MOORE NEWS Volume II June 18, 1997 Issue 30 SALUTATIONS Subscription Notice: Beginning July 3, 1997, MOORE NEWS will be distributed for a fee of $18 per year or $10 each six months. The fact is that I have no choice about the need to supplement my so-called retirement income by working part-time. My choice in resolving this non-choice is to spread the research and distribution expense. Collectively, fees will permit me to continue this venture we have shared for a year. If you're a very new subscriber, please read the distribution of June 7, 1997, which communicates the promise that appears to be emerging as we examine the records of the early Chesapeake Moores. The wonder is if it extends up and down the whole of the eastern seaboard. When MOORE NEWS began a year ago, I did not envision the incredible growth which has occurred, nor did I envision the amount of time I would need to devote to it, nor the pleasure and satisfaction of finding friends and 'cousins' along the way. And there was no way then that I would have been able to comprehend the strength of the passion that drives me to define this early American family. Now that we are discovering the breadth of history encompassed by their lives and as we learn of their apparent relatedness, my commitment to press forward is even stronger. Please see details of options and the subscription form which follow in a separate email. QUERIES MARTHA MOHNEY SCHNECK ( schneck@VNET.NET) *****I am trying to discover the parents of David Moore (Connecticut) b. 9 April 1761. He married Polly Collier 6 May 1784. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LIBBA JOHNSON (libba@ebicom.net ) *****My ancestor Joseph Moore was b. 24 Feb 1740 New Kent Co, VA, d. 18 Mar 1791 Farmville, Prince Edward Co, VA. He married Sarah Ivy b. 29 Mar 1754. Joseph Moore was a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia. Their children were John, Joseph Ivy, George, Thomas Ivy, Mary (Polly), Elizabeth, Sarah and Nancy. Any info on any of these people would be appreciated. My Moore line goes through the oldest son John and I have more info about him if anyone wants it. COLONIAL MOORES The Will of Matthew Moore of Stokes Co NC (Continued from Issue No. 27 and Issue No. 28) 9TH. I lend to my daughter, Anne, wife of John Hughes, one negro woman named Fanny and all her increase during her natural life, and at her decease to descend to her children and to be equally divided among those that are living. I give to my daughter, Anne, two mares and one feather bed and furniture, which she has received, to her and her heirs forever. 10TH. I lend to my daughter, Mary, wife of Ambrose Gaines, two negro women named Hannah and Patt, and all their increase during her natural life, at her decease to descend to her children and be equally divided between those that shall then be living, to them and their heirs forever. -Item. I give to my daughter, Mary, one horse and one feather bed and furniture, to her and her heirs forever, all which she has received. 11TH. I lend to my daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Johnson Clements, two negro women named Lucy and Nell, and all their increase during her natural life and at her decease to descend to her children and be equally divided between those that are then living. -Item. I give to my daughter, Elizabeth, one mare and one feather bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever, all of which she has received. 12TH. I give and bequeath to my seven sons and three daughters before mentioned, a bond of James Sheppard for a title to a certain tract of land lying on Grassy Creek in Surry County. Also, a bond on Edwin Hickman, deceased, of the State of Tennessee, for one thousand acres of land in the Western County; also a bond on Capt. Gaines for two thousand acres of land lying in the Western County. Also, one obligation to Col. James Martin for about thirteen or fourteen hundred acres of land in the Western County. Also, a bond assigned by Archibald Martin on John Dardin of the state of Georgia, for two thousand and thirty acres of land in said State. Also, a bond on Thomas Isbell for six hundred and forty acres on Harbeth Creek in the State of Tennessee, to be equally divided among them and their heirs, forever. Now, in consequence of willing to my daughter, Anne, wife of John Hughes, one negro less than my other daughters, I give and bequeath to my grandson, Matthew M. Hughes, to pay the necessary expenses attending his education and to purchase books for his further studies, the sum of two hundred dollars. 14TH. I will that my Iron Works called Providence, be rented, leased or sold to discharge all my just debts and further discharge the necessary expenses that may attend the education of my three sons, Gabriel, Tucker Woodson, and Matthew Redd, any my grandson, Matthew M. Hughes. 15TH. I will that my Iron Works and the land appertaining thereto, if not sold, viz: Two Thousand Five Hundred Acres entered as bounty land for said Iron Works, which includes the Forge, sixty acres on the south side of the Big Creek, which includes the buildings adjacent to the forge, a part of Finley's Survey, twenty- five acres on the head of John's Branch, which includes an Iron Ore Bank, ten acres bought of Jeremiah Easly, entered by Phillip Wilson on Polecat, a branch of Buck Island Creek, Two acres purchased of David Simmons, One Hundred Acres on the Whetstone Hill, on the east side of Buck Island, and Ten Acres on the waters of Seven Island Creek, purchased of John Finley and entered under his name, and shall be equally divided among my seven sons and three daughters. 16TH. I will that if any of the perishable property that I have willed to either of my three sons: Gabriel, Tucker Woodson, or Matthew Redd, shall die before they arrive at lawful age to inherit them, that in such case they shall have the value of the same as if said property had lived until they had arrived at lawful age. -Item. I also will that if either of my three sons should die before they arrive at the age of twenty-one years, that is: Gabriel, Tucker Woodson, and Matthew Redd, that in such case, then part of my estate shall be equally divided among my other two sons and daughters that are then living. I do, by these present, ordain, constitute and appoint my beloved wife, Lettisha, Executrix, together with my sons: Reuben Moore, Edward Moore, William Moore and Gabriel Moore, executors of my last will and testament. Sealed with my seal and subscribed with own hand, this the 10th day of October, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and One. Sealed, Signed and MATTHEW MOORE (SEAL) Acknowledged in the presence of Joseph Cand. RESEARCH WILENA YOUNG (bdy88@aol.com) *****I am submitting the following will in hopes it may benefit a MOORE NEWS subscriber now or at some future date. It has been in my files for years and so far as I can determine this is not my Moore ancestor. The will of Joshua Moore, Sr., Will Bk. E-1806-1816 Pgs.149-150, Greene Co. GA DAR Misc. Records by Georgia Chapters. Georgia Dept. of Archives and History, Atlanta, GA. In the name of God Amen, I Joshua Moore of the County of Greene and the State of Georgia being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body that it must return to dust and my soul to God who gave it and wishing to dispose of the property which God has blest me with and revoking all others do ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following - to wit I give unto my wife Phillis Moore the house and plantation and the use of all my Negroes (except Sall) during her natural life or widowhood. Item - I give unto my son Gilly Moore one Negro man by the name of Joe for which I have a bill of sale from Charles H. Hardy about twenty years old after the death of my wife also one desk and bookcase to be delivered when called for. Item - I give unto my son Spencer one Negro Bob for which I have a bill of sale from the administratrix of Doctor W. W. Strain, dec'd. by paying my daughter Nancy Wright two hundred dollars. Item - I give unto my son Joshua Moore one Negro named Ester for which I have a bill of sale from Stephen Lawrence after my wife's death. Item - I give to my daughter Patsy Gatlin one Negro girl named Sally for which I have a bill of sale from William Randle to be delivered when called for, also one tract of land, one hundred and thirty-three acres for which I have a deed from William Crawford and the house thereon that I began to build to be finished and a good brick chimney put to it and to be paid for out of my estate, also two cows and calves, two sows and pigs to be delivered when called for. Item - I give unto my son Samuel Moore all that tract of land that I bought and have a deed from James R. Jenkins after my wife's death also one Negro boy named George for which I have a bill of sale from William Randle by paying to my son Joshua Moore two hundred dollars to be delivered after my wife's death also one corner cupboard also one still and apparatus also two feather beds, furniture, also two cows and calves, also two sows and pigs. Item - my will and desire is that the land I bought of James Simmons shall be sold and equally divided between my five grandchildren Samuel M. Gatlin, Wingate W. Gatlin, Angelina Gatlin, Alla Gatlin & Hillard J. Gatlin or the survivors of those already named, and the money to be lodged in the hands of my Executors to be dealt out to them as they come of age after all my just debts and funeral charges are paid. Item - I bequeath unto my wife Phillis all my property of every description during her life which is not otherwise bequeathed, and at her death to be equally divided amongst all my children. This being my last will and testament I appoint my son Gilly Moore my sole executor. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty- sixth day of February Eighteen Hundred and sixteen. The word Nancy in the seventeenth line interlined before assigned in the original. Joshua Moore Signed and sealed in presence of John Winfield, Charles Bailey, Bathsheba (X) Tyler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JEAN BRAND (JBrand1056@aol.com) has submitted this very informative review of her Pennsylvania/North Carolina/South Carolina/Alabama/Texas Moore family. Many thanks, Jean, for this information. It demonstrates a prime migration pattern of the 1800s. *****Margaret J. Elliott married Roderick Ranson Moore - son of Robert and Ladocia [Theodosia] Moore - January 28, 1847 Book 1 pg. 388. Margaret Cecile Moore Curlin [Mrs. L. C. Curlin] of Waxahachoe, Texas is a granddaughter of Roderick and Margaret Moore. Martha Amanda Elliott born 17 January 1830, died January 1862, married Andrew McNairy Moore, born 19 August 1852. Leodocia Ann Moore born 19 October 1854, and Fanny Moore who married Mr. Morgan and removed to Murpheyboro, Tennessee. Roderick Ranson Moore and Andrew McNairy Moore were the sons of Ladocia [ Theodosia] Hamilton] Moore; and Margaret and Martha Elliott were daughters of Andrew and Anna Elliott. Even though the Loderick Moore family settled in Township 18, many of his children and grandchildren married into families in Township 19. I will give you the history of this family at this time. Loderick Moore's will is recorded in Will Book 1-208 in Sumter County, Ala. He lived in Marengo County before Sumter County was formed. He mentioned his wife Rachel Moore, granddaughters Malindy Leatherman and Martha Fletcher, children of his deceased daughter Mary Washington Fletcher - the rest of the property to be divided into 11 equal parts, naming his children as follows: Alfred Moore, Anthony D. Kinard and Sara his wife, Marquis D. Moore, Eldridge Loftin and Elizabeth his wife, Rolly Morgan and Fanny his wife, Roderick Ranson Moore, George W. Harper and Malinda Franklin his wife. - - he especially stipulated that Nancy Ann Parker, his daughter, should have no part of his estate but part 1 should go to "the heirs of her body", 1 part to go to the heirs of Robert Moore deceased, and 1 part to go to the heirs of Arthur Moore deceased. [ this makes 10 parts and the 11th to go to his widow, Rachel]. Signed Loderick Moore. June 3, 1849. Witnessed by Rufus Cotes, Ladoica Moore, George W. Harper. The Settlement of the estate of Loderick Moore shows the heirs of Robert Moore - 8 in number as follows: Hance H. Moore, Loderick Moore, John M. Boyd in right of his wife Louisa J., and minor heirs Roderick R. Moore, John W. Moore, Andrew M. Moore, Catherine E. Moore, Robert Moore. The heirs of Nancy Ann [Moore] Parker: Alfred Hudson, John Hudson, Lodwick Hudson, Henry Hudson, Eph Norman Hudson, Robert M. Hudson, Nancy Parker, Amanda Parker. Heirs of Arthur Moore as named in settlement: William H. Moore, Mary and Martha Moore, Martha Fletcher granddaughter had married Edward L. Jordon when she received her share of estate. *** Deed Book A, pg. 122 - 2 January 1835 Thomas Hamilton of Rutherford County, Tennessee, made the following Deed of Gift: "In consideration for the natural love and affection which I have for my sister Theodria Moore ( the mother) and her children and those whom she may bear: Hance Moore, Lodwick Moore, Louisa Jane Moore, Roderick Ranson Moore, John Wesley Moore, Andrew McNairy Moore, and Catherine Elizabeth Moore - ... certain slaves conveyed unto Loderick Moore as trustee... slaves for use of Theodosia (she called herself Ladocia) Moore and her children. Wit/Alfred Moore and Signed Thomas Hamiton Catherine Moore 13 December 1834 *** Francis McNairy of Guilford County, North Carolina, whose home was used as a hospital after the Battle of Guilford Court House, is said to have been the father of Rachel [McNairy] Moore. It is also said that Francis McNairy's wife was named Mary Hamilton. It is further said that the McNairys and Hamiltons came together from Lancaster County, Penn. ... to Guilford County, North Carolina, and intermarried many times. This being true, Robert Moore and his wife Theodosia [ Hamilton] Moore were cousins. The children of Francis born 1734 and Mary [ Hamilton] McNairy were: John born 1762 and became a Judge, and his home was used by Cornwallis as Headquarters at one time, Nathaniel, James [ whose descendants are said to have gone to Mississippi], Margaret born 1771, Andrew, Mary, Rachel, and Boyd 1785. [ Copied from Commercial Appeal of Memphis, 15 April 1931 - Dropped Stitches Column]. Please note Rachel [McNairy] Moore's obituary in Sumter County Whig. The 1790 Census Records show Francis McNairy head of a household in Guilford County, North Carolina. He is mentioned in North Carolina Assembly as having been a Senator and as having made a plea in behalf of Matthew Hamilton. Andrew McNairy Moore, son of Robert and Theodoia [Ladocia] Hamilton Moore, was Captain in the 40th Alabama Regiment, Company K and was in the Battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Vicksbury and some battles around Atlanta, Georgia. He was captured at Noon Day Creek, Georgia and put in prison at Johnson's Island on Lake Erie, 12 June 1864, released 12 June 1865. His brother Robert was in prison at Rock Island, ILL. ( According to Mrs. Richard Prince, Shuqualak, Mississippi.] According to Andrew McNairy Moore's family bible records he was born 19 August 1830 near Linden, Alabama and died at Scooba, Mississippi 7 November 1897 [ I have already given you the history of wife number 1 - Martha Amanda Elliott.] His 2 nd wife was Mary McCaskell who was born 20 March 1837 and died at Binnsville, Mississippi 23 January 1891. They were married 29 September 1865. MOORE MISCELLANY MOORE NEWS presented the long and complex will of Matthew Moore of Stokes County. Here is Merle Moore's account of an ancestral visit shared by Merle and Grace Moore and family, Bill and Audrey Cole, and me. BILL (CAPT C@aol.com) is a MOORE NEWS subscriber. Merle, often a contributor, subscribes through his grandson. We met and discovered our cousinship (about 7 times removed) through MOORE NEWS. This visit took us to several Moore sites, including the home of Matthew and Letitia Dalton Moore in Stokes Co NC. The Moore sites visited related to Rodeham and Elizabeth Gallahue Moore and Matthew and Letitia Dalton Moore, two apparently unrelated Moore ancestors. ***** A VISIT TO PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND SURRY/STOKES COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA APRIL 18-20, 1997 By Merle Moore of Winchester, Virginia Friday, April 18: We left Frederick County, Virginia a bit before six a.m. and drove with a stiff tail wind (sometimes side wind) combined with snow flurries to our rendezvous at the Mayberry Motel in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. [Editor's note: Mt. Airy is Andy Griffin's 'Mayberry' and his birthplace. The sitcom's Mayberry Squad Car is parked in front of the motel.] We arrived a bit before one p.m., seven strong in two cars. We registered at the Mayberry and waited for Mrs. Georgia Puckett, who owns the land on which the Rodeham Moore cemetery is located. We first toured the William Alfred Moore House. [Editor's Note. William Alfred Moore was the descendant of Rodeham and Elizabeth Gallahue Moore.] At the gazebo Susan Ashby, the docent, told me they had spent $1000 restoring it after a limb from the wild cherry had fallen on it. The gazebo is made of hand-dug laurel root and is now quite fragile with age. The house still looks pretty good, but was more opulent before a lot of the valuable furniture was taken away by the previous occupant's family. Susan suggested we go to see the Smith/Gilmer house, which was owned by Gertrude Gilmer Smith, granddaughter of Samuel L. Gilmer and Matilda Caroline Moore. Matilda was the daughter of Samuel Dalton Moore and Matilda Caroline Franklin. Samuel's parents were William Moore [son of Rodeham and Elizabeth Gallahue Moore] and Jane Dalton Hanby. Matilda Caroline Franklin was the daughter of Jesse Franklin, Governor of North Carolina, and his wife, Maachi Perkins. The house was stunning, but just a bit dramatic with all of those life-size dolls which had just recently been borrowed from their owner/creator who lives over the line a ways in Virginia. Saturday, April 19: In the morning we proceeded to Mrs. Puckett's place near Ararat to have some show-and-tell, hunt for the location of the still, and clean off Rodey's cemetery. Behind Mrs. Puckett's house we located the basal remains of the log building (14 ft. by 26 ft.) in which, based on chain of title to the property, we believe Rodeham and Elizabeth (Gallahue) Moore set up housekeeping. Their descendant, Joe Moore, had his residence there and his store in front of the new house where Mrs. Puckett's daughter and granddaughter presently live. The store was between the front porch of her home and the road. After the expos at the old Joe Moore house location, we trudged down to the cemetery where Rodeham Moore (d. 1811), Jane Dalton Hanby Moore (d. 1817), and William Moore (d. 1819) are buried. When I first cleaned the cemetery years ago, I counted 34 graves, but only the markers for Rodeham Moore and Jane Moore have been found. We went down into what I summarily call Still House Hollow to look for the spring, which turned out to be located some five or six hundred feet below where it is indicated that Rodeham Moore lived. Following the remains of an old road to the spring, we found the area walled in stone to prevent the steep bank from fouling the spring. Everyone went directly to the spring, but I hung back looking for any sign of charcoal which would confirm that the area was where the "mash" was cooked to remove the alcohol. I soon spotted a large area of charcoal and ashes and now had irrefutable evidence of the location of the still. Sunday, April 20. Sunday morning, we visited the gravesite of Henry Jefferson and Caroline Matilda (Moore) Moore. We also found Harden F. Moore and some of the Gilmer connections. I went to Stokes County primarily to find the Providence furnace ruins if they were findable. Sunday is not the best time for that sort of endeavor. People who live here go to church, and thus there was no one around to ask directions or questions of. After running the roads on the south side of Big Creek, we were unable to find anyone who knew about the furnace, and you couldn't see down through the woods because the leaves were already too dense. Failing at that project, we went in search of the Matthew Moore house. We found the gate open, but no one at home. I proceeded to take pictures, then fell into a muse. There were clumps and patches of woods about, but where would a cemetery be? I was turned around involuntarily, so it seemed, to face a patch of woods. I knew that feeling as I had had it before on a number of occasions just before finding something lost and no longer known to the living. I barely remember walking up that red hill across the growing corn. I entered the wooded enclosure and there, as if it was lit by a lamp, and found the final resting place of Matthew and Letitia Dalton Moore. The ground was covered by periwinkle. There were very few stones visible, but you could tell you were stepping on a grave depression under the periwinkle. I would estimate that there are fifty or more graves there. Only one stone still contained visible lettering, that of Lydia, wife of G. E. Moore. Matthew's resting place is surrounded by a very low rock wall. I believe there were once slabs of marble over the area, but nothing is visible now. Even the low wall shows signs of vandalism. If there ever was a table tomb top on the stone wall over the two graves, it is gone now. I knew from experience elsewhere that table tomb tops are readily carted off. There was another stone-walled table top tomb at the feet of Matthew Moore, where I have heard old Samuel Dalton is buried. Joyce Browning says there is a family tradition that he died at the home of his daughter, Letitia Dalton Moore. As one stands at the Matthew Moore house and looks at Moore's Knob to the south, some miles distant, it is not hard to see Matthew Moore lying in profile sleeping. From the Matthew Moore house we proceeded to Moore's Spring, now a Four-H Club recreation area, where we stopped and took pictures. Hearing Joyce Browning's report of how the water tasted, I concluded (if I may paraphrase Dr. George Hughes' comment about Mooresburg Springs in Tennessee), "If you drank that water all day, you would be busy all night." The young woman caretaker directed us to a nearby bed-and-breakfast on the north flank of Moore's Knob. The owner, Mr. Tom Bowman, turned out to be the area historian as well. He told us that he had lived in the Matthew Moore house at one time and knew that what I had found was the gravesite of Matthew and Letitia Dalton Moore. I described the apparent desecration, and he was much surprised. Following his directions, we then drove through Danbury to the old Moratock Furnace, which is located in a state park and is pretty well preserved. [Note: The Moratock Furnace was built and operated by Peter Perkins, another ancestor in this mountain collage of families.] __________________________________________________________________ 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 18 June 1997