MOORE

(Detail - Part 2 of 2)

 

Compiled by: Andrew L. Moore

336 Sarver Road, Sarver  PA  16055

Email: PAmoores@juno.com

Dated: 1 December 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Census

 

 

 

 

Jesse Moore.

 

Jesse Moore, living in Shelburne Parish.

 

Jesse Moore, living in Shelburne Parish.

 

Jesse Moore listed under Mann Page.

 

1782 Tax Lists, Culpeper, Loudoun and Prince William Counties VA

Elijah Moore      1/0/Prince William

Harbin Moore     1/1/Loudoun

Harbin Moore     1/11/Culpeper

Jacob Moore      2/3/Loudoun

James Moore     1/0/Loudoun

Jesse Moore    1/1/Loudoun (Shelburne Parish)

John Moore       1/0/Loudoun

Rueben Moore   1/6/Culpeper

Thomas Moore   1/1/Loudoun

Thomas Moore   1/0/Loudoun

Widow Moore    1/10/Loudoun

William Moore   1/0/Loudoun

William Moore   1/0/Loudoun

 

Name                            Who Paid Tax                Information(*)

Jeremiah Moore          Jeremiah Moore 2/5/3/5/15

Jesse Moore                Jeremiah Moore -/-/-/-/-/-

Richard Milton             self                               0/2/1/5/8

David Reno                  self                               0/2/6/8/13

(*) 5 Column Breakdown: Whites 16/21, Blacks<16, Blacks>16, Horses, Cattle.

 

Asa

James

Japthah

John

Joseph

Samuel

Thomas

William J

William Sr.

 

Name                            Who Paid Tax                Information

Asa Moor

James Moor

John Moor

Thomas Moor

Thomas Moor Sr

William Moor

Benjamin

Elijah

Hepthah

Jesse Moore Sr(*)         self                               1/0/0/2

John Moore

Joseph Moore

Peter Moore

Samuel Moore

Thomas Moore

William Moore

 

(*) Jesse Moore Sr (not Jesse Moore, Jr, Jeremiah’s son born 1766). 1=’whites, tithable’, 0=’blacks, 16+yrs’, 0=’blacks, 12/16 yrs’, 2=’’horses/cattle’.  According to Robert P Moore, listed next to Jesse Moore is Burgess Mason, who also migrated to Nelson Co KY.

 

Evan Moore

Jesse Moore (Listed by Capt Isaac Davis, the individual responsible for surveying E. Central Nelson Co KY).  Jesse is listed directly next to Richard Milton, and several houses away from Moses Milton, Moses Milton (again) and Richard Milton.

Richard Milton (5)

Elias Moore

John Moore

Nicholas Moore (3)

Isadore Moore

Bede Moore

 

Nicholas Moore

Ezerah Moore

Bedey Moore

Lies Moore

Richard Milton (5)

Moses Milton

Jesse Moore (Listed by Capt Isaac Davis, responsible for surveying Northeastern Nelson and Northern Washington Counties, KY).  Jesse is listed several houses away from Moses Milton, Moses Milton Jr and Richard Milton.

 

Key to Columns:

1.       White males over 21

2.       White males 16-21

3.       Total Blacks

4.       Blacks under 16

5.       Horses, mares, colts, mules

6.       Cattle

7.       Acres

8.       Stud Horses

9.       Rate of Covering for Season (?)

 

Moses Milton, Sr           1/2/-/-/2/15/500a            11/21/1792

Moses Milton, Jr            1/-/-/-/2/-/-                      11/21/1792

Jesse Moore                1/-/-/-/1/3?5?/-                11/21/1792

John Moore                                                       11/01/1792

Nicholas Moore                                      10/18/1792

 

Nicholas Moore                                                  10/07/1793

Isidore Moore                                                     10/07/1793

Jesse Moore                1/-/-/-/1/3/-                     09/04/1793

Moses Milton, Sr           1/2/-/-/3/13/500a            09/05/1793

Moses Milton, Jr            1/-/-/-/2/2/-                     09/05/1793

 

Nicholas Moore              1/2/-/-/-/-/50a                 04/21/1795

Isidore Moore                 1/                                 04/21/1795

Jesse Moore                1/1/-/-/1/5                      04/21/1795

Moses Milton, Jr.           1/-/-/-/2/4/79a                 04/21/1795  (79 acres on Chaplin River)

Richard Milton             1/-/3/4/2/11/100a            04/21/1795  (100 acres on Chaplin River)

Elijah Milton                  1/-/7/3/1/2

Moses Milton, Jr            2/1/-/-/2/4                      04/21/1795 (one of the Moses’ must be

incorrect)

(*)  Really VA as KY did not become a state until 1792

(**) Gabriel Cox’s District in 1792 (he was responsible for conducting the tax census)

John Moore                   1792

 

Missing                         1793

 

George Moore 200a        1794

Asa Moore                    1794

John Moore  70a            1794

 

Asa Moore                    1795    

Moses Milton                 65 acres on Ash’s Creek(*)        08/25/1797

Jesse Moore                2 white males over 21                 08/25/1797

(*) Per Robert P. Moore, the Ash’s Creek area is several miles from the Washington Co KY line.

 

Jesse Moore

Milton’s nearby

Philip Murphy (ancestor of Daniel Boone Murphy) nearby  

 

James Moore                 8/30/1800

James Moore                 8/30/1800-2^nd time

Jesse Moore                8/30/1800

John More                     7/07/1800

Nicholas Moore 8/30/1800

Moses Milton                 8/30/1800

Moses Milton, Jr            8/30/1800

Richard Milton               8/30/1800

Richard Milton, Sr        8/30/1800

 

Harbin Moore

Henry Moore

Isidore Moore

Martha More (30a on Cartwrights Creek)

Richard More

William Moore

 

Jesse Moore                05/28/1801

 

_____ Milton                  05/24/1802

Jesse Moore                05/24/1802        Ash’s Creek

 

Andrew Moore

Marthay Moore

Harbin Moore (914a on Hardin’s Creek)

 

Andrew Moore

Henry Moore

 

_____ Milton                  06/09/1807

_____ Milton                  06/09/1807

Jesse Moore                06/10/1807

John Moore                   06/10/1807

James F. Moore 06/10/1807

William Moore               06/10/1807

 

Henson Moore

Asa Moore

Martha Moore (4 horses)

Harbin Moore (914a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore, Sr)

William Moore

Bernard Moore (238a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore, Sr)

 

Jesse Moore (died possibly in 1815)

Males                                    1 between 16 and 26 (probably John)

                                             1 45 and older (probably Jesse/Jesse)

Females                                 1 45 and older (probably his wife)

Slaves                                    5      

NOTE: Only other "Moores" in 1810 Nelson County KY Federal Census were:

 

Page 38

Edward Moore

Males                                    1 45 and older (probably Edward)

Females                                 1 45 and older (probably his wife)

 

Page 43

William More

Males                                    3 under 5

                                             1 between 16 to 25 (probably William)

Females                                 1 between 16 and 26 (probably his wife)

 

Joseph Moore (100a on Salt River, originally patented to Story & Willis)

Martha Moore

Andrew Moore

William Moore

Bernard Moore (238a, originally patented to Harbin Moore, Sr)

Harbin Moore (914a, originally patented to Harbin Moore, Sr)

Asa Moore (100a on Short Creek, originally patented to J Dean/Doom)

Henry Moore

Robert Moore

 

Martha Moore

Joseph Moore (100a on Salt River, originally patented to Story & Willis)

Asa Moore (100a on Short Creek, originally patented to J Dean)

Robert Moore

Frances Melton

Harbin Moore (714a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore Sr)

Bernard Moore

William Moore

Richard Moore (100a RF, originally patented to S McMurray)

Robert Moore

Henry Moore

Andrew Moore

 

Robert Moore

John Moore (400a on Chaplin River, originally patented to Walton)

Andrew Moore

Richard Moore (100a on Chaplin River, originally patented to A Shepard)

Henry Moore

William Moore

Harbin Moore (714a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore Sr)

Bernard Moore (238a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore Sr)

Joseph More (150a, originally patented to R Thomas)

Joseph Moore (100a on Salt River, originally patented to Story & Willis)

 

Henry Moore (100a RF)

William Moore (65a RF)

Robert Moore (120a Beech Fork, originally patented to Grigsby)

Harbin Moore, for John Moore of VA (376a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented

                                                        to Harbin Moore Sr)

Harbin Moore (238a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore Sr)

William Moore (100a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore Sr)

Bernard Moore (238a on Hardin’s Creek, originally patented to Harbin Moore Sr)

Richard Moore (100a RF, originally patented to Adam Shepard)

Alexander Moore (180a on Beech Fork, originally patented to Thomas Maston)

Andrew Moore

 

Joseph Moore (100a on Salt River, originally patented to Story & Willis)

Harbin Moore (614a on Hardin’s Creek)

Bernard Moore (238a Beech Fork)

William Moore (100a on Beech Fork)

Henry Moore

Joseph Moore (150a on Chaplin River, originally patented to Richard Thomas)

Joseph Moore (100a)

Joseph Moore (200a in Green County)

Andrew Moore

Alexander Moore

 

John Moore (son of Jesse Moore)

Males                           3 under 10

                                    2 between 10 and 16

                                    1 between 26 and 45 (probably John)

Females                        3 under 10

                                    1 between 26 and 45 (probably Martha)

Non-naturalized

Foreigners                     5

Male Slaves                   2 over 45

Female Slaves               1 over 45

 

John Moore

Males                           1 under 5

                                    3 between 5 and 10 (1 is probably Milton Moore)

                                    3 between 10 and 15

                                    1 between 30 and 40

                                    1 between 40 and 50 (probably John R Moore)

Females                        1 between 30 and 40 (probably Martha Bayne Moore)                   

Male Slaves                   2 under 10

                                    2 between 10 and 24

Female Slaves               3 under 10

                                    1 between 10 and 24

                                    1 between 24 and 36

                                    Total 19

John Moore

Males                           1 between 5 and 10

                                    1 between 10 and 15

                                    3 between 15 and 20 (1 probably is Milton Moore)

                                    2 between 20 and 30

                                    1 between 50 and 60 (probably John R. Moore)

Females                        1 between 10 and 15

                                    1 between 40 and 50 (prob Martha)

Total Employed             7 in Agriculture                             

Slaves-Males                 3 under 10

                                    3 between 10 and 24

                                     2 between 24 and 36

                                     1 between 36 and 55

Slaves-Female               8 under 10

                                    3 between 10 and 24

                                    4 between 24 and 36

                                    2 between 36 and 55

                                    Total 36

 

Page 100

Jetson Moore (son of John Moore)

Wade Moore (son of John Moore)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolutionary War Records for the name Jesse Moore Research conducted by William B. Moore, Denver, CO. Dewey Decimal references are from the Denver CO Public Library, Denver, CO.

 

These were the only four 'Jesse's' shown in researched military records.  From the General Index  to Revolutionary War Microfilm history and subsequent related references, including Muster, Pension, and Special Records.           Roll 36, Drawer T-5115

 

MILITARY RECORDS (4 located)

 

1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Private  (Drw 30/7, Roll 785)

·         three Service Records (SR) listings only, all dated in 1784,

·         and all related to late makeup pay.

·         signed for by a 'James Moore for his minor son, Jesse'.

·         no Muster records could be found for this regiment.

·         the so called 'Card Numbers' handwritten on these SR's have no known significance to any other known record reference. But that might be a good question to pose to the 'national' records people sometime.

(in any case if our Jesse died in 1815, and was fairly old then, he could not likely be this 'minor' Jesse some 48 years earlier ? ?)

 

2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Drummer/Fifer  (30/7, #784)

·         some of this is confusing in that three of them are marked '2nd Regiment, but are otherwise identical to the cards of Jesse of the 1st Penn Reg.

·         and these three all were signed for by father James in 1784.

·         I think the Paymaster just used three of the wrong cards.

·         otherwise all of the muster records indicate a man who accepted his    own pay, and made his mark in some cases.

·         local people say that there may be other records in the national archives pertaining to any of these SR's so maybe a Search Request is in order to try to learn more;

·         nothing in the Pensions Section or Misc. Section on this Jesse.

·         Muster Records (18/4, # 80) are attached for:

            Nov/Dec 1778   - Col. Stewart's Co., commanded by Col. Stewart

            Jan/Feb 1779     - Capt. Gosner's Co.        "           by Col. Stewart

            May/June 1779 - Capt. Bankson's Co.      "           by Col. Walter Stewart.

 

4th Virginia Regiment, Private  (30/9, #975)

·         this is a combination of Pay and Muster Records.       (18/4, #100)

·         from April thru July 1777 he seems to have been in Capt. Holcomb's Co. commanded by Col. Thomas Elliott, then transferred, and;

·         from Aug. 1777 thru Feb. 1778 was with Capt. Thomas Ridley's Co.    

·         commanded by Col. Robert Lawson.

·         but I don't find anything which ties this Jesse to the one known pension records we have (Record # S.38342).

 

5th South Carolina Regiment, ?no rank?  (30/8, #885)

·         nothing in the Muster Records file (184/#89) for this regiment.

 

PENSION RECORDS (only 1 located)

 

Jesse Moore of Surry Co VA.  In his pension application he states he was 78 in 1827 (hence, born 1749), his wife Nancy was 54 (born 1773) and a daughter 14 (unnamed, born 1813).  He further states he was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Watkins of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stevenson in the Virginia line for a term of two years, from July 1777 to July 1778 where he was discharged at Valley Forge, PA.  Commencing on 20 Sep 1818, he was “subscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of 8 dollars a month”.  In his application he states his health (very poor) his wife’s health (also poor) and the state of their possessions (including 176 acres of land, 120 of which are cleared).  Pension File  S38242.

 

 

VIRGINIA

 

1640: Stafford formed – included all Potomac River watershed land.

1730: Stafford County & King George Counties split - Prince William County formed.

1742: Fairfax County formed from Prince William County.

1757: Loudoun County formed from western Fairfax County. It was divided into two parishes: Cameron and Shelburne, with Goose Creek being the dividing line between them.

1759: Fauquier County formed from Prince William County.

 

The Northern Neck of Virginia comprised of land between the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south.  This land was granted to several individuals, including Lord John Culpeper and Thomas Culpeper, by King Charles II, the exiled son of executed King Charles I, for their support.  By 1681, Lord Thomas Culpeper had acquired/purchased all the patents and was the sole proprietor of the Northern Neck lands.  These lands were re-granted to Lord Culpeper in 1688 who passed it onto his daughter on his death and then onto his son Lord Thomas Fairfax.

 

 

Frances Moore, Merchant from Dublin, Ireland

 

The following was taken directly from Marriages of Richmond Co VA, 1668-1853; George H.S. King, 1964 (amplifications added by Joyce Browning noted in [ ] ):

 

FRANCES MOORE (1660-1718) married in 170? ANN, probably nee Harbin; this surname appears inconspicuously on the Richmond Co records. Francis Moore, merchant of Dublin, Ireland, and owner of the Dublin Merchant, imported many indentured servants to VA beginning in 1681.  He appears frequently on the records of Rappahannock, Essex and Richmond Cos and in 1703-1706 settled in Essex Co and was granted certificates for thousands of acres of land for the transportation of hundreds of indebted servants into Rappahannock River counties.  On 20 May 1705 stating his age to be “45 or thereabouts,” he made a deposition in Essex Co in regard to certain “servants . . . he brought into this Colony . . . in the ship called the Dublin Merchant . . .in Mar 1699.  In 1701 he acquired a plantation in Essex Co and died intestate in 1718.  His estate descended to his eldest son and heir, Francis Moore (1711-1796) who sold it in 1739.  Francis and Ann Moore had four children, viz:

 

(a) Col. Francis Moore (1711-1796) who appears prominently in the records of Orange Co [born 1739; married Elizabeth who predeceased him and left a large family],

 

(b) Harbin Moore (171?-1802) who died intestate in Culpeper Co VA [married Anne Marks, daughter of John Marks, d. 1759]

 

(c) a daughter [Elizabeth Moore] who married Thomas Pattey, Jr. of Orange Co removed to Lunenburg Co VA. 

 

(d) Martha Moore who married, as his second wife, Captain David Bronough (17??-1774) of King George Co VA [his first wife was Hannah Naylor (1715-1737), daughter of John Naylor who married Ann Harbin Moore as her second husband.  Capt. Bronough married (3) Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Pannell) Bruce of King George Co VA].

 

Ann Moore, widow, married circa 1719 John Naylor, Gentleman, of Richmond and King George Counties (q.v.) p. 143, and she died testate in Orange County in 1744 [leaving a will dated 2 march 1743.  Bequests were left to daughter Martha Ann Moore Bronough, granddaughter Ann Lovey (JB: probably Lovin), Elizabeth’s daughter to Thomas Petty, Jr.; Ann Moore; Mary Moore; son Harbin Moore].

 

Col. Francis Moore and his wife Elizabeth had one child, Bernard Moore (17??-1775) of Orange County.  He married Catherine Price, daughter of Arjalon and Joyce (Barber Price) of Richmond County.  They had one daughter, Lucy Barbour Moore (1771-1837) who married Capt Reuben Gaines (1765-1847).  Harbin Moore and his wife, Anne Marks, had a son, Capt. Reuben Moore (1754-1839) of Culpeper Co VA.  He married in 1804 Elizabeth W. Stewart (1763-after 1853).

 

Capt. David Bronough and his wife, Martha Moore, had a daughter Ann Moore Bronough who married in June 1758 William Chadwell, Sr. (1728-1813) of King George County.

 

 

 

Master Index of Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774-1791

Compiled By Joan E. Brookes-Smith.  1976

Moore references in Kentucky

 

 

 

VIRGINIA—GENERAL Research conducted by William B. Moore, Denver, CO. Dewey Decimal references are from the Denver CO Public Library, Denver, CO.

 

Selected Moore's

appearing in early censuses of some selected VA Counties

 

 

Virginia - County Records & Early VA Marriage Records by William Armstrong Crozier

[G 929.3755 v819]

No Moores or Miltons unless noted.

 

Vol. I    Spotsylvania County

Vol. II   Military Records

Surname           Pg        Name                Index listed the following in

Moor                 63         James               Augusta Co.

                        80         Frederick           Fincastle

                        84         Hugh                 Botetourt, 9/1774

Moore               111       Jean

                        107       Bernard

                        91         Sam                 Augusta, 1742

                        80         Wm.                 Private, Point Pleasant, 10/10/1774                                                                                             under Brig Gen Andrew Lewis.

                        81         Hendley           

                        75         Francis, Tho      Lunenburg, 9/1758, Privates

                        74         Francis, Tho      Lunenburg, 9/1758, Privates

                        73         Richard             Halifax

                        70         John, Tobias      Brunswick, 9/1758

                        69         James               Bedford

                        68         James               Bedford

                        66         George              Amelia

                        65         James               Augusta, 9/1758

                        64         John                 Augusta, 9/1758

                        58         Samuel             Culpeper, 3/1756

More                 94         Jas.                  Augusta

                        72         Samuel             Fairfax, 9/1758                                      

 

Vol. III              REVISIT

 

Vol. IV  Fauquier Co.    Francis Moore married Frances Foote on 4/2/1764

[Noted Fauquier Co. formed from Prince Wm in 1759]

 

Vol. V   Some Gentry   Moor, John in King Wm Co., w/ a son Augustine             

 

Vol. VI  Gentry Cont'd

 

Virginia Colonial Militia  1651-1776 by William Armstrong Crozier

[G353.973 C887 vi]

 

Moore, Wm.      10/10/1774        Pvt. at the Battle of Pleasant Point; Andrew Lewis, Brig. Gen.

Moore, Wm.      Sept 1758         Militia member, Augusta County; John Buchanan, Col.

Moore   > > >    1742                 John, Will., David, Alex., And. listed on Company 2, Augusta Co.

More, Sam'l       Sept 1758         Private, Fairfax County Militia  [only Moore shown in Frfx lists]

 

They Went Thataway by Charles Hughs Hamlin, Richmond VA

[G 929.1755 H181 th]

NOTE: No Jesse's or Harbin's in any of these

 

VOL 1  

Moore                                                                                                                                  

William             95         1791, of Granville Co NC sells 210 acres in Hanover Co VA.  

                                    of land on both sides of Island Creek to Wm Graves.

                        69         Witness in Spotsylvania Co. to Thomas Carr, 10/8/1763.

                        53         Witness in Orange County to Thomas Walker, 4/22/1784.

                        46         'of Granville Co NC, wills 210a to Wm. Graves of Hanover Co VA 1761.

                        22         ref. in son's, Alexander's, purchase of Henry Co. land. 1/18/1779.

Moore                                                                                                                                   

John                 47         buys 188 acres in Albemarle Co, 9/4/1791.

                        37         sells 304 acres in Augusta Co, 11/17/1747.

More                                                                                                                                     

William             44         Witness the will of Rande Platt, 5/16/1718.                

 

VOL 2

More                                                                                                                                     

John                 85         Witness deed to Richard Harvie of 320 acres, Broad Run, 5/3/1791.

[no county mentioned]

William [JP]       82         Witness deed to James Buford, Bedford County, 6/14/1789.

[Capt] William    69         Noted as being a company commander in Col. Vance's regiment in 1781.

 

VOL 3

Moore

John                 7          Enlisted at age 28 at Fredericksburg VA., in the Co. of Capt Christopher

                                    Gist on 7/13/1756. Born in Ireland.

John, Jr.            52         Referred to as the son of Thomas & Elizabeth Moor of Hardmon Co TN.

 

William A.         67         Son of Thomas & Elizabeth, Halifax Co VA, 99/1/1841.

 

Some Wills of the Burned Counties of Virginia 1632-1800

[G 929.3755 H777 so]

 

Lots of Moores, but no Jesse or Harbin, or seemingly relevant John's or William's

 

Moor/Moore                                                                                                                           

John                 140       [could not find and the pages were for unamed/unknown counties]

                        106       Witness in Nansemond Co.

                        92         Witness in Mather Co.

                        71         Witness in King George Co.

                        34         Witness in Elizabeth City County 1678.

                        33         Witness in Elizabeth City County 4/26/1803.

                                    to Children - Mary, William Augustine, Frances, and Sarah, and

                                    noting wife as Sarah.

William             29         noted as a brother of Robert who died 4/10/1783.

                        04         a Lewis Green of Prince George Co. on 4/28/1783 deeded land adjacent

                                    to William Moore to his [Green's] grandsons.

  Wm Augustine             see page 33 above re John.

  Wm Everhard               noted in 1822 as a grandson of William Augustine

 

Virginia Wills Before 1799, an Abstract by Wm. Montgomery Clemens

[G929.3755 C593 vig]

Including only Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William, Rockbridge Counties

 

Moore  County             Date                 Notes/Comments    

William Amherst            2/2/1767            Sons: James, Aaron, John. Dau: Sarah.

William Campbell           9/2/1791            Sons: Thomas, William. Daus: Jane, Lence.

William Rockbridge        9/6/1791            Sons: John, William, Quinton, Samuel

                                                            Daus: Jane, Mary, Margaret.

Andrew Rockbridge        10/4/1791          Sons: Samuel, William. Dau: Mary.

David    Rockbridge        9/2/1783            Sons: David, William, Andrew, Samuel

                                                            Daus: Isabelle, Sarah, Mary, Jeanet.

 

French County             Date                 Notes/Comments                                                             

James   Prince William   5/3/1743            Wife: Elizabeth; son: William: d: Mary Ann

            [See my Prince William Notes, WILLS section, for the note that a John J. Moore

            witnessed this will. Also note that our William's wife was believed to be Angelina French]

 

            Note: There were no other Moore's, or Milton/Melton's, or Reno's located

 

Virginia Wills and Administration 1632 - 1800 by Clayton Torrence

[G929.3755 T635 vig]

An index only of surnames [Moore, etc.], then Counties, then Given Names for each county.

 

French

Daniel               Prince William   1736 Inventory

James               Prince William   1743 Will

Moore             

William             Fairfax              1769 Will

William             Fairfax              1770 Inventory [See Loudoun Co in Probate Book D, pg 134]

William             Loudoun            1790 Inventory

Melton

Richard             Prince William   1735 Inventory

Milton

Wm Jr.              Prince William   1779 Inventory

Reno

Thomas Prince William   1779 Inventory

 

CENSUS

Virginia Taxpayers 1782 -1787

[G929.3755 F82 virg]

One Jesse in Loudoun County, shown w/ one slave.

Also a Jeremiah in Lunenberg County

Also R. Melton in Prince William County, among a few other Meltons all in other counties.

 

1787 Census of Virginia

[This repeats some earlier information from another source [Taxpayers - same list]

Fairfax County  1787

Surname           First Name        Paid By             Information

Moore               Jeremiah           Jeremiah           2          5          3          5          15

Moore              Jesse               Jeremiah           -           -           -           -           -

Milton               Richard             self                   0          2          1          5          8         

Reno                 David                self                   0          2          6          8          13        

 

MARRIAGES

VA. Marriage Records 

[G 929.3755 v8197]

Moores             no Jesse's or Harbin's                                                    

Milton               Josiah & Mary,   Amelia Co. 1782

 

Early Virginia Marriages by William Armstrong Crozier

[G929.3755 C887 ea]

This proved to be some select counties, the closest listed any of ours in  N. VA was:

 

Fauquier County [formed from Prince William in 1759]

04/12/1764        Francis Moore & Frances Foote

11/22/1768        Samuel Moore & Eliz. McTeavor

05/01/1782        Samuel Moore & Lucy Payne

11/21/1786        McClanahan Moore & Elizabeth Metcalf                                 

 

Marriage Records of some VA. Residents 1607-1800 by Dorothy F. Wulfeck, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1986.

[G 929.3755 w959]

No Jesses or Harbins  or Jeremiah's. Many William's, but none to Angelina French or in a Prince William related county.      

 

Marriages of Some Virginia Residents Vol II, 1609 - 1800

[G929.3755 W955 mar]

No Jesse or Jeremiah Moore.

No Molly/Margaret Milton/Melton.

John Moore, pg 42, none seemingly relevant

William Moore, pg 45/46, none seemingly relevant.

On 4/21/95 I looked in the Index of every Virginia County Listing of Marriages in the late 1700's and again found no Jesse Moore or Margaret/Molly Milton/Melton. Also I looked at the Index of every County Will Book that I could find in the stacks, and saw no relevant reference to 'our William'.

 

Index of some Witnesses and Sureties [not otherwise listed], pg 301.

William Moore, pg 169, before 1769, his daughter, Susan, mar. William Littlejohn. [Note: his will of 1769 refers to a daughter, Sarah Littlejohn]

William Moore, pg 18, his sister, Sarah, [named in his will proved 1784 as sister Sarah Jarrell]  married _____ Jarrell, before 1789 in Southhampton County.

 

Some Virginia Marriages Vol 10.  1700 - 1799 by Cecil D. McDonald, Jr.

[G929.3755 M145so V.10]

No Melton/Milton/French/Reno.  The only Moore in this listing was:

Bratchor Moore married Molly Hickman 8/9/1790, Accomack County

 

Cavaliers & Pioneers - Abstracts of VA Land Patents & Grants, Vol 1  Prior to 1666

[G929.3755 N89 4cav]

Moore

Wm      331       200 acres on Old Pocquoson River          03/251656 [son of Joseph]

            268       300 acres, Namesmond River                  12/06/1656

            187       300 acres on Rappa. River                      10/17/1649

John     480       300 acres, Namesmond River                  03/11/1664

            347       200 acres, Chickahominy River               09/04/1638

 

Cavaliers & Pioneers - Abstracts of VA Land Patents & Grants, Vol 2  1666-1695

Moor

John     238       490 acres in Isle of Wight County            [no date]

           

Cavaliers & Pioneers - Abstracts of VA Land Patents & Grants, Vol 3  1695-1732

Moor

John     23         Witness in Wight Co to John Gles           10/15/1698

            26         Witness in Wight to Henry Pope             06/06/1699

            38         481 acres in Nanasend Co.                     11/07/1700

Wm      55         Witness in King and Queen Co.              11/12/1702

            56         Witness, no county named.                    04/01/1702

Moore 

John     38         481 acres in Nansemond Co.                  11/07/1700

            90         95 acres in Nansemond Co.                    10/20/1704

            176       130 acres in Surry Co.                            03/23/1717

            194       150 acres in Nansemond Co.                  07/15/1717

Wm      5          Witness in Nansemond Co.                    10/25/1695

            6          400 acres in Princess Anne Co.              10/25/1625

            229       100 Acres in Princess Anne Co.              11/13/1721

            265       Witness in Henrico Co.                           07/09/1724       

            285       300 acres in Henrico Co.                        08/17/1725

            410       160 acres in Spottsylvania Co.                09/27/1729

            8          Wit. in Nansemond Co to Tho Constant   10/29/1696

83         Witness in Essex Co to Wm Scott          04/26/1704

            90         Grantee of 400 acres in Prin. Anne Co     10/25/1695

            106       Legatee in Eliz. City Co. fr. Wm Mallory   05/02/1706  [27 acres]

            232       Legatee in Hanover Co. of R. Harns         04/24/1722

 

Virginia Ancestors & Adventurers by Charles Hughs Hamlin, Richmond VA

[G929.3755 H181]

Moore/More     Vol/Pg  Dates               Notes/Comments

Lt. William         1/98      1780/81 Referred as an officer over a Jesse Richardson of

Botetourt Co VA.

John                 2/19      11/10/1766        Of Hunterdon Co., NJ, buys 261 acres in Loudoun Co      

                        2/12      7/21/1788          owned land in Brunsick Co, VA.

James               3/53      01/19/1782        Son of Thomas & Elizabeth, mar, Phoebe Myers,

Loudoun  Co VA.

Rueben             3/45      04/25/1782        Ref in a land description in Shenandoah County.

Jesse                2/34      1783/1787         Witness various deeds in Halifax Co.

Lydia [Renoe]    2/15      10/18/1794        Named as dau of F. Renoe, Sr, in his will.

Lydia is the wife of Jeremiah Moore.

Valentine           2/34      1783/1794         Witness various deeds in Halifax Co.

William 2/34      2/34      1783/1794         Witness various deeds in Halifax Co.

Also mentions Ann, George, John Joseph, Mathew, Nancy, Sarah, Rube, and Thomas.

 

Northern Neck [Virginia] Warrants & Surveys, 1710-1780  Vol III - IV   

[G929.3755 J858 ab]

Reviewed only Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpeper, Prince Wm, Fauquier, and Stafford

 

Moor / Moore

John     85         3/14/1763          Land from Arthur Farris, Berkeley Co.

            43         11/17/1762        Land from Edward McGuire, Hampshire County.

            41         1/30/1761          Witness to Charles Lynch, Hampshire Co.

Wm      133       11/24/1721        Witness to Peter Rust in Westmoreland Co.

            106       2/25/1723          Witness to John Blanchett in Fairfax County

Jesse    54         7/28/1748          Witness in Culpeper Co. to Capt. Henry Field of Orange.

John     171       11/15/1728        Assignee to Daniel Thomas in Stafford Co.

            16         2/23/1768          Witness to Rubin E Jacob in Dunmore Co.

            1          3/15/1775          Witness to Jackson Allen in Dunmore Co.

Wm      164       5/17/1727          for whom surv'd. assignee of William Gowin, no war't,

                                                date from survey, 22 May 1724 - 17 May 1727: 480

acres on branches of Accotinck & Pope's Head:

adjacent Col Geo Mason, Walter Griffin. Surv. Jno. Savage.

Stafford County.

Wm      164       11/13/1727        no war't, date from survey, 13 Nov. 1727 - 14 June 1728;

                                                110 a. on br. of Difficult Run. Surv. James Thomas. Stafford Co.    

                                                [note: Stafford was divided in 1730 to form Prince Wm Co]

Wm      128       12/27/1739        Witness to a Samuel Stone w/ same location as above. Prince

                                                William Co.

Wm      121       11/21/1739        Assignee of Philamon Waters, Sen'r., 100 acres on Philmon's

                                                br. on S.side of Cedar Run by the main Cedar run road: adj.

his own, Lewis Tacquet, Wm Spiller, Henry Hawley, Philemon Waters [now Thraylkil's]. CC - John Waters & Jno Tacquet.

Surv. John Warner. Prince William Co.

Wm      67         3/24/1763          Witness to Murdock McKenzie, Culpeper Co.

            8          5/21/1764          Witness to Adam Giger, Culpeper Co.

 

Northern Neck [Virginia] Warrants & Surveys, 1710-1780  Vol I - II

[G929.3755 J858 ab]

Reviewed only Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpeper, Prince Wm, Fauquier, and Stafford

 

Moore

John     109       1/5/1754            Witness to John Sanders in Frederick Co.

Wm      44         10/22/1751        Wit to John Denton, county unnamed for 400 a. at Powell's

                                                Fort on w. side of Passage Crk a br. of North River.

Moor

John     15         9/5/1741            Witness in Spottsylvania Co.

Wm      44         1736 / 1739       Tithables           Orange Co.

            34         10/16/1749        Wit to Wm. White in Augusta Co.

            30         5/23/1749          Wit to John Pennywit, in Augusta Co.

            28         5/31/1749          228 acres on North River & Shenandoah, Augusta Co.

            24         9/4/1756            'William of Pr. Wm. Co.', assignee of Robert Grey, 350 acres

                                                in Powell's Fort on Passage Creek @ br. of North River.

 

Magazine of Virginia Genealogy

[G929.3755 M27]

Volume 22

Moore

John     2.31      ????     Listed as a Sussex subscriber to Nicholson's Encyclopedia.

John     4.32      1839     too late

John     4.39      1845     too late

Wm      2.59      ????     an inquiry for a Margaret Moore, dau. of Capt. William and

                                    married to J. Rutherford

Wm      4.15      1855     reference in Henrico Co. naturalization list.

Melton

Tho.      65         1679     Surry County Tithables

Tho.      4.48      1690     Surry County Tithables

Mielton           

Tho.      3.60      1678     Surry County Tithables  [& named as the 'son of Geo. Mielton]

Milton

Tho       3.6        1678     Surry County Tithables

 

Volume 23

Moore

Jno.      38         1683     Tithable List of Surrey County

Jno.      42         1683     Tithable List of Surrey County

John     64         1700     Witness in Charles City County of the will of Benj. Weisinger III

John     3.27      1736     He paid a store bill in Henrico County for a David Haynes.

John     2.39      1752     Halifax Co. Litig. by Clement Read against him dismissed.

Wm      7          1777     Pittsylvania County. Included in an Oath of Allegiance list.

Wm      11         1777     Pittsylvania County. Included in an Oath of Allegiance list.

Wm      4.9        1733     Henrico Co. His land was used in survey for Wm Hays.

Melton

John     9          1777     on Oath of Allegiance list of Pittsylvania Co.

Tho.      2.60      1686     Surry County Tithables List

Tho.      47         1685     Surry County Tithables List

Tho.      45         1684     Surry County Tithables List

Volume 24

Moore

John     27         1718     Prince George County, noted as an appraiser.

John     4.55      1719     Pr. Geo. Co., noted as owning a Negro girl, judged age 9.

John     2.24      1791     Patrick County. Deeded 200 a. to Wm. Cloud.

John     3.57      1763     Elizabeth County where his land in defined in Precinct VI.

Wm      11         1739     Surry County. His land us Wm. Vaughn's land description.

Wm      3.32      1799     Patrick County. Received 200 a from Rodham Moore.

Wm      19         1739     Use in a land description for John Porter.

Volume 25

Moore

John     55         1736     In a land description of William Brown.

John     59         1738     Amelia Co., 275 a. below upper Seller Fork on Deep Creek.

John     4.13      1771     Charlotte Co., James Sullivan says John is m. to Priscilla S.

John R  4.40      1847     Richmond, mar. to Martha Inge, both of Lunenberg Co.

Wm      3.71      1739     Goochland Co., 400 a. bisected by Ballinger's Creek.

Wm      4.22      1786     Charlotte Co., in order book as mar. to Drusilla Wheeler.  

Volume 26

Moore

Jerm'h   6          1755     Halifax Co. Pleas, pg 488. Deed of land from David &

                                    Mary Caldwell to a Jeremiah Moore.

John     185       1796     Greenbrier Co. Referred to in land survey for William Aharra.

Aharra   297       1743     Henrico Co. Referred to in land survey for William Sharpe.

Wm      66         1774     350 acres in Prince George County.

Wm      57         1774     Pr Geo. Co. Referred to in a survey for his son, Epes.

Wm      154       1817     His wife of Petersburg, recip. in a will of Thomas Dent.

Wm      307       1774     Orange County. Land Patent for 275 acres.

Wm      173       1736     Noted as 'Importing' into Orange County with John Smith &

                                    John Danish 'from Great Britain and Ireland'.

Me[i]lton          None

Volume 27                                                                                                                       

Moore

Index included   Aaron, Alex., Anderson, Celia, Daniel, E.W., Eliz., Francis, Henry, Hugh, James, Mary, Nancy, Peter, Richard, Sam'l., Seth, Thomas, and the following:

 

John     260       1804     Halifax County voter list.

John     118       1847     Logan County resident

John     111       1800     Logan County resident

John S  114       1830     ref. to in J. Houston's land survey in Washington County.

Wm      260       1804     Halifax County voter list (in 1804, 1808 and 1812)

Wm      111       1800     Halifax County voter list.

Moor

John     027       1745     Petition of John Moor, exec. of Mathew Joust against

                                    Dennis Doyle denied. Albemarle County court.

Wm      124       1746     Albemarle Court. Petition of David Moore, assignee of

                                    William Moore against Moses Rhea is dismissed.

Melton

Elisha   215       1868     Putnam County land survey.                  

Volume 30      

Moore

Jesse   171                   List of Prince Wm Co Tithables in Dellingen Parish.

John     18                     Visit Vol 29. Vol 30 started on page 75.

John     71                     Visit Vol 29. Vol 30 started on page 75.

John     95         1787     Cumberland Co. Signed petition re. payments to will legatees.

John     210       1770     Brunswick Co. Ref in a land survey for William Wych.

John     211       1750     Albemarle Co. 150 acres in Patent Book 29, pg 246.

John     294       1803     Louisa Co. Executor to will of John Moore, deceased.

John     308       1751     Goochland Co. Ref in a land survey for Alexander Trent.

Wm      18                     Visit Vol 29. Vol 30 started on page 75.

Wm      171       1765     List of Prince Wm Co Tithables in Dellingen Parish.

Wm      202       1750     Brunswick Co. Ref in a land survey for William Vaughn.

Melton

Nathan  100       1786     Petition, Cumberland Co.

Nathan  93         1781     Petition, Cumberland Co.

Pierce   96         1780     Petition, Cumberland Co.

Rich'd   107       1755     Prince William Co Tithables, 280a, Dellingen Parish.

Sam'l    91         1780     Petition, Cumberland Co.

Wm      107       1765     Prince William County Tithables, 320 a, Dellingen Parish.

Milton

Wm      181       1779     Signed petition to move the Courts of Prince William Co.

                                    from Dumfries to near the center of the county.    

 

English Duplication of Lost Virginia Records

[G929.375.5 D455]

[No John or William Moore in Prince William County]

 

Virginia Colonial Abstracts of the Virginia Company of London 1607 - 1624 by Duvall

[G975.5 D956 vi]

Listings made for the Earle of Huntington

One Moore only, Adrian

 

 

King & Queen Co VA Records

 

4 Dec 1768 King and Queen Co VA:  It is agreed by this Vestry that the Church Wardens certifie the Administrators of John Robinson, Esq., decd, that the Vestry have received the Church which was built by Major Harry Gaines, decd, and finished by William Muir according to their directions, and that it will be agreeable to sd. Vestry for sd.  Muir to be paid the money agreed with him for, by Capt. John Pendleton, being two hundred & fifty pounds current money.  Stratton Major Vestry Minutes, K&Q Co VA.

 

 

Stafford Co VA Records

 

22 May 1724-17 May 1727 (no warrant, date from survey) Stafford Co VA: William Moor of Stafford, for whom surveyed, assignee of William Gowin; 480 acres on branches of Accotinck and Pope’s Head Run; adjacent to Col. George Mason, Walter Griffin.  Surveyor John Savage.  Abstracts of VA’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Book “B”, page 103..

 

13 Nov 1727-14 Jun 1728 Stafford Co VA: William Moor, no warrant, date from survey; 110 acres on branch of Difficult Run.  Surveyor James Thomas. Abstracts of VA’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys.

 

23 Dec 1724-16 Apr 1725  (no warrant, date from survey) Stafford Co VA: Richard Melton of Richmond Co; 454 acres on Buck-Hall, a branch of Occoquan, on branch of Crooper’s Cabin and Winter’s Lower Branches; adjacent to Edward Grayham.  Surveyor John Savage. Abstracts of VA’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys.

 

1728 Stafford Co VA: Richard Milton is listed as a landowner/resident at Bushy, Buckhall and Bland’s Hickory Land Bridge. Northern Neck Land Grants, Surveys and Transfers for Stafford Co.

 

 

Stafford Co VA

Wills and Inventories Index

Every early Moore reference

 

 

Early Records of Chappawamsic Baptist Church

Stafford Co VA, 1766-1844

Magazine of VA Genealogy

Volume 27; 1989

 

New Members (presumably – difficult to ascertain meaning)

June 1772: Jeremiah More

27 Sep 1772: William More

 

 

 

 

STAFFORD CO VA Research conducted by William B. Moore, Denver, CO. Dewey Decimal references are from the Denver CO Public Library, Denver, CO.

 

Stafford County, Virginia Tithables 1723 - 1790 (two volumes)

[G929.375526 V868 st]

Contains Quit Rents, Personal Property Taxes, and Related Lists and Petitions

                                                                                                                         

Residents and Landowners

Melton, Richard             1725 / 1726       @ Occoquan [Buckhall Br.] & Crooper's Cab. Br.

Melton, Richard            1728                 @ Bushy, Buckhall, & Bland's Hickory Land Br.

Moor, William               1724 / 1727       @ Accotinck Cr. & Popes's Head Run

But the following new information suggests there is another William Moor living after 1780 when we believe our William died, or the above William of Accotinck is not ours ? ? ? ? ]

 

List of Inhabitants & Buildings  1785

Moor, William    Family of 7; 1 Dwelling house; 1 Out building

 

Personal Property Tax List  1783

Moore, William  1 tithe; 1 white of 21 yrs; zero slaves; 8 horses; 1 cow.

 

Personal Property Tax List  1785

More, William    1 wh. male 21+; 1 wh male 16+; zero slaves; 1 horse; 6 cows

Did he sell his horses and buy cows, or are these at least two different 'Moore's ?

AND note that the date is after we think 'our' William died

More, Wm.        With his taxes paid by a John Fr.a [?] French

 

Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia  1723 - 1758

[G929.3755 R263]

 

Tenders of Tobacco in Overwharton Parish, circa 1724

Names             Tithables          Plants

John Moore     [not entered]      7041

3 Negroes

 

 

Prince William Co VA Records

 

17 Oct 1728 Northern Neck Grants B, pg. 150.  Difficult Run, 110 acres.  William Moore sold to Edward Barry 20 July 1731 (Prince William Co VA Deed Book A, pg. 68).  Barry left to nephew John Barry land bought of William Moore 17 Jan 1727/8, Northern Neck Grants B, pg. 103.  Accotink adjacent George Mason and Walter Grifen, 480 acres.  This land (200 acres of it)  deeded by Moore to his son James in 1758.  William Moore's will of 1769 (see below) named wife Mary, sons James and Samuel and daus. Sarah Little and Mary Bucklin.  (This entry came from Robert P Moore).

 

1735-1739 and 1741 Prince William Co VA Will Book C: “Wm Moor” is listed as renting from George Mason’s estate in Virginia.  “Wm Moor” paid the following rents (in British Pounds) during the following years:  1735: 624; 1736: 624; 1737: 636; 1738: 624, 1739: 624; 1741-520 (rent went up!).

 

8 Aug 1739 (warrant) / 27 Dec 1739 (survey) Prince William Co VA—Samuel Stone, 304 acres on head of Pop’s Head Run on main branch of Accutink near head of Difficult Run; adjacent to William Moore and Walter Griffin, Col. George Mason deceased, the Ox Road.  Chain carriers Daniel and Lewis Saunders.  Surveyor James Thomas. Abstracts of VA’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Volume III.

 

21 Nov 1739 (warrant) / 5 Dec 1740 (survey) Prince William Co VA—William Moore, assignee of Philemon Waters, Sr, for 100 acres of Philemon’s Branch on S side of Cedar Run by the main Cedar Run Road; adjacent to his own, Lewis Tacquet, William Spiller, Henry Hawley, Philemon Waters (now Thraylkil’s).  CC – John Waters and John Tacquet.  Survey John Warner. Abstracts of VA’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Volume III.

 

21 Jan 1740 [1741 new style] Prince William Co VA, Northern Neck Land Grants Book “E”, page 407—Original 190 acre Land Grant to William Moore (this land is located 1 mile south of Brentwood, in/around and slightly SW of Beaver’s Corner):

 

“The right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron [1] in that part of Great Britain called Scotland Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia.  To all to whom this presents writing shall com sends greetings know ye that for good causes for and in consideration of the compensation for my use paid and for the annual rent hereafter resolved that I have given, granted and confirmed and by these presents for me my heirs and assigns do give, grant and confirm unto William Moore of the County of Prince William one certain tract or parcel of waste land lying in the County between William Halley, William Spiller, Henry Halley and John Tacquet’s lines and bounded according to a survey thereof may by John Warner as follows……containing one hundred and ninety acres together with all rights, members and ???? ??? ??? belonging, Royal Mines excepted and a full third part of all lead, copper, tin, coals from mines and from ore that shall be found thereon to have and to hold this one hundred ninety acres of land together with all rights, profits and benefits to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining except ??? ??? to him the said William Moore his heirs and assigns for ever.  He the said William Moore his heirs and assigns therefore yielding and paying to me, my heirs and assigns or to my certain attorney or attorneys, agent or agents or to the certain attorney or attorneys of my heirs and assigns Proprietors of the said Northern Neck yearly and every year on the Feast Day of St. Michael the Archangel [2] the fee rent of one shilling sterling money for every fifty acres of land and so proportionally for a greater or lesser quantity provided that if the said William Moore his heirs or assigns shall not pay the before reserved annual rent so that the same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of two whole years after the same shall become due if lawfully demanded that then it shall and may be lawful for me my heirs or assigns proprietors as aforesaid my or their certain attorney or attorneys, agent, or agents into the above granted premises to reenter and not hold the same so as if this grant had never passed.  Given at my office in the county of Prince William within my said proprietary under my seal witnessing agent an attorney fully authorized thereto dated the twenty first day of January in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second [3] by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith Anno Domino One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty.

 

[1] Fairfax, Thomas, 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781), Scottish peer and Virginia landowner, born in Kent, England, and educated at the University of Oxford. He inherited from his mother, the daughter of Baron Thomas Culpeper, governor of Virginia, estates in Virginia constituting one-fourth of the entire colony. In 1735, when the possibility arose that the grant would be revoked by the Crown, Fairfax visited America, had the lands surveyed, and defended his claims, in which he was confirmed in 1745. He settled in Virginia in 1747 and built a home in the Shenandoah Valley on lands surveyed by George Washington. During the American Revolution, Fairfax remained a firm Loyalist.  "Fairfax, Thomas, 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

[2] Michaelmas, old English name for the feast day of Saint Michael and All Angels, on September 29. The date is believed to have been selected because it is the anniversary of the dedication of the Church of Saint Michael and All Angels on the Salarian Way in Rome in the 6th century. In England, Michaelmas is one of the quarter days, traditionally marked by the election of magistrates, the beginning of the legal and university terms, and the collection of quarterly rents. "Michaelmas," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

[3] George II (of Great Britain) (1683-1760), king of Great Britain (1727-60), and elector of Hannover (1727-60), the son of King George I.  George was born at Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover (now in Lower Saxony state, Germany) on November 10, 1683, and he grew up a German prince. In 1705 he married Caroline of Ansbach, an intelligent woman who wielded great influence over her husband and thereby on government. Like his father, George II was more interested in Hannover than in Great Britain, and during his many absences from London Caroline frequently acted as regent. During the war of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), the king subordinated the interests of Great Britain to those of his German principality. This policy was unpopular in Great Britain, but the king won admiration for his courage at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria (1743), the last engagement in which a British monarch participated in person. George II contributed to the material progress of Great Britain, mainly because he was shrewd enough to listen to his wife and heed the advice of his ministers. He retained Sir Robert Walpole as chief minister only upon Caroline's insistence, and he later relied on Henry Pelham, and, toward the end of his reign, William Pitt the Elder, although he originally had a great dislike for him. George's reign was marked by the suppression of the last major Jacobite rebellion (see Jacobites) and by the successful prosecution—at Pitt's initiative—of the Seven Years' War. He was succeeded by his grandson George III. George died at Kensington Palace, London, on October 25, 1760. "George II (of Great Britain)," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

This 190 acre land grant is near the following churches:

·         Slaty Run Church (1^st Church of England, an Anglican church), approx. 1 mile west of Brentwood.

·         Broad Run 1^st Baptist Church, Highway 50, 1 mile west of PW Co line in Fauquier.  Est’d 1762.

·         Occoquan/Chopwamsic 2^nd Baptist Church, south of Forest Park in PW Co. Est’d 1766.

 

3 Jan 1741 Prince William Co VA Will Book C, pg 328: Will of Mary Coffer of Truro Parish, probated 25 Feb 1741.  Mentions sons Francis and Thomas Withers, deceased husband Francis, daughter Ann Farguson and Mary Moore the wife of William Moore.  Relation unknown.

 

22 Oct 1741 Prince William Co VA Deed Book E, page 495: James French of Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co VA deeded 130 acres to Leonard Hornsby, a Taylor (Tailor).  William Moore, Thomas Reno and George Byrn witnessed this transaction.

 

26 Oct 1741 Prince William Co VA Deposition, Deed Book E: William Moore, ___Reno and ___ French mentioned in sworn statement.

 

2 Nov 1741 Prince William Co VA Will Book C, pg 421: Will of James French, probated 23 may 1743.  Mentions sons William, wife Elizabeth, daughter Mary Ann French.  John Moor witnessed this will.  Relation unknown.

 

27 Feb 1750 Prince William Co VA Deed Book 1749-1752, page 153: Philemon Waters, Jr, a Planter (Farmer) of the Parish of Dittengen, Prince William Co VA deeds 80 acres (part of a 580 acre plat of land patented to Philemon Waters, Father to said Philemon) to Benjamin Grayson, Gentleman, of the same Parish and County for 23 pounds.  Mentions William More as one of the landowners that the said tract touches.

 

2 Oct 1752: The Truro Parish Vestry ordered the Church Wardens to pay William Moore and Gabriel Muffett on demand as they had entered into a bond to build a Brick Church in the upper part of Truro Parish at Redman's. [Later identified as being near Cedar Creek, a few miles SE of Brentville and a few miles west of the Town of Dumfries]. Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, VA 1732 – 1785,  published by Pohick Church, Lorton, VA 1974.

 

1756: The church was completed and the bonds and articles were returned to Moore & Muffett. Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, VA 1732 – 1785,  published by Pohick Church, Lorton, VA 1974.

 

8 Oct 1757: William Moore was granted "liberty to build a Gallery in the New Church near Cedar Run, noting that the Vestry had the preference to purchase same when finished". Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, VA 1732 – 1785,  published by Pohick Church, Lorton, VA 1974.

 

15 Dec 1760: The Vestry accepted the new Gallery built by William Moore and paid him 188 pounds, 0 shillings, 1 pence "for extraordinary service in building the Cedar Run Church". Signators included the familiar names of Lewis Reno, Church Warden and John Baylis, Vestryman. [Other references would make him at least 42 years of age when he commenced building this church]. Minutes of the Vestry, Truro Parish, VA 1732 – 1785,  published by Pohick Church, Lorton, VA 1974.

 

26 May 1760 Prince William Co VA Order Book 1759-1761, page 91: William Moore, in court action against Thomas Reno. Elizabeth Pickett witnessed over 14 days for William Moore, for which he paid her 350 lbs. of tobacco.  On page 118 the court orders William Moore to pay Isaac Farrow 375 pounds of tobacco for being his witness against Thomas Reno for fifteen days.  On page 140 the court orders William Moore to pay William Haggard 75 pounds of tobacco for being his witness against Thomas Reno for three days.

 

27 May 1760 Prince William Co VA Order Book 1759-1761, page 96: “William Moore vs Thomas Reno.  This suit by consent of both parties is left to the arbitrament and final determination of James Nisbett and Nathaniel Overall and their award to be the final judgement of the court.”

 

1761: William Moore, Francis Reno, Lewis Reno and William Spiller voted for John Baylis.

 

1761: William Moore, Francis Reno, Lewis Reno and William Spiller voted for Henry Lee, grandfather of Robert E. Lee.

 

04 Jan 1762 Prince William Co VA – Dettengin Parish Vestry Book: Mentions William Moore.

 

5 Aug 1762 Prince William Co VA Deposition, Deed Book P (1761-1764), Pg 233: “William Moore aged about fifty years deposeth that he worked at Rachael Spiller’s sometime before and after the Testator (William Spiller, deceased) made his will and that they appeared to be very well reconciled and she tender and obliging and when Captain Lewis Reno had prepared the Testator’s will this Deponent was sent for and subscribed the same as a witness and thought the Testator to be to be sober and sensible and signed and acknowledged the will freely and voluntarily.” This deposition indicates that William, aged “about 50” in 1762, was born in approximately 1712.

 

5 Aug 1762 Prince William Co VA Deposition, Deed Book P (1761-1764), Pg 233: “Jesse Moore of full age, deposeth that he worked at Rachel Spiller’s sometime before and after the Testator (William Spiller, deceased) made his will that this Deponent was called upon to be a witness to the same and believes the Testator signed the same (will) freely and voluntarily without being influenced by any as appeared to this Deponent and this Deponent saith that he at the request of the said Testator frequently rode by him. She (Testator’s wife) was attentive and this Deponent believes that the said Testator and his wife were well reconciled and she was very tender and kind to him and that the said Testator was sober and sensible when he signed and acknowledged his said will. at Rachael Spiller’s sometime before and after the Testator [William Spiller] made his will."  This deposition indicates that Jesse, of “full age” in 1762, was at least 18-20 at the time, hence he was born no later than 1740, possibly earlier.

 

4 Jul 1763 Prince William Co VA Bond Book 1753-1782: Richard Melton is listed as the Administrator of Sarah Melton’s estate on 4 Jul 1763.  She was the administrator of the estate of William Melton on 4 May 1762.

 

1765 Prince William Co VA Tithable List.  A total of 5 tithables (individuals over 16 years of age) are mentioned in this group: “William Moore, Jesse Moore, Wm Northcutt, Negroes Judy and Leister”.  “190 acres” is listed beside this entry (the original 1740 land grant to Wm Moore).  The next entry lists Thomas Reno and William Reno.

 

1 Apr 1765 Prince William Co VA Deed Book Q, page 272: William Moore and Margaret his wife of Prince William Co VA deed one lot or ½ acre of land in the town of Dumfries numbered 44 to John Bayles of the same county for 24 pounds.  William Moore obtained this lot from John Graham and Allan Macrae, Gentlemen and Trustees for the Town of Dumfries in a deed dated 27 Aug 1759.  This William and Margaret are probably not “our” ancestors.

 

01 Nov 1765 Prince William Co VA: Jeremiah Moore married Lydia Reno.

 

December 1767 Prince William Co VA – Dettingen Parish Vestry Book, page 39: Jeremiah Moore is listed as a “Reader at Quantico” located in Dettingen Parish.

 

6 Feb 1769 Prince William Co VA Deed Book R, page 62: William Tackitt, Grantor and Executor of the estate of William Spiller, deceased, deeds to his brother in law Moses Jeffres and Rachel his wife (and William’s sister), and upon their death to Elizabeth Reno (wife of Lewis Reno “Younger” and William’s daughter), and upon her death to Sarah Reno (William’s granddaughter and daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Reno) a parcel of land called Felkins Mill Run where William Spiller Jr, deceased, lived (being a part of the land that William Spiller Sr. purchased from Henry Halley) for 50 pounds.    Jesse Moore witnessed the transaction.

 

7 Aug 1769 Prince William Co VA Order Book 1769-1771, page 59: Richard Melton exhibited an account of the estates of John Hamrick, William Melton and wife Sarah Melton.

 

3 Oct 1769 Prince William Co VA Will Book G: William Moore and Jesse Moore are listed as appraisers of the estate of Thomas Reno.

 

November 1770 Prince William Co VA – Dettingen Parish Vestry Book, page 44: Jeremiah Moore is listed as “at Slaty Run do”.  I am not sure what the “do” means.

 

November 1771 Prince William Co VA – Dettingen Parish Vestry Book, page 46: Jesse and Jeremiah Moore listed as “Readers” at the Slaty (aka “Slate”) Run Church.  Slaty Run Church is located south of Manassas near Brentsville/Nokesville  [Broad Run].  Another name for this church was the “Church at Redmans”.

 

01 Feb 1779 Prince William Co VA Will Book 1778-1791, pg 32: Jesse Moore is listed as a witness to the will of Margaret Suel.

 

14 Oct 1781 Prince William Co VA Deed Book U, page 263: David Reno and Nancey his wife of Prince William Co VA deed 190 acres-including all houses, buildings, orchards and appurtenances--to Rev David Thornton of Stafford Co VA for “140 specie current money of Virginia”.  This land was originally deeded to William Moore (see Northern Neck Proprietors Office, deed dated 21 Jan 1741) who sold it to Lewis Reno who, in his will, bequeathed this land to his son David Reno.  Land bounded by such land owner names as Spiller, Waters, Tackett, Richard Wright, Chelton.

 

11 May 1793 Prince William Co VA – Calendar of State Papers, Volume VI, page 416: A Jesse Moore was listed as a juror in a case held at Dumfries. Note: This probably is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

2 Oct 1797 Prince William Co VA Will Book H, page 224: Francis Renoe, Sr’s will, dated 18Oct 1794, mentions sons Enoch, Francis, George and Baylis; mentions daughters Lidia More, Nancy Whitledge (w/o Robert), Fanny Tackett, Milley Jamison, Dolley Renoe, Jane Renoe and Susanna Crosby.  Lidia (aka Lydia) was the wife of Jeremiah Moore.

 

 

Prince William County Will Books

(to 1827 only)

 

Early Prince William County VA Deed Book Indexes

(Actual Deed Books lost during Civil War;

Indexes only cover M-Z)

 

 

PRINCE WILLIAM CO VA Research conducted by William B. Moore, Denver, CO. Dewey Decimal references are from the Denver CO Public Library, Denver, CO.

 

Prince William County Will Book, 'C' 1734 - 1744 by John Frederick Dorman

[G929.3755 P935 do]

A note in the preface says the existence of Vol's A, B, and even D ,etc. is not known.

Moor

Wm                  Several references for him paying rent to George Mason, 1735/36/37/38/39

William                         Several references for him paying rent to George Mason, 1735/36/37/38/39

William             Paid George Mason 520 pounds as rent in 1738/1739

John [J]             Witnessed the will of a James French, father of William French and of Mary

Ann French, and husband of Elizabeth.   Pg 100.

Note: Jeremiah/s mother [wife of William] is presumed  to have been Angelina

French.  Several of their children's names included the name 'French'. We do

not see it in any of Jesse's descendents.

More

Mary                 Mary, wife of William, received one shilling from the will of her mother, Mary

Coffer, 1/3/1774

Melton

Elizabeth           6/18/1735. An inventory, by Elizabeth Higgs, of debts owed to Richard Melton

at his death, names Elizabeth as his widow.

John                 Bond of Sarah Hews & John Melton [pg 238/239] unto Denis McCarty, L100

                        for administration of the estate of William Hews.

John                 05/29/1741, witness to will of Edward Droyel.

John                 03/27/1741, witness to a bond of John Mawbrey.

Richard             See Elizabeth above.

 

 

Wills, Administrations, & Marriages, Fauquier Co VA  1759-1800        

[G929.1755 F277vi]

Includes some Prince William and Stafford County material.

No index. But I searched all entries prior to 1853. No Moores at all.

 

 

 

Fairfax Co VA Records

 

17?? Fairfax Co VA Deed Book B, page 474: James Moore and wife Margaret “of Charles Co MD” sell 378 acres to Coffer.  William Branaugh and others witnessed. 

 

17 May 1757 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book D, page 395: William Moore buys acreage from John Anderson in Parish of Cameron.

 

17 Jul 1757 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book D, page 531: William Moore gives 200 of his 500 acres in the Parish of Truroe to James Moore, son of William.  Mentions patent date of 17 Jan 1727.

 

176? Fairfax Co VA Deed Book D, page 516: William Moore sells 140 acres on the lower side of Ox Road to M. Littlejohn.

 

25 Feb 1762 Fairfax Co VA—John Blancett, assignee (in 1770) of James Ingoe Dozieur, for whom surveyed, assignee of Lewis Sanders/Saunders, warrantee; 263 acres on draines of Accotink on Ox and Belhaven roads; adjacent Dozieur's own land, William Moore, Col. Grayson, Capt. Lewis Elzey, Lewis Sanders.  (Survey) Pilot, James Hawley.  (Survey) Chain carriers Lewis Sanders Jr., John Martin.  Surveyor John Mauzy.  Note per Robert P. Moore: James Dozier Davis, who married Frances Milton, daughter of Richard, was probably named for this man.  Abstracts of VA’s Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Volume IV.

 

17 Aug 1769 Fairfax Co VA Will Book C, page 66: Will of William Moore of Fairfax Co VA.  Mentions sons James, Samuel, wife Mary, daughters Sarah Littlejohn, Mary Bucklin, An Tyler.  Executrix Mary his wife and Executor James his son.  Probated 16 Oct 1769.

 

19 Nov 1770 Fairfax Co VA Will Book C, page 92-95: Inventory of the Estate of William Moore.  Refers to some goods purchased at Mr. Deakins store in George Town, Maryland and “applied to the use of the widow Mrs. Mary Moore, Mr. Henry Moore….”.

 

17 May 1772 Fairfax Co VA Will Book C, page 149: Will of Henry Moore of the town of Colchester, Fairfax Co VA.  Mentions sons Cleon, Cato, daughters Susanna (married George Summers), Sarah, Jane King and Ann Pinner.  Appointed friends Hector Ross and Alex Henderson and son Cleon Moore Executors.  Probated April 1773.

 

12 Jan 1785 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book Q, page 157: Robert Sanford of Fairfax Co VA (Lessor) leases some land to Peter Dow of Fairfax Co VA (Lessee).  Jesse Moore and John McIver witnessed the lease. Note: This may be Jeremiah’s son Jesse who born in 1765.

 

1787 Fairfax Co VA Tax Lists: Jesse Moore is listed in the Fairfax Co tax lists as having his tax paid by Jeremiah Moore, and with no listed holdings or other family members.  Son John R. would have been two years old then.

 

13 Apr 1787 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book Q, page 466: Elisha Cullen Dick and Hannah his wife of Fairfax Co VA (Grantor) deed 550 acres in question are situated in both Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, VA to Tomas Lewis of Fairfax Co VA (Lessee). Jeremiah Moore and David Pyle witnessed this lease.

 

17 Sep 1787 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book Q, page 470: Elisha S. Dick of Fairfax Co VA (Lessor) and Jeremiah Moore “of Fairfax Co” VA (Lessee) enter into a 19yr/5mo lease for a parcel of land “bounded beginning at the Great Road leading from Alexandria to Leesburg at a red Oak corner to a Spanish Oak on Wolf Trap another corner of J. Moore…..to the beginning containing 18.75 acres” for a fee of 4 shillings per year.  Jesse Moore, Jeremiah Moore, Francis Moore, John Moore and James Hall witnessed this lease. Note: This is probably Jeremiah’s son Jesse born in 1765.

 

2 Oct 1789 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book S, page 82: Jeremiah Moore and Lydia his wife (Grantors) deed 264 acres of land (bordering Difficult Run and Wolf Trap Run) in Fairfax Co VA for 500 pounds to James Wiley (Grantee).

 

20 Apr 1791 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book T, page 264: Regards a transaction on a lot in Alexandria between Charles Little, Sheriff of Fairfax Co VA (Devisee and Executrix of John Muir, deceased) and Richard Weightman of Alexandria, Fairfax Co VA.  Jesse Moore and others witnessed this transaction. Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

22 Dec 1791 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book U, page 6: Buckner Stith of Fairfax Co VA sells several slaves to Baldwin Dade.  Jesse Moore witnessed the transaction. Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

22 Dec 1791 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book U, page 8: Buckner Stith of Fairfax Co VA sells several items and livestock to Baldwin Dade.  Jesse Moore witnessed the transaction. Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

17 Jan 1792 Fairfax Co VA Will Book F, page 56: Jesse Moore and others were firmly bound to Wm. Payne and William Herbert for the sum of 1000 pounds (the British pound sterling was the accepted form of currently until approximately 1800) if the appraisal of Eli Stone’s (deceased) estate is not accurately inventoried. Eli Stone will, dated 16 Feb 1778 and probated 17 Jan 1792 can be found in Will Book F, page 54.  Eli’s wife was Rebekah and they had children Davis, William, Elizabeth, Mary (Ferguson) and Sarah (Bennett).  Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

July 1793 Fairfax Co VA - Calendar of State Papers (Volume VI), page 554: Jesse Moore is appointed to the infantry. Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

18 Oct 1793 Fairfax Co VA Will Book F, page 292: Regards the estate of Thomas Windsor deceased.  The estate paid a debt (bill) to Jesse Moore, Sheriff. Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

15 Sep 1794 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book X, page 318: Jeremiah Moore “of Fairfax” sells 1/3 of the following land to William Sheppard: 3,812.5 acres owned on State Creek, Clerke Co (formerly Fayette Co) KY.

 

6 Jun 1796 Fairfax Co VA - Calendar of State Papers (Volume VIII), page 488: Jesse Moor of the 2^nd Battalion of the 60^th Regiment of the Fairfax Co Virginia Militia is listed as a Captain. Note: This most likely is Jeremiah’s son Jesse born 1765 as “our” Jesse appears in Nelson Co KY records as early as 1789.

 

9 Sep 1806 Fairfax Co VA Deed Book G2, pages 398-405: According to page 277 of Beth Mitchell’s Beginning at a white Oak, land patented in 1715 by Richard Watts and Wm. Harrson between Difficult Run and Accotink.  Went through various hand from Watts.  Richard Ratcliff conveyed 600 acres to Jeremiah Moore.  Chancery suit 5 June 1805 cleared title in Moore's favor.  Jeremiah devised portions to son John in 1814 will.  For further details see DiBacco’s pamphlet entitled Moorefield.

 

 

 

Fairfax County Will Books

(to 1827 only)

 

 

Will of Jeremiah Moore

Fairfax Co VA Will Book K, page 271

Will written 1 Aug 1814, probated 20 Mar 1815

 

     To all to whom these presents may come, or in any wise concern, know ye that I, Jeremiah Moore, of the County of Fairfax, and Commonwealth of Virginia, being in good health, and enjoying the full exercise of my intellectual faculties, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, in the following form and manner, that is in the first place to say:  That so soon after my death as my son John Moore, shall deliver up to my executrix hereafter names, all notes, Bonds, obligations and agreements or memorandums for money due from me to him;  that then he shall forever hold and possess in fee simple, all that part of the Tract of land on which I now live, that lies South of Ellzeys Churchroad, as fully as if I had, conveyed the same to him by Indenture, under my hand and seal,-2^nd;  it is my will that my several married children hold and possess such things as I gave them at the time of their marriage; or since, which articles, stand charged to them in my Book of Accounts, for things given to them, at the time of these marriages;  but that these sums may be accurately known, Jesse Moore, is to be charged with L275.8.7.  Francis Moore with L155.18.7.,  Angelina Hunter with L149.,  John Moore L105.1.11;  Ammishaddia Moore with L135.17.,  Margaret F. Smith with L65.-William F. Moore with L90.4., these several sums are notwithstanding to be accounted for in the general division of my Estate, after the death of my wife shall take place, but there is no interest to be charged on them.  But further I lately purchased a Mill in Jefferson County for which I paid $1500 Dollars and put the Mill into the hands of Jesse Moore and Francis Moore, and if they pay the aforesaid sum of $1500, and the interest thereof, one half of the mill is to be vested in Francis Moore and the other half in Jesse Moore’s children, reserving to Jesse Moore the use of the property during his natural life, but to render this part of my will firm and secure, the Mill aforesaid to Jesse Moore’s heirs and Francis Moore, they are also to pay the remaining part of the purchase money for which I have given my obligation so that my Estate shall not be liable for any part of the debt that remains to be paid, five hundred dollars reserved out of the fifteen hundred, said to be paid my Estate is to when a Title to the Mill is made, and then Jesse Moore, and Francis Moore will each owe me $750 Dollars, each with interest from the first day of July 1814 till paid and when the same is paid, either to me or my Heirs, the Mill is to be vested wholly in them as aforesaid.  John Moore is indebted to me for Lucy and her children $375 Dollars, with interest thereon, from the twenty fifth day of December 1813, this debt is a part of my Estate, to be accounted of in the general distribution after the death of my wife, over and above what John has been already charged with;  I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth S. Moore, a Negro girl named Synia, price three hundred dollars;  one horse and saddle price Seventy Dollars, and Feather Bed, her choice of all in the House, with its furniture, price forty dollars, one Cow and Calf price fifteen dollars, there articles to be charged to her as part of my Estate, and I also give her a legacy of Twenty dollars for every year she has lived in my family since she was twenty years old, this is for services done in the family, and is not to be charged as any part of my estate.

I give unto my daughter Nancy T. Moore, one Negro girl named Sinae, valued at three hundred dollars, and the same articles over and above as I have given her sister Elizabeth, and to the same value, and the same legacy of twenty Dollars a year since she was Twenty years old, the Twenty dollars a year not to be charged to her as part of my estate but the other articles are, in the general distribution, after the death of her mother.  With cash in hand and bonds and notes due me amounting to about Six thousand dollars, I leave to settle in the first place my guardianship account for my for my ward Julyan Rowls and as the whole of these debts will be due by the first day of July next, I wish the money to be collected and the settlement with the court to be made as soon as possible, the money I have received belonging to this orphan, may be seen as to the sum and the time it was received stated in my Book of Accounts.,-I give unto my son Francis Moore, Condens, Concordance, Robertson Ecclestical researches and Benedicts History of the Baptists, not because he is my Son, but because he is a preacher for altho preaching is not a loosing Business, still he that would discharge this duty in the fear of God, will find it a heavy check, on all worldly interests.  That part of my Estate that is now in the hands of my Daughter Margret F. Smith, or that may fall to her, in the general distribution of my Estate, I leave in Trust for her use in the hands of Francis Moore, Ammishaddia Moore, William F Moore and George W. Hunter, and if anything remains, in their hands, at her death, the same shall be equally divided amongst her children.

That proportion of my Estate that now is in the hands of my Son, John Moore, I give him, with what may finally fall to him, in the general division to be yet made, all the remainder of my Estate I give unto my Beloved wife Lydia Moore, for and during her natural life and constitute her whole and sole Executrix for that time of this my last Will and Testament, but she shall not be obliged to take out letters of Administration, give any Security, or have any appraisement whatever, the Law may say to the contrary notwithstanding;  for I have more confidence in her Justice, integrity and uprightness than in all the Courts that ever set, either in this Commonwealth or else where the will may be recorded for safekeeping but nothing more shall be done during her having the direction of my affairs;  there are no debts to pay, but ample provision is made, to meet, that due to my Ward, already mentioned, being all that can effect me.

And, it is further my will, that as soon after her death as possible, that Francis Moore, Ammishaddia Moore and George W. Hunter shall, in the presents of all the Heirs, who will please to attend, take a complete inventory of all things she may leave behind at her death, and then proceed to divide the same as all concerned may think best; and when no division can take place, proceed to sell the article that cannot be divided, as well the Land as anything else, which they are hereby fully authorized to do and the distribution of all to be so made as including what each one has already received, a fair and equal division of the whole may be had, but no commission shall be given to the trustees above mentioned for the service they may render in taking the Account or dividing the Estate.  The Situation of the Laws, at present and the State of this unhappy Country, generally leaves no opportunity to say anything abut that part of my family that are Slaves by law.  I must leave them therefore to the mercy of my Children, and hope they will do to and for them what is right.  This being my Will, written with my own hand, and sealed with my Seal, is and shall be to all intents and purposes my last Will and Testament given under my hand and Seal this first day of August, one thousand eight hundred fourteen. 

 

                                                                      (Signed)  Jeremiah Moore         SEAL

 

At a Court held for Fairfax County, the 20^th day of March 1815, this last Will and Testament of Jeremiah Moore, deceased, was presented in court by Lydia Moore, the Executrix therein named who made oath thereto and the same being proved by the oaths of Henry Gannell, Amos Fox and John C. Hunter, to be wholly in the Hand Writing of the said Testator and signed by him, is admitted to Record.

 

 

FAIRFAX CO VA HISTORY Research conducted by William B. Moore, Denver, CO. Dewey Decimal references are from the Denver CO Public Library, Denver, CO.

 

Abstracts of Wills and Inventories, Fairfax County 1742 - 1801

[G929.3755 [F 161 ki]  ]

 

Moore               Pg        Date                 Notes

Cleon                30                                 See Henry below.

Cleon                60         01/01/1795        Witness to John Askins.

Cato                 30                                 See Henry below.

Henry                30         05/17/1772        Will. No wife. Sons: Cato, Cleon. Dau'rs: Sarah, Jane,

Ann.

James               28                                 Son of William, pg 28 below.

Susanna           32         03/03/1775        Daughter of Richand Lake per his will of this date.

Samuel             28                                 Son of William, pg 28 below.

William                         17         03/24/1754        Witness to Jean Heryford's will.

William                         28                                 See (*) 

(*)Will for a William Moore ,17 August 1769. Wife: Mary. Sons: James & Samuel. Daughters: Sarah Little & Mary Bucklin. Witnesses included a Nisbett Clean Moore.

 

 

Fairfax County, Virginia, Court Records  1749 - 1774

[G929.3755 291  5771su]    *

 

Moore              Date                 Notes/Comments

William             03/27/1770        To inventory estate of Jeremiah Bronaugh

                        09/26/1750        To inventory estate of James Devin

                        06/16/1752        To inventory estate of Samuel Carfoot

                        03/06/1751        Grand Juror

                        1757/1758         More Jury Duty and Inventories

            09/20/1763        To inventory estate of Elizabeth Bronaugh

James               11/19/1770        Received a deed from William Moore, [and noted '1756, pg

                                                270.] [but pg. 270 of what?]

                        11/19/1770        Executor to the will of William Moore

[Apparently James is William's son and almost surely neither

are ours. Our William should still be living in Prince William County ? ? ? ]

Elizabeth           11/19/1770        also Executor to will of William Moore

Jeremiah         09/20/1773        'noted 1772, pg 264'  [but pg. of what?]  Posted a bond of

$100[lbs] to appear in court.  James Deneal [sp?] and Amos Fox each posted bonds of $50 that Jeremiah Moore would not

preach, publish, or expound the Holy Gospel.

                        10/19/1773        'noted 1772, pg 275' [of what?]

                                                Charged for preaching without a license, and posted a bond of

$10 for good behavior not to preach until he has [a] license.

                                                James Deneale and George Kilgore also gave $5 bonds.

Melton

John                 1753/1754         some jury duty and bad debt postings

                        1754/1755         Bad debts and 'non-appearance' postings

                        1757/1758         Bad debts, assaults, and other similar postings

Michael             1750/1754         Jury duty, then other not so good postings

                        1754/1755         Bad debts, and 'non-appearances'

                        1757/1758         Bad debts, assaults, and other similar postings.

Sybill                1755                 noted as the wife of John [posting a bond]

 

 

 

Loudoun Co VA Records

 

Loudoun County formed from western Fairfax County on 17 May 1757. It was divided into two parishes: Cameron and Shelburne, with Goose Creek being the dividing line between them.  Most marriage records prior to 1800 have been lost or destroyed.

 

 

1774 – 1781 Loudoun Co VA Tithable List: Jesse Moore.  Specifically in 1774, a “Jesse Moor” (probably a grammatical error in the original…another transcribed source states “Jesse Moon” ), Henry Wilson and Moses Milton are all listed in the Tithables of Loudoun County VA under Mann Page – presumably meaning that Jesse was a renter of Mann Page.

 

13 May 1782 Loudoun Co VA Minute Book 1780-1783, page 108: Harbin Moore approved Surveyor of the road from Weedon’s Mill to Fauquier line with the usual hands.

 

13 Oct 1782 Loudoun Co VA Orders Book “G”, Part II, page 455 or Minute Book 1780-1783, page 148: “On the motion of Jeremiah Moore who made oath according to Law and together with William Peyton and Jonah Thompson his securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of three hundred pounds conditioned as the law directs.  Certificate is granted them for obtaining Letters of Administration on the Estate of William Moore deceased in due form – Jesse Moore the Heir at Law having first under hand and seal relinquishes in his favor-which said relinquishment was proved by the witnesses subscribing thereto and order to be recorded.” 

                                   

14 Oct 1782 Loudoun Co VA Court Order Book N, Number II, page 377-378 (may also be known as Deed Book N, pages 377-378): Jesse Moore petitions the court in regards to the last will and testament of his father, 'To All To Whom these presents shall come Whereas by the Last Will and Testament of my Father William Moore, of the State of South Carolina and Craven County, SC, deceased he did dispose of all his real and personal estate as in the said will bearing date the twentyeth day of November One Thousand seven hundred and eighty specified, This Shall Certify that I have and do hereby acknowledge the Validity of the said Will and that the same shall be committed to record in any Court of Record in the said State of South Carolina or Commonwealth of Virginia and the same is hereby acknowledged to be binding on me and my heirs forever Notwithstanding any Law, custom or usage to the contrary and furthermore that whereas by the neglect of the Executors nominated in said Will the Estate therein devised doth still remain unsettled, I do hereby resign all right and Title to the Administration of the said Estate vested in me as heir at Law to the same into the Hands of my Trusty and well beloved brother Jeremiah Moore, he first complying with the custom and wages as in such case by Law directed.  Given under my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty two.  Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Thomas Humphrey, Jno Thompson, W. Peyton, Francis Peyton Jr. 

Jesse Moore

At a court held for Loudoun County the 14 day of October 1782.  This relinquishment of the Right of Administration of Estate of William Moore deceased by Jesse Moore the Heir at Law in favor or Jeremiah Moore was proved by the witnesses subscribing thereto and ordered to be recorded.

 

11 Nov 1782 Loudoun County VA Orders Book “G”, page 457: Jesse Moore in a list of tithables of Ann Peyton – presumably meaning that Jesse was a renter of Ann Peyton.  “On motion of Mrs. Ann Peyton ordered that her tithables ???? William Peyton, Jesfe Moore, negroes Dick, Dick, Melford, Tom, Sam, John, Frank and Pete, be added to list of Shelbourne Parish.”

 

1782  - 1787 Loudoun Co VA Census Records: Jesse Moore is listed in Loudoun County VA Census with one slave.

                       

4 Apr 1789 Loudoun Co VA, Personal Property Tax List: Jesse Moore Sr.  This “Sr” designation may have been included on Jesse’s part to differentiate him from Jeremiah’s son Jesse, born circa 1766.  According to Robert P Moore, listed next to Jesse Moore on this Tax List is Burgess Mason, who also migrated to Nelson Co KY.

 

 

 

Loudoun Co Marriage Records

(to 1800 only)

Compiled by Aurelia M. Jewell, 1975

Virginia Book Company

Berryville, VA 22611