McCray might also be McRay. MOORE MISCELLANY (Continued from 29 Jan 1997) The source of this abstract is "Landmarks of Old Prince William, a study of origins in Northern Virginia," by Fairfax Harrison. ***For a rew years only, these alien pioneers constituted a true frontier, the American 'far west,' for when the Shenandoah Valley was opened to general seating about 1749 the greater part of them ceased to be characteristic frontiersmen and began to adapt themselves to typical Virginia conditions under the political and social leadership of a comparatively few English families which had overflowed from the older communities. . . . . Despite some bubbling in the racial meltin pot, despite the cynical indifference of the lowland planter as to what became of the newcomers, if only theiy remained a barrier between him and the French and Indians, despite the necessity of a change of agricultural staple and of agricultural practice, despite a mearsurably small slave population, old Prince William grew up a legitimate, if late born, daughter of the tobacco planting tidewater. By the time of the American Revolution, the Irish, the Scot, the German, the French Huguenot here 'seated' had become men of a distinctively different flavor from that of any of their kinsmen settled elsewhere in America, reginisably different even from those who had swarmed out of Pennsylvania in much great numbers into the Sheanadoah Valley. Ther were 'tuckahoes,' not 'cowees.' There is, then, a challenge to the historian to explain why these men, sneered at as aliens by some of the Virginians who saw their arrival, produced, in the third and fourth generation, ardent exponents of the Virginia ideal, and since the war between the states have, probably more than any others, remained 'unreconstructed.' There is opportunity for a fascinating study to assay how much os this development may be traced to tradition from the tidewater, how much to local inspiration under the haunting influence of a smiling landscape of hills and dales such as the tidewater never knew, and how much to the fact that old Prince William was the theatre of great events in an epic contest. . . . The book is printed only in order that the honest work which has gone into it and the meticulous documentation might be made available to the future historian.]' The uses of such a study being to disentangle fact from tradition, only source records have been drawn upon; chiefly the statutes and legislative journals and that Virginia Domesday book, the land grants. With these testimonies have been read historically the notable series of Virginia maps. The county records, so sadly depleted by the ravages of war, have, of course, been invoked; in particular, free use has been made of a Court Order book of Stafford, covering several years at the end of the seventeenth century, which has recently been recoverd after a long and romantic absence from Virginia. By reason of the early amphibious intimace between Stafford and Charles Counties the 'Maryland Archives,' now nobly printed and indexed, have afforded detail and local colour of Virginial relations not preserved elsewhere. The English 'Calendar of State Papers, Colonial' has been invaluable down to 1709. To supplement it some fresh material for the eighteenth century has been extracted directed direct from the Colonial Office in London; and more from the fountain has been drawn through the recent accessions to the 'British Transcripts' in the Library of Congress. No one who studies any period or any detail of Virginia history can fail to reiterate his profound obligation to the 'Virginia Magasine' and the 'William and Mary Quarterly.' Fairfax Harrison, Belvoir, Fauquier County, Virginia, June 1924 MODERN MOORES Those of you who have been subscribers from the beginning have previously noted my comments about the longevity of some Moore lines. There is, for instance, my second cousin (once removed) I think, Miss Lettie Hollingsworth of Mt. Airy in Surry Co NC, who was 110 years old last November. She was a descendant of Samuel Dalton (1699-1806) who moved from Albemarle Co VA to Rockingham Co NC. Further illustrating this Dalton/Moore characteristic, HARRY SILCOX (H Silcox) sent the following obituary which appeared in the Burlington NC Times-News on 17 January 1997. Mr. Gid Moore is probably a descendant of Letitia Dalton, daughter of Samuel Dalton and Anne Redd. She married Matthew Moore, son of John Moore (d. 1777) of Albemarle Co VA. The Matthew Moore family lived in Stokes County NC near Lawsonville. Their home built in the late 1700s is still occupied. ***Mr. Gid U. Moore dies at age 104. Danbury -- Mr. Gid Urvin Moore, 104, of Lawsonville, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1997 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Born March 6, 1892, in Stokes County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Quenell Clark Moore and the son of Mr. Will Moore and Mrs. Emma Shepherd Moore, both deceased. He was a school teacher, an agent for Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, and a retired farmer. He was a World War I veteran. Survivors include one daughter, Ms. Arlene Hole of Mebane, two sons, Mr. Marshall Moore of Ridgeway, Va., and Mr. Urvin "U.T." Moore of Wilmington; one brother Mr. Vance Moore of Lawsonville; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one son, Mr. John Marion Moore; seven sisters and six brothers. The funeral will be conducted at 1 pm on Saturday at Snow Creek Primitive Baptist Church by Elder Billy Knight. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel from 6 to 8 this evening. Memorials may be made to Snow Creek Primitive Baptist Church Fund, c/o Akers Doss, Route 1, Box 103E, Lawsonville, NC 27022. ============================================================================== Back issues of MOORE NEWS available at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/news ================================================================== MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7169@AOL.com 25 January 1997