MOORE NEWS
"Saga of an American Family”
Volume IV
April 16, 2010
Issue 12
From Clee to heaven the beacon burns,
The shires have seen it plain,
From north and south the sign returns
And beacons burn again.
A. E. Housman
“A Shropshire Lad”
SALUTATIONS
The 2010 census is underway! Considering that when filling out the last census ten years ago I had not started down the all consuming path of researching my family history, this census had new meaning for me. Understanding what it shows about my family at this moment in time is giving me some insight as to how to interpret the sometimes confusing census reports that have confounded me in researching my various family lines.
For instance, this is most likely the only census I will ever return that includes my entire immediate family. Three of my six children were not yet born in 2000, and by 2020 two will probably have "left the nest". Although we are living in the same town as we were ten years ago, we are two houses away from the one we occupied in 2000. As a matter of fact, our current home is a rental we moved to only two months ago, and will be moving to a different state at the end of the next school year. I feel like I am cheating our new state out of eight additional residents since we will living there so soon and aren't being counted - but that's the way the census breaks this time around.
As I filled in the required information for the eight family members living under the roof of our 17th century farmhouse, it occurred to me that the student living the the carriage house further down the driveway (and also renting) shares our mailbox and street address. She needs to be on our census form too! My husband wonders what future genealogists might think about the family living arrangements shown by our census data - who is the female about my age with a different last name who they have never come across before, and why is she living with our family?!
This moment in time census data is certainly factual, but does not give an accurate portrait of our family. Though I am loathe to share what I consider to be personal information on a government form, the genealogist side of me is sorry that there is not more detailed information being collected on this census for the benefit of researchers 72 years hence. Perhaps the silver lining is that I am inspired to leave better notes and documents for my descendants so they don't have to rely on the census for their research on our family!
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NEW MEMBERS
Lawrence R. Cosby (
IamIsaid57@aol.com)
**** For the last few months, I have been researching one side of my family tree. The surname is Bell, and I believe we might have a family connection.
My distant cousin was Thomas P. Bell Sr., 8/15/1890-1/25/1927. His parents were Jesse T. Bell and Martha C. Foster. The Family connection I believe occurred when Thomas P. Bell Sr Married Mittie Belle Moore, daughter of John Moore and Margaret Vines on 10/27/1907.
I was recently in Moore Cemetery trying to find more information on my family (my mother still lives in Bessemer. The Moore Cemetery I visited was in McCalla Alabama, Jefferson County. This is about 25 miles or so South of Birmingham, by way of I59/20. While there, I discovered the wonderful monument placed by the Moore Grandchildren.
I would greatly appreciate it if you would get in touch with me, if you think this is a connection, and even if you don't. I live in Huntsville Al, but would love to hear from you, and anyone else in this family.
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QUERIES
Dan Devaney (
genealogy4999@gmail.com)
**** My Grandmother was a Moore and I was wondering how to join the DNA group so that I could see a possible connection to someone. There are no known males with the surname Moore that I know of. I have been getting the Moore News for some time. My dead end is Samuel G. Moore.
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Janice Moore Cronan (
jmcronan@aol.com)
**** I have my genealogy records posted on Ancestry.com. My Moore Family are descendants of Burt Moore (1756 Halifax Co., VA -1836 Pickens Dist, SC) and his second wife Mary Glenn. We are not certain who Burt's parents were, but it may be possible he descends from the Mirey Creek, Halifax Co., VA Moore's. My family's descent is documented by Burt's will, land deeds, pension records, bible records, and others birth and death certificates. According to Burt's will he left his "freehold" to my great grandfather, Hugh Moore (1822 Pendleton, SC - 1864 KIA Wilderness, VA). Hugh was married to Margaret Gilstrap who received a Civil War Widow's pension. Their son Bright Gilstrap Moore was my Grandfather (1853 Gilmer Co., GA - 1934 Alpharetta, GA). Bright was married to Sarah Gravely and they raised seven children in Alpharetta, GA. Their youngest child, Huie Keith (Pete) Moore was my Father (1906 Alpharetta, GA - 1970 Alpharetta, GA).
I enjoy reading the back issues of the Moore News, and have found much information about my Moore family there. The July 2, 2008 issue really interests me because Joyce asks a question about the Mirey Creek, VA Moore's. (See the paragraph below). This is the same question I am trying to answer. Were the Mirey Creek Moore's related to the Tory Moore's (Patrick, Hugh, & John) who moved to Tryon Co., NC? And, how are we also related to Patriot Lt. Hugh Moore who is believed to be the son of Joseph and Catherine Moore who immigrated from Ireland to S.C. about 1765? They all lived in close proximity of each other around Spartanburg, S.C.during the Rev War. Lt. Hugh and Pvt. Burt Moore, with several other Moore's, are listed in Roebucks Spartanburg Regiment.
July 2, 2008 Moore News
JB Note: This is the first reference to Col. John Moore who was a Col. Of the British troops.
Later, there are other references to this Tory Moore and you will observe that he is associated with Tories Patrick Moore and Hugh Moore. It would be interesting to find out if or how this family is related to Patrick Moore and Hugh Moore of Mirey Creek, Mecklenburg Co VA. These two were definitely on the American side during the Revolution because Hugh Moore received a huge grant of western after the war.
My brother's DNA was tested through FTDNA, and posted at Moore Small Stuff and Y-Search. This DNA testing has most recently shown a 65/67 DNA match for our Moore's to Lt. Hugh Moore. Lt. Hugh Moore(b 1750, IR) received Rev land grant in Ky, is noted in DAR records to be the son of Joseph & Catherine Moore who immigrated with their family from Ireland in 1765 and settled in SC. Therefore, if the genealogical documentation submitted to the DAR is correct, he is not from the same family as Hugh Moore of Mirey Creek, Halifax Co., VA. The Mirey Creek group of Moore's according to compiled land and church records immigrated in the 1720's. Does anyone know if the Mirey Creek Moore's have any DNA test results posted?
Several Moore researchers believe, based on land deeds and naming patterns, that my ancestor, Burt Moore, is a descendant of the Mirey Creek Moore's. This belief stems from Burt Moore's Rev War Pension papers which state that he was born in Halifax Co., VA about 1756, and moved, with his "Father" to "Spartanburg, SC" around 1765. A Joseph Moore sold out in Halifax, VA around 1765 and is believed to have obtained a land grant in South Carolina.(I have not found a copy of this grant). From Burt's Rev War witness statements, he and his neighbors moved to the area around Green River which was in Tryon Co, later Rutherford Co., NC (which was part of SC until the line was redrawn?). I have recently found a transcription of court proceedings against suspected Tories posted to GenForum (Tory List-Rutherford Co., NC) ( "Morgan District, NC Superior Court of Law & Equity; Misc. Records, Book III"). This was in 1782, and there is a Joseph Moore listed on it. I wonder if this was Burt's Father?
We have a very close DNA match (66/67) test # M71529, to a descendant of a Patrick Moore. Joyce Browning has a post on this family in her Newsletter dated June 25, 1997:
KAY (
Kwkgat@aol.com)
****The query to Moore News piqued my curiosity because there is probably some connection to my Moore family, although there are admittedly more questions than answers.
Please understand that this information came from a second cousin, but thatit is accepted by the DAR.
1.......Patrick Moore b. Ireland
2.........Robert Moore b. c. 1750, maybe Columbia, S.C., d. 15-Mar-1781Battle of Guilford
Court House, N.C. m. Bettie Scissom or Scisson (Robert was an ensign, then captain, then ensign of the NC 9th Militia)
3...........Robert, b. Moore Co., N.C
3...........John, b. c. 1772 Moore Co., N.C. d. 1862, MS, m. Mary Richardson
b. 1775, N.C. (Moore Co.) d. 1863 MS
4.....Robert, b. 1803
4.....Stephen R(ichardson?), b. 8-Jul-1805, m. Lucy McDougal 1828,
Lauderdale Co. Stephen d. 26-Apr-1863, Union Prison, Alton, IL.
4.....John
4.....Hugh
4.....Elizabeth m. Alfred M. Carroll prob. in NC (my Moore connection)
4.....Mary
4.....Nancy
3...........Fanning (stayed in N.C.)
The rest of the story is a little more complicated.
After Robert Moore died in battle his family stayed in Moore Co NC. His son, John married Mary Richardson c. 1798-1800. She was the daughter of Stephen Richardson who apparently led a family expedition to move to northern Alabama. He died along the way, probably in Tennessee in 1821-1822. This is documented by a letter from Hiram Richardson to H.R. Moore - 1884. (Is this the Horatio R. Moore mentioned in your query?) This extended family group carried many Moore Co. and N.C. surnames in addition to Richardson and Moore: Carroll, Stutts, McGee, etc. All of Stephen's children made the move. Apparently, so did John Moore's brother, Robert, but the third brother, Fanning stayed in N.C. After this, some family members moved on, to northern Mississippi - Tishamingo, Prentiss, Boone Counties.
The Moore Family History, found in the book Tishomingo Co., Miss. 1836-1997, says that, "Patrick Moore arrived from Ireland with his family and several brothers between 1700-1752. These "brothers" mentioned may be the Moore's who are our ancestors. He had three sons and two daughters (Hugh, Robert, Patrick, Jane and Mary). Many of the Moore's used the same given names over and over, so this has been hard to follow. It also appears some of the birth and death dates have been estimated, so that does not help either.
We are also a (65/67) match to #M123490. He has done much research on his Moore family, and has a wonderful web page at:
http://www.carolinaspartan.com/ This DNA match indicates some of our Moore ancestors may have been Tories John and Patrick Moore. Another site which has some good information and maps is
http://logan-family.org/index.html. If you haven't checked out the Moore DNA site, please do. By clicking on the test numbers, they will open to a page which tells the participants oldest known ancestor, but use caution because some are not documented. We are Test #M130051 in Group 2.
http://small-stuff.com/MOORE/results.htm I am hoping that many Moore descendants will become interested in documenting their ancestry and DNA testing. In combination with sharing documented research, through outlets like Moore News, and submitting Y-DNA for testing these are great resources for breaking through our brick walls..
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Roberta Estes (
robertajestes@att.net)
(note new e-mail address)
**** I'm sending you two things for Moore News. [Included under Research]
The first is something I wrote for my family for a "Sunday story", a tradition I've started where every Sunday I send them a story about something. This topic is what one of my ancestors was doing one Christmas.
This led me to the Bishop Asbury papers, which like much genealogy research, simply managed to confuse the daylights out of me.
First, I extracted all the Moore entries (I did not check for Moor, although maybe I should). There were no Moor entries in the index, but many of the index entries did not appear in the transcribed text.
Anyway, I know my William Moore is the William in Halifax County (from tax lists, census and other data), but the William quite in prominence in the Asbury papers is a William in Baltimore, although a Virginia William Moore is referenced in conjunction with O'Kelly, just as William Moore's bio says. I know my William had the Moore Meeting house, as I've proven it with deeds and such, and I also know there weren't two William Moores in the county at that time, so this has to be my William Moore. But is he also the William Moore in Baltimore? I don't know how he could be, as my William is the son of James who was found in Prince Edward County in 1745, so there must have been two William Moores in play here. One in Baltimore and one in Halifax County, Va. How frustrating. It's also confusing because it says MY William Moore was at the Christmas Conference in his bio, but for all the world it sounds like the OTHER William Moore (from Baltimore) would have been the William Moore to be at the Christmas Conference since he seems to have helped raise the funds to build that church. Did the biographer get the two William Moore's confused too?
Does anyone have any information about this William Moore from Baltimore?
My Moore's are going to be the souce of my insanity yet!
Roberta
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Laura Moore (
jmmfan1@gmail.com)
**** Greetings all Moore Searchers,
If you have Texas Moore's I NEED YOU!
I have started Texas Moore's Blog which can be found at:
http://texasmoorehistory.blogspot.com/Originally it was going to be about my Moore Line, but quickly has turned into so much more than that as I have come back to Texas to walk where my ancestors walk. Who and where were they? What did they look like? What did they do? Where did everybody go after their parents died. Who have all the descendants become today? And where are we all? I was once told I was "silly" for wanting to do a forward search, but I don't believe so. Family history and genealogy is so much more than searching microfilms and sitting in what some say are "dusty old courthouses." We have come along way in genealogy in 30 years since I started to do research. I hope others who have Texas Moore connections, will come visit and let us know WHO YOU ARE! Let's see if we can connect and figured out our tangled web of Moores!!! Whether it is a direct line or a married into line, my hope is that somewhere down the line, it will be that long lost piece of the puzzle you are searching for! Thanks in advance!!!! Laura Moore
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RESEARCH
Roberta Estes (
robertajestes@att.net)
(note new e-mail address)
**** William Moore and the Christmas Conference
My ancestor, the Reverend William Moore was one of the earliest Methodist Ministers in the States, and in particular, in Virginia. He was an amazing man and quite well traveled for a humble Virginia farmer of his time.
William Moore was born about 1750 in Prince Edward County, Virginia where his parents, James Moore and his wife Mary Rice lived. James and Mary lived beside her parents Joseph Rice and his wife Rachel. The Rice and Moore families were early dissenting families in Prince Edward County, meaning they did not belong to the Anglican Church. Initially, these dissenting churches were illegal, but eventually, after the Revolutionary War, each county was grudgingly allowed to have 2 or 3 “dissenting ministers” who had to be ordained and to register with the county who would then license them to perform marriages and such.
The requirement for ordination served to severely limit the number of requests, as ordination implied some sort of formal training and interacting with the upper echelon of the church, not just being inspired and jumping on a tree stump and preaching to your neighbors.
Joseph Rice, William Moore’s grandfather, is recorded in 1759 as having built a meeting house for a dissenting religion in Prince Edward County, so we know that William Moore was raised in a “dissenting” household. This is very probably why William’s marriage to Lucy was never recorded in the records of Prince Edward County, as their marriage was likely not performed by a minister from the Anglican Church. In 1770-1775 when they would have married, the provision for dissenting ministers to be licensed had not yet been incorporated into law, so their marriage was technically nonexistent. Unfortunately, because no license was obtained or marriage return files, we don’t know Lucy’s last name.
The Methodist church had its roots in England. Francis Asbury volunteered his service to America in 1771, and in 1776, when the Revolutionary War broke out, he was the only minister to stay in America. The rest returned to the safety of England. Seeing the problem of the lack of ministers, he set about finding American men to recruit as circuit riders. He had a problem however, in that ministers at that time had to return to England to be ordained, something colonial men were not interested in doing, nor was it practical, especially not in wartime.
In 1784, Asbury held the famous “Christmas Conference” in Baltimore, Maryland, convened on Christmas Eve, where Francis was ordained by Dr. John Coke by the authority of John Wesley. This signals the beginning of the organized Methodist Church in America, separate from England. At this conference, itinerant preachers gathered from the frontiers where they were circuit riders. Over a six week period they gathered and prepared for the meeting and they were all present for the historic ordination of Asbury on Christmas Day (drawing below), along with 12 additional ministers, setting the precedent that ministers were ordained in America at the Conference.
According to the “Lives of Christian Ministers”, William became a preacher before 1775 and an itinerant minister in 1778. He believed in baptism by “ either sprinkling or plunging, as the parent or adult may choose”. He was at the “Conference” in Baltimore in 1779 and at the “Christmas Conference” of 1784 with James O’Kelly at which the colonial Methodists broke with the tenets of the Methodist Church of England and ordained their own bishop, Francis Asbury.
By 1791 William was no longer attending the Methodist Conference, having “located”, meaning he was no longer itinerant according to the Methodist Church archives. This is probably when the Moore Meeting House was established.
At the Baltimore Conference of November 11, 1793 the Rev. James O’Kelly and his immediate cohorts, which likely included our William Moore, withdrew from the conference after a disagreement with Bishop Asbury (possibly over slavery, which Kelly and Moore were vehemently opposed to) to establish the “Republican Methodist Church”. In 1801, the name was changed to “The Christian Church” and in 1803 they founded what is today the Pleasant Grove United Church of Christ. In 1805, William Moore with James O’Kelly together attended the Conference or General Meeting at Shiloh in Halifax County. William Moore served upon the presbytery of ordination at that event and was recorded as having been a minister more than 30 years.
We don’t know exactly when William Moore was ordained, but I suspect that it was probably at the 1784 Christmas Conference because the next general conference was not held until 1791 or 1792 and then every 4 years afterward, and William is recorded as having filed a marriage return with the county clerk in 1786 and produced his ordination papers in court in 1789, and we know that he was present at the 1784 Christmas Conference where 12 ministers were ordained. His name is recorded in the drawing of the Asbury ordination as one of the men in the rear of the room and other information informs us with of his historic presence as well.
William Moore produced his ordination papers in court in Halifax County, Va. in 1789 and was licensed as one of the 3 “dissenting ministers” allowed to each county after the Revolutionary War. In order to qualify, each minister had to produce their ordination papers in court and then they were licensed to perform marriages, baptisms and other ministerial functions. Most importantly, they could then register the marriages they performed. We know that William was marrying people in Halifax before this date, at least as early as 1786 when he married Bolling Hamlett and Polly Combes and registered the marriage with the clerk of court, so his ordination was likely before this date as well.
In 1797, William Moore purchased of Ransom Day, 100 acres on the North side of the road (Mountain Road at Oak Level), “the meeting house” excepted. Today, this land is directly across the street from Mt. Vernon Baptist church where the parsonage stands as shown in the photo below.
Researching this land further, deeds explicitly mention the headwaters of Polecat Creek as well which is on this piece of land. Furthermore, the minister at Mt. Vernon church told me of the church’s history, and the “original” church was across the street in the 1800s, which is confirmed by deeds. Apparently, the “Moore Meeting House”, as it would come to be called, was the predecessor to the “original” Mt. Vernon Baptist Church that was built on the North side of the road. The church on the South side of the road, as it exists today, was eventually built in the early 1900s and the “original” church torn down. There appears to have been a second church on the north side of the road that followed the Moore Meeting House and preceded the new church on the South side of the road in the 1900s.
In 1801, William and Lucy sell this land “except where the meeting house stands”. In deeds as late as 1854 references are made to both the “lines of Lucy Moore” and where the “old Moore Meeting House” stood.
However, William was to split with the Methodist Church, and probably did in 1791 or shortly thereafter and participated in founding both a new religious sect and a new church.
The Rev. William Moore was apparently very close to the Rev. James O’Kelly. Both were at the Christmas Conference in 1784, and O’Kelly was ordained then.
From the Pleasant Grove Church, we are provided with the following information: At the end of the 18th century, and the Christian Church in America was only 6 years old. At this time Reverend James O’Kelly who had broken from the Methodist Church because of a dispute with Francis Asbury came into Halifax County, Va. preaching the Word. Finding a number of people attracted to his preaching and being interested in the new Church movement called “Just Plain Christian”, the Rev. O’Kelly proposed that a Christian Church be organized, and Pleasant Grove Church, just off Mountain Road, was organized by the Rev. O’Kelly in 1803. In a flyer for their 197th anniversary, Sunday June 4, 2000, they indicate that their church was established in 1803 and that the first two ministers were Rev. James O’Kelly followed by Rev. William Moore. The first building was constructed of logs and stood just south of the present building.
As a minister and respected member of the community, William was peripherally involved in many lawsuits, typically as a witness. I’m sure as a minister, his testimony was fairly unimpeachable. Probably the most interesting of these cases were the ones for hog-stealing and slander where Edward Henderson (probably his brother-in-law) said that someone was “drunk and out of humor”.
The most humorous was an 1819 chancery suit revolving around a wedding over which William presided where the groom was either drunk or crazy, but let’s look at William’s own words. Deposition of William Moore in a suit…between Isabel Dodson and John Dodson…Reverend William Moore saith that:
“on the 4th day of July 1817 I was sent for to marry a cupple in Milton (NC). There were a number of people collected together about the tavern. I took a seat in the Pizza and asked who was to be married. Some person replied "you'll see directly" and in a very quick time John F. Dodson led Isabel Baines to the Pizza (probably piazza). I asked him for his license, he said he had them, and soem person replied "you have them not" but that Thomas Turner who has them who had gone up to Jack's Woods Tavern for dinner. I then told Dodson that he might lead back his bride until I got the license and he said so. I saw Thomas Denaho and he delivered me a lawful license. I then walked into the room the noon? and told him I was ready to wait on him, he led up his bride and I married the pair. I then took a seat in the pizza, there was a decanter of spirits setting on the shelf, he asked me if I would take a drink of grog and I told him no, he then took a drink and pulled out a red morocco pocketbook and gave me a dollar. In the time that I was performing the ceremony he said something it set the poeple a laughtin but I did not hear what it was that he said. I concur him to be in a state of intoxication at the time of the marriage or in a state of insanity. I have been acquainted with him for several years and I always considered him a person of weak intellects.”
Sworn Oct. 19 1819 William Moore (signed.)
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**** Bishop Asbury’s Journals referencing Moores from
http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/horizonglen-236442/bishopfrancisa... Volume 2 has no page numbers so I simply searched for all occurrences of Moore. After that, I went back and did the same thing in volume 1.
Moore, Anthony, I 455; II 327
Moore, Eliab, II 484
Moore, Elijah, II 558
Moore, George, I 307, 317, 343, 394, 397,
629; II 519, 582
Moore, Henry, I 761; II 686 ( Vol 2 ref Henry Moore publishing letter after Asbury’s death)
Moore, Hosea, II 729
Moore, Isaac, I 332
Moore, James, I 52, 61; II 51, 388, 465 (In Vol 2, Coke wrote 1801 letter to Rev James Moore, but it doesn’t say where.)
Moore, John, II 319, 723
Moore, Joseph, I 306, 316; II 430n., 796 (in vol 2 - The work began on Whitsuntide, at a quarterly-meeting at Mabry's Chapel,[ Sometimes spelled Mabry's or Maybury's Chapel. It was on the Greensville Circuit. Joseph Moore and David M. Hume were the pastors. (See Minutes, 1802.)
Moore, Joshua, I 317; II 315, 317, 485, 524
Moore, Levin, II 194
Moore, Lewis, II 448
Moore, Mark, II 45n., 122, 236, 581
Moore, Nathaniel, II 448, 793
Moore, William, I 55, 98, 104, 106, 107, 108,
205, 206, 232, 279, 343; II 91
Moore's, I 536, 568, 574, 590, 606; II 46, 49,
376, 575
Moore's Chapel, I 3O7n., 317n., 731
Moore's Tavern, II 515
Rice, David, I 712, 755; II 204n., 579
Rice, James, I 642n. Rich Valley, I 714
Extractions from:
http://wesley.nnu.edu/holiness_tradition/asbury_journal/vol_...Volumes 4, 8, 17, 20-22 not online – should be checked later using the “find” function, not just relying on page numbers. A significant number of discrepancies exist between the index above and the incidents of Moore found.
William – 55 – 20 miles from New Windsor Maryland
Lord's day, 29. It was a rainy day, but I rode to the Point, and after preaching to a large congregation, returned to town and dined at William Moore's :207 I preached in town both at three, and at six o'clock.
207 William Moore resided at the southeast corner of Water and South streets, Baltimore. (Lednum, op. cit., 88.)
William – 98 - Saturday, 4. I returned to Baltimore; and the house of Mr. William Moore80 was crowded with people who attended to hear the word; arid the next day I felt great satisfaction in preaching to a large number of people at the Point; most of them gave good attention, but some were unruly.
Footnote - 80 William Moore, an Irishman, arrived in Baltimore in 1762 and in 1770 built the stone house at the southeast corner of South and Water Streets to which Asbury refers.
William 104 – Maryland - Tuesday, 25. This was a day of sweet peace. I held a private conference with William Moore and Captain Stone, who both appeared to be convinced of sin.
Lord's day, 30. It appears that the people have a great desire to know the truth; for though it rained, and froze as it fell, yet a great many attended to hear. It was a very solemn time at night, while I discoursed on the awful day of judgment. Samuel Owings is tenderly affected for the salvation of his soul. And William Moore and Philip Rogers seem to be in earnest about this important matter. Glory to God for these things! Set out on Monday for our quarterly meeting, and met the preachers at brother Owings's. They all appeared to have their hearts fixed on promoting the work of God for the ensuing quarter; and we consulted together with great freedom and love. On the first day 1 inquired into the moral character of the local preachers, appointed them their work, and gave them written licenses to officiate. The preachers who spoke at this meeting, manifested
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great earnestness and zeal for the salvation of souls; and many of the people were much affected; all was harmony and love. For the next quarter we had our stations as follows: Philip Ebert, Edward Dromgoole,' and Richard Owings, in Frederick circuit; brother Yearbry and brother Rollins in Kent circuit; Henry Watters and brother Webster in Baltimore circuit; and myself in Baltimore town. We appointed our next quarterly meeting to be held in Baltimore on the first of May next. Much fatigued in my feeble frame by various exercises, I returned to town, and visited Mrs. Moore, who was afflicted in body and distressed in mind.
William – Maryland – 106 Monday, 7. According to appointment, I went to Elk Ridge, and was kindly received by Mr. John Worthington. I spent part of three days, labouring for the salvation of souls. In this place there are many wealthy and wicked people, destitute of all true religion. Numbers attended to hear the word, and some were affected. Lord, let it not be as the seed sown by the way-side! Returned to Baltimore on Wednesday, and the next day I advised the widow Triplett to seek redress of a magistrate, for the late riot made in her house. But they advised her to put up with it for this time. As Mr. William Moore offered the use of his house, I met the people there on Friday night, and found the disturbance had not diminished the congregation, but increased it. Thus Satan prepares a weapon to wound his own cause. After reading to the congregation part of the "Plain Account of the People called Methodists,"3 I told them we were a united body, and as such would defend our own cause; that I had qualified myself according to the act of toleration4 and had a legal right to preach the Gospel.
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mortal spirit, by depriving it of the proper use of its rational powers, it should be suddenly driven out of the reach of divine mercy. On my return to town at night, William Moore gave me a pleasing account of the unspeakable peace with which God had blest him. But, let him that most assuredly standeth, take heed lest he fall. The next evening, I finished reading the "Plain Account of the People called Methodists;" and then exhorted the congregation with much warmth of heart.
Friday, 18. While preaching at the house of Mr. Moore, his father and mother were moved by the word of God. But after lying down at night to rest, my heart was oppressed with inexpressible feelings for the inhabitants of Baltimore. I am pressed under them as a cart full of sheaves; and would
rather be employed in the most servile offices, than preach to them, if it were not from a sense of duty to God, and a desire to be instrumental in saving their souls. If honour and worldly gain were held out as motives to this painful work, they would to me appear lighter than vanity. But, Lord, thou knowest my motives and my ends! 0 prosper thou the work of my heart and my hands!
William Moore – 108 - Monday, 21. I rode eight miles and preached at Mr. Gatch's. Rode
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afterward to Middle River,5 and had the satisfaction of seeing our new house raised and covered in. An opposer of the truth has been lately and suddenly summoned, by the smallpox, to answer for his conduct at the bar of Almighty God. Rode to Nathan Perigau's the next day, and found some whose hearts were tender. Stephen Watters gave me an account of the happy departure of his brother, John Watters, from this wicked and dangerous world. He had acted in the capacity of a steward among us; and was a serious, faithful man.
"Happy soul, who, free from harms,
Rests within his Saviour's arms."
Nathan Perigau rode in company with me to William Lynch's where we spent the evening comfortably. After preaching a few times, I returned on Thursday to town, and was much pleased to hear of the success which William Moore had met with in raising a subscription of more than a hundred pounds for our building.6 Thus doth the Lord give us favour in the sight of the people. Mr. Rogers took up two lots of ground for the purpose of building; and Mr. Moore seemed determined to prosecute the work at all events. Surely the Lord hath stirred up their minds to this pious enterprise, and will bless them therein. As my body has now gained a little strength, I am determined to rise early, and make the most of my precious time.
William – 205 – Maryland
Wednesday, 27. I went to Mr. Rogers's, where we held a watch night. My ideas were much contracted in preaching; but we had several exhorters present, and they ahl spoke. A great part of what they said was very simple, though well intended, no doubt. The society were greatly melted at Mr. Presbury's on Thursday; and on Friday I went to a place of William Moore's cultivation, and I found a society of about thirty serious, steady people.
William – 206 – Dec 1 1776
Thursday, 5. My soul was much enlarged to-day in preaching at Nathan Perigau's. I afterward went in company with Mr. Owings to brother Lynch's [?]. And on Friday, Nathan Perigau, William Moore, and myself, held a watch night. Saturday, I returned to Baltimore, in a spiritual frame of mind, and preached from John viii, 12: "He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness."
William – 232 – Maryland, March 1777
Wednesday, 5. I had some hope for a poor, ignorant people at Broad Neck, on the other side of the Severn.10 My clothes were wet through, in riding twenty miles the next day to Mr. Perigau's; but I received no injury. Here I met with Mr. Otterbein and Wm. Moore, and my soul was blessed with delightful communion with God.
278 – Aug 13 1779 Delaware
Thursday, 27. After preaching at the widow Jump's, I returned to Mr. White's; and was visited by my old friends, Wiffiam Lynch and William Moore.
William – 279 - DELAWARE AprilI,1780 343
Saturday, April 1. Rose about half-past three o'clock, and set out for Broad Creek-was kept in peace all the way; when in temptation, I pray, and it flies. Came in about three o'clock; and found that the spirit of lying and fury reigned! I received a satisfactory letter from William Moore; he hopes a reconciliation will take place in Virginia, if healing measures are adopted.
381 – This appears to be a footnote contained on page 381 –
VIRGINIA October 6, 1780 381
text! We crossed the North River in a canoe, and the carriage was brought over in the same way: were kindly received at Roger Thomson's ;114 and here it was the Broken Back Conference"5 was held, in which the subject of the ordinances was brought into consideration. I have been much tried in this journey by the lodging, people, and weather. 0 that I could bear all things! My companion is sick and much dispirited, and I myself am very unwell. I expect some of this circuit is very inaccessible. 0 why should I take all this labour in vain, if it be yet in vain? my work and my reward are with the Lord. Every morning and evening I pray for all the preachers and circuits; and as I am so led out to pray for them, I hope they will all be united once more as they have been.
Friday, 6. We went forwards; the Fork Church seven miles distant.116 114 Roger Thomson was the father-in-law of Philip Gatch, the second native American
Methodist itinerant. He was a native of Maryland.
115 In 1779 there was the first split over the ordinances. The Virginia preachers no Longer professed adherence to the Established Church and took steps to become independent. It had been the rule (conference, 1773) that "all the people among whom we labor [are] to be earnestly exhorted to attend the church and receive the ordinances there." At the conference held in 1777 in Harford County, Maryland, and in 1778 at Leesburg, Virginia, the question was asked, "What shall be done with respect to the ordinances?" The answer was "Let the preachers and people pursue the old plan as from the beginning." The crisis came at the Broken Back Church. The question was asked, "Ques.: What are our reasons for taking up the administration of the ordinances among us? Ans.: Because our Episcopal Establishment is now dissolved, and, therefore, in almost all our circuits the members are without the ordinances." Eighteen preachers approved. They were Isham Tatum, Charles Hopkins, Nelson Reed, Reuben Ellis, Philip Gatch, Thomas Morris, James Morris, James Foster, John Major, Andrew Yeargin, Henry Willis, Francis Poythress, John Sigman, Leroy Cole, Carter Cole, James O'Kelly, William Monroe (or Moore, Lednum, op. cit., 280), Samuel Roe. Other questions were: "What form of ordination shall be observed to authorize any preacher to administer? Ans. By that of a presbytery. Ques. Who are the presbytery? Ans. Philip Gatch, Reuben Ellis, James Foster and in case of necessity, Leroy Cole. What power is vested in the presbytery by this choice? First to administer the ordinances themselves; second, to authorize any other preacher or preachers, approved by them, by the form of laying on of hands." Asbury disapproved and assembled the northern preachers at Baltimore. They also asked questions: "Ques. 20: Does this whole Conference disapprove the steps our brethren have taken in Virginia? Ans. Yes. Ques. 21: Do we look upon them no longer as Methodists in connection with Mr. Wesley and us until they come back? Ans. Yes. Ques. 22: Shall Brother Asbury, Garrettson and Watters attend the Virginia Conference and inform them of our proceedings in this and receive their answer? Ans. Yes." In May, 1780, Asbury, Garrettson, and Watters went to Manakintown in Powhatan County, Virginia, to the conference. There was no bitterness but brotherly love and prayer. The committee from the north was about to leave in failure and Asbury was praying alone in his room. Watters and Garrettson were also praying when the conference suddenly decided to accept Asbury's proposition that the ordinances be suspended for one year. They also agreed to submit the matter to Wesley and to meet the next year in General Conference to settle the matter. Actually the matter was not settled until the Christmas Conference in 1784 when elders were or-darned, two for Nova Scotia and ten for the United States. (Bennett, op. cit., ch. iv.)
116 There were two Fork churches, this one in Fluvanna County and an old Established Church in the western part of Hanover County. The Hanover church derived its
James Moore
James 52 – Maryland Nov 10 1772
Tuesday, 10. I enjoy peace and life in my soul; and am determined, through grace, to love and seek nothing but God. Preached to many people, both at Charles Baker's in the morning, and at James Moore's in the evening; and was favoured with much freedom.
James – 61 – Maryland Dec 27 1772
Monday, 28. Many people of various kinds attended at Aquilla Staniford's. Preached afterward at J. Moore's in the evening, and went thence to James Baker's, and met the class.
Isaac – 332- Delaware (Jan 1780)
Friday, 28. A fine day for travelling: yesterday was so cold, it was hardly possible to travel without getting one's limbs frozen. I rose soon after five o'clock, prayed four times before I left my room, and twice in the family. I then set out for Isaac Moore's below Broad Creek, met with some difficulty in the way from the ice, but came there safe. Was variously exercised with thoughts, and had hard fightings. After riding twenty-five miles I took a little food, this being a day of abstinence and prayer with me.
George Moore
George – Delaware, April 2 1780
Sunday, 2. Rose about six o'clock; I lay in a dark room, and was a little unwell: I am kept near to God, but under some dejection; I believe it was because the people of this house are not right toward God. Spoke to-day on Acts xxviii, 22: "As for this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against." Spoke long and freely, but the people were not greatly moved. Preached in the afternoon at George Moore's, on 1 Peter iv, 18:
Tuesday, 4. There came on rain, but I went to Gitting Bradley's; there were about forty people, though it rained rapidly. Spoke on Rev. iii, 20, and was much blessed; then returned to George Moore's.
393 – Virginia
Friday, 29. I rode to Jonathan Boyer's, where there had been a work breaking out; but so harassed are the people by opposers and their con-
394 DELAWARE December 30, 1780
trary principles, that I fear no lasting good will be done. "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." From Boyer's I went to George Moore's,142 and met with a people I had not seen for more than nine months: we mutually rejoiced to see each other. Blessed be God, my soul is kept in peace.
Broad Creek, Saturday, 30. While I was preaching, I was seized with a putrid sore throat; the attack was violent. Sabbath day, I took physic, and applied two blisters that drew kindly; afterward put one on the back of my neck, and another behind the ear; had some blood taken from the arm, and some from the tongue; and it pleased kind Providence to relieve me sooner than I expected. I desire to give thanks to God for patience and resignation.
142 There were several Moore families in the Broad Creek Society. George Moore's name appears in the General Minutes between the years 1780 and 1792. (Lednum, op. cit., 257.)
397 – Delaware Jan 10 1781 - Wednesday, 10. I rose with a sense of God upon my heart. I preached to many people at George Moore's, on the great salvation: my hearers appeared to be very stupid. The family where I lodged was a prayerless family; and if ministers (so called) can themselves visit without calling the household together for that purpose, it is not to be wondered at that there are so many without family prayer: lying in bed till sunrise, and drinking a dram after they are up, are, perhaps, the circumstances most prominently remembered of their clerical guests.
Page 629 – Footnote -
58 Josiah Smith rode with them sixteen or eighteen miles. In a storm they reached Colonel William Graham's on Little Broad River and remained there until the twenty-ninth, when they rode to George Moore's. (Ibid.) He was a Revolutionary soldier and a leading citizen of Rutherford County. (Griffin: Essays on North Carolina History.)
Morris Moore - 378 – Sept 1780 Virginia (footnote)
110 Morris, Moore, Major, or Monroe. (Lednum, op. cit., 280.)
Lewis Featherstone apparently lived in Dinwiddie or Amelia County. There were many Featherstones in Amelia County, but Lewis is not listed in Heads of Families in that county. However, Nelson Reed in his Journal refers to Lewis Featherstone as being in Amelia. White's Chapel was in Amelia.
Anthony – Jan 5 1784 – p 455 –
Monday, 5. A few met me at Northampton court house; after preaching we rode on through the rain, to brother Anthony Moore's, where I was warm, dry, and comfortable.
General Moore
Feb 4 1786 – North Carolina
Saturday, 4. Was a very rainy day; however, we pushed on, and rode this day about fifty miles. We crossed the north branch of the Catawba River, and arriving late at the south branch, we providentially met with a man who was acquainted with the ford and piloted us safe over; it was dark, and the river mild: through a heavy day's journey we came, wet and weary, to Mr. Moore's.
South Carolina – Feb 1 1787
Sunday, April 1. We came to Santee Ferry, and there was such an overflowing of water in our route that we had to swim upon our horses several times: my horse performed so well that I was not wet much higher than my knees: that day we rode thirty miles, and the next day fifty miles, and came to Moore's.20 Here we met with brother R. Swift, who had been near death, but then was recovering: we advised him to go with us for his life. The people here begin to feel, and yield to the power of truth.
20 Captain Moore lived near Wedgefield. Asbury followed the route taken in 1786, going seventy miles northwest on the old State Road which approximates the present U.S. Highway 176. A little east of Orangeburg he turned more directly north, crossed the Santee River at the ferry near the present Lone Star at the northern end of Lake Marion, and proceeded along the east bank of the Wateree River to Camden.
Jan 1789 – North Carolina
Thursday, 15. Rode to Moore's; had a dead, dull people, except those few who came from a distance. Crossed Roanoak, and arriving at the place of preaching a little after night, I spoke on, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people," &c.
606 PENNSYLVANIA Ju1y25,1789
Saturday, 25. We rode through a heavy rain to Yohogany, to brother Moore's quarterly meeting. We had a shout amongst the people, and I felt much liberty of soul in speaking. In the love feast the Lord manifested his power; one woman, in particular, was so wrought upon that she fell to the ground.
We came to Uniontown, where there appeared to be some melting love among the people. Now I believe God is about to work in this place:
I expect our circuits are better supplied than formerly; many of the people are alive to God; and there are openings in many places. I wrote a letter to Cornplanter, chief of the Seneca nation of Indians.80 I hope God will shortly visit these outcasts of men, and send messengers to publish the glad tidings of salvation amongst them. I have constant consolation, and do not feel like my former self.
South Carolina – Mar 20 1790 - Saturday, 20. Rode to Moore's ;55 and finding brother Ellis was to be at C-'s,56 we hasted to see him, and rode twenty miles, crossing Enoree River, near the slaughter ground, where a battle was fought in the last war. Sunday, 21. Preached to a quiet people, and had a small stir. We had a meeting in the evening at Brother Smith's.
Rice
642 - June 1790- Virginia
Saturday, 19. Ended my week of business. I am crowded with letters- 116Whatcoat says that they rode to Isaac Lowe's home in Rockingham County on June 7. On the following day they refreshed themselves at Nathan Williamson's and lodged with James Rice in Caswell County. On the ninth they called at Gabriel Lee's and lodged with John Cannon in Granville County. The next day they were at Colonel Smith's, crossed the Roanoke at Taylor's Ferry, and lodged with Tignal Jones in Meeklenburg County, Virginia. Thus Whatcoat's chronology varies somewhat from that of Asbury.
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**** Samuel G. MOORE, 273, 8
b. abt 26 Jun 1802, Virginia
d. 12 Jun 1882, Tonica, LaSalle Co., Illinois
bur. aft 12 Jun 1882, Brookside Cem., Tonica, LaSalle Co., Illinois
& Mary “Polly” COWAN, 4873
b. 1806, Kentucky
d. bef 1867, Illinois
m. 5 Jan 1825, Brown Co., Ohio
- David (possible son of Samuel G.) MOORE, 7199
b. abt 1827, Brown Co., Ohio
& Possible- Rachael (wife of David) MOORE, 19399
b. abt 1830, Ohio
- Nancy Ann MOORE, 4880
b. 6 Sep 1826, Brown Co., Ohio
d. 26 Aug 1873-78, Montgomery Co., Missouri
bur. aft 26 Aug 1873-78, Union Chapel Cem., N & W of Bellflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
& George V. BOHRER, 4881
b. 15 May 1819, Bavaria
d. 24 Dec 1904, at home near Belleflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
bur. aft 24 Dec 1904, Union Chapel Cem., N & W of Bellflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
m. 23 Mar 1841, Brown Co., Ohio
- Catharine BOHRER, 19426
b. 18 Feb 1842, Ohio
d. 11 Feb 1911
bur. aft 11 Feb 1911, Union Chapel Cem., N & W of Bellflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
- Mary Estaline BOHRER, 19427
b. 2 Oct 1845, Ohio
d. 1920
& Lyman or Liman HALL, 15711
b. Mar 1845, Ohio
m. abt 1874
- Carrie A. HALL, 22585
b. abt 1876, Colorado
- Charles L. HALL, 22586
b. Jul 1879, Kansas
- Martha J. HALL, 34906
b. abt 1884, Kansas
- One child HALL, 34903
- One child HALL, 34904
d. bef 1900 Census
- Nancy Elizabeth BOHRER, 4882
b. 16 Dec 1847, Ohio
d. 29 Dec 1921
bur. abt 29 Dec 1921, Union Chapel Cem., N & W of Bellflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
- Margaret Emily BOHRER, 19428
b. 6 Mar 1850, Ohio
d. Feb 1920
& John H. R(H)ODECKER, 22567
b. abt 1854, Ohio
m. abt 1871
- Adah R(H)ODECKER, 22584
b. Jan 1874, Wisconsin or Iowa
- Minnie M. R(H)ODECKER, 34901
b. Apr 1881, Missouri
& George W. FOSTER, 34905
b. abt 1885, Alabama
m. abt 1909
- Margaret L. FOSTER, 34907
b. abt 1911, Kansa
- Unknown child R(H)ODECKER, 34902
d. bef 1900 Census
- Ella Ann Eliza(beth) BOHRER, 19429
b. 3 Jul 1852, Ohio
d. 8 Jul 1873, Montgomery Co., Missouri
bur. aft 8 Jul 1873, Union Chapel Cem., N & W of Bellflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
- Zerlinna Day BOHRER, 19425
b. 16 Apr 1856, Illinois
& Walter BLACK, 22566
- Henrietta "Ettie" BOHRER, 19431
b. 6 Dec 1858, Illinois
d. 14 May 1893, Montgomery Co., Missouri
bur. aft 14 May 1893, Union Chapel Cem., N & W of Bellflower, Montgomery Co., Missouri
- Charles Sumnar BOHRER, 19432
b. 9 Feb 1863, Illinois
d. 30 Apr 1954
bur. aft 30 Apr 1954, Bellflower Cem., Montgomery Co., Missouri
& Lucy Emma HOGSETT, 19570
b. 7 Jul 1864, Missouri
d. 5 Apr 1924, Montgomery Co., Missouri
bur. aft 5 Apr 1924, Bellflower Cem., Montgomery Co., Missouri
m. abt 1885
- Edna Pauline BOHRER, 19571
b. Sep 1893, Missouri
& Virgil Lake KIRTLEY, 22578
b. 27 Sep 1888, Missouri
d. 20 Sep 1962
m. abt 1916
- Malcolm Brice KIRTLEY, 22579
b. abt Feb 1914, Missouri
- Michael KIRTLEY, 22580
- Carroll L. KIRTLEY, 34908
b. abt 1923, Missouri
- Elizabeth C. MOORE, 4874
b. Oct 1829, Brown Co., Ohio
& Albert BOWER, 5652
b. May 1830, Ohio
m. 15 Jan 1856, Brown Co., Ohio
- Francis BOWER, 19572
b. abt 1856, Ohio
- Clarence A. BOWER, 19573
b. abt 1858, Illinois
- Robert S. or L. BOWER, 19574
b. abt Aug 1861, Illinois
& Katherine COOK, 19581
b. Kansas
- Alvin[?] BOWERS, 19575
b. abt 1864, Illinois
& Grace (wife of Alvin?) BOWERS, 19576
b. Apr 1873, Illinois
m. abt 1894
- Hershel BOWER, 19692
b. May 1895, Kansas
& Edith CLELLAND, 19891
b. abt 1896, Kansas
- Owen E. BOWER, 19580
b. Jun 1870, Illinois
- Margaret B. MOORE, 4875
b. Feb 1831, Brown Co., Ohio
& John W. SWAN, 5656
b. abt 1830, Ohio or England
d. bef 9 Jun 1900
m. 25 Dec 1860, Eden Twnshp, Illinois
- Samuel A. or S. SWAN, 18156
b. Nov 1861, Illinois
& Unknown (wife of Samuel A. or S.) SWAN, 19850
- Minnie E. SWAN, 19444
b. Dec 1886, Colorado
- Mary E. SWAN, 19443
b. Nov 1888, Colorado
- John F. SWAN, 19445
b. Sep 1890, Colorado
- Grace SWAN, 19436
b. abt 1896, Illinois
- Minerva E. SWAN, 18157
b. abt 1864, Illinois
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- Mary J. MOORE, 4876
b. abt 1835, Brown Co., Ohio
d. aft 1880, Probably- St. Louis, Missouri
- Samuel B. MOORE, 4877
b. abt 1836, Brown Co., Ohio
- James L. or H. MOORE, 4878
b. abt 1839, Brown Co., Ohio
& Elizabeth (wife of James L.) MOORE, 19400
b. abt 1844, Ohio
m. abt 1861
- Ella J. MOORE, 19401
b. abt 1862, Ohio
- Mary D. MOORE, 19402
b. abt 1863, Ohio
- Samuel H. MOORE, 19403
b. abt 1864, Ohio
- Jessie D. MOORE, 19404
b. abt 1866, Illinois
- Iona L. MOORE, 19405
b. abt 1866, Illinois
- Effie B. MOORE, 19406
b. abt 1872, Illinois
- Arthur R. MOORE, 19407
b. Sep 1875, Illinois
& Lovinah (wife of Arthur R.) MOORE, 984
b. May 1876, Illinois
m. abt 1898
- Samuel G. MOORE, 5107
b. Mar 1900, Illinois
- John C. MOORE, 4673
b. 30 Jun 1841, Russellville, Brown Co., Ohio
d. 4 Jul 1917, Santa Ana, Orange Co., California
bur. 7 Jul 1917, Anaheim, Orange Co., California
& Reatha A. ARGUBRIGHT, 7284
b. 5 Apr 1850, Illinois
d. 3 May 1932
bur. Brookside Cemetery, Tonica, Illinois
m. 25 Oct 1883, Eden, LaSalle County, Illinois
- William Wiley MOORE, 12
b. 5 Apr 1843, Russellville, Brown Co., Ohio
d. 26 Mar 1916, St. Louis Co., Missouri
bur. 28 Mar 1916, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& Mary Anna WEBSTER, 11
b. 14 Jul 1854, Lower Rahway, Union Co., New Jersey
d. 22 Jul 1929, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri
bur. 24 Jul 1929, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. 1 Nov 1871, Alton, Madison Co., Illinois
- Edward Oliver MOORE, 13
b. 8 Aug 1872, Delavan, Illinois
d. 13 Apr 1927, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 16 Apr 1927, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
- Carrie Mae “Kit” MOORE*, 8
b. 9 Aug 1874, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 28 Apr 1934, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 1 May 1934, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& Harry ALTMAN, 33
m. abt 1891
div.
- Mabel Estelle ALTMAN/RUESCH, 34
b. 11 Jul 1892, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 18 Dec 1975, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 19 Dec 1975, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& Alfred Philip SCHROEDER, 36
b. 5 Mar 1890, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 21 Aug 1963, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 24 Aug 1963, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. abt 1912
- William “Billy” H. SCHROEDER, 37
b. 1913, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 3 Nov 1918, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 5 Nov 1918, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
- Alfred Philip “Ped” SCHROEDER Jr., 38
b. abt 1921, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 29 Jul 1965, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 2 Aug 1965, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
& June Mae SEXTON, 43
b. 1 Jan 1923, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 19 Jan 1999, Southampton Place, Columbia, Missouri
bur. 20 Jan 1999, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
m. 22 Jun 1946, St. Louis, Missouri
- Stacy Ruth SCHROEDER, 44
b. 1958, St. Louis, Missouri
& Charles “Chuck” Curtis HATLEY Jr. DDS, 45
m. 11 Jul 1981, Ste. Genevieve du Bois Church, Warson Woods, Missouri
- Jennifer Morgan HATLEY, 46
b. 28 Jan 1984
- Jessica Lynne HATLEY, 47
b. 1985/86
- June Adele SCHROEDER*, 39
b. 10 Jun 1925, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 1980, Palm Springs, California
bur. 1980, Desert Memorial, Palm Springs, California
& William Andrew PATON, 40
b. 2 Sep 1913, Missouri
d. 20 Apr 1979, Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California
bur. 24 Apr 1979, Desert Memorial, Palm Springs, California
- June Adele SCHROEDER*, 39
b. 10 Jun 1925, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 1980, Palm Springs, California
bur. 1980, Desert Memorial, Palm Springs, California
& Unknown (2nd husband of June Adele) SCHROEDER, 39425
- Carrie Mae “Kit” MOORE*, 8
b. 9 Aug 1874, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 28 Apr 1934, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 1 May 1934, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& Charles Frederick RUESCH, 7
b. 20 Nov 1864, Illinois
d. 24 Dec 1914, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 27 Dec 1914, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. abt 1895
- Mabel Estelle ALTMAN/RUESCH, 34
b. 11 Jul 1892, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 18 Dec 1975, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 19 Dec 1975, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& Alfred Philip SCHROEDER, 36
b. 5 Mar 1890, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 21 Aug 1963, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 24 Aug 1963, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. abt 1912
- William “Billy” H. SCHROEDER, 37
b. 1913, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 3 Nov 1918, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 5 Nov 1918, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
- Alfred Philip “Ped” SCHROEDER Jr., 38
b. abt 1921, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 29 Jul 1965, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 2 Aug 1965, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
& June Mae SEXTON, 43
b. 1 Jan 1923, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 19 Jan 1999, Southampton Place, Columbia, Missouri
bur. 20 Jan 1999, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
m. 22 Jun 1946, St. Louis, Missouri
- Stacy Ruth SCHROEDER, 44
b. 1958, St. Louis, Missouri
& Charles “Chuck” Curtis HATLEY Jr. DDS, 45
m. 11 Jul 1981, Ste. Genevieve du Bois Church, Warson Woods, Missouri
- Jennifer Morgan HATLEY, 46
b. 28 Jan 1984
- Jessica Lynne HATLEY, 47
b. 1985/86
- June Adele SCHROEDER*, 39
b. 10 Jun 1925, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 1980, Palm Springs, California
bur. 1980, Desert Memorial, Palm Springs, California
& William Andrew PATON, 40
b. 2 Sep 1913, Missouri
d. 20 Apr 1979, Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California
bur. 24 Apr 1979, Desert Memorial, Palm Springs, California
- June Adele SCHROEDER*, 39
b. 10 Jun 1925, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 1980, Palm Springs, California
bur. 1980, Desert Memorial, Palm Springs, California
& Unknown (2nd husband of June Adele) SCHROEDER, 39425
- Adele Josephine RUESCH, 5
b. 28 Nov 1895, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri
d. 28 Dec 1986, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Co., California
bur. 3 Jan 1987, Calvary Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
& Joseph Francis Patrick DEVANEY, 4
b. 16 Mar 1889, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 19 Dec 1979, Maryland Heights, St. Louis Co., Missouri
bur. 21 Dec 1979, Calvary Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
m. 8 Aug 1917, Church of the Holy Name, St. Louis, Missour
- Daniel Henry DEVANEY III, 1
b. 2 Aug 1928, Christian Hosp., St. Louis, Missouri
& Marilyn Blanche PATTERSON, 2
b. 29 Jun 1936, 603 Forest Ave., Ferguson, St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. 28 Jun 1958, 2nd Baptist, Richmond Heights, St. Louis Co., Missouri
- Carrie Mae “Kit” MOORE*, 8
b. 9 Aug 1874, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 28 Apr 1934, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 1 May 1934, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& George Arthur PENNINGTON, 35
b. 19 Oct 1874, Washington, D.C.
d. aft 28 Apr 1934, Washington, D. C.
bur. aft 28 Apr 1934, Washington, D. C.
m. betw 1914 & 1920
- Jessie Iola MOORE, 14
b. 20 Aug 1876, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 12 Apr 1958, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 15 Apr 1958, Valhalla Cemetery; St. Louis, Missouri
& Henry Edward “Uncle Dick” SCHMALE, 28
b. 8 Aug 1868, Rock Island, Illinois
d. 20 Apr 1952, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 23 Apr 1952, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. 4 Apr 1902, St. Louis, Missouri
- Winton Leroy SCHMALE, 457
b. 3 Nov 1911, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 22 Oct 2006, St. Louis, Missouri
& Mary Jane HAGAN, 458
b. 25 Dec 1915, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri
d. 10 Jun 2000, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri
bur. 12 Jun 2000, Greenlawn Cemetery, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri
m. 10 Feb 1951, St. Louis, Missouri
div. 1953, St. Louis, Missouri
- Lucia "Lula" "Lou" Harriet MOORE, 15
b. 21 Jan 1880, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 13 Aug 1973, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 16 Aug 1973, Bellefontaine Cem., St. Louis, Missouri
& Grover Cleveland GILLIES, 29
b. 26 Dec 1884, Missouri
d. Jul 1940, Kansas City, Missouri hospital
bur. Jul 1940, St. Louis, Missouri
m. abt 1909
- John Wiley GILLIES, 30
b. 19 Feb 1911, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 24 May 1983, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 27 May 1983, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
& Marion I. ZIBELL, 31
b. 31 Dec 1914, St. Louis, Missouri
m. 5 Oct 1940, St. Louis, Missouri
- Douglas J. GILLIES, 1096
b. 6 Apr 1943, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 14 Jan 1990, Fort Worth, Texas
& Patricia Marie PARYZEK, 1098
m. Summer 1971, Texas
- Rebecca GILLIES, 7555
- Victoria GILLIES, 7556
- Trisha GILLIES, 7557
- John Scott GILLIES, 1095
b. 4 Mar 1946, St. Louis, Missouri
& Nancy J. EBLE, 1097
m. 21 Dec 1968, St. Louis, Missouri
- James GILLIES, 7553
- Stacy GILLIES, 7554
- Mary Anna “Mamie” MOORE, 16
b. 17 Dec 1882, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 26 Oct 1914, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 29 Oct 1914, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& George Arthur PENNINGTON, 35
b. 19 Oct 1874, Washington, D.C.
d. aft 28 Apr 1934, Washington, D. C.
bur. aft 28 Apr 1934, Washington, D. C.
m. abt 1904
- Ada Allen MOORE, 18
b. 11 Jan 1884, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. abt 1884-85, St. Louis, Missouri
- William Humphrey MOORE, 19
b. 6 Apr 1889, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 6 May 1955, City Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 9 May 1955, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
- Ethel MOORE, 17
b. 10 Jul 1890, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 4 May 1912, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 7 May 1912, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
& John F. SCHILDKNECHT, 453
b. 15 Aug 1884, Illinois
d. Nov 1973, Cassville, Barry Co., Missouri
m. 11 Jan 1911, St. Louis, Missouri
- Mildred Earline SCHILDKNECHT*, 459
b. 17 Sep 1909, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 14/15 Oct 1989, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
bur. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
& Allen DENNY, 976
m. bef 1938
div. 1948, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Robert “Robbie” DENNY, 998
b. 1938, Wisconsin
& Ellen MARSH, 1001
- Craig DENNY, 999
b. 1943-45, Wisconsin
d. 4 Jul 1989, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Rex DENNY, 1000
b. Wisconsin
- Mildred Earline SCHILDKNECHT*, 459
b. 17 Sep 1909, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 14/15 Oct 1989, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
bur. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
& Allen LOCHEMES, 1002
d. 1985/86
- Winton Leroy SCHMALE, 457
b. 3 Nov 1911, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 22 Oct 2006, St. Louis, Missouri
& Mary Jane HAGAN, 458
b. 25 Dec 1915, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri
d. 10 Jun 2000, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri
bur. 12 Jun 2000, Greenlawn Cemetery, Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri
m. 10 Feb 1951, St. Louis, Missouri
div. 1953, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alice Mildred MOORE, 20
b. 26 Aug 1892, 1424 Hill’s Terrace, St. Louis, Missouri
d. 19 Dec 1967, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri
bur. 21 Dec 1967, Valhalla, St. Louis Co., Missouri
& Wesley H. OSBORN, 456
b. abt 1888, Dixon Or Wheaton, Illinois
d. 17 May 1966, St. Louis, Missouri
bur. 19 May 1966, Valhalla Cem., St. Louis Co., Missouri
m. 29 Nov 1916, St. Louis, Missouri
- Milton G. MOORE, 4879
b. abt 1847, Brown Co., Ohio
& Jane (wife of Milton G.) MOORE, 5653
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Lawrence R. Cosby (
IamIsaid57@aol.com)
**** I was researching several ancestors that were Confederate Civil War veterans. One in particular was Jesse T. Bell b.1/8/1833, d.5/30/1907. Jesse's son, Thomas P. Bell Sr, b.8/15/1889, d. 1/25/1927.
Thomas P. Bell married Mittie Belle Moore 10/27/1907.She was born 12/26/1890 and died 2/15/1955.
Mittie was the daughter of John W. Moore and Margaret Vines. Mittie had several brothers and sisters.
James H. Moore, 1892-1962. William J. Moore, 1892-1960. Stella Iora Moore, 1899-1977. Elizabeth C. Moore, 1903-1985. Eugene H. Moore, 1905-1995. John B. Moore, 1907-1995. Rosa L Moore, 1909-1909. And finally, Eunice E Moore.
Many of these people are buried in this cemetary. The Moore Cemetery I visited was in McCalla Alabama, Jefferson County. There was a granite memorial erected near Mittie Bell listing the brothers, sisters, and grandchildren. My son is a photographer, and was with me, and took photos, of most of the markers, including the memorial.
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ODDS AND ENDS
Roberta Estes (
robertajestes@att.net)
(note new e-mail address)
**** The Moore Family of the Globe
"Some Interesting Letters on the subject Written by the Late Daniel Moore and Others"
There was found among the papers of Juletta R. Frazier, who died at Georgetown, Illinois, about 1871, a paper, of which the following is a copy:
Copy of a letter written to my father and mother by grandfather Moore, I, Julietta R. Frazier, request that this be kept in my father’s family as long as any of us survive.
North Carolina, Caldwell Co., Globe Settlement, August 12th, 1842
Dear Children, George Parkes and Polly Parkes:
Through the tender mercy of God I am still in the land of the living enjoying tolerably good health. My legs still keep sore from that terrible cold I got in going from Georgetown, Vermillion county, Illinois, to Bloomington, Indiana. I am old and failing fast. I got a box of Gray’s Ointment. I think it helps my legs some. Our friends area ll well so far as I know. I hope these lines will find you all well. I have nothing uncommon to write, except that Nelson Alaway died a few weeks ago. Also Esq. Len Estes died a few days ago. I was five weeks getting home, lacking one day. I staid two weeks at Lewis Coffey’s. Staid some at other places Isaac Chambers when he returns can tell you more than I can write. I am going to let you know how old my father and mother were and all their children – also how old my children are.
Jesse Moore, Seignor, born April 11th, 1743, and died March 10th, 1827.
Allie Moore, his wife – April 1745, and died November 27, 1826.
Daniel Moore, their first, December 12, 1764; Mollie Moore, first daughter, Junen 2d, 1766; Jesse Moore, July 19th, 1768; Millie Moore, March 31st, 1770; alley Moore, January 16th, 1772; John Moore, February 18th, 1774, and died July 3d, 1794; Biddie Moore, May 3d, 1775; Rebeckah Moore, May 24th, 1777; Betsy Moore, February 22d, 1780; Judith Moore, August 12th, 1782, and died in fall1866 of a broken limb; Nancy Moore, December 25th, 1786.
Daniel Moore, son of Jesse and Allie Moore was married to Rachel Stone, 1785.
Bettie Moore, their first daughter, born September 23d, 1787; Nancy Moore, April 20th, 1789; Pollie Moore, January 25th, 1791; Elijah Moore, January 12th, 1793; John Moore, March 4th, 1795; Jesse C. Moore, February 22d,, 1797; Nelson Moore, March 6th, 1799; Washington Moore, January 25th, 1801; William Moore, October 12th, 1803; Eliza Moore, August 31st, 1806.
Daniel Moore was married second time to Rachel Carroll-
Sallie C. Moore, first daughter, born Aug. 29, 1810; Carroll Moore, January 25th, 1815; Mary Johnson Moore, September 7th, 1816.
Rachel Moore, my first wife, was born June 10th, 1764, and died March 4th, 1809.
Rachel Moore, my second wife, was born March 10th, 1771, and died July 5th, 1840.
I, Daniel Moore, Seignor, and my first wife lived together 22 years, two months and 11 days. My second wife and I lived together 30 years 9 months lacking one day. My first wife was 44 years 9 months old lacking 6 days when she died. My second wife was 69 years, 4 months and fifteen days when she died.
August 16th. We are all well as common. My legs are not well yet. I think Gray’s Ointment is very good for them. John Collett’s wife died last Sunday. She fainted and did not come to until she died.
I remain your affectionate father until death.
Daniel Moore, Seignior
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To George and Pollie Parkes, his daughter and soninlaw
October 6, 1842
We are all well as common for our area. I hope you are well. Our Association begins tomorrow. I was at a great Association last week on the head of the Yadkin River. I want to see you all very badly. I hope we will all meet in that happy world where parting will be no more.
Daniel Moore, Seignior
PS My legs are well again, and I hope they will keep so.
In 1875 William Milikan Moore, oldest son of Nelson Moore, (son of Daniel) furnished a sketch for “Biographical sketch of citizens of Vermillion Co., Ill.” of the Moore family in which he states that seven brothers came from Ireland together. Jesse settled in Virginia, and raised a family, was a patriot during the Revolution, and his son Daniel, then a youth of 17, was a soldier and fought under Gen’l Green at Guilford Court house. After the close of the war Daniel settled in N.C. and returned to Va. and married Rachel Stone. He settled in Barke Co. with his father Jesse, where he raised a large family, the descendants of which are scattered over the Western States. His son nelson left N.C. at an early age and came to Bourbon Co., Ky., where he married Miss Lorena Allison, daughter of Col. John B. Allison, of Paris, Ky. His wife lived but three months after the marriage. Soon thereafter he removed to Monroe Co., Ind., and was one of its first settlers, and assisted in building the first house in Bloomington. He assisted in organizing the first class #### there which met for worship at his house. Soon after his arrival in Monroe Co. he married Miss Anna Millikan, daughter of William and Hannah Millikan. In 1825 he removed to Vermilion Co., Ill, and settled on the present site of Georgetown. He had a family of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters. The sons were William, Elijah, Jacob, Carroll and George W. The daughters were Juletta, Eliza, Louzena, Lorena, Lucinda, Melissa, Mahala and Nancy. All grew to man and womanhood and married, except Nancy who died in infancy.
Nelson died about 1854, and his widow about 1884. Carroll was a Union soldier and was killed at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. George W. served during the war of the rebellion, and was afterwards killed by the Indians in Montana Territory. Jacob served during the Mexican war, and died about three years afterward. Four of the girls married physicians, one a lawyer and two farmers.
I may add to the above sketch that this family was among the prominent and noted ones in the county. Nelson Moore was a shrewd and successful business man in his day. His sons were all men of striking personal appearance – tall, erect and portly. The daughters were all noted for their beauty and intelligence. Elijah is the only son living. He owns the old home place in Georgetown, and is considered one of the wealthy men of that locality. He married Lorena Chambers, of the N.C. Chambers family. They have four sons, all married and settled in this Co.
Washington Moore, son of Daniel, settled in an early day at Spencer, Own Co., Ind., and became a prominent man there, serving many years n the Indiana legislature.
John Moore, I think, settled in Putnam Co., Ind.
Pollie (my grandmother) who married George Parks, died on my grandfather’s farm 4 miles north of Bloomington, Ind., about 1844. My grandfather afterwards married Sally Chambers, a widow, mother of Mrs. Elijah Moore, moved to Comberland Co., Ill., when he died about 1860. – My grandfather, by his first marriage, had 11 children, 4 sons and seven daughters. James died when a youth, all of the other children married and had families of children except Juletta and Cynthia. All are now dead, except Charlotta.
James Parks, cousin of my grandfather, married Nancy Moore, daughter of Daniel, and settled about 75 years ago in Monroe Co., Ind., where he died about 1884, aged 101 years. I saw and conversed with him when he was 100. I understood him to say that he was born in N.C. and that his parents came from Va. to that place.
My grandfather, after leaving N.C., first settled near Columbia, Tenn., where my mother, Eliza, and my aunt Juletta were born.
My grandfather’s children, except charlotte, moved to this part of Illinois, and to Cumberland and McLean counties, Ill., 40 and 50 years ago. Many of their descendants are in this Co., but the larger number are scattered over the Western States and Territories. None of them have risen to wealth or distinction, and, in comparison with the old stock, many have degenerated. Shelby Moore Cullom, U.S. Senator of this State, is closely related to the Daniel Moore family, but just how, I have never learned.
W.R. Lawrence
Danville, Ill., Sept 12, 1891
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Danville, Ill., Sept 12, 1891
Mr. J.D. Moore, G**tonia, N.C.:
Dear sir: The late visit of my sister to North Carolina, and your letter to her since her return, giving a history of the Moore family, has aroused my interest in the “short and simple annals” of my ancestors.
I have in my possession a paper, of which I enclose you a copy, and to which I have added some of my own memoranda. As you appear to have some pride in preserving fragments of the family history I hope the writing I send you may not be considered entirely valueless.
I am next to the oldest of the 5th generation from Jesse Moore that lives in this part of the West.
I was a baby when Daniel Moore “Seignior” visited Bloomington, Ind., and Georgetown, Ill., in 1842. I have often heard my mother speak of the visit. He rode the entire distance from North Carolina on horseback when he was the age of 78 years.
My mother and aunt, Juletta, were proud of their family, and particularly so upon their mother’s side. They often talked to me about what they believed to be, and no doubt correctly, their highly respectable lineage. They were both inclined to take romantic views of things, and were fond of weaving into the web and woof of family history a highly colored love story of how their grandfather, Daniel Moore, wooed and won the fair and high born Virginia damsel, Rachel Stone. This story has become a tradition in the family, and, as traditions are prone to be, it may have become enriched in coloring by the lapse of time. Did you ever hear it? It may have become lost in the gorges and rocks of your native country, yet it still lives and flourishes upon the broad fertile plains of the West, his descendants.
From my long acquaintance with the descendants of the old stock I have discovered they have a strain of pride and ambition that must have its source in a higher altitude, like the rippling waters of the John’s river that flows by the home of their ancestors, starts from the lofty heights of the Blue Ridge.
Yours truly,
W. R. Lawrence.
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