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FOREWORD 

We  wish  to  express  appreciation  to  the  many  relatives  and  kinsmen 
for  their  kindly  help,  without  which  this  volume  would  have  been  im¬ 
possible. 

To  a  public  whose  interest  in  genealogical  research  is  constantly  in¬ 
creasing,  to  the  numerous  members  of  the  families  whose  records  are  here¬ 
with  presented,  and  to  their  children  and  grandchildren,  and  especially 
to  the  generations  yet  unborn,  this  work  is  respectfully  dedicated. 

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GLADYS  HARPER. 


Date  May  25,  1946. 


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CONTENTS 


Chapter 

I  PIONEER  HARRODSBURG. 

II  SIMEON  MOORE. 

III  CAPTAIN  THOMAS  MOORE. 

IV  POLLY  MOORE  HARROD. 

V  ANN  MOORE  WORLEY. 

VI  SAMUEL  MOORE. 

VII  JOHN  MOORE. 

VIII  JAMES  MOORE. 

LX  NANCY  MOORE  NEWLAND. 

X  ISABELLA  MOORE  BINGHAM. 

XI  THOMAS  HARBERSON  MOORE. 

XII  ELIZABETH  MOORE  BASS  Van  ARSDALL. 


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Since  so  many  famous  Moore  men  nave  gained  their  fame  while 
residents  of  Ireland,  many  people  have  come  to  believe  that  it  is  a  strictly 
Irish  name.  This  seems  to  be  a  slight  mistake,  as  Bardsley,  the  reputed 
authority  on  Nomenclature,  says  they  were  chiefly  in  England,  and  cites 
only  early  incidences  of  the  name  in  that  country.  However  it  is  well  known 
that  many  men  named  MOORE  were  natives  of  Scotland;  and  that  many 
of  their  descendants  migrated  to  America  after  living  in  Ireland  for  a  gen¬ 
eration  or  two. 

The  arms  we  quote  were  granted  to  one  of  these  Scotch-Irish  ancestors; 
and  since  it  was  also  borne  by  persons  of  the  name  in  Tipperary,  co.  Cavan 
and  elsewhere  in  Ireland  proper,  it  appears  that  these  latter  too  were 
originally  Scotch,  and  merely  moved  farther  South  in  Ireland,  instead  of 
coming  to  America,  as  so  many  did.  We  quote  Burke’s  General  Armoy: 

MOORE:  (of  Moore  Fort,  co.  Antrim;  confirmed  to  William  Moore,  Esq., 
and  to  the  descendants  of  his  grandfather)  Azure,  on  a  chief  engrailed  Or, 
an  annulet  between  two  mullets  gules.  Crest:  out  of  a  mural  coronet 
proper,  a  Moor’s  head  in  profile,  also  proper,  the  temples  encircled  with 
a  wreath  of  argent  &  azure.  Motto:  Fortis  cadere  cedere  non  potest.” 

As  our  illustration  shows,  this  is  a  blue  field,  with  a  gold  chief 
(upper  1/3)  having  a  scalloped  edge  and  on  the  chief  an  annulet  between 
two  stars — all  three  red.  The  helmet  of  an  Esquire  is  used  and  is  surmount¬ 
ed  by  a  mural  coronet  (which  represents  a  stone  wall)  and  out  of  this 
crown  issues  the  head  of  a  Moor.  This  motto  means:  The  brave  can  die,  but 
yield  never. 

The  name  Moore  is  derived  from  the  moors  upon  which  they  lived. 
However,  a  Moor’s  head  is  used  as  a  pun,  as  in  the  Standish  family 
three  standing  dishes  of  silver  are  used,  in  the  Perry  family,  pears  are 
used,  in  the  Carter  family  three  cartwheels  are  used,  and  so  on. 


— Florence  B.  Culver,  Heraldry. 


89 si?  boo  ti>cuifcn3  at  vilaiiio  9 nv/  x-'rt*  «rVB8  .oudslonsmoW  rro  x*nodJu<j 

\o  b«9/an:  (b:t*Iyrl  ni  dh/oB  bevrra  haa  .riotooB  x^snigno 


.  ...  9ioo W  rno.!!  W  c  i  h  *ii>  to  i  <  into  A  oo  ,<  •  ii  oiooM  lo)  :H#001/ 


.v/  9»*r*j  r<  c  »'j  r<  w  <)  ttooioo  Icr.cn  b  xd  *•.» 


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On  March  11,  1774,  Captain  James  Harrod  and  party  pitched  their  tents 
on  the  site  of  Harrodsburg,  Ky.  On  June  16th,  1774,  James  Harrod,  assisted 
by  Daniel  Boone,  surveyed  and  laid  off  the  town.  Here  the  Old  Fort  was 
built  in  1775-76  after  Captain  Harrod  returned  from  Virginia  w'ith  a  few 
pioneer  families  to  whom  one-half  acre  lot  in  town,  and  five  acres  outside 
were  allowed  to  each  claimant.  After  the  cabins  were  erected,  they  were 
distributed  by  chance,  and  known  as  lottery  cabins.  The  first  settlement 
having  been  made  at  Harrodsburg,  there  were  built  the  following  stations: 

Boiling  Spring,  1775. 

Brown’s  Station  six  miles  east  of  Harrodsburg. 

Danvdle  Station,  ten  miles  south  of  Harrodsburg. 

Laughtery  Station,  one  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Danville. 

Fontain  Bleu,  three  miles  southwest  of  Harrodsburg  on  the  Bohon- 
town  pike. 

Gordon’s,  seven  miles  east  of  Danville. 

Wm.  McAfee’s  Station,  one  mile  west  of  Harrodsburg  at  the  mouth  of 
the  town  creek. 

Major  Hugh  McGary’s  Station,  at  the  head  of  Shawnee  Run  waters. 

Trigg’s  Station,  known  as  Viney  Grove,  five  miles  east  of  Harrods¬ 
burg. 

Wilson’s  Station,  three  miles  southwest  of  Harrodsburg. 

Fort  Harberson  stood  where  Perryville  now  stands,  southwest  of 
Harrodsburg.  The  man  whose  name  it  took  was  lame.  One  day  he  and  a 
fellow  fort-man,  named  Ewing,  were  just  outside  the  fort  together  when 
a  party  of  Indians  attacked  them.  Ewing  would  not  outstrip  his  unfortunate 
companion,  and  w’hile  delaying  to  shield  and  help  him  was  killed  by  one 
of  the  savages.  While  the  Indian  who  had  killed  Ewing  was  scalping  him, 
a  man  in  the  fort  named  Potts,  shot  the  Indian  who  fell  dead  across  the 
body  of  his  victim.  The  rest  of  the  band  took  Harbison  off  as  a  captive.  He 
was  never  heard  of  again,  and  it  is  probable  that  as  his  lameness  would 
retard  their  movements,  he  was  sacrificed  to  their  haste  and  malignity. 

These  stations  were  centers  in  which  families  were  gathered  for 
mutual  protection;  the  men  gradually  extending  out  their  farming  opera¬ 
tions  as  safety  allowed.  The  more  daring  and  restless  sometimes  made 


a*w  l  io I  biO  aril  .nwoJ  o*U  Mo  b**»f  bn*  b^fjvw.  ,911008  touted  yd 
vb  ^  a  (iJiW  tinr  ,;V  moil  b  mui»?  bof; icH  nuilq*-'^  ivfU  T  3  PI  ni  Hind 


5li*id:bo:  ilH  lo  J*co  atdifn  xit  noilsl^  e’nwoiS 


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homes  prematurely,  and  frequently  had  to  retire  into  the  Stations,  and 
often  the  people  of  the  Stations  had  to  crowd  into  the  stronger  forts  of 
which  Boonesboro  and  Harrodsburg  were  for  many  years  most  secure.  The 
Stations  themselves  were  sometimes  small  forts;  many  times  only  a  col¬ 
lection  of  log  huts,  around  which  strong  pickets  afforded  strong  protection. 
Usually  a  spring  was  enclosed  in  this  stockade,  or  as  near  by  as  possible 
and  sometimes  had  a  rough  covered  way  to  it,  and  women  are  on  record 
who  braved  Indian  arrows  to  bring  water  to  thirsting  men,  who  could  not 
be  spared  for  a  moment  from  the  port-hole,  while  the  vigilant  Indian  be¬ 
siegers  were  around. 

Life  in  these  Stations  was  almost  inconceivably  hard  and  rough.  The 
first  settlers  were  not  as  a  mass.  Many  had  been  lords  of  Manors  in  Vir¬ 
ginia,  who  had  hob-nobbed  with  Lord  Fairfax,  and  whose  dames  in  stay 

and  hoop  had  been  led  down  the  regal  halls  of  Belvidere  at  “Richmond  on 

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the  James,”  through  the  stately  minuet  by  Lord  Dunsmore,  the  King's 
Solonial  Governor.  To  such  as  these,  to  any,  even  to  the  poor  Dinahs  who 
first  came  out,  this  life  must  have  been  worse  than  Hebrew  bondage  on 
the  green  banks  of  the  Nile.  The  lives  of  the  pioneer  mothers,  as  well  a3 
the  pioneer  fathers,  were  full  of  danger  and  hardships,  and  required  great 
endurance,  and  had  in  them  more  of  the  elements  of  suffering  than  be¬ 
longed  to  the  lot  of  the  next  generation  that  grew  up  around  them  who  had 
never  known,  as  they  had,  a  softer  life.  A  sense  of  lost  good  often  embit¬ 
ters  present  evil.  These  women  had  left  comfortable  homes  in  the  old  states 
where  air  and  sunshine  flowed  in  with  perfect  freedom,  but  in  this  narrow 
crowded  quarters  of  a  fort  in  which  they  were  compelled  to  live,  such 
existence  as  they  had  led  was  impracticable,  absolutely  impossible  to 
them.  Respectable  dress,  so  dear  to  the  hearts  of  gentle  women,  and  the 
luxuries  of  the  table  had  been  their  birthright.  These  fore-mothers  now 
struggled  bravely  to  gather  around  them  some  rude  comforts  and  conven¬ 
iences  of  life,  and  to  implant  correct  moral  principles  and  knowledge  of 
polite  usages  of  society  in  their  children — and  they  succeeded.  But  the 
existence  of  such  furniture  and  clothes  and  modes  of  society  as  they  had 
known  were  for  a  long  time  only  traditional  things  to  their  children,  who 
lived  on  in  health  and  happiness  all  unconscious  of  their  privations. 

Dirt  floors,  or  worse,  puncheons,  which  meant  split  logs  with  all  their 
prickly  splinters  for  little  bare  feet;  a  log  cut  out  for  a  glassless  window; 
bear-skin  curtains  to  separate  into  apartments,  and  stick  chimneys  in  con¬ 
stant  danger  of  burning,  is  a  description  of  the  early  homesteads. 

There  were  but  few  cooking  vessels  and  few  were  needed.  Vegetables 
were  not  known.  Orchards  were  a  long  time  coming  to  bearing;  bread 
itself  for  awhile  was  almost  ap  unknown  luxury.  The  best  meat  was  abund¬ 
ant  in  the  forest,  and  turkey  breast  was  used  for  bread;  this  with  venison 
and  the  luscious  flesh  of  bear,  made  a  very  satisfactory  meal  for  hungry 
men  and  women.  Everything  in  the  way  of  furniture  and  clothing  was 
the  product  of  manual  labor  in  the  first  stage  of  pioneer  life.  In  the  corner 
beside  the  fire-place  large  enough  to  hold  a  heap  of  logs,  was  usually  a 
window  of  sufficient  size  for  four  panes  of  glass;  but  rarely,  if  ever,  did 

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that  substance  transmit  the  light  to  the  inmates  of  .  the  room.  Bedsteads 
were  made  by  using  the  cracks  between  the  logs  as  rests  for  side  pieces  and 
forks  cut  from  trees  for  posts.  The  material  for  bedding  was  of  forest 
growth,  being  simply  dry  leaves  until  straw  and  shucks  were  produced. 
All  careful  housekeepers  saved  whatever  kind  of  feathers  the  hunters 
brought  with  their  game.  Table-ware,  trays  and  bowls  were  dug  out  or 
carved  out  of  wood.  Of  course  almost  every  family  had  tucked  in  with  the 
necessaries  from  home  some  precious  article,  which  if  preserved  to  our 
day,  are  treasured  heir-looms  and  certificates  of  primitive  gentility. 

In  June,  1776  a  convention  was  held  in  Harrodsburg  which  sent  George 
Rogers  Clark  and  Gabriel  Jones  to  Williamsburg,  Va.,  to  ask  the  House  of 
Burgesses  to  recognize  and  declare  the  territory  of  Kentucky  to  be  a  part 
of  Virginia.  The  House  of  Burgesses  not  being  in  session,  Governor  Patrick 
Henry  and  the  Executive  Council  were  appealed  to.  After  some  difficulties 
Clark  and  Jones  carried  their  point,  and  in  the  following  December,  1776, 
during  the  first  six  months  of  the  Revolution,  Kentucky  became  a  part  of 
one  of  the  thirteen  colonies.  While  living  in  the  Old  Fort  at  Harrodsburg, 
George  Rogers  Clark,  wrote  his  journal  of  1777-1778.  Here  it  was,  while 
taking  part  in  the  life  of  the  fort  and  the  community,  that  he  conceived 
his  idea  of  the  conquest  of  the  northwest  which  resulted  in  his  taking 
Kaskaskia,  Old  Vincennes  and  Cahokia.  It  was  from  this  immediate  sec¬ 
tion  that  he  officered  his  army  for  that  memorable  campaign,  among  them 
our  ancestor,  Captain  Thomas  Moore,  and  his  brothers,  Samuel  and  John. 
This  was  the  home  of  Davey,  the  drummer  boy,  who  with  his  martial  drum 
kept  reviving  the  tired  spirits  of  Clark’s  soldiers.  These  men  played  a 
conspicuous  part  in  the  American  Revolution,  as  they  not  only  defended 
the  colonies  of  Virginia  and  the  Carclinas  from  the  attacks  of  the  British 
and  Indians  in  their  rear,  but  by  the  conquest  made  the  northwestern  ter¬ 
ritory  American  soil.  At  the  close  of  the  War,  at  the  sitting  of  the  Peace 
Commissioners  at  Paris,  France,  the  most  difficult  question  to  settle  and 
one  which  for  a  time  threatened  to  break  up  the  conference,  was  the  ces¬ 
sion  of  thi3  western  territory. 

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The  position  of  the  colonies  was  “We  have  settled  Kentucky  and  con¬ 
quered  the  Northwest;  we  have  it  and  we  are  going  to  keep  it.”  After  days 
of  contention  the  colonies  carried  their  point.  If  it  had  not  been  for  the 
convention  at  Harrodsburg  in  June,  1776,  and  Clark’s  invasion  of  Ohio. 
Indiana  and  Illinois,  which  was  conceived  by  Clark  while  at  Harrodsburg 
and  partly  executed  from  there,  the  terms  of  the  treaty  of  peace  at  Paris, 
France,  would  not  have  included  the  cession  of  the  territory  which  now 
is  the  most  glorious  of  America. 

Though  Fort  Harrod  was  many  times  besieged,  it  withstood  the  as¬ 
saults  of  the  Indians,  led  by  the' British  Red-coats,  for  it  was  scientifically 
constructed,  and  remained  the  military  center,  the  strong-hold  and  refuge 
of  the  settlers,  until  peace  rested  over  the  “dark  and  bloody  ground.” 

The  fort  covered  a  ground  area  of  264  feet  each  way.  The  heavy  stock¬ 
ade  was  12  ft.  high.  It  included  the  homes  of  the  pioneers  and  a  school- 
house.  When  there  was  an  Indian  alarm,  the  livestock  was  brought  within 

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the  stockade.  A  large  spring  was  wisely  included  in  the  enclosure  to  insure 
a  water  supply  without  risk  of  life  in  going  outside.  In  September,  1777,  the 
census  of  Harrodsburg  showed  a  population  of  200.  During  the  year,  1777, 
the  Indians  sorely  harassed  the  settlers  at  Harrod’s  Fort.  They  destroyed 
much  of  the  corn  and  wheat,  crops  that  grew  above  the  ground.  So  the 
settlers  resorted  to  turnips,  that  grew  below  the  gound,  and  lived  largely 
upon  turnips  through  that  year.  Indian  raids  continued  for  several  years 
until  1783,  the  slaughter  at  the  Battle  of  Blue  Licks  occurring  in  August, 
1782  in  which  many  of  our  settlers  were  killed,  among  them  Captain 
Moore’s  brother,  Samuel. 

Captain  James  Harrod  left  no  heirs  to  carry  on  his  name;  he  himself 
was  killed  by  a  man  named  Bridges  over  the  reputed  finding  of  metal  in 
the  hills.  Yet  his  name  is  carried  on  in  the  name  of  a  town,  which  many 
of  our  ancestors  claim  as  their  birth-place — Harrodsburg. 


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Views  of  Fort  Harrod.  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  whore  Captain  Tn:ma 
Moore  and  his  six-leen  year  old  bride  lived  during  Indian  attacks. 


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Views  of  Fort  Harrod,  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  where  Capiain  Thomas 
Moore  and  his  six  teen  year  old  bride  lived  during  Indian  attacks. 


Views  of  Fori  Harrod,  Harroasburg,  Ky.,  where  Caplain  Thomas 
Moore  and  his  six-leen  year  old  bride  lived  during  Indian  aliacks. 


The  father  of  Simeon  Moore  was  James  Moore,  Sr.,  born  in  Maryland 
in  1682,  and  died  in  1769  in  Baltimore  County,  Maryland.  His  first  wife’s 
name  is  not  known.  She  was  the  mother  of  Simeon  and  Sarah  Moore.  His 
second  wife  was  Frances  Gay,  widow  of  John  Gay.  Her  parents  were 
Frances  and  Nicholas  Ruxton.  Frances  Gay  Moore  was  the  mother  of 
Nicholas  Ruxton  Gay,  and  James  Moore,  Jr.  A  set  of  dec-ds  by  Nicholas 
Ruxton  Gay  says  James  Moore,  Jr.,  was  his  half-brother,  and  Gay  mentions 
the  Moore  children  as  “nieces  and  nephews”  in  his  bequests.  James,  Jr., 
was  married  to  Hannah  Wilmott.  Their  son,  James  Francis,  was  a  Revolu¬ 
tionary  soldier.  A  sister  of  James,  Jr.,  married  Thomas  Chenoweth,  a 
relative  of  Lord  Calvert. 

Simeon  Moore,  son  of  James  Moore,  Sr.,  was  born  probably  in  Balti¬ 
more  Co.,  Maryland.  He  died  near  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  in  1814,  and  is  pre¬ 
sumably  buried  at  the  Moore  Burying  Ground,  as  some  stone  dates  found 
are  as  early  as  1799. 

Simeon  married  Keziah  - ,  and  had  three  sons,  Samuel,  Captain 

Thomas,  John  and  a  daughter,  Drusilla  who  married  James  McCullough, 
all  born  in  Frederick  Co.,  Maryland.  About  1769  Simeon  and  his  family 
moved  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  on  Muddy  Greek  near  the  Monongahela 
River,  ten  miles  above  Redstone  Old  Fort.  Ten  years  later  in  1779,  he  and 
his  family  went  to  Kentucky  with  a  group  under  the  leadership  of  his 
nephew,  Captain  William  Harrod.  Colonel  James  Harrod,  founder  of 
Harrodsburg,  was  also  a  nephew.  Simeon  and  his  three  sons  all  served  in 
the  Revolutonary  War.  A  record  from  the  Draper  Papers  gives  the  follow¬ 
ing:  “Bowman,  Logan  and  Harrod  took  160  men  and  attacked  Chillicothe, 
Ohio — 1779.  Captain  William  Harrod  commanded  the  left  wing  and  James 
Harrod  commanded  the  right  wing.  Captain  William  Harrod’s  cousin, 
Samuel  Moore,  was  killed  in  this  battle.  Samuel  Moore,  dreamed  before 
leaving  Harrodsburg,  that  he  would  either  be  killed  or  wounded,  but 
rather  than  remain  and  be  considered  a  coward,  he  went,  taking  bandages 

with  him.”  (The  James  Harrod  mentioned  above  is  a  son  of  Captain 

\ 

William’s  half-brother,  Thomas.)  Samuel  Moore  left  a  widow,  Mary  Swann, 

and  a  son,  Samuel,  Jr.  She  married  John  Isaacs. 

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Captain  Thomas  Moore  settled  near  Harrodsburg  and  his  brother, 
John,  moved  farther  south  in  Kentucky,  near  Adairsville.  We  have  no 
record  of  his  descendants.  Primarily  this  book  is  concerned  with  Captain 
Thomas  Moore  and  his  descendants. 

In  clearing  up  the  opinion  that  some  have  had  that  Simeon  also  had 
a  son,  James  Francis,  we  give  the  following  from  Draper  Papers: 

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John  and  James  Francis  Moore  were  sons  of  a  brother  of  Sarah  Moore, 
the  mother  of  Captain  William  and  Captain  James  Harrod.  Samuel  Moore 
was  also  a  cousin.  John  Moore  was  one  of  Captain  William  Harrod’s  com¬ 
pany  and  with  his  brother,  James  Francis  Moore,  was  also  a  member  of 
Captain  William  Harrod’s  company  in  1778.” 

The  above  John  and  James  Francis  were  sons  of  James  Moore,  Jr., 
brother  of  Simeon. 

The  following  is  from  Draper  Papers:  John  Moore  and  James  Francis 
Moore  enlisted  under  Captain  Edward  Worthington’s  Company  for  the 
Vincennes  adventure. 

From  the  Collins  History  of  Kentucky  we  have  the  following  record: 

Company  of  Captain  William  Harrod  1779  &  1780.  94  men. 

Captain — William  Harrod. 

Lieutenant — James  Patton. 

Lieutenant — Edward  Bulger. 

Lieutenant — John  Moore. 

Lieutenant — Simeon  Moore. 

The  following  record  is  from  Filson  Club  Quar.  Vol  IV,  Louisville,  Ky. 

April  17,  1779.  The  first  official  step  toward  establishing  the  town  of 
Louisville  at  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio  was  taken,  when  the  inhabitants  who 
were  then  there,  in  conformity  with  the  recommendations  of  the  Court  of 
Kentucky  held  a  public  meeting  and  appointed  trustees  for  that  purpose. 
The  Trustees  selected  were: 

Captain  William  Harrod. 

Richard  Chenoweth. 

Edward  Bulger. 

James  Patton. 

Henry  French. 

Morsham  Brashiers. 

Simeon  Moore. 

These  men  then  met  and  adopted  a  plan  for  a  town  to  be  called 
“Louisville.”  They  laid  off  the  ground  they  selected  into  half  acre  lots, 
made  a  map  of  their  work,  and  April  24,  1779  appointed  for  each  inhabitant 
to  draw  a  lot  in  a  public  lottery. 

This  ..drawing  occurred  accqrding  to  appointment  and  the  citizens  thus 
became  owners  of  lots  in  a  town  formed  under  the  common  law  of 
Virginia.  These  are  members  of  Captain  William  Harrod’s  company.  Moore 
is  related  in  some  degree,  (uncle). 

Simeon  Moore  is  also  on  record  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  as  “Defender  of 
Fort  Harrod.” 


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Sarah  Moore,  sister  of  Simeon  Moore,  married  John  Harrod,  and  was 
his  second  wife.  The  name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  known,  but  she  was  the 
mother  of  Thomas  Harrod  and  Samuel  Harrod.  Sarah  Moore  Harrod  was 
the  mother  of  Captain  William,  Captain  James,  Major  John,  and  Levi 
Harrod.  Thus  the  last  four  named  were  first  cousins  of  our  ancestor, 
Captain  Thomas  Moore.  A  Dr.  Diaper,  author  of  Draper  Papers,  inter¬ 
viewed  William  Harrod,  son  of  Captain  William  Harrod,  and  wrote  down 
some  interesting  facts  about  the  Harrod  family.  Along  with  these  papers 
are  letters  from  George  Rogers  Clark  to  Captain  William  and  a  few 
Bible  records.  They  are  the  property  of  the  State  Historical  Society  of 
Wisconsin.  Among  them  are  the  following  records: 

Wm.  Harrod,  Jr.,  son  of  Captain  Wm.  Harrod  to  Dr.  Draper.  “My 
grandfather  married  my  grandmother  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  in  1736. 
She  was  named  Sarah  Moore.  She  was  his  second  wife.”  — from  Draper 
Papers. 

Captain  James,  later  Colonel  James  Harrod,  son  of  Sarah  Moore 
Harrod,  was  leader  of  the  first  group  who  went  to  Harrodsburg  in  1774. 
It  is  for  him  that  the  town  of  Harrodsburg  is  named.  He  had  no  sons, 
but  a  daughter  married  a  John  Fauntleroy.  Their  descendants  are  extinct 
or  lost  in  the  confused  masses  of  the  present  generation.  Colonel  Harrod 
was  of  the  same  type  as  Daniel  Boone,  only  more  sociable  in  his  dis¬ 
position.  Fearless  and  fond  of  adventure,  whether  as  the  leader  of  an 
attack  or  repulse,  or  a  solitary  woodsman,  hunting  game,  seeking  stock 
estrayed  or  ferreting  out  Indian  camps.  He  was  of  fine,  personal  appear¬ 
ance,  tall,  erect  and  fearless  in  his  bearing,  and  a  generous  nature  beamed 
in  his  honest,  kindly  face.  He  had  not  much  store  of  book  knowledge,  but 
was  intelligent  by  what  a  man  learns  by  observation  and  contact  with 
fellowmen.  The  pioneer  held  all  things  very  nigh  in  common,  sharing  his 
land  and  home  with  every  new-comer,  and  to  hunt  up  everybody’s  lost 
stock  was  as  commonly  expected  of  Colonel  Harrod  as  to  join  every  ex¬ 
cursion  made  against  the  Indians.  To  these  red-skinned  marauders  and 
rattle-snakes,  he  had  mortal  aversion,  grading  however  the  reptiles  as  less 
dangerous  than  the  first  named,  because  they  always  gave  warning  be¬ 
fore  striking. 

The  Samuel  Moore  mentioned  in  the  following  copy  taken  from 
Draper  Papers  37J105  was  Simeon  Moore’s  son,  and  brother  of  our  ancestor, 
Captain  Thomas  Moore.  We  are  indebted  to  Mrs.  Nelda  Harrod  Kingman, 
San  Pierre,  Indiana,  for  the  copy. 

The  Falls  of  Ohio:  (Louisville,  Ky.) 

At  this  place  Captain  Benjamin  Lynn  received  the  appointment  of 
Captain,  and  (there)  was  placed  under  his  command  17  men.  He  was  order¬ 
ed  to  Harrod’s  Station,  now  Harrodsburg,  his  duty  being  pointed  out  by 
General  Clark  (as  follows,  to-wit:) 

Benjamin  Lynn  was  to  leave  at  the  Station,  his  men  until  his  return. 
Out  of  the  seventeen  men,  he  chose  Samuel  Moore  (cousin  of  Harrod’s)  to 
accompany  him,  leaving  16  men  to  assist  in  guarding  the  Station  until  his 
return. 


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Captain  Lynn,  with  his  companion  Samuel  Moore,  set  out  for  a  French 
settlement  called  “Pain  Core”  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  River,  on 
the  west  side  of  which  St.  Louis  now  stands,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertain¬ 
ing  its  strength  and  other  particulars. 

Captain  Lynn,  knowing  the  course,  traveled,  as  he  informed  me,  until 
he  came  to  the  Beach  Fork  of  Salt  River,  crossing  the  same  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Rocking  Fort,  through  the  country  afterwards  called  “No  Lynn.” 
From  there  to  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash  River — after  crossing  Green  and 

- ,  small  rivers,  he  came  to  the  Ohio  below  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash 

River. 

The  Indians  hunting  on  the  Kentucky  side  made  it  dangerous  to  cross 
at  the  place  he  had  intended  to.  He  continued  down  the  River  until  he 
came  to  a  canoe  tied.  Lynn  and  Moore  took  the  craft,  and  descended  the 
River  until  they  came  to  a  safe  place  to  hide  their  craft  for  further  use. 

He  (Lynn)  set  Northwest  direction,  crossing  the  Kaskaskia  River  until 
they  came  to  the  landing  opposite  the  village.  They  were  taken  over  the 
River  as  hunters  “who  were  hunting  in  the  forks  of  the  Rivers  Ohio  and 
Mississippi,  and  their  powder  had  given  out  and  they  had  come  to  buy  a 
supply  and  sell  some  Beaver  skins.” 

At  Pain  Core  (St.  Louis  now)  Captain  Lynn  met  with  a  white  man 
belonging  to  the  traders  among  the  Shawnee  Indians,  and  who  was  a  great 
friend  during  his  stay  with  the  Indians.  (This  white  man  was  Captain 
Samuel  Harrod.) 

He  saw  Lynn  as  soon  as  he  (Lynn)  crossed  the  River,  and  attended  on 
the  bank  to  buy  the  hunters’  beaver  fur.  He  privately  made  known  to  Lynn 
that  he  would  see  him  that  night,  and  directed  him  (Lynn)  where  to  camp, 
saying  “I  will  furnish  you  with  what  you  want.  I  must  not  be  seen  with 
you.”  After  an  examination  of  the  village  they  (Lynn  and  Moore)  camped 
where  they  were  directed.  Late  in  the  night  Lynn’s  friend  came  to  see 
him,  and  informed  him  that  the  Indians  had  left  town  for  their  camp 
two  miles  up  the  River  where  there  was  a  large  trading  party  of  his  old 
friends,  the  Shawnees  and  the  Delawares.  “A  council  will  be  held  in  the 
morning  on  yourself  and  friend,  called  ‘The  Hunters.’  I  will  be  there,  and 
as  soon  as  the  council  breaks  up  I  will  see  you.”  His  friend  came  to  his 
camp  (Lynn’s)  about  nine  o’clock  and  informed  him  “That  the  white  people, 
the  French,  would  go  to  church,  the  Indians  will  not  be  in  town  until 
evening,  as  the  shops  are  all  shut  (Sunday)  until  late  this  evening.  “I  will,” 
said  his  friend,  “send  you  over  the  River  very  shortly.  And  you  must  not 
stop  for  anything  until  you  cross  the  Ohio  River.  If  they  (Indians)  find 
that  you  are  gone,  they  will  send  a  running  party  of  Indians  after  you.” 

Captain  Lynn  informed  me  chat  Samuel  Moore  and  himself  ran  on  all 
running  ground  the  night  throughout.  They  having  selected  the  full  moon 
to  go  to  the  Village  (Pain  Core),  knowing  they  would  have  to  use  the 
night  in  making  their  escape.  They  traveled  the  next  day  and  the  next 
night  with  all  speed  possible,  and  the  second  day,  late  in  the  evening 
Captain  Lynn  shot  a  small  deer.  While  Moore  was  kindling  a  fire,  Lynn 

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skinned  out  one  part  of  the  deer,  and  they  roasted  the  meat,  ate  part,  and 
left  their  fire.  And  after  leaving  their  fire,  he  supposed  a  half  mile,  he 
heard  the  firing  or  report  of  three  guns,  or  more.  Captain  Lynn  knew 
the  character  of  the  Indians  so  well  he  said  to  Moore  “We  are  safe.  The 
pursuing  party  of  Indians  will  follow  no  further.”  Captain  Lynn  knew 
where  to  find  their  craft,  their  canoe,  and  crossed  the  Ohio  River  and 
found  in  their  travel,  they  were  below  the  mouth  of  the  Cumberland  River, 
and  saw  much  fresh  signs  of  Indians  hunting  the  River. 

Captain  Lynn  decided  that  it  would  be  safe  to  leave  the  River  and  take 
the  dividing  Ridge  Country  between  the  Cumberland  and  Tennessee 
Rivers,  until  they  carne  to  the  Old  Buffalo  Rode  leading  to  the  French  Lick, 
the  place  where  Nashville,  Tennessee,  now  stands.  There  they  crossed 
the  Cumberland  River  and  struck  their  course  for  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio, 
where  they  arrived  in  safety,  and  gave  General  Clark  the  information 
which  he  so  ardently  desired,  and  which  afforded  him  great  facilities  in 
prosecuting  the  war  against  the  French  and  Indians. 

Captain  Lynn  was  then  sent  to  Harrod’s  Station  to  resume  the  com¬ 
mand  of  his  company,  which  he  had  left  there,  when  he  set  out  for  the 
French  Fort,  where  himself  and  Samuel  Moore  arrived  in  safety  and  good 
health. — Draper  Papers. 

(Captain  Samuel  Harrod  was  a  half-brother  of  Colonel  James,  Capt. 
Wm.  etc.  He  was  employed  as  a  spy,  as  was  Lynn,  under  George  Rogers 
Clark.  Captain  Samuel  Harrod  was  killed  shortly  after  this  by  the  Indians. 
It  was  he,  with  the  assistance  of  Lynn  and  Samuel  Moore  who  made  it 
possible  for  Clark  to  take  St.  Louis. — N.K.). 

WILL  OF  SIMEON  MOORE 

I,  Simeon  Moore,  of  Mercer  County  and  State  of  Kentucky,  make  this 
writing  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  I  hereby  appoint  my  sons,  Thomas 
and  John  Moore,  Executors  of  this  my  Will.  I  hereby  direct  that  my  estate 
be  not  appraised.  I  hereby  give  my  land  being  six  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
to  be  equally  divided  between  my  sons,  Thomas  and  John  Moore,  by  a  line 
to  begin  near  an  Old  lime  kiln  on  the  Shawnee  Run  Road  near  to  where  a 
school  house  once  stood.  Thence  to  run  as  nearly  northwest  as  may  be  so 
as  to  make  an  equal  division  as  to  quantity,  no  regard  being  paid  to  im¬ 
provements,  and  Thomas  to  have  the  part  on  which  he  lives  with  three 
hundred  and  twenty-five  acres,  and  John  the  part  on  which  he  lives  with 
three  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres.  This  division  may  take  place  so 
soon  as  my  said  sons  shall  choose,  but  it  is  not  to  affect  the  following  pro¬ 
vision  which  I  make  for  my  wife.  My  will  is  that  my  wife,  Keziah  Moore, 
shall  hav^  during  her  life  the  use  of  my  dwelling,  and  as  much  land  as  will 
include  the  yard,  the  spring,  the  orchard,  and  an  outlet  from  the  house  of 
an  hundred  and  fifty  yards  wide,  till  it  joins  the  tract  of  one  hundred  acres 
of  land  which  I  had  of  Jacob  Kelly,  also  the  use  during  her  life  of  this  last 
mentioned  tract  of  an  hundred  acres,  and  of  my  Brown  horse,  together 
with  half  my  stock  and  household  furniture.  My  will  is  that  the  Heir  of  my 
son,  Samuel  Moore,  shall  have  five  dollars  of  my  personal  estate.  My  will 

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is  that  the  Heirs  of  my  Daughter,  Drusy  Moore,  who  was  married  to  James 
McCullough,  have  five  dollars  of  my  personal  estate,  the  half  then  of  my 
stock  and  household  furniture,  after  giving  to  my  Wife  the  Horse  and  one 
half  of  my  stock  and  household  furniture,  and  paying  Samuel  Moore’s 
Heirs  and  Drusy  McCullough’s  Heirs  their  five  dollars  each,  to  be  divided 
equally  between  my  two  sons,  Thomas  and  John  Moore.  My  will  is  that  at 
the  decease  of  my  said  wife  the  stock  and  furniture  lent  her  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  equally  divided  between  my  sons,  Thomas  and  John.  I  hereby  se¬ 
cure  to  my  wife  to  be  disposed  of  as  she  may  please,  all  the  property  of 
every  kind  which  she  had  of  her  own,  and  brought  to  my  estate  at  mar¬ 
riage.  In  Testinmony  where  of  I  have  put  my  hand  and  seal  this  7th  day 
of  December,  1813. 

his 

SIMEON  X  MOORE  (SEAL) 
mark 

Fred  K.  Harris 

Amos  Burton 

Geo.  W.  Higgins. 

Mercer  County  Set.  Oct.  County  Court,  1814. 

The  foregoing  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Simeon  Moore,  Deceased, 
was  this  day  produced  into  Court  and  ordered  to  be  Recorded. 

Attest:  Tho.  Allin,  C.C. 

A  Copy  Attest:  Book  No.  5,  page  104. 


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Captain  Thomas  Moore,  son  of  Simeon  and  Keziah  Moore,  was  born 
February  12,  1755  in  Frederick  County,  Maryland,  and  died  February  25, 
1835  near  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky.  He  married  Elizabeth  Harberson  March 
25,  1782  at  Fort  Harberson,  and  they  walked  to  Ft.  Harrod  on  their  honey¬ 
moon,  a  distance  of  ten  miles.  She  was  born  August  18,  1766  and  died 
November  4,  1845.  They  are  buried  at  the  Moore  Burying  Ground,  about 
ten  miles  northeast  of  Harrodsburg,  located  on  land  now  owned  by  Mrs. 
Betty  Hardin.  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore  were  the  parents 
of  nine  children,  Polly,  Ann,  Samuel,  John,  James,  Nancy,  Isabelle,  Thomas 
Harberson,  and  Elizabeth.  The  following  chapters  are  designated  one  to 
each  child  and  his  descendants. 

The  application  for  a  pension  is  given  here,  which  is  practically  an 
autobiography  of  Captain  Moore  given  at  the  age  of  77,  and  is  taken  from 
the  records  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

State:  Kentucky: 

Viz: 

County:  Mercer: 

On  this  30th  day  of  September.  1832,  personally  appeared  before  me 
in  open  Court,  before  the  Justice  of  the  County  Court  of  Mercer,  now  sit¬ 
ting,  THOMAS  MOORE,  a  Revolutonary  soldier  of  the  County  and  State 
aforesaid,  who  being  first  duly  sworn  according  to  law,  doth  on  his  oath 
make  the  following  declaration  in  order  to  obtain  the  benefit  of  ihe  Act 
of  Congress  passed  June  7,  1832.  Viz: 


I,  THOMAS  MOORE,  state  on  oath  that  I  am  in  the  78th  year  of  my 
age,  and  that  I  was  born  in  Frederick  County,  in  the  colony  (now  state  of) 
Maryland.  When  I  was  about  12  years  of  age,  my  father  moved  on  Monon- 
gahela  above  Ohio  Stone  (old)  Fort,  where  I  lived  when  I  was  called  into 
service  of  my  country. 

In  the  fall  of  1776,  I  volunteered  in  Captain  Jesse  Pigman’s  company 
of  Virginia  Militia  for  one  month,  and  marched  with  him  to  Fort  Pitt.  I  was 
stationed  there  where  I  faithfully  performed  my  duty  and  was  honorably 
discharged.  Colonel  Neville  was  the  Colonel  who  commanded  the  Regulars. 

In  the  fall  of  1777,  I  volunteered  for  service  in  Captain  Swann's  com¬ 
pany  of  Virginia  Militia,  for  one  month,  and  was  stationed  part  of  my  time 
at  Fort  Atkinson,  and  the  rest  at  Stradler  on  Dunhern  Creek,  where  I 
served  out  my  time  and  was  honorably  discharged. 

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Again  in  March,  1778,  I  enlisted  with  Captain  William  Harrod  in  the 
Illinois  Regiment  under  Colonel  G.  R.  Clark  for  one  year,  near  Red  Stone 
Old  Fort,  and  went  with  Coionel  Clark  down  the  Ohio,  to  the  falls  of  the 
Ohio,  and  from  there  to  Kaskaskia,  about  the  first  of  July,  which  place  we 
took  in  the  night  by  surprise.  I  was  stationed  at  this  point  until  we  marched 
against  Vincennes  in  February,  1779,  at  which  we  took  Governor  Hamilton’s 
surrender  after  about  the  second  day  alter  we  had  surrounded  the  place. 

I  was  stationed  here  until  my  time  expired.  I  then  returned  as  far  as  the 
falls  of  the  Ohio,  and  in  May  I  carried  an  back  to  ,  and 

on  my  return  to  the  falls  of  the  Ohio.  I  met  my  father’s  family. 

In  August  I  went  up  to  Monongahelu,  and  returned  to  Kentucky  in 
the  Spring  of  1780.  In  July  of  that  year,  I  volunteered  for  a  tour  of  three 
months  time  in  Captain  Henry  Prather’s  company  with  Colonel  G.  R.  Clark 
against  the  Indians  at  Old  Chillicothe  on  the  Little  Miami  and  another 
town  on  the  Chad  River,  which  place  we  burnt. 

Again  in  the  fall  of  1782,  I  marched  with  Captain  Gabriel  Madison  in 
Colonel  Clark’s  expedition  against  the  Indians  on  a  town  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Miami  and  Chad. 

At  Cincinnati  I  was  appointed  Captain  in  the  place  of  Captain  Madison 
who  was  promoted  to  Major. 

We  marched  against  the  towns  on  the  Big  Miami  and  destroyed  them. 
I  performed  my  duties  as  a  faithful  officer  guarding  the  frontier  from  that 
time  until  the  Revolutionary  War  ended.  I  was  almost  continually  em¬ 
ployed  in  commanding  guards  at  the  different  stations,  or  in  pursuit  of 
tlie  Indians.  We  were  on  the  frontier  continuously. 

In  May  or  June,  1781,  I  performed  a  tour  of  one  month,  at  the  falls 
of  the  Ohio,  as  a  guard  under  Captain  John  Gordon. 

When  I  was  in  the  Illinois  service,  Captain  Harrod  was  my  captain, 
until  we  took  Kaskaskia,  when  Harrod  returned  home  and  I  was  attached 
to  Edward  Worthington’s  company  of  Clark’s  regiment,  from  which  com¬ 
pany  I  was  discharged,  after  having  served  in  the  Illinois  regiment  one 
year  and  upward. 

I  have  long  since  lost  my  discharge  papers. 

I  further  state  that  I  have  been  a  resident  and  citizen  of  Mercer 
County,  near  Shawnee  Run  Ferry  since  1781  or  1782.  The  register  of  my 
birth  was  lost  many  years  ago  by  fire. 

Attested  to  this  3rd  day  of  September,  1832. 

THOMAS  MOORE. 

State:  Kentucky: 

Viz: 

County:  Mercer: 

This  day  James  Ray  and  John  Moore,  Sr.  (Thomas  Moore’s  brother) 


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resident  citizens  of  said  county  came  into  open  Court  and  being  first  duly 
sworn  according  to  law,  made  oath  to  the  following  statements,  viz: 

We  are  well  acquainted  with  the  said  THOMAS  MOORE — He  is  now 
our  neighbor  and  we  both  know  of  his  services  in  the  Militia  of  Virginia 
in  the  years  1780,  1781,  and  1782  as  he  has  stated  them,  as  we  were  with 
him  on  some  of  these  tours,  and  know  that  he  served  others  in  the  fall  of 
1782.  THOMAS  MOORE  commanded  us  Captain  , being  promoted  in  the 
place  of  Gabriel  Madison. 

John  Moore,  on  his  oath  says  that  he  knows  of  Thomas  Moore’s 
service  in  the  Militia  in  the  years  of  1770  and  1777,  as  I  was  with  him, 
and  I  also  enlisted  with  him  and  served  with  him  in  the  Illinois  Regiment 
from  March,  1778  until  April,  1779  when  he  was  discharged. 

We  were  soldiering  in  Captain  Win.  Harrod's  company  and  after  Har- 
rod  returned  home,  we  were  in  Captain  E.  Worthington’s  company  of  the 
Illinois  regiment,  and  marched  with  Colonel  Clark  to  Kaskaskia,  and 
Vincennes  which  place  we  aided  in  capturing. 

Witnessed  our  hand  on  this  30th  day  of  September,  1832. 

JAMES  RAY, 

JOHN  MOORE,  SR. 

File  No.  8137,  Brief  in  the  case  of  THOMAS  MOORE,  County  of 
Mercer,  in  the  State  of  Kentucky,  for  benefits  under  the  Act  of  Congress 
passed  on  the  7th  of  June,  1832. 

The  following  information  is  extracted  from  a  certified  copy  of  the 
Service  Record  of  THOMAS  MOORE: 

1776  Volunteered  1  mo.  as  a  Private  under  Capt.  Jesse  Pigman. 

1777  (fall)  Volunteered  1  mo.  as  a  Private  under  Colonel  Neville. 

1778  (March)  Enlisted  for  1  year  under  Captain  Thomas  Swann,  and 
served  in  the  Illinois  Regiment  commanded  by  Col.  G.  R.  Clark. 

1780  (July)  Volunteered  for  6  months  under  Captain  William  Harrod, 
and  Captain  Henry  Prathers. 

1781  Volunteered  for  1  mo.  under  Captain  John  Gordon. 

1782  Volunteered  for  3  mos.  under  Colonel  George  Rogers  Clark. 

The  notation  is  appended  to  this  Service  Record  that  THOMAS 
MOORE  resided  on  the  Monongahela  above  Red  Stone  (old)  Fort,  before 
entering  into  military  service. 

State  of  Kentuck: 

Viz: 

County  of  Mercer: 

On  the  1st  day  of  September,  1836,  personally  appeared  before  me, 
ELIZABETH  MOORE,  a  resident  and  citizen  of  Mercer  County,  and  aged 
71  years  who  being  duly  sworn  according  to  law,  doth  on  her  oath  make 

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the  following  statements  and  declarations  in  order  to  obtain  benefits  under 
the  Act  of  Congress  of  July  4th,  1336: 

That  she  is  the  widow  of  Captain  THOMAS  MOORE,  who  was  a 
private  and  Captain  in  the  Army  of  t lie  Revolution;  that  she  was  married 
to  the  said  THOMAS  MOORE  at  Harberson’s  Station,  in  the  Fort  when  it 
was  surrounded  by  hostile  Indians  on  the  25th  day  of  March,  1782  or  3; 
that  she  cannot  be  certain  of  the  year  whether  it  was  1782  or  83;  she  knows 
that  they  were  Forted  up  at  the  time  of  their  marriage.  They  were  married 
by  JOHN  COWAN,  who  belonged  to  the  Fort  as  one  of  the  guards,  and  in 
Commission  as  a  Magistrate  from  the  Governor  of  Virginia.  She  well 
recollects  of  the  services  of  her  husband  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  both 
before  and  after  their  marriage.  She  knows  that  he  served  with  Colonel 
George  Rogers  Clark,  and  was  with  him  at  the  taking  of  Old  Post,  now 
known  as  Vincennes,  and  was  out  on  many  tours  against  the  Indians,  after 
their  marriage.  She  cannot  remember  the  number  of  battles  he  was  in,  but 
they  were  many. 

She  recollects  that  shortly  after  the  marriage,  JAMES  HARBERSON 
was  killed  in  sight  of  the  Fort  by  a  party  of  hostile  Indians.  Her  husband, 
THOMAS  MOORE,  immediately  mustered  as  many  men  as  he  could,  and 
went  in  pursuit  of  the  Indians,  and  was  absent  for  considerable  time,  but 
failed  to  overtake  the  Indians. 

She  knows  that  she  was  married  to  THOMAS  MOORE  before  the 
Revolutionary  Wai  closed,  because  her  husband  was  frequently  out  on 
duty  after  they  were  married. 

She  further  states  that  her  said  husband,  THOMAS  MOORE,  departed 
this  life  on  the  25th  day  of  February,  1835,  and  that  she  was  not  remarried, 
and  is  still  the  widow  of  THOMAS  MOORE. 

We  believe  that  the  James  Harberson  mentioned  above  was  the 
father  of  Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore.  In  cheating  records  and  wills  at  the 
Harrodsburg  Court  House  we  found  no  records  dated  prior  to  1786.  A  will 
of  Thomas  Harberson  in  the  late  1700’s  and  of  Rachel  Harberson  in  1806 
names  several  children,  among  them  a  Betsy,  but  on  tracing,  I  found  the 
name  of  the  man  whom  she  married  was  not  Thomas  Moore.  Thomas 
Harberson  then  was  not  the  father  of  our  Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore. 
Since  she  mentions  James  Harberson  in  her  pension  application,  and  that 
Thomas  Moore  mustered  men  who  went  in  pursuit  of  the  Indians,  we  feel 
we  can  safely  and  correctly  say  that  James  Harberson  was  the  father  of 
Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore. 

State  of  Kenutcky: 

Viz: 

County  of  Mercer: 

This  affidavit  is  dated  the  13th  day  of  September,  1836  on  which  day 
James  C.  Westerfield,  appeared  before  this  Court  and  made  the  following 
statements: 

I  am  acquainted  with  ELIZABETH  MOORE,  and  believe  her  to  be  of 

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the  age  she  represents  herself  to  be,  and  I  know  her  to  be  the  widow  of 
Captain  THOMAS  MOORE,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  Army  of  the 
Revolution. 

It  is  my  belief  that  Mrs.  Moore’s  oldest  child  is  living  and  is  upwards 
of  54  years  of  age.  From  what  I  have  heard  from  the  old  settlers  it  is 
my  belief  that  THOMAS  MOORE  and  ELIZABETH  MOORE  were  married 
in  the  year  1782. 

I  recall  that  they  were  married  the  same  year  JAMES  HARBERSON 
was  killed  just  outside  the  Fort  at  Harberson’s  Station. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Moore  is  a  highly  creditable  person,  and  has  always 
been  so  reported.  I  am  fully  convinced  that  the  statements  made  by  her  in 
the  foregoing  deposition  are  true.  I  know  her  to  be  the  widow  of  Captain 
THOMAS  MOORE. 

State  of  Kenutcky: 

Viz: 

County  of  Mercer: 

The  deposition  of  Hannah  Wilson,  aged  75  years,  taken  on  this  19th 
day  of  November,  1838,  before  the  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Mercer  County, 
Kentucky,  after  having  been  duly  sworn  follows: 

I  was  well  acquainted  with  THOMAS  MOORE,  deceased,  formerly  of 
Mercer  County  ,and  his  wife  ELIZABETH  MOORE  who  was  ELIZABETH 
HARBERSON  before  their  marriage. 

I  attended  ELIZABETH  HARBERSON  at  her  wedding  which  took 
place  at  Harberson’s  Station,  then  Lincoln  Co.,  Kentucky,  in  the  year  1782. 
My  acquaintance  has  been  consistent  since  that  time.  I  know  for  certain 
that  ELIZABETH  MOORE  is  the  w'idow  of  Captain  THOMAS  MOORE. 

A  certificate  of  Pension  for  THOMAS  MOORE  was  sent  to  James 
Taylor,  in  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  on  July  5,  1839  for  the  amount  of  $455,  which 
paid  his  Revolutionary  War  pension  to  date. 

A  certificate  of  Pension  was  paid  to  C.  Chinn,  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  on 
June  29,  1843,  for  $130,  on  the  pension  of  Thomas  Moore. 

The  following  is  from  a  clipping  from  Harrodsburg  Paper,  sent  by 
Dora  McFatridgs. 


THOMAS  MOORE 

Perryville  Pioneer  Who  Helped  George  Rogers  Clark  Capture  Vincennes 

Mrs.  William  McFatridge  owns  a  rare  old  hymn  book  that  belonged  to 
her  great  grand-father,  Thomas  Moore,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  who 
has  an  interesting  history.  He  brought  the  little  hymnal  with  him  from 
Frederick  Co.,  Maryland,  and  from  its  pages  the  pioneers  of  Harberson’s 
Fort,  w'hich  was  located  on  the  present  site  of  Perryville,  used  to  send 
up  their  praises  to  God.  Many  of  the  songs  have  a  quaint  old-time  wording, 
and  in  the  text  “s”  is  fashioned  like  “f”,  as  w'as  the  ancient  manner  of 

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printing.  Mrs.  McFatridgc  also  has  a  long  hunting  knife  that  was  used  by 
this  ancestor,  who  was  doubtless  a  frequenter  of  Harrod’s  Fort.  Mrs.  Mc- 
Fatridge,  who  was  Miss  Anaora  Moore,  counts  among  her  family  treasures 
a  copy  of  the  old  pioneer’s  application  for  a  pension,  which  is  taken  from 
the  records  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior,  Bureau  of  Pensions,  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C.  The  application  was  made  out  when  he  was  77  years  of  age, 
by  J.  S.  Davenport,  Commissioner.  It  is  dated  Sept.  3,  1832,  and  at  the  time 
he  lived  at  Shawnee  Run  Ferry,  Mercer  County,  Ky..”  so  the  application 
states. 

Thomas  Moore  was  boin  in  Frederick  Co.,  Maryland,  February  12, 
1755  and  died  February  25,  1835.  He  served  in  the  Revoluntion  from  1776 
to  1782  with  the  Virginia  Troops.  He  was  first  under  Colonel  Neville  and 
also  under  General  George  Rogers  Claik.  The  various  captains  under 
whom  he  served  were  Captains  Jesse  Pigman,  Thomas  Swann,  William 
Ilarrod,  Edward  Worthington,  Henry  Prather,  John  Gordon,  and  Gabriel 
Madison. 

He  fought  in  the  battle  of  Kaskaskia  and  Vincennes,  and  thus  had  a 
part  in  the  winning  of  the  Northwest  Territory  by  George  Rogers  Clark. 
He  fought  at  Red  Stone,  a  fort  on  the  Monongahela  River;  also  in  the 
battle  when  the  soldiers  at  Harberson’s  Fort  saved  the  stockade  when  it 
was  surrounded  by  Indians  in  1782. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Harberson  March  25,  1782.  She  was  born  August 
18,  1766,  and  died  March  25,  1345  and  was  allowed  his  pension  by  the 
government  for  the  period  of  her  survival,  about  ten  years.  Their  children 
were — Ann,  married  George  Worley;  John,  married  Phoebe  Westerfield; 
Samuel,  married  Sally  Weir;  Polly,  married  John  Harrod;  James,  died 
young;  Isabella,  married  Joseph  Bingham;  Nancy,  married  Joel  Newland; 
Elizabeth,  married  Josiah  Bass;  Thomas  Moore.  Jr.,  married  Nancy  Butler. 
It  is  from  this  youngest  son  that  Mrs.  McFatridge  is  descended. 

WILL  OF  CAPTAIN  THOMAS  MOORE 

I,  Thomas  Moore  of  the  State  of  Kentucky  and  County  of  Mercer,  make 
this  writing  my  last  will  and  testament  (To  Wit  I  hereby  appoint  my  sons, 
John  and  Thomas  H.  Moore  my  executors  to  this  my  will.  I  hereby  give  to 
my  wife,  Elizabeth  Moore,  during  her  natural  life  all  my  tract  of  land 
whereon  I  now  live,  beginning  at  the  Orchard  fence  on  the  North  of  the 
Shawneerunn  road,  thence  with  said  fence  north  west  coast  to  my  little 
meadow,  thence  with  the  fence  or  the  little  meadow  a  North  East  coast 
to  my  original  line,  to  adjoin  Harris,  thence  with  said  line,  South  West  to 
Overstreet’s  line,  thence  with  Overstreet  to  the  Shawneerun  road,  thence 
with  the  Shawneerun  road  to  the  beginning.  My  Will  is  that  wife  shall 
have 'her  choice  of  my  Horses,  together  with  three  of  my  best  cows,  also 
twelve  the  choice  of  my  stock  of  Hogs,  also  choice  of  my  sheep,  to¬ 
gether  with  all  my  household  and  Kitchen  furniture,  so  long  as  she  may 
continue  my  widow,  together  with  the  rent  that  may  be  due  me  on  the 
year  of  my  decease;  the  residue  of  my  personal  estate  to  be  sold  and 
equally  divided  among  the  legal  heirs  of  my  five  Daughters.  My  Will  is 
that  my  tract  be  equally  divided  between  my  three  sons,  towit,  John 

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Moore,  Samuel  Moore,  and  Thomas  H.  Moore,  in  consideration  that  each 
of  my  sons  shall  pay  two  hundred  and  fifty  Dollars  Lawful  money  of 
Kentucky,  the  Seven  Hundred  and  fifty  Dollars  to  be  divided  equally  be¬ 
tween  the  legal  Heirs  of  ray  five  Daughters,  that  is  150  Dollars  to  the 
Heirs  of  My  Daughter,  Ann  Worley,  the  same  to  the  heirs  of  my  daughter, 
Polly  Harrod,  the  same  to  the  legal  heirs  of  Isabelle  Bingham,  further  my 
Will  is  that  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  Dollars  be  paid  to  the  legal 
heirs  of  my  Daughter,  Nancy  Newland,  also  the  same  amount  Equally 
divided  between  all  the  legal  heirs  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Bass.  My 
will  is  that  my  plantation  over  my  wife’s  dower  be  rented  during  my  wife’s 
life  time,  the  proceeds  thereof  divided  between  the  heirs  of  my  five 
daughters.  It  is  to  be  understood  that  the  division  of  the  land  take  place 
at  the  decease  of  my  Wife,  then  each  Son  pay  the  two  hundred  and  fifty 


Dollars . . .  my 

hand  and  Seal  this  29th  August  Eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-four. 

Attest:  his 

THOMAS  X  MOORE 

mark 

Fred  K.  Harris 
George  Dodd 
Peter  Stopher 


Mercer  County  Set.  March  County  Court,  1835. 

The  foregoing  last  Will  and  Testament  of  Thomas  Moore,  deceased, 
was  this  day  produced  into  Court  and  proved  by  the  oaths  of  Frederick 
Harris  and  Peter  Stopher,  two  subscribing  Witnesses  thereto  and  ordered 
to  be  Recorded,  which  is  done  Accordingly.  Attest: 

THO.  ALLIN,  C.C. 

A  Copy  Attest:  Book  No.  9,  page  532. 

A  true  Inventory  and  appraisement  of  all  the  personal  estate  of 
Thomas  Moore,  Deceased,  which  was  produced  by  his  executors: 


6  Old  Barrels 

.50 

1  pair  breeching 

.75 

2  pair  harness  and  traces  and  2  collars 

2.50 

1  Iron  hook  for  Ketching  hogs 

.25 

1  Iron  shovel 

.50 

1  Weeding  hoe 

.50 

1  Foot  Add 

.25 

1  Grit  stone 

.25 

1  Crop  Saw 

7.00 

Set  of  Irons 

.25 

1  Drawing  Knife 

.75 

1  Falling  a - 

.50 

1  Wagon  &  Iron 

50.00 

1  Iron  Wedge 

.50 

1  lot  of  Corn  Supposed  to  be  25-bu. 

37.50 

7  Joints  <$ c  Medlings  Bacon 

12.00 

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37.50 

1  Rod  and  White  spotted  speckled  Eull 

4.00 

1  Red  Steer 

6.00 

1  White  Heifer 

6.00 

1  Red  &  White  Speckled  heifer 

8.00 

1  White  Cow  with  red  sides 

6.00 

1  White  cow  and  Calf 

7.00 

One  2  year  old  red  and  white  heifer 

3.50 

Do  2  year  old  white  Steer 

3.00 

1  Rearlin  white  Steer 

2.00 

14  Head  of  Sheep 

10.50 

1  Strawberry  roan  Horse 

65.00 

1  Wheat  Fan 

7.00 

1  quilted  sealed  man’s  Saddle 

15.00 

1  Old  Saddle 

1.00 

$295.25 

We  the  undersigned  who  were  appointed  Commissioners  by  the  County 
Court  of  Mercer  to  appraise  the  personal  estate  of  Thus.  Moore,  Senior, 
have  this  day  proceeded,  first  being  duly  sworn.  We  received  and  appraised 
all  the  personal  estate  of  Thos.  Moore,  Sen.,  ahve  this  day  produced  by 
his  executors.  The  above  is  a  true  Inventory  and  appraisement  of  said 
estate. 

Given  under  our  hands  this  24th  day  of  March,  1835. 

George  Dodd 
Robt.  Overstreet 
Lewis  M.  Burton. 

As  Executor  of  Thomas  Moore  there  has  also  come  to  my  hands  Seven 
Dollars  in  cash  which  was  left  by  decedent  and  two  promissory  notes,  one 
cn  John  Harrod  for  fifty  Dollars  due  the  first  of  October,  1834,  and  one  on 
Frederick  Harris  and  George  Dodd  for  one  hundred  and  twelve  Dollars 
due  the  13th  of  May  1834,  which  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  inventory  as 
appraised  is  the  whole  of  the  personal  estate  of  said  Thomas  Moore,  de¬ 
ceased,  so  far  as  has  come  to  my  knowledge. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  13th  day  of  April,  1835. 

THOMAS  H.  MOORE,  Exor. 

Mercer  County  Set.  May  County  Court,  1835. 

The  foregoing  Inventory  of  Thomas  Moore,  deceased,  was  this  day 
exhibited  into  Court  and  ordered  to  be  rec’d  which  is  here  done. 

Attest:  THO.  ALLIN,  C.C. 

A  copy  Attest:  Book  10,  page  293. 

A  settlement  of  the  account  of  Thomas  H.  Moore,  Exor.  of  Tho., 
Moore,  Deceased,  in  which  said  Executor  is  made: 

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To  Amt.  of  Sale  Bill  of  Deceased’s  Estate  $295.25 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  Oct.  1836  to  24th  Jan.,  1846  163.82 

To  Cash  on  hand  at  Deceased’s  death  7.00 

To  Int.  on  same  as  above  up  to  2nd  Jan.,  1846  3.88 

To  Amt.  of  Note  on  F.  Harris  &  Geo.  Dodd  112.00 

To  Int.  on  same  from  13th  day  of  May,  1834  to  24th  Jan.,  1946  71.68 

To  rent  of  Deceased’s  Farm  for  1835  131.50 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1837  to  24th  Jan.,  1C48  64.43 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1837  134.25 

To  Int  on  same  from  24th  March,  1833  to  24th  Jan.,  1848  63.10 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1838  136.12 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1339  to  24th  Jan.,  1346  55.75 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1839  135.50 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1840  to  24th  Jan.,  1846  47.40 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1340  133.75 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1841  to  24th  Jan.,  1840  38.75 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1841  132.50 

To  Int.  on  same  from  1342  March  24th  to  24th  Jan.,  1846  27.47 

To  rent  of  Do.  1842  130.25 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March  to  24th  Jan.,  1846  21.13 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1843  128.50 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1844  to  24th  Jan.,  1846  14.13 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1844  126.25 

To  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1845  to  24th  Jan.,  1846  6.31 

To  rent  of  Do.  for  1845  127.50 


$2385.90 

CREDITS 

Vo.  No.  1  By  Wm.  Moslys  rect.  and  Hire  $  18.33 

Vo.  No.  1  Int.  on  Same  12th  Sept.,  1336  to  24th  Jan.,  1346  10.26 

Vo.  No.  2  By  Tho.  V.  Sami  Harrod,  reted.  18.33 

Vo.  No.  2  Ey  Int.  on  same  as  above  10.26 

Vo.  No.  3  By  Sami  Moores  rect.  Guardn.  to  Tho.  Bingham  55.30 

Vo.  No.  3  By  Int.  on  same  from  23rd  May,  1838  to  this  date  25.38 

Vo.  No.  4  By  Sami.  Moores  rect.  Guardn.  for  Binghams  43.79 

Vo.  No.  4  By  Int.  on  same  from  1st  March,  1844  to  this  date  4.80 

Vo.  No.  5  By  Sml.  Moores  rect.  Guardn.  as  above  48.42 

Vo'.  No.  5  By  Int.  on  same  from  29th  Sept.,  1840  to  this  date  15.45 

Vo.  No.  6  By  Sami.  Moores  rect.  Gurdn.  as  above  44.43 

Vo.  No.  6  By  Int.  on  from  19th  Jan.,  1842  to  this  date  10.64 

Vo.  No.  7  By  Sml.  Moores  rect.  Guardn.  as  above  78.60 

Vo.  No.  7  By  Int.  from  Jan.  17th,  1839  to  this  date  32.97 

Vo.  No.  8  By  Wm.  Mosleys  on  V.  Sim  Vorley’s  Rect.  15.00 

Vo.  No.  8  By  Int.  on  same  from  24th  March,  1842  to  this  date  3.45 

Vo.  No.  9  By  Sim  Worley’s  reetd.  10.58 

Vo.  No.  9  By  Int.  on  same  from  19th  March,  1841  to  this  date  4.93 

Vo.  No.  10  By  S.  M.  Worley’s  rect.  7.59 

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Vo.  No.  10  By  Int.  on  same  from  March  19th,  1841  to  this  date  2.21 
Vo.  No.  11  By  Wm.  Worley’s  rect.  7.59 

Vo.  No.  11  By  Int.  on  same  from  11th  Nov.,  1841  to  this  date  2.07 

Vo.  No.  12  By  Josiah  Bass  rect.  7.59 

Vo.  No.  12  By  Int.  of  same  from  20  Dec.,  1842  to  this  date  1.80 

Vo  No.  13  By  Jas.  M.  Harrod  rects.  8.30 

Vo.  No.  13  By  Int.  on  same  from  Sept.  4th,  1841  to  this  date  2.12 

Vo.  No.  14  By  S.  M.  Worley's  receipt  7.45 

Vo.  No.  14  By  Int.  on  same  from  Sept.  28th,  1839  to  this  date  1.39 

Vo.  No.  15  By  Tho.  Harrod  rect.  17.43 

Vo.  No.  15  By  Int  on  same  from  27th  Oct.,  1839  to  this  date  6.49 

Vo.  No.  16  By  Tho.  Harrod  Rect.  4.40 

Vo.  No.  16  By  Int.  on  same  from  17th  Oct.,  1840  to  this  date  1.41 

Vo.  No.  17  By  S.  M.  Worleys  rect.  3.75 

Vo.  No.  17  By  Int.  on  same  from  16th  May,  1843  to  this  date  .59 


Amount  forwarded  $533.29 

Vo.  No.  18  By  Sim  Worley’s  rects.  $  15.00 

Vo.  No.  13  By  Int.  on  same  from  29th  March,  1843  to  this  date  2.52 

Vo.  No.  19  By  Wm.  Worley’s  Rect.  5.00 

Vo.  No.  19  By  Int.  on  same  from  26th  Oct.,  1824  to  this  date  .37 

Vo.  No.  20  By  S.  M.  Worley’s  rects.  14.60 

Vo.  No.  20  By  Int.  on  same  from  6th  Dec.,  1844  to  this  date  .94 

Vo.  No.  21  By  S.  M.  Worley’s  rect.  26.20 

Vo.  No.  21  By  Int.  on  same  from  27th  Sept.,  1838  to  this  date  11.31 

Vo.  No.  22  By  Jno.  M.  Worley’s  rect.  16.41 

Vo.  No.  22  By  Int.  from  30th  July,  1840  on  same  up  to  this  day  5  28 

Vo.  No.  23  By  Jno.  M.  Worley’s  rect.  5.00 

Vo.  No.  23  By  Int.  on  same  from  26th  Oct.,  1824  to  this  date  .37 

Vo.  No.  24  By  Tho.  M.  Harrod  rect.  3.80 

Vo  No.  24  By  Int.  on  same  from  4th  Sept.,  1841  to  this  date  .95 

Vo.  No.  24  By  Jas.  &  Jno.  C.  Harrod  rects.  7.50 

Vo.  No.  25  By  Int.  on  same  from  2d  Dec.,  1842  to  this  day  1.38 

Vo.  No.  26  By  Wm.  Worley’s  rect.  16.14 

Vo.  No.  26  By  Int.  on  same  from  3rd  July,  1840  to  this  date  5.28 

Vo.  No.  27  By  Jno.  C.  Harrod  rects.  3.75 

Vo.  No.  27  By  Int.  on  same  from  1st  March,  1844  to  this  date  .84 

Vo.  No.  28  By  Jas.  M.  Harrod  rects.  3.75 

Vo.  No.  28  By  Int.  on  same  from  1st  March,  1844  to  this  day  .84 

Vo.  No.  29  By  Davifs  &r  Taylors  rect.  5.00 

Vo.  No.  30  By  Jno.  C.  Harrod  rect.  20.00 

Vo.  No.  30  By  Int.  on  same  from  25th  Nov.,  1845  to  this  date  .20 

Vo.  No.  31  By  Geo.  W.  Newlands  rect.  106.25 

Vo.  No.  31  By  Int.  on  same  from  20th  Dec.,  1845  to  this  date  .53 

Vo.  No.  32  By  Elizabeth  Harrod  rect.  20.90 

Vo.  No.  32  By  Int.  on  same  from  25th  Nov.,.  1845  to  this  date  .20 

Vo.  No.  33  By  Elizabeth  Rankins  rect.  10.00 

Vo.  No.  33  By  Int.  from  14th  Nov.,  1845  to  this  day  .10 

Vo.  No.  34  By  Geo.  Rayhill  rect.  10.00 


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Vo.  No.  34  By  Int.  cn  same  to  this  date  r'  "  .10 

Vo.  No.  35  By  Jas.  M.  Harrod  rect.  20.00 

Vo.  No.  35  By  lnt  on  same  to  this  day  .20 


Amount  forward  $873.10 

Vo.  No.  36  By  Wm.  Worley’s  rect.  $  20.00 

Vo.  No.  36  By  Int.  on  same  from  24lh  Nov.,  1840  to  this  day  .20 

Vo.  No.  37  Ey  Jno.  M.  Worley’s  reels.  20.00 

Vo.  No.  37  By  Int.  on  same  from  24th  Nov.,  1845  to  this  day  .20 

Vo.  No.  38  Ey  S.  M.  Worley  rect.  46.34 

Vo.  No.  38  By  Int  from  20th  April,  1338  on  same  to  this  date  21.54 

Vo.  No.  39  By  Wm.  Worley’s  rect.  26.20 

Vo.  No.  39  By  Int.  on  same  from  27th  Sept.,  1839  to  this  time  11.51 

Vo.  No.  40  By  Jno.  C.  Harrod  rect.  35.55 

Vo.  No.  40  By  lnt.  cn  same  from  1st  day  Dee.  8,  1341  to  this  time  9.23 

Vo.  No.  41  By  Jas.  M.  Harrod  rect.  27.25 

Vo.  No.  31  By  Int.  on  same  from  21st  Oct.,  1339  to  this  time  10.05 

Vo.  No.  42  By  Jno.  M.  Worley’s  rect.  18.32 

Vo.  No.  42  By  Int.  on  same  from  Sept.  12th,  1836  to  this  day  10.17 

Vo,  No.  43  By  Geo.  Rayhill  rect.  20.09 

Vo.  No.  43  By  Int.  cn  same  from  2Ctn  Dec.,  1844  to  this  day  1.50 

Vo.  No.  44  By  Geo.  M.  Brown  rect.  1.50 

Vo.  No.  45  By  T.  Bass  rect.  &  Int.  to  this  date  .55 

Vo.  No.  46  By  G.  W.  Gray  &  Co.,  a  c  pd  &  Int.  2.97 

Vo.  No.  47  By  Nim  Harris,  Cryer  Sale,  rect.  &  Int.  3.25 

Vo.  No.  48  By  Geo.  W.  Brown,  a/c  pd  Sz  Int.  3.86 

Vo.  No.  49  By  Tho.  P.  Moore,  a/c  pd  Sc  Int.  3.44 

Vo.  No.  50  By  Nick  Harris,  a/c  pd  &  Int.  from  Dec.,  1839  34.50 

Vo.  No.  51  By  I.  W.  Bui  ton,  a/c  pd  &  Int.  1.12 

Vo.  No.  52  By  Clayton  Swindler,  a/c  Coffin  Int.  8.00 

Vo.  No.  53  By  Isaac  Lewis,  a  'c  pd  Sc  Int.  2.57 

Vo.  No.  54  By  Chas.  Dcthrigh,  a/c  pd  Sc  Int.  3.30 

Vo.  No.  55  B}'  Geo.  Brown,  a/c  pd  Sc  Int.  3.18 

Vo.  No.  56  By  Nick  Harris,  a/c  pd  &  Int.  13.00 

Vo.  No.  57  By  G.  W.  Graham,  a/c  pci  Sc  Int.  7.50 

Vo.  No.  53  By  Same  Same  17.00 

Vo.  No.  59  By  Same  Same  8.52 

Vo.  No.  60  By  Tho.  P.  Moore,  a/c  pd  8z  Int.  11.11 

Vo.  No.  61  By  Hunley  West,  a/c  pd  &  Int.  2.05 

Vo.  No.  62  By  A.  C.  Smith,  a/c  pd  Sc  Int.  2. 05 


$1281.63 

Vo.  No.  63  By  F.  Harris,  a/e  pd  &  Int.  $  23.25 

Vo.  No.  64  By  Robt.  Overstreet,  a/c  appraiser  .75 

Vo.  No.  65  By  L.  M.  Burton,  Same  .75 

Vo.  No.  66  By  I.  B.  Moore,  a/c  pd  &  Int.  6.10 

Vo.  No.  67  By  Clerks  fee,  paid  2.98 

Vo.  No.  67  Ey  Int.  on  same  up  to  this  date  1.70 

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Vo.  No.  69  By  Shff  sect.,  Taxes  for  11  years 
Vo.  No.  69  By  Int.  on  same  to  this  date 
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33.00 

71.20 

21.35 


200.00 


2.50 

4.50 


$1649.71 


Amount  of  Debits  $2385.00 

Amount  in  hands  of  Admrs.  $736.19 


Mercer  County  Set. 

We  the  undersigned  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Mercer  County 
Court  to  settle  the  accounts  of  Exors.  &c.  have  this  day  settled  the  accounts 
of  Thomas  Moore,  Deceased  and  find  the  same  to  stand  as  above  stated  all 
which  is  most  respectfully  submitted  to  the  Court.  Given  under  our 
hands  this  24th  day  of  January,  1845. 


THO.  ALLIN 

JAMES  C.  WESTERFIELD. 


Mercer  County  Set.  Sept.  County  Court,  1847. 

The  foregoing  settlement  of  the  accounts  of  Tho.  H.  Moore,  Exor.  of 
Tho.  Moore,  Deceased  was  this  day  produced  into  Court  and  ordered  to  be 
recorded. 


THO.  ALLIN,  C.  C. 


Attest: 


The  most  of  the  foregoing  names,  the  Worley’s,  the  Harrods,  Thos. 
Bass,  George  Rayhill,  Ann  Bass’  husband,  are  grandchildren  of  Captain 
Moore,  and  since  their  loans  were  made  to  the  estate  following  Captain 
Moore’s  death,  1835,  we  presume  the  loans  were  given  for  the  care  of  the 
grandmother,  Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore  who  died  in  1846. 

1846,  Oct.  29th.  The  following  is  a  true  Inventory  of  the  goods  and 
chattels  of  Elizabeth  Moore,  Dec’d,  it  being  the  same  that  she  received 
by  the  will  and  Testament  of  her  Dec’d  husband  Thomas  Moore  the 
following  property  having  been  advertised,  I  have  sold  to  the  higest  bid¬ 


der,  &c.: 


Oct.  29th 

George  Leinny,  five  chairs 

M.  B.  Garnett,  one  spinning  wheel 

M.  B.  Garnett,  one  lot  of  clothes 

George  Leinny,  one  chest 

George  Leinny,  one  pair  of  stilliards 

Jacob  Daringer,  one  Bible 

Elizabeth  Bass,  one  candle  stick 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  bedstead  and  clothing 

Elizabeth  Bass,  one  clock 


Thomas  H.  Moore. 


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George  Leinny,  one  bookcase 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  Knife  box  and  Knives 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  book  case 

Elizabeth  Bass,  one  cupboard 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  chest 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  kettle 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  pot  rack 

Thos.  H.  Moore,  one  pair  waffle  irons 

George  Leinny,  one  large  kettle 

Thomas  H.  Moore,  one  tea  kettle 

Thomas  H.  Moore,  one  toaster 

Thomas  H.  Moore,  one  loom 

Jacob  Daringer,  one  spinning 

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Elizabeth  Bass,  one  candle  stand 

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1.00 

1.00 

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2.50 


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I  do  certify  that  the  above  property  was  sold  to  the  highest  bidder. 

WM.  D.  MOORE,  Clerk  of  said  sale. 


Also  one  note  came  to  hand  on  Josiah  Bass  for  thirteen  Dollars,  given 
November  15th,  1836.  Due  November  15th,  1837.  Payable  to  Elizabeth 
Moore,  Dec’d.  the  condition  of  above  note  is  such  that  it  is  not  to 
draw  interest  after  it  becomes  due. 


THOS.  H.  MOORE, 
Executor  Thos.  Moore,  Dec’d. 


Mercer  County  Set.  Dec.  County  Court,  1846. 

The  foregoing  Inventory  and  Sale  bill  of  the  Estate  of  Elizabeth  Moore, 
Dec’d  was  this  day  produced  into  Court  and  Ordered  to  be  recorded. 


Attest: 

A  coppy  Attest:  Book  12,  page  270. 


THO.  ALLIN,  C.C. 


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Polly  Moore  (Mary),  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore  and  Elizabeth 
Harberson  Moore,  was  born  about  1783.  She  was  married  to  John  Harrod 
Oct.  27,  1809.  The  marriage  record  is  at  the  Harrodsburg  Court  House. 
John  Harrod  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Harrod,  and  grandson  of 
John  Harrod  and  step-grandson  of  Sarah  Moore  Harrod.  Thomas  had  a  son, 
James,  by  a  former  marriage.  He  and  his  son  were  in  the  first  group  to  Ft. 
Harrod  under  the  leadership  of  his  half-brother,  Colonel  James,  son  of 
Sarah  Moore  Harrod.  Thomas  returned  to  North  Carolina  and  in  a  few  years 
sold  his  land  and  moved  to  Tennessee  where  he  died.  His  son,  John,  was 
born  about  1774,  and  had  eleven  brothers  and  sisters,  and  the  one  half- 
brother,  James,  mentioned  above.  Many  of  the  Harrods  of  southern 
Indiana  are  descended  from  this  James.  John  purchased  land  in  Wilson 
Co.,  Tenn.,  in  1801;  again  in  1803  he  enters  320  acres  of  land;  1803  pur¬ 
chases  land  in  Smith’s  Fort,  375  acres.  1804 — G34  acres  in  Wilson  Co.,  Tenn. 
After  marrying  Polly  Moore  in  1300.  he  returned  to  Tennessee  where  he 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  War  of  1812  on  October  28,  1813.  After  the 


James  Harrod 

close  erf  the  war  he  moved  to  Vienna,  Indiana,  where  he  and  Polly  Moore 
Harrod  died,  but  we  are  not  able  to  give  the  dates.  Their  children  were 


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Thomas,  Samuel,  John  C.,  James  and  Elizabeth.  We  have  been  unsuccessful 
in  our  attempt  to  get  records  of  any,  except  James. 

I  James  Harrod,  son  of  Polly  and  John  Harrod,  was  born  July  16,  1817, 
and  died  June  4,  1881.  His  wife,  Eliza  Mitchell  Harrod,  was  born  March 
15,  1822  and  died  August  22,  1850,  leaving  two  small  children.  Buried  at 
Vienna,  Indiana.  Children: 

1.  John  W.  Harrod  was  born  May  28,  1847  and  died  about  1900. 

2.  Mary  E.  Harrod  was  born  October  25,  1848  and  died  in  1927.  Buried 
at  Vienna.  Married  first  Daniel  Alsup.  He  was  born  January  20, 
1852  and  died  May  11,  1881.  Married  second,  Abraham  Price, 
November  23,  1834.  Children: 

A.  Emma  Alsup.  born  September  14,  1881;  died  September  22,  1881. 

B.  Beulah  Price,  born  July  (J,  1886.  Married  Wm.  Weber,  April  23, 
1923.  Lives  at  Aurora.  111. 


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Margaret  Ann  Moore  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore, 
born  about  1785.  She  was  married  to  George  Worley  at  Harrodsburg,  Ken¬ 
tucky  February  1,  1811.  The  marriage  date  is  on  record  at  the  Harrcds- 
burg  Ccurt  House.  Her  tomb-stone  has  been  broken,  and  we  are  not  able 
to  give  the  exact  date  ci  her  birth  and  death.  George  Worley,  her  husband, 
v.  as  born  January  27,  1784  and  died  March  12,  1862.  They  are  buried  at 
Austin  Cemetery,  Austin,  Indiana.  They  resided  in  Jennings  Township, 
Scott  Couni}r,  Indiana,  at  the  time  cf  their  death.  Had  children,  Emily 
Catherine,  David  Thomas,  John  M..  Simeon,  and  William  •  Worley.  We 
have  no  information  on  any  of  the  children  except  William. 


I  William  Worley,  son  ci  George  and  Ann  Moore  Worley,  was  born  near 
drab  Orchard,  Mercer  Co.,  Ky.,  November  13,  1814.  and  died  August  27. 
'379.1879.  He  was  married  to  Cordelia  Robison,  who  died  in  1897.  They  are 
buried  at  Austin  Cemetery,  Austin,  Indiana.’ 


1.  John  Thomas  Worley,  son  of  William  Worley,  was  born  December 
12,  1843.  Married  Mary  E.  Hufford  May  2,  1066  at  Austin,  Indiana 
She  was  born  September  16,  185G.  Children: 

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A,  Alabama  Worley,  was  born  March  17,  1868  and  died  in  1915. 
Married  to  Richard  Jenkins  who  died,  widow  married  Charles 
Thomas.  Children: 

a.  Dixie  Jenkins,  born  November  9,  1861. 

b.  Benjamin  Francis  Jenkins,  born  November  19,  1884. 

c.  Warren  Thomas,  born  1898. 

B.  Ulysses  Worley,  born  March  30,  1872. 

C.  Florida  (Flora)  Worley,  was  born  in  Austin,  Scott  County, 
Indiana  February  15,  1875.  Married  Ammie  Cornelius  Leftwich 
September  22,  1895.  He  was  born  June  25,  1874.  Live  at  Sedalia, 
Mo.  Children: 

a.  Clay  Leftwich,  born  August  1,  1897.  Married  Selma  Leicher 
April  19,  1919.  Children: 

(a)  Flora  Christine,  born  Dec.  4,  1920.  Married  Frank  Walter 
Metheney  October  31,  1945. 

(b)  Marjorie  Louise,  born  January  7,  1922,  died  September, 
1923. 

(c)  John  Clay,  born  November  16,  1923. 

(d)  Joan,  born  February  18,  1925. 

(e)  Mary  Carolyn,  born  May  5,  1934. 

b.  Thomas  Alvin  Leftwich,  married  Jonathan  Berkeley  Adams 
June  1,  1919.  Divorced  1932.  Married  Alberta  McFarland  Sep 
tember,  1933.  Children: 

(a)  James  Cornelius,  born  November  22,  1921.  Married  Stella 
Pauline  Welch  May  10,  1942.  Children: 

James  Cornelius  V,  born  April  18,  1943. 

Rodney  Errol,  born  July  4,  1944,  died  July  6,  1944. 

(b)  John  Thomas,  born  January  25,  1925.  Married  Margaret  Gist 
November  9,  1944. 

c.  Cloyd  Cornelius  married  Ruth  Elizabeth  Stephens  May  23,  1931 
Children: 

(a)  Eleanor  Louise,  born  July  21,  1935. 

(b)  Robert  Stephens,  born  August  17,  1942. 

2.  Simeon  Worley,  son  of  William  W’orley,  was  born  December  14, 
1846  at  Austin,  Indiana,  and  married  Melcena  Mitchell  December  9, 
1869.  She  was  born  Nov.  15,  1845  and  died  July  17,  1920;  Simeon 
died  September  23,  1926.  He  served  through  the  Civil  War  in  Co. 

D,  8th  Cavalary  or  39  Infantry.  Ran  away  at  16  years  but  was 
brought  home  by  his  father.  Ran  away  second  time,  entered  as 
teamster  later  Cavalry.  He  served  under  General  Sherman.  They  are 
buried  at  Austin,  Indiana. 

Children: 

A.  Melville  P.  Worley,  was  born  October  7,  1870  at  Austin,  Indiana, 
and  died  December  22,  1934.  Is  buried  at  Kimberlin,  Scott  Co.  He 
married  Grace  Barton  April  15,  1896  at  Scottsburg.  She  was  born 
October  12,  1877  and  died  February  25,  1901.  She  is  buried  at 
Wesley  Chapel,  Scott  Co.,  Indiana.  On  November  3,  1907  he  mar¬ 
ried  Etta  Shearer,  who  was  born  November  1,  1882  at  Lexington, 
Indiana.  Children: 

a.  Cora  Worley,  born  January  24,  1898. 

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1909. 

c.  Morton  Worley,  bom  February  28,  1911.  Morton  entered  the 
U.  S.  Army  April  3,  1942  and  went  overseas  July  24,  1942. 
Landed  in  New  Zealand,  went  from  there  to  Australia  August 
14,  and  then  on  to  New  Guinea,  landed  November  4  at  Milcn 

Bay.  After  the  campaign  in  New  Guinea  was  sent  to  the  Phil¬ 
ippines,  landed  at  Leyte  and  on  Mindoro.  Spent  33  months  over¬ 
seas,  engaged  in  five  major  campaigns  with  2nd  field  hospital 
corps,  6th  army.  Returned  to  U.S.A.  an  dwas  discharged  June 
8,  1945. 

B.  Norman  Elmore  Worley,  was  born  August  6,  1872  at  Austin, 
Indiana  and  died  at  Scottsburg  August  6,  1941.  He  married  Eliz¬ 
abeth  Gray  at  Scottsburg  November  29,  1918.  He  is  buried  at 
Austin  Cemetery,  Scott  County,  Indiana.  No  children: 

C.  Lora  N.  Worley,  was  born  November  27,  1876  at  Austin,  Indiana 
and  married  John  McClain  June  15,  1889.  He  is  buried  at  Austin 
Cemetery.  Children: 

a.  Ada  Grace  McClain,  was  born  January  11,  1901  at  Austin, 
Indiana  .Married  February  3.  1923  to  Ernest  L.  Whiteman  who 
was  born  May  10,  1897.  Reside  at  Hammond,  Ind.  Children: 

(a)  Virginia  May  Whiteman,  was  born  February  15.  1924  at 
Scottsburg.  Married  Wm.  G.  Wilkenson  August  6,  1944.  He 
was  born  October  13,  1921.  Residence  Hammond. 

(b)  Kathryn  Louise  Whiteman,  born  June  8,  1929. 

b.  Bernice  Amelia  McClain,  was  born  July  16,  1903  at  Austin, 
Ind.  Married  Carl  Lee  McQueary  January  12,  1924  at  Scotts- 
burg.  He  was  born  August  21,  1904  at  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Children: 

(a)  Marietta  McQueary,  born  September  7,  1924,  died  January 
16,  1932.  Buried  at  Austin.  Ind. 

(b)  Juanita  Joyce  McQueary,  born  July  25,  1928  at  Austin,  Ind 

(c)  Robert  Lee  McQueary,  born  July  18,  1932  at  Austin,  Indiana 
Residence  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

c.  Eunice  M.  McClain,  born  February  1,  1906,  died  November  20, 
1906. 

d.  Beulah  McClain,  was  born  December  5,  1907  at  Austin,  Ind. 
Married  Paul  Revere  Seaver  March  8,  1928  at  Jeffersonville, 
Indiana.  He  was  born  November  10,  1906  at  Austin.  Reside  at 
Pittsburg,  Pa.  Children: 

(a)  Norma  Jean  Seaver,  born  November  2,  1928. 

(b)  Richard  Gordon  Seaver,  born  November  24,  1939. 

e.  Louise  McClain,  was  born  June  12,  1912.  Married  Roy  Mc¬ 

Creary  June  15,  1929  at  Scottsburg,  Indiana.  No  children 
'  Reside  at  Scottsburg,  R.  R. 

f.  Stanton  McClain,  was  born  at  Austin,  Indiana  June  26,  1912. 
Married  Mildred  Jones  February  24,  1940.  No  children.  Stan¬ 
ton  McClain  enlisted  in  U.  S.  Army  77th  Div.,  April  10,  1943. 
Served  20  mos.  in  S.  W.  Pacific.  Engaged  in  battles  in  Philip¬ 
pines,  Iwo  Jima,  and  Okinawa  Islands.  Returned  from  over¬ 
seas  July  21,  1945  to  Letterman’s  Hospital,  California,  then  to 

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Wakeman’s  Hospital  at  Atterbury,  Indiana.  Received  an  honor¬ 
able  discharge  with  disability  on  October  13,  1945.  Residence 
R.  R.,  Austin,  Indiana. 

g.  Lenora  Glenna  McClain,  was  born  April  14,  1914  at  Austin, 
Ind.  Married  Marshall  Jones  June  17,  1931.  He  was  born 
December  11,  1911.  Residence,  Austin,  Indiana.  Children: 

(a)  Donald  L.  Jones,  February  16,  1932,  Austin,  Indiana. 

h.  Wayne  McClain,  was  born  July  2,  1917  at  Austin.  Married 
Maurine  Sweat,  who  was  born  March  17,  1922.  Children: 

(a)  Patricia  Louise,  born  Sept.  8,  1942. 

(b)  Wayne  McClain  Jr.,  born  July  2,  1945,  Austin. 

Wayne  McClain,  Sr.,  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  Navy  October  16, 
1942.  Was  statoned  at  Puerto  Rico  in  the  Carribean  Sea  and 

Coast  Guard  service  on  the  eastern  coast  of  the  United 
States.  Was  honorably  discharged  October  8,  1945.  Residence 
R.  R.,  Austin,  Indiana. 

i.  Ruby  LaVon  McClain,  was  born  May  18,  1920.  Married  Reuben 
R.  Rigsby  February  3,  1920  at  Austin.  Children: 

(a)  Raymond  Eugene  Rigsby,  born  January  21,  1941  at  Crothers- 
ville,  Indiana. 

Reuben  R.  Rigsby  entered  U.  S.  Navy  May  24,  1944.  Served 
one  year,  8  mos.  in  Coast  Guard  service.  Was  honorably 
discharged  February  3,  1946.  Reside  at  Crothersville. 

D.  Lura  Maude  Worley,  was  born  December  3,  1879  at  Austin, 
Indiana.  Married  William  McClain  October  2,  1900,  Austin,  and 
died  August  28,  1901.  Children: 

a.  Maude  McClain,  born  August  28,  1901. 

E.  Eunice  Edna  Worley,  was  born  November  28,  1881  at  Austin, 
Indiana.  Married  Allen  Maggard  October  13,  1906.  He  was  bom 
September  1,  1880.  Residence  R.  R.,  Austin,  Ind.  Children: 

a.  Paul  A.  Maggard,  born  December  16,  1908  at  Scottsburg, 
Indiana.  Married  Dorothy  Gray  March  27,  1931.  She  was  born 
January  23,  1910  at  Deputy,  Indiana.  Children: 

(a)  Enzor  Lee  Maggard,  born  May  29,  1932,  Austin,  Indiana. 

F.  Glenna  Worley,  was  born  March  22,  1834,  and  married  Julius 
Enzor  Harrod  April  20,  1907.  He  was  born  November  3.  1879.  No 
children.  They  reside  at  240  Brown  St.,  Columbus,  Indiana. 

3.  Emily  Catheiine  Worley,  daughter  of  William  Worley,  was  born 

March,  1858,  and  married  -  Forrest,  deceased.  She  is  88  and 

resides  at  Veedersburg,  Indiana.  Children: 

A.  Clarence  Forrest,  born  August,  1878.  Lives  at  Veedersburg. 

B.  Willie  Forrest,  died  young. 

C.  Ernest  Forrest,  Veedersburg. 

D.  Dosha  Forrest,  died  young. 

J2.  Chas.  Forrest,  killed  in  World  War  I  October  18,  1918. 

According  to  a  record  at  the  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  Court  House,  George 
Worley  in  1816  sold  to  his  father-in-law,  Captain  Thomas  Moore,  four  head 
of  horses,  eight  head  of  cattle,  twelve  sheep,  fifteen  hogs,  and  household 
goods  for  $450.00.  It  is  possible  that  this  is  the  year  George  and  Ann 
Moore  Worley  moved  to  Scott  Co.,  Indiana. 


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Samuel  Moore,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore,  was  born  about  1787. 
He  married  Sally  Weir  in  1814.  After  his  father’s  death  in  1835,  he  sold  the 
land  he  inherited  from  his  father  to  his  brother,  Thomas  Harberson  Moore, 
and  moved  to  Clark  County,  Indiana,  about  20  miles  north  of  New  Albany 
on  the  Ohio.  We  are  sorry  we  were  unable  to  find  any  descendants  of 
Samuel  Moore  after  spending  a  day  in  Clark  County  searching  for  in¬ 
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John  Moore,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore  and  Elizabeth  Harberson 
Moore,  was  born  near  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  in  1789.  He  served  in  the  volun¬ 
teer  force  under  General  Harrison  in  the  Northwest  in  the  War  of  1812; 
was  honorably  discharged  due  to  illness.  He  returned  home  in  1813  and 
was  married  to  Phoebe  Westcrfield,  the  daughter  of  James  Westerfield. 
They  moved  to  Lawrence  County,  Alabama  in  1835,  where  John  Moore, 
fanner  and  educator,  died  in  18G3.  Phoebe  Westerfield  Moore  died  in  Waco, 
Texas  in  1875.  Children: 

I  Dr.  Thomas  Moore,  eldest  child  of  John  and  Phoebe  Moore,  was  born  in- 
Mercer  CQunty,  Kentucky,  August  6,  1315.  In  1836-37  he  took  a  regular 
course  in  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr.  W.  D.  Jourdan  in 
Glasgow,  Ky.  He  was  married  to  Eliza  Jane  Dodd  March  9,  1837  near 
Glasgow,  Ky.  The  wedding  was  attended  by  some  two  hundred  relatives 
and  friends,  many  of  whom  travlled  the  distance  of  several  counties  on 
horseback  for  the  occasion.  Dr.  Moore  practiced  in  Alieva  County,  Ky., 
and  southern  Kentucky  until  1845,  when  he  moved  to  Limestone  County, 
Alabama,  where  he  practiced  until  1853.  He  then  moved  to  Burnet,  Texas* 


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but  in  1857  his  health  failed  and  he  was  forced  to  give  up  his  extensive 
practice  due  to  being  greatly  exposed  by  long  professional  rides,  following 
Indians  that  were  continually  committing  depredations,  swimming  rivers, 
etc.  His  intellectual  faculties  were  unimpaired,  howefer,  and  he  com¬ 
menced  the  study  of  law.  He  soon  obtained  his  license  to  practice  law  in 
Texas  courts,  and  was  successful  and  well  known  in  this  profession.  In 
1367  he  moved  to  Waco.  Texas,  where  in  1370  he  was  one  of  sixteen 
members  who  organized  the  first  Christian  Church  in  Waco,  of  which  he 
was  a  devout  member.  He  was  one  of  the  noble  and  historical  figures  in 
the  state’s  history,  and  always  manifested  interest  in  matters  of  political 
and  commercial  welfare  of  the  city  and  state.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Waco  Bar  Association  and  the  Masonic  fraternity.  At  the  close  of  the 
Civil  War  in  1365  Dr.  Moore  and  his  oldest  son,  John,  were  held  as 
political  prisoners  by  the  Union  authorities  for  some  weeks.  However,  he 
was  permitted  to  attend  to  his  business  in  the  courts  accompanied  by  a 
guard,  and  was  finally  liberated.  No  charge  was  ever  made  against  him. 
He  resided  in  Waco  until  his  death  on  November  5,  1898.  Children: 

1.  Emily  Ann  Moore,  oldest  child  of  Dr.  Thomas  2nd  Jane  Dodd  Moore, 
was  born  December  15,  1838  and  died  January  15,  1929,  aged  90 
years.  She  married  James  Cason  Frazier  in  Hamilton, -Burnet  Coun¬ 
ty,  Texas,  August  30,  1855.  Celebrated  their  50th  and  60th  wedding 
anniversary.  J.  C.  Frazier  was  born  January  14,  1831,  and  died 
January  14,  1917,  age  86  years.  Children: 

A.  Dr.  Jacob  Moore  Frazier,  born  December  4,  1856.  Deceased. 

Married  Minnie  Chamberlain  in  Missouri  in  1883.  Celebrated 
their  50th  wedding  anniversary.  Children: 

a.  Paul  Douglas  Frazier,  born  in  Waco,  Texas,  January  30,  1884. 

Children: 

(a)  Madolyn  Frazier  St.  George,  born  in  Little  Rock,  Arkansas, 
January  30,  1903.  Children: 

(aa)  Nell  Courtney  St.  George,  born  Los  Angeles,  December 
6,  1927.  Child.  Nils  Jeffrey  Bjorck,  born  October  7, 
1945. 

b.  Virginia  Dare  Frazier,  born  in  Morgan,  Texas,  November  2, 

1886.  Married  Barton  Parry,  deceased.  Children: 

(a)  Philip  Frazier  Parry,  born  Temple,  Texas,  July  24,  1921. 

c.  Bruce  Frazier,  born  in  Morgan,  Texas,  July  22,  1883.  Married 

Nell  Frazier.  Children: 

(a)  James  Bruce  Frazier,  born  in  Wichita  Falls,  Texas,  January 
13,  1922. 

(b)  Cornelia  Frazier,  born  October  12,  1924. 

d.  Emily  Ann  Frazier,  born  in  Morgan,  Texas,  October  20,  1890. 

Married  Roland  Muenster  in  Belton,  Texas,  about  1912. 

'  Children: 

(a)  Roland  Frazier  Muenster,  Jr.,  born  in  Austin,  Texas,  Aug. 
10,  1913  or  1914. 

(b)  Daniel  Blaylock  Muenster,  born  in  Los  Angeles,  California, 
March  17,  1923. 

e.  Jacob  Moore  Frazier,  born  in  Morgan,  Texas,  August  19,  1892. 

Married  Mary  Margaret  Glasscock  in  Austin,  Texas.  Children: 

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(a)  May  Barbee  Frazier,  born  in  Mercedes,  Texas,  Feb.  8,  1936. 

f.  Mary  Scott  Frazier,  born  ni  Belton,  Texas,  December  30,  1894. 
Married  Archie  Campbell  Clark  in  Belton,  Texas.  Children: 

(a)  Ann  Campbell  Claik,  born  in  Temple,  Texas,  December  12, 

1926. 

g.  Frances  Frazier  Morse,  born  in  Belton,  Texas,  April  7,  1903. 

B.  Elly  Frazier,  born  February  9,  1859. 

B.  Elly  Frazier,  daughter  of  Emily  Moore  and  J.  C.  Frazier,  born  in 
Bosque  County,  Texas,  February  9,  1859.  Died  in  Waco  February 
9,  1938.  Married  Bowman  Algernon  Little  in  Waco,  June  26,  1887. 
He  was  born  in  South  Carolina  1860.  Died  in  Waco,  August  1894. 
Children: 

a.  Ethel  Frazier  Little,  born  in  Waco  January  3,  1889.  Married 
Frank  Harold  Guild  in  Belton,  Texas,  January  10,  1907.  He 
was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  September  18,  1385.  Reside  at 
Tyler,  Texas.  Children: 

(a)  Frank  Harold  Guild,  Jr.,  born  in  Temple,  Texas,  May  18, 
1909. 

(b)  George  Bowman  Guild,  born  in  Houston,  May  30,  1911. 

(c)  Walter  Allen  Guild,  born  in  Terrell,  Texas,  June  5,  1917. 

(d)  Gladys  Margaret  Guild,  bern  in  Terrell,  October  5,  1921. 
Married  Milbry  Hearne  Shaw,  Jr.,  in  Mt.  Vernon,  Texas, 
December  7,  1938.  He  was  born  in  Tyler,  May  6,  1913. 
Children: 

(aa)  Michael  Hearne  Shaw,  born  in  Tyler,  Sept.  9,  1940. 

(bb)  Sandra  Shaw,  born  April  26,  1944. 

b.  Gladys  Ewell  Little,  born  in  Morgan,  Texas,  July  21,  1891. 

C.  Dr.  John  Richard  Frazier,  son  of  Emily  and  James  C.  Frazier, 
born  in  Bosque  County,  December  8,  1861,  died  June  11,  1945. 
Married  Harriet  Lavinia  Flint  in  Waco,  Texas.  She  was  born  in 
McLeman  Co.,  April  21.  13G3,  died  May  12,  1913.  Children: 

a.  Emily  Estelle  Frazier,  born  in  Morgan,  Bosque  Co.,  December 
39,  1889.  Married  Clover  Thirsk  in  Ft.  Worth,  June  22,  1918. 
He  was  born  in  Winfield,  Kansas,  March  29,  1890.  Children: 

(a)  Clover  Burdett  Thirsk,  born  in  Ft.  Worth,  Texas,  February 
7,  1920. 

(b)  Sara  Estelle  Thirsk,  boin  in  Ft.  Worth,  Texas,  April  22,  1922. 
Married  Homer  C.  Adams  September  15,  1942.  He  was  born 
in  Dennison,  Texas,  August  28,  1910.  Children: 

(aa)  Riley  Lee  Adams,  born  in  Houston  September  22,  1943. 
(bb)  Sharon  Eula  Adams,  born  in  Ft.  Worth,  September  6, 
1945. 

^(c)  Mary  Grace  Thirsk,  born  in  Friuta,  Colorado,  November  18, 
1924.  Married  Virgil  Jackson  Powers  November  18,  1944.  He 
was  born  in  Waco,  June  10,  1921. 

(d)  Hallie  Margaret  Thirsk,  born  in  Friuta,  Colorado,  April  10, 

1927.  Married  Wade  Fox  Lintner  October  13,  1945.  He  was 
born  in  Herminie,  Pennsylvania.  Children: 

(aa)  John  Fox  Lintner,  born  in  Wilkinsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
July  15,  1946. 


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13,  1930. 

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14,  1933. 

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cember  15,  1892.  Married  Herschel  Goodspeed  in  Los  Angeles, 
California,  March  8,  1919.  He  was  born  October  18,  1381  at 
Ypsilanti,  Michigan.  Children: 

(a)  John  Frazier  Goodspeed,  born  in  Ft.  Worth,  Texas,  De¬ 
cember  16,  1919.  Married  Mary  Wheeler  Owens  in  Baltimore, 
Maryland.  Children: 

(aa)  Harriet  Brooke  Goodspeed.  born  in  Baltimore,  Novem¬ 
ber  8,  1944. 

(b)  Delbert  Cranmcr  Goodspeed,  born  in  Ft.  Worth,  Texas, 
September  9,  1922.  Served  in  World  War  II.  Killed  in  Navy 

dive  bomber  January  14,  1944. 

(c)  Clara  Louise  Goodspeed,  born  in  Ft.  Worth,  September  5, 

c.  John  Flint  Frazier,  born  in  Mon^^^lSWf^^y  24,  1895. 

d.  Wallace  Moore  Frazier,  born  in  Monterey,  Mexico,-  March  6, 
1900,  died  June  6,  1932. 

e.  Mary  Nelson  Frazier,  born  in  Ft.  Worth,  January  25,  1904. 

D.  Tom  Frazier,  son  of  Emily  Moore  and  James  C.  Frazier,  born 
January  14,  1863.  Married  Elia  Theodocia  Ansell  in  Galveston, 
Texas,  January  15,  1895.  She  was  born  May  26,  1872.  Reside  in 
Ft.  Worth.  Children: 

a.  Caroline  Leora  Frazier,  born  at  Galveston  October  5,  1895. 

b.  Floy  Theodocia  Frazier,  born  near  Artesia  Farm,  Morgan, 
Texas,  October  3,  1897. 

c.  James  Ansell  Frazier,  born  Artesia  Farm,  near  Morgan,  Texas, 
December  19,  1899.  Married  Lorine  Batot  in  Eagle  Pass, 
February  6,  1937.  She  was  born  in  Eagle  Pass,  February  26, 
1911.  Children: 

(a)  Tom  Batot  Frazier,  born  Eagle  Pass,  November  7,  1937. 

(b)  Mary  Floy  Frazier,  born  Vernon,  Texas,  May  27,  1939. 

d.  Dillon  Schadt  Frazier, -born  Artesia  Farm,  January  6,  1902. 
Married  Mary  Lane,  Eagle  Pass,  August  31,  1939.  She  was  born 
November  20,  1915.  No  children. 

e.  Emily  Moore  Frazier,  born  Artesia  Farm,  September  6,  1907. 

f.  Tom  Frazier,  Jr.,  born  Artesia  Farm,  September  15,  1909. 

g.  William  Byron  Frazier,  born  Ft.  Worth,  September  30,  1917. 
Married  Andre  Bulot  in  Ft.  Worth.  She  was  born  June  2,  1925. 

E.  Kitty  Frazier,  born  January  14,  1872.  Deceased.  Married  Herbert 
^  Barnard  in  1915.  He  died  November  26,  1945.  No  children. 

F.  Fanny  Fern  Frazier,  born  March  22,  1874.  Married  Joseph  Samuel 
Moss  June  9,  1897.  J.  S.  Moss  was  born  July  26,  1859  and  died 
January  21,  1943.  She  resides  at'  900  W.  Sixth  St.,  Austin,  Texas. 
Children: 

a.  Joseph  Samuel  Moss,  Jr.,  born  in  Hico,  Texas,  August  24,  1898. 
Married  Helen  Yantis  July  2,  1932.  She  was  born  July  31,  1901. 

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March  4,  1933.  Married  Marionette  Liie  April  3,  1934.  She  was 
born  May  4,  1911,  and  died  1941. 

G.  Rcnick  Frazier,  born  July  2,  1873.  Married  John  William  Ansell 
August  30,  1904,  on  49th  wedding  anniversary  of  bride’s  parents 
at  Franzier  Ranch,  Morgan,  Texas.  J.  W.  Ansell  died  April  21, 
1928.  She  resides  at  San  Marcos,  Texas.  Children: 

a.  Dorothy  Leora  Ansell,  born  at  Red  Roof  Ranch,  Morgan,  Texas 
December  24,  1905. 

b.  James  Walter  Ansell,  born  at  Red  Roof  Ranch,  Morgan,  Texas, 
November  23,  1903.  Served  in  World  War  II  as  Captain.  In 
Southwest  Pacific,  Philippines  and  Japan. 

c.  William  Frazier  Ansell,  born  at  Red  Roof  Ranch,  Morgan, 
Texas,  January  9,  1911.  Died  January  20,  1911. 

d.  Ann  Adele  Ansell,  born  in  Temple,  Texas,  November  22,  1913. 

e.  Wren  Frazier  Anseli.  born  in  San  Marcos,  Texas,  May  12,  1917. 

H.  Frank  Frazier,  born  September  5,  1381.  Married  Lydie  Adam 
who  was  born  September  18,  1883.  Reside  at  Frazier  Ranch, 
Morgan,  Texas.  Children: 

a.  Eleanor  Ann  Frazier,  born  December  12,  1914. 

b.  Frank  Frazier,  Jr.,  born  August  10.  1916,  died  at  Frazier  Ranch, 
January  14,  1918. 

c.  Jack  Adam  Frazier,  born  in  Temple,  Texas,  May  8,  1928. 

2.  John  Moore,  son  of  Dr  Thomas  and  Jane  Dood  Moore,  was  born 
October  9.  1840,  and  died  at  Waco,  Texas.  August  29th,  1924.  He 
married  Harriet  Wilkinson,  who  was  born  November  1,  1849  and 
died  April  17,  1921.  Children: 

A.  May  Moore,  was  born  October  25,  1372.  Married  Loraine  Rogers 
(deceased).  Residence  1512  South  5th  St.,  Waco,  Texas. 

B.  Allie  Moore,  wras  born  October  14,  1876.  Married  James  W. 
Bondurant  (deceased).  Resides  at  5610  Bell  St.,  Dallas,  Texas. 
Children: 

a.  Evelyn  Moore  Bondurant.  born  March  9,  1903. 

C.  Jane  Moore,  born  June  2,  1879.  Residence  1512  South  5th  St., 
Waco,  Texas. 

D.  John  Moore,  born  August  26,  1337.  Married  Ruth  Blair.  Residence, 
Waco,  Texas. 

E.  Harriet  Moore,  born  August  23,  1890.  Residence,  Dallas,  Texas. 

3.  Thomas  Paul  Moore,  was  born  January  19,  1847  in  Limestone 
County,  Alabama,  and  died  April  29,  1935.  Buried  at  Waco,  Texas. 
Married  Annie  Rolling  January  19,  1375  at  Waco.  She  was  born 
March  3,  1819  and  died  January  15,  1930.  Children: 

A.  Kate  Moore,  was  born  at  Waco,  Texas,  May  20,  1876.  Married  John 
Sidney  Slaton  (deceased).  Residence  5343  Ridgedale  St.,  Dallas, 
Texas.  Children: 

a.  Katherine  Moore  Slaton,  born  August  18,  1907.  Residence, 
Dallas,  Texas. 

b.  Emily  Elizabeth  Slaton,  born  October  31,  1908.  Married  Leon 
Patman  Lewis,  Dallas.  Children: 

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(b)  Jonn  Slaton  and  James  Patman  Lewis,  twins,  born  January 
10,  1944. 

B.  Walter  Jackson  Moore,  was  born  at  Waco,  Texas,  June  1,  1878. 
Married  Susie  Clark.  Residence,  Oklahoma  City.  Children: 

a.  Paul  Moore,  born  October  31,  1908.  Served  30  months  in  the 
European  Theater  as  Master  Sergeant  with  862nd  Engineers. 
Was  awarded  the  Bronze  Star,  Purple  Heart,  and  the  Belgian 
Fourraguerre.  Wears  5  battle  stars  for  the  Normandy,  Northern 
France,  Central  Europe,  Ardennes  and  Rhineland  campaigns. 

b.  Robb  Moore,  served  with  the  Engineers,  and  16  months  in  the 
Asiatic-Pacific  Theater  as  Ordnance  technician.  Battle  Star  for 
the  New  Guinea  campaign. 

C.  Minnie  Moore,  born  Decembei  21,  1883,  died  in  infancy. 

D.  Jennie  Moore,  born  September  6,  1885,  deceased. 

E.  Emily  Moore,  was  bom  August  6,  1880  and  died  December  3; 
1941.  Buried  at  San  Marcos,  Texas.  Married  Edward  de  Steiguer 
(deceased).  Children: 

a.  Genie  Moore  de  Steiguer,  boin  March  14,  1903.  Married  Mervyn 
B.  Starnes,  Dallas,  Texas.  Major  in  World  War  II.  Children: 
(a)  Bevely  Ann  Starnes,  born  January  25,  1933. 

b.  Annie  Louise  de  Steiguer,  born  November  18,  1906.  Married 
Edwin  Brazelton  Snead,  Austin,  Texas.  Children: 

(a)  Edwin  de  Stiguer  Snead,  born  December  2,  1929. 

(b)  Mary  Lou  Snead,  born  December  26,  1931. 

(c)  Philip  Brazelton  Snead,  born  December  9,  1940. 

c.  Edward  de  Steiguer,  born  September  23,  1999.  Wife,  Glenn 
Merriman  de  Steiguer.  Residence,  Beaumont.  Texas.  Children: 
(a)  Diane  de  Steiguer,  born  October  3,  1943. 

d.  Thomas  Paul  do  Steiguer,  born  December  3,  1911.  Residence, 
Austin,  Texas.  Served  in  World  War  II,  several  years  in  France 
and  Germany. 

e.  Allen  dc  Steiguer,  born  March  2,  1913.  Served  in  World  War 
II  in  England,  Glider  Pilot.  Wife,  Cordie  Boyd  de  Steiguer. 
Residence,  Austin,  Texas.  Children: 

(a)  Allen  Louis  de  Steiguer,  born  October  4,  1945. 

4.  Luke  Moore,  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  Moore,  was  born  February  12,  1850 
and  died  February  21,  1937.  Buried  at  Waco.  Married  Eliza  Johnson 
June  21,  1876.  She  was  born  October  17,  1854,  and  died  June  3,  1942. 
Children: 

A.  Charles  Edgar  Moore,  born  March  28,  1877.  Deceased.  Wife 
Florence  McLennan  Moore.  Resides  at  Palm  Court  Apt.,  Waco, 
Texas. 

B.  Robert  Johnson  Moore,  born  April  15,  1879.  Deceased. 

C.  Josephine  Moore,  born  January  2,  1881.  Married  Sidney  Henry 
Burrows,  deceased.  Resides  a.t  2700  Austin  Avenue,  Waco,  Texas. 
Children: 

a.  Elizabeth  Burrows,  married  John  Webb  Howell,  Jr.,  Reside  at 
Bryan,  Texas.  Children: 

(a)  John  Webb  Howell,  Jr. 

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(c)  Josephine  Moore  Howell. 

(d)  Marcia  Douglas  Howell. 

(e)  Sue  Colgin  Howell. 

D.  Ellen  Adam  Moore,  born  August  21,  1882,  deceased. 

E.  Nettie  Rose  Moore,  born  December  15,  1884,  deceased. 

F.  Mabel  Moore,  born  January  28,  1336.  Married  Irwin  Edward 
Colgin,  M.D.  Residence,  Colmore,  R.F.D.  1,  Valley  Mills,  Texas. 

G.  Luke  Moore,  Jr.,  born  February  10,  1833.  Deceased.  Wife,  Karen 
Heard  Moore.  Children: 

a.  Walter  Heard  Moore,  married  Helen  Richter.  Lt.  Col.  Army 
Engineers,  World  War  II,  overseas  three  years.  European  The¬ 
ater.  Residence,  LaPorte.  Indiana.  Children: 

(a)  Karen  Ann  Moore. 

b.  Luke  Moore  III,  Captain,  Anti-Aircraft,  World  War  II,  over¬ 
seas  two  years,  Italy  and  Germany.  Present  address,  Y.M.C.A., 
Ft.  Wayne,  Indiana. 

H.  Oscar  Frazier  Moore,  World  War  I.  C.A.C.  18  months,  born  March 
4,  1890.  Married  Vivian  Orr.  Residence,  2700  Austin  Ave.,  Waco, 
Texas. 

I.  Thomas  Paul  Moore,  born  August  8.  1891.  World  War  I,  C.A.C. 
18  months.  Married  Clarabel  Knight  August  f,l»  1917.  Residence, 
3120  Trice  Avenue,  Waco,  Texas.  Children: 

a.  Thomas  Paul  Moore,  Jr.,  born  May  16,  1918.  Married  Natalie 
Barlow  June  16,  1945.  Lt.  World  War  II.  Military  government, 
now  serving  in  Japan. 

b.  Clara  Knight  Moore,  born  January  27,  1920.  Now  serving  in 
Germany  with  American  Red  Cross. 

c.  Charles  Edgar' Moore,  World  War  II,  Anti-Aircraft,  overseas 
two  years. 

d.  Mary  Frances  Moore. 

J.  Celia  Moore,  born  March  1,  1893.  Married  Howard  Haskell 
March  15,  1944  .Residence,  1317  West  Washington,  Ft.  Wayna^ 
Indiana. 

K.  Julien  Kendrick  Moore,  born  May  12,  1894.  Married  Athalie 
Stribbling  June  1,  1922.  Served  in  World  War  I,  Sergeant  Ambu¬ 
lance  Corp,  overseas  4  months;  served  with  French  unit,  Croix 
de  guerre.  Residence,  2323  North  18th  St.,  Waco.  Texas.  Children: 
a.  Jane  Gurley  Moore,  born  February  3,  1937. 

L.  Mildred  Moore,  born  September  3,  1897.  Married  William 
Thompson  Donoho,  October  23,  1920.  Resides  at  3215  Ave.  NV2, 
Galveston,  Texas.  Children: 

a.  William  Thompson  Donoho,  Jr.,  born  May  12,  1922.  Sergeant 
World  War  II.  Served  in  India  one  year. 

5.  James  I.  Moore,  was  born  April  7,  1853,  and  died  in  New  York  City 
where  he  was  Attorney-at-Law,  November  17,  1934.  Buried  in  Waco, 
Texas.  Married  Zula  Banton  November  22,  1877.  She  was  born  March 
5,  1857,  died  December  5,  1920.  Children: 

A.  Banton  Moore,  born  October  7,  1877.  Married  Madge  Latham. 
Resides  in  New  York.  Children: 

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a.  John  Latham  Moore,  born  October  12,  1911.  Married  Helen 
Messina.  T/S  in  Engineers  in  World  War  II.  Lost  in  Pacific  in 
January,  1945  enroute  to  Luzon  Invasion. 

b.  Margaret  Moore,  born  February  22,  1914.  Served  in  Red  Cross, 
World  War  II.  Married  Dr.  James  R.  McMillan. 

c.  William  Banton  Moore,  born  May  5,  1919.  Captain,  Engineering 
Corps,  World  War  II  in  China-Burma-India. 

d.  James  Irvin  Moore,  born  February.  2,  1923.  Sgt.  Engineers  in 
Germany  2  years. 

e.  Elizabeth  Moore,  born  February  28,  1925. 

B.  Genie  Moore,  born  July  30,  1330.  Residence,  Now  York  and  Texas. 

C.  Ida  Moore,  born  February  24,  1832.  Married  Harry  W.  Ferguson, 
deceased.  Residence,  New  York.  Children: 

a.  Imogene  Moore  Ferguson,  born  October  21,  1908.  Married 
Nathanie  l  M.  Bowie.  Children: 

(a)  Nathaniel  Ferguson  Bowie,  born  October  7,  1929. 

(a)  Barbara  Ann  Bowie,  born  May  20,  1936. 

b.  Harriet  Winters  Ferguson  .born  December  15,  1912.  Married 
Philip  M.  Davis.  No  children. 

D.  Juliette  Moore,  born  October  18,  1234.  Married  Thomas  Yarrell, 
Jr.,  Belton,  Texas.  Children: 

a.  Thomas  Moore  Yarrell,  born  November  5,  1905.  Married 
Margaret  Gackenheimer.  Children: 

(a)  Thomas  Charles  Yarrell,  born  August  11,  1934. 

b.  Zulieka  Yarrell,  born  August  13,  1908.  Assistant,  Alienist, 
Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

E.  James  I.  Moore,  Jr.,  born  January  29,  1387.  Married  Anne  Gibson. 
Children: 

a.  James  I.  Moore  III,  born  April  17,  1915.  Married  Mary  -  . 

Captain,  Air  Corps  in  Pacific.  One  year  overseas,  three  years 
service. 

b.  Beverly  Ann  Moore,  born  June  3,  1917.  Married  Frederick 
Charles  Whaley.  Children: 

(a)  Ann  Beverly  Whaley,  born  November  15,  1944. 

(b)  James  Frederick  Whaley,  born  November  21,  1945. 

c.  Richard  Stuart  Moore,  born  October  27,  1924.  Graduated  from 
U.  S.  Naval  Academy  June,  1945.  Ensign  in  submarine  duty 
World  War  II. 

F.  Zulieka  Moore,  born  1891,  died  June,  1898. 

G.  William  Blackshear  Moore,  born  May  16,  1895.  Married  Elizabeth 
Reed.  Captain,  World  War  I,  Marine  Corps  6th  Regiment.  Re¬ 
ceived  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  Croix  de  Guerre,  Navy  Cross 
and  ether  citations.  Re-enlisted  in  Marine  Corps  in  World  War 
II,  retired  in  1945,  a  Maior. 

H.  May  Merle  Moore,  born  December  2,  1899,  died  January,  1901. 

6.  Bart  Moore,  was  born  June  22,  1855  at  Burnet,  Texas,  and  died 
March,  1941  at  Waco,  Texas.  Married  Nettie  Rose  Mocre  in  1882,  who 
died  several  years  later.  Later  married  Mrs.  Marie  Donnell  Petty 
in  1903.  Children: 


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A.  Adrian  Moore,  born  January  24,  1885  at  Waco.  Married  Rob  Wil¬ 
liams  June  16,  1909  in  Kentucky.  Resides  at  Houston,  Texas. 
Children: 

a.  Mary  Louise  Moore,  born  March  25,  1910.  Married  Thomas 
Botts  Rice  October,  1931.  Residence,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C. 
Children: 

(a)  Adrian  Rice. 

(b)  Thomas  Botts  Rice,  Jr. 

(c)  Robert  Williams  Rice. 

B.  Nettie  Rose  Moore,  bom  October  31,  1886.  Married  Seth  Strong, 
November  23,  1910.  He  was  born  July  30,  1879,  and  died  May  7, 
1945.  Residence,  4437  Emerson,  Dallas,  Texas. 

C.  Bart  Moore,  Jr.,  was  born  October  31,  1888.  Married  Martha 
Moore,  June  1G,  1915.  Resides  at  San  Antonio,  Texas.  Children: 

a.  Maitha  Elizabeth  Moore,  born  June  1,  1 9 1 G.  Married  Pleas 
McNecl  October,  1938.  Children: 

(a)  Pleas,  Jr. 

(b)  Clifton. 

(c)  Infant  son. 

b.  Joe  Bart  Moore,  born  November  3,  1918.  Served  in  World  Wai 
II. 

D.  Jane  Dodd  Moore  Perot,  child  of  second  marriage,  born  May  16, 
1904.  Served  in  W.A.C.  in  World  War  II,  Med.  Det.  Stationed  at 
Des  Moines,  later  New  Jersey  hospital. 

7.  Ida  Moore,  born  July  1G,  1GG0,  died  May  12,  1946,  Waco,  Texas. 
Married  T.  D.  Hays,  deceased.  Children: 

A.  Thomas  Moore  Hays,  resides  in  Dallas.  Married  and  has  one  son. 

B.  Hal  V.  Hays,  married  Missy  Westbrook,  resides  at  Waco,  Texas. 

8.  Jennie  Moore,  born  about  1862,  died  June,  1944.  Buried  at  Waco. 
Married  W.  K.  Mendenhall  of  Brownsville,  Texas,  now  deceased. 
Children: 

A.  William  Mendenhall.  Graduated  from  U.  S.  Naval  Academy, 
about  15  or  20  years  ago.  Lt.  Commander  in  Navy,  World  War  II. 
Wife  deceased.  Children: 

a.  Margaret  Harrilyn  Mendenhall,  born  July  7,  1928.  4 

II  William  Hamilton  Moore,  second  son  of  John  and  Phoebe  Moore,  was 
born  December  13,  1819.  Died  at  Rock  Island  Prison,  Ill.,  1864. 

III  Ann  Eliza  Moore,  born  about  1822  Married  Jc-sse  Sanders.  Died  in 
Glasgow,  Ky.,  1843.  Children: 

1.  John,  lived  in  Graves  Co.,  Ky. 

8.  Barton. 

IV  Mary  G.  Hoke  Moore,  born  July  1,  1824. 

V  Simeon  W.  Mooic,  died  in  Lawrence  Co.,  Alabama  September  8,  1859 

VI  Lucas,  died  in  infancy  1832. 

The  following  is  taken  from  the  July  2Gth,  1940,  issue  of  the  Harrods- 
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Dr.  Thomas  Moore  to  his  daughter,  Jennie,  who  was  then  a  student  at 
Lexington,  Ky.  It  is  being  printed  here,  as  it  has  helped  to  verify  lineage. 

Waco,  Texas,  Jany.  6th,  1882. 


Jennie  Moore 

Hamilton  College,  Lexington,  Ky. 

My  dear  daughter: 

We  were  glad  to  get  your  long  letter  of  the  1st  inst.  to-day!  and  you 
see  I  hasten  to  respond.  Christmas  and  New  Year  have  passed  away  and 
everything  seems  to  have  resumed  their  wonted  channels.  On  Monday  last 
I  called  on  about  a  dozen  nice  young  ladies  who  published  that  they  would 
receive  calls  from  their  Gentleman  friends  with  Mrs.  J.  W.  Mann.  Of 
course  I  provided  some  nice  New  Year’s  cards,  and  distributed  them 
pretty  freely  to  the  girls.  They  seemed  glad  to  see  me  and  I  fared  sump¬ 
tuously  both  physically  and  socially!  This  w’as  my  first  adventure  in  that 
sort  of  visiting,  and  of  course  I  enjoyed  it  greatly.  Your  brother,  John,  has 
been  sick  for  a  few  days  but  is  now  much  better.  Your  aunt  Sarah  is  quite 
sick  with  a  rising  on  her  finger,  and  it  has  become  erysipelatous,  and  is  now 
serious.  The  balance  of  your  relatives  are  well  and  doing  about  as  usual. 
Mama.  Ida  and  cous.  Emma  are  making  your  Ma’s  fine  silk  dress!  I  tell 
you  Mama  will  show  off  finely  when  she  puts  it  on!  So  mote  it  be!! 

We  have  not  yet  determined  whether  or  not  we  will  go  to  Ky.  next 
June,  but  I  rather  think  we  will  not.  I  think  I  could  appropriate  the  money 
it  would  cost  us,  more  profitably  otherwise.  Still  I  confess  I  would  like  to 
visit  Lexington  and  other  points  in  my  Native  State  once  more!  You  ask 
me  the  name  of  my  old  preceptor  in  my  Medical  Studies!  it  was  Dr.  W.  D. 
Jourdan,  of  Glasgow,  Ky.  He  now  lives  in  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  and  is  still  hale 
and  hearty,  though  84  years  old.  He  was  both  a  good  physician  and  Chris¬ 
tian  preacher.  He  still  writes  occasionally  for  the  “American  Christian 
Review”  of  Cincinnati.  I  studied  with  him  in  1836-7.  I  practised  medicine 
until  1857,  when  my  health  failed,  and  I  studied  law,  and  have  been  prac¬ 
ticing  law  about  24  years — making  about  44  years  that  I  have  been  en¬ 
gaged  in  the  active  duties  of  the  two  professions!  Don’t  you  think  it  is 
about  time  for  me  to  rest  from  active  life?  but  then  I  am  happier  when 
actively  engaged  in  business.  We  expected  Bro.  Burnett  Pinkerton  to  visit 
and  preach  a  while  for  us;  but  we  now  learn  he  will  not  come.  Bro.  Hall  >s 
now  preaching  in  Bryan.  I  think  it  uncertain  whether  he  will  go  to  Austin 
or  New  Orleans. 

I  have  often  thought  of  writing  a  brief  sketch  of  my  ancestors  and 
relatives  for  my  children  to  read  when  I  shall  have  passed  away.  I  know 
that  I  would  have  been  glad  to  receive  something  of  the  sort  from  my 
good  old  father,  but  all  is  left  to  my  imperfect  memory!  and  as  you  re¬ 
quested  it  I  jot  down  for  you  a  few  thoughts  in  reference  to  our  ancestors, 
hoping  it  may  interest  you  and  your  brothers  and  sisters  hereafter. 
Though  our  family  have  never  figured  largely  in  the  world,  still  I  can  say 
without  egotism  that  they  have  for  more  than  a  hundred  years  been  good 
and  respectable  people  and  have  been  loved  by  their  neighbors,  and  have 
done  some  service  to  their  Country  and  their  Church.  When  Captain 
James  Harrod  and  his  little  colony  made  the  first  settlement  of  white 

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people  in  Kentucky,  my  great  grandfather,  Simeon  Moore,  and  his  three 
sons,  Thomas,  John  and  Samuel  were  of  that  little  band  of  adventurers. 
The  settlement  was  made  at  Ray  Spring,  the  head  of  Shawneerun  Creek, 
Mercer  County,  about  25  miles  S.W.  from  Lexington  and  about  four  miles 
from  Harrodsburg.  The  history  of  Kentucky  will  give  you  some  knowledge 
of  the  dangers,  hardships  and  privations  of  this  little  band  of  bold  and 
intrepid  pioneers!  Surrounded  as  they  were  by  heavy  forests,  dense  cane- 
breaks  and  hosts  of  hostile  Indians;  they  had  indeed  a  hard  time  to  “hold 
the  fort”  and  maintained  a  truly  perilous  life!  But  by  their  indomitable 
energy,  their  self-denial  and  bold  daring  they  subdued  the  forest,  con¬ 
quered  the  Indians  and  gallantly  held  their  position,  and  formed  the 
nucelcus  around  which  other  bold  pioneers  rallied  and  before  the  year 
1800,  they  had  conquered,  subdued,  occupied  and  cultivated  one  of  the 
very  loveliest  and  best  countries  on  the  globe.  But  the  struggle  was  long 
and  hard!  Some  of  these  gallant  men  fell  by  the  hand  of  the  savage 
Indian;  amongst  them  was  Samuel  Moore,  a  gallant  young  man,  the 
brother  of  my  grandfather,  Thomas  Moore.  He  was.  slain  near  Perryville 
where  a  fort  was  formed  in  a  large  cave!  That  is  about  50  miles  S.W.  of 
Lexington.  It  was  at  this  cave.  Ft.  Harberson  (Perryville)  that  my  grand¬ 
father,  Thomas  Moore,  formed  the  acquaintance  of  a  lovely  woman,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Harbison,  whom  he  wooed  and  won;  Simeon  Moore,  my  great 
grandfather,  ana  his  surviving  sons,  Thomas  and  John,  located  their  head 
rights  of  land  on  Shawneerun  in  Mercer  County.  Simeon  died  about  the 
year  1314,  Thomas  and  John  inherited  his  rich  broad  acres  of  land,  and 
upon  this  they  both  lived  and  raised  large  families  of  sons  and  daughters. 
Thomas  Moore  was  born  in  1755  and  died  in  1835.  His  wife,  my  grand¬ 
mother  died  in  1845.  My  grandfather,  Thomas,  left  three  sons  surviving  him 
— towit — John,  my  father,  Thomas  Harberson  and  Samuel,  to  whom  he 
bequeathed  all  his  lands.  Samuel  sold  his  interest  in  1835  to  Thomas  and 
moved  to  Cla:k  Co.,  Indiana,  where  he  raised  a  large  family — and  died. 
John,  your  grandfather,  sold  his  interest  also  to  Thomas  and  moved  to 
Missouri  in  1835  and  back  to  Kentucky  in  1836 — from  Ky.  he  moved  to 
Alabama  where  he  died  in  1864  in  the  75th  year  of  his  age.  My  father  had 
four  sons  and  one  daughter.  I  was  his  oldest  and  am  the  only  one  living 
of  his  children.  Bro.  Hamilton  died  in  the  Army  in  1863 — leaving  six 
children,  two  of  whom  live  in  Texas,  two  in  Alabama,  and  two  in  Smith 
Co.,  Tennessee.  His  son,  James  and  daughter,  Phoebe,  live  in  Hill  Co., 
Texas.  His  son,  Hamilton  and  daughter,  Bettie,  live  in  J.awrence  Co.,  Ala. 
His  oldest  son,  John  and  his  oldest  daughter,  Ann  Eliza,  live  in  South  Co., 
Tennessee.  My  only  sister,  your  Aunt  Ann  Eliza,  married  Jesse  Sanders  in 
Barren  Co.,  Ky.  My  sister  died  in  Glasgow.  Ky.,  in  1843,  leaving  two  sons, 
John  and  Barton.  They  live  in  Graves.  Co.,  Kv.,  and  Barton  is  a  Christian 
preacher.  Their  father  died  ten  years  ago.  My  brother,  Simeon,  died  in 
Lawrence  Co.,  Ala.,  in  1861,  leaving  no  children.  My  other  brother,  Lucas, 
died  in  his  infancy  in  1832. 

Your  grandfather,  John  Moore,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Army  under  Genl. 
Harrison  in  1813.  In  Feb.,  1814  he  was  married  to  Phoebe  W.  Westerfield  in 
Mercer  Co.,  Ky.,  where  they  were  both  born  and  raised.  There  are  a  large 
number  of  Moores  and  Westerfields  living  in  Mercer  and  Boyle  Counties 
who  are  your  relatives.  In  Mercer  Co.  I  was  born  Aug.  6,  1815.  In  my 

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childhood  I  went  to  school  on  Old  Shawneerun  Creek.  My  schoolmates 
were  the  Thompsons,  Harrises,  Davises,  Dodds,  Haynes,  Downings, 
Hcrines,  Grimeses,  McRaes,  Burtons,  etc.,  etc  How  I  would  like  to  meet 
and  talk  about  our  early  days  w'ith  them!  But  “I  feel  like  one,  solitary  and 
alone,  treading  some  banquet  hall  deserted,”  and  this  privilege  I  cannot 
have  here. 


I  should  have  stated  before  that  my  grandfather  Moore  raised  several 
daughters  towit — Polly  who  married  John  Rarrod,  and  settled  in  Vienna, 
Ind.,  where  she  raised  a  large  family  and  died.  Ann,  who  married  George 
Worley,  and  moved  to  Scott  Co.,  Indiana,  raised  three  sons,  John,  William 
and  Simeon,  and  died;  Nancy  mairied  Newland,  moved  to  Indiana,  raised 
one  son  and  one  daughter,  and  died.  Isabella  married  Bingham,  my  whom 
the  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  Bingham  died  and  she  moved  to 
Illinois  and  died  there.  Betsy  married  Josiah  Bass,  by  him  she  had  several 
children.  Bass  died  in  Ky.,  and  she  married  VanArsdall  and  moved  to  Pana, 
Ills.,  where  she  was  still  living,  a  widow  a  short  time  since — being  the 
ONLY  one  of  my  ancestors  living!  She  had  a  daughter,  Mary  Ann,  who 
married  one  Rayhill,  and  they  have  a  large  family  at  or  near  Pana,  Ills. 


I  have  a  cousin,  the  daughter  ol  my  Aunt  Isabella  Bingham,  by  the 
name  of  Rankin  who  lives  near  Quincy,  Ills.  She  is  a  very  intelligent  and 
estimable  lady,  and  has  a  large  family  of  children. 

I  have  now  given  ycu  a  brief  statement  of  your  ‘kin-folks.”  There 
are  many  incidents  I  would  like  to  give  you,  but  must  stop  for  the  present. 
One  little  incident  I  must  relate.  Shawneerun,  Ky.,  is  fed  by  numerous  bold 
tunning  springs  of  pure  water  and  it  has  a  deep  channel  passing  through 
toeky  falls  and  boulders  and  empties  into  Kentucky  River  about  one  mile 
above  Mundy’s  old  ferry  on  the  Lexington  and  Harrodsburg  road.  Before 
entering  the  river,  the  creek  strikes  the  foot  of  a  cliff  of  solid  rock  some 
2  or  3  hundred  feet  high.  The  creek  then  turns  northward  and  runs  about 
a  half  a  mile  rather  up  the  river  before  it  enters  the  river.  The  cliff  is 
equally  high  on  the  liver  side,  making  a  long  narrow  cliff  with  the  creek 
an  one  side  and  the  river  on  the  other.  Just  below  the  mouth  of  the 
creek — for  several  hundred  yards,  this  cliff,  with  perpendicular  sides  some 
2  or  3  hundred  feet  high,  is  about  75  to  100  yards  wide  terminating  in  a 
narrow  point  about  200  ft.  high!  When  my  grandfather  Moore  was  a 
young  man  he  went  out  deer  and  elk  hunting,  and  when  upon  this  high 
point  he  discovered  a  large  Indian  hastily  approaching  him  with  both 
arrow  and  tomahawk  in  hand — this  awful  precipice  was  before  him,  and 
the  Indian  behind  him.  The  Indian  yelled  and  let  fly  his  arrow  at  him! 
Moore,  being  excited,  fired  his  rifle  at  the  Indian,  but  missed  his  mark! 
Moore  then  retreated  to  the  very  verge  of  th  terrible  precipice!  Fortune- 
ateTy  the  Indians  deadly-  arrows  missed  their  mark.  When  Moore  could 
tetioat  no  farther  he  clubbed  his  rifle  to  defend  himself  from  the  Indian’s 
deadly  tomahawk!  The  Indian  seized  Moore’s  gun  with  his  left  hand 
while  he  held  the  tomahawk  in  his  fight  hand,  ready  to  cleave  Moore’s 
head!  Moore  seized  the  tomahawk  with  his  left  hand,  and  thus  it  became 
a  HAND  10  HAND,  LIFE  AND  DEATH  STRUGGLE  between  these  two 
powerful  young  men!  They  grappled  each  other  and  both  struggled  for 
dear  life!  At  length  they  fell  to  the  ground,  on  the  verge  of  the  cliff!  The 


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Indian  fell  on  Moore,  but  the  latter  still  held  his  strong  grip  upon  the 
Indians  tomahawk — Moore  fortunately,  had  a  large  butcher  knife  in  its 
scabbard,  which  was  hung  to  his  hunting  belt.  Whilst  the  Indian  was  yet 
upon  him,  Moore  succeeded  in  drawing  his  knife  from  its  scabbard,  plung¬ 
ed  it  into  the  left  side  of  the  Indian,  who  gave  a  quick  yell  and  rolled  off 
of  Moore  and  instantly  expired!  Moore  immediately  regained  his  feet,  and 
quickly  rolled  the  Indian  over  the  precipice,  who  went  crashing  through 
the  old  cedar  tops  to  the  abyss  below!  How  vividly  do  I  recall  the  night 
when  at  my  grandfather’s  house,  when  the  glowing  log  fire  warmed  us, 
when  my  old  grandmother,  comfortably  seated  in  the  chimney  corner, 
knitting  away,  grandfather  lifted  me  upon  his  knee  and  detailed  to  me 
the  foregoing  incident.  And  NOW  I  am  an  OLD  MAN!  penning  this  down, 
to  send  to  my  youngest  child — a  thousand  miles  away,  at  a  college,  erected 
in  that  same  “dark  and  bloody  ground”  where  my  forefathers  toiled  SO 
HARD,  and  suffered  SO  MUCH!  Well,  they  did  not  labor  in  vain!! 

My  dear  child,  may  you  and  I  fill  our  destiny  as  faithfully  as  they  did. 
God  bless  you. 

Your  Pa, 

Thomas  Moore. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  DR.  MOORE'S  WEDDING 

At  the  bride’s  home  near  Glasgow,  Kentucky  on  Wednesday,  March  9, 
1837  Mr.  Thomas  Moore  and.  Miss  Eliza  Jane  Dodd  were  married.  Two 
hundred  guests  gazed  upon  a  young  bride  of  18,  clad  in  white,  entering 
her  family  parlor  with  her  chosen  husband  who  wore  black  broadcloth 
with  white  vest  and  gloves.  There  were  two  attendant  couples.  The  rela¬ 
tives  and  friends  had  deemed  this  such  a  memorable  occasion  that  the 
distance  of  several  counties  had  been  spanned  on  horseback  journeys. 
When  all  had  donned  their  best  frocks  and  coats  and  stood  in  expectancy 
a  noteworthy  incident  occurred. 

As  the  bridal  party  entered  the  parlor  for  the  ceremony  to  be  per¬ 
formed,  the  minister  had  not  been  notified  and  was  out  in  the  yard  chat¬ 
ting  with  friends  so  the  bridal  party  returned  to  the  room,  and  as  they 
returned  the  bride  heard  one  of  her  friends  whisper  “Poor  little  thing!  She’s 
not  long  for  this  world  anyway — and  it’s  such  a  bad  omen  to  have  to  turn 
back.”  (What  a  wonderful  prophetess!  As  the  bride  lived  to  celebrate  her 
sixtieth  wedding  anniversary  as  did  Dr.  Moore  also.) 

After  the  ceremony  was  finally  successfully  performed  and  congratu¬ 
lations  extended,  supper  was  announced  and  a  feast  it  was — consisting 
of  turkeys,  chickens  and  meats  of  all  kinds,  with  an  abundance  of  cake, 
pound  cakes  and  sponge  cakes  principally,  preserves  of  many  kinds,  and 
delicious  pies  and  boiled  custard  and  float.  The  reception  lasted  till  the 
“wee  sma’  hours.”  The  music  of  the  occasion  was  furnished  by  one  of  the 
slaves  of  the  place,  old  Uncle  Dick,  who  was  an  expert  v/ith  “do  fiddle  and 
do  bow.”  There  was,  of  course,  quite  a  house  party  at  the  home  of  the 
bride.  After  breakfast  the  next  morning  Uncle  Dick  was  again  called  in 
and  the  party  enjoyed  a  morning  dance  the  bride  bestowing  a  farewell 
set  upon  each  of  her  old  beaux,  no  round  dances  being  known  at  that 

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time,  “cotillians”  and  reels  being  quite  the  thing. 


About  eleven  o’clock  the  crowd  shifted  to  the  home  of  the  groom’s 
father  where  they  were  given  that  about  which  we,  of  the  later  day,  have 
heard  so  often — an  “infair.”  A  bountiful  dinner  was  enjoyed.  The  bride’s 
infair  dress  was  of  heavy  brocaded  brown  satin.  The  trousseau  was  all 
made  by  hand,  and  contained  many  specimens  of  beautiful  needlework.  No 
trousseau  was  complete  at  that  time  without  a  set  of  beautiful  night  caps, 
and  on  this  occasion  the  night  cap  was  made  by  the  very  latest  pattern  of 
fine  muslin  with  a  large  frill  all  around,  edged  on  each  side  with  beautiful 


lace. 


Among  the  presents  given  the  bride  and  groom  were  a  fine  horse  and 
saddle,  a  cow  and  calf,  and  a  negro  girl. 


— Mrs.  Kate  Moore  Slaton. 


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Jennie  Moore  Mendenhall 


Walter  J.  Moore 


SONS  OF  DR.  THOMAS  MOORE 
Scaled — Left  to  right.-  Luke  Moore,  James  I.  Mcorc,  John  Moore. 
Standing — Thomas  Paul  Moore,  Bari  Moore. 


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Picture  was  iaken  at  Frazier  Ranch  near  Morgan,  Bosque  Couniy, 
Texas  at  celebration  of  60th  Wedding  Anniversary  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jas. 
Cason  Frazier.  Reading  from  left  to  right, — James  Isaac  Moore,  Mrs.  Ida 
Mocre  Hays,  Mrs.  Emily  Moore  Frazier,  Mrs.  Jennie  Moore  Mendenhall, 
Tom  Paul  Moore;  seated,  front  row, — John  Moore,  Luke  Moore. 


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James  Moore,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore,  was  born  about  1791.  He 
■died  at  the  age  of  nine  from  injuries  sustained  when  a  man  kicked  him 
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Nancy  Moore,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore,  was  born  abou 
1793,  and  married  Joel  Newland  October  5,  1823.  They  had  one  son,  George, 
and  one  daughter,  Nancy  Jane,  and  moved  to  Indiana.  Thomas  Harberson 
Moore  was  named  guardian  for  Nancy  Jane  in  June,  1848.  From  there,  I  am 
sorry  to  say,  the  chapter  will  have  to  be  written  “incomplete.” 


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Isabell  Moore  Bingham 


Isabelle  Moore  (Ibbie),  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore,  was  born 
about  1795,  and  married  Joseph  Bingham  in  1822  at  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 
Record  of  the  marriage  is  at  the  Harrodsburg  Court  House.  After  his  death 
she  lived  at  Kirkwood,  Illinois  with  her  daughter,  Elizabeth  Bingham 
Rankin.  She  died  in  1871,  and  is  buried  near  Kirkwood.  Children: 

I  Thomas  James  Bingham,  was  born  September  24,  1825,  and  died  about 
1900.  Following  the  death  of  his  father,  his  uncle,  Thomas  Harberson 
Moore,  was  named  his  guardian.  He  never  married.  Is  buried  at  Center 
Grove  Cemetery,  three  miles  south  of  Westboro,  Mo. 

II  Elizabeth  Ann  Bingham  was  born  August  11,  1827  and  died  June  27, 
1894.  She  married  Thomas  Rankin  February  25,  1845.  He  was  born  March 
30,  1813,  and  died  March  24,  1899.  They  ore  buried  at  Kirkwood,  Illinois. 

Children: 


1.  Charles,  died  young. 


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2.  Mary,  die  din  young  womanhood. 

3.  Edward  Rankin,  born  December  1,  1850  and  died  1916.  Married 
Clara  Allison,  first,  Lizzie  Troxel,  second.  Buried  at  Kirkwood, 
Illinois.  Children: 

A.  Pearl  Rankin,  married  Claude  Heston  of  Florida. 

B.  Bessie  Rankin,  married  Howard  Adams.  Children: 

a.  Dorothy  Lawrence. 

b.  Donald. 

c.  Robert. 

d.  Billie,  Hastings,  Nebr. 

C.  Lulu  May  Rankin. 

4.  Flora  (Emma  Florence)  Rankin,  was  born  March  7,  1852,  and  died 
April  23,  1923.  She  married  George  Laur  January  29,  1879.  He  was 
born  September  21,  1852  and  died  December  12,  1941.  They  are 
buried  at  Westboro,  Missouri.  Children: 

A.  Thomas  Laur,  was  born  December  26,  1882  and  married  Kathryn 
Clark  February  6,  1908.  They  live  near  Westboro,  Missouri. 
Children: 

a.  George  Clark  Laur,  was  born  September  20,  1921.  He  married 
Mary  Jane  Hosher  June  21,  1945.  Was  First  Lieutenant,  pilot 
on  B24.  Overseas  service  in  Italy  ten  months.  Served  in  World 
War  II.  Made  51  missions  over  Germany.  Reside  near  West¬ 
boro,  Missouri. 

B.  Lura  Laur,  was  born  March  23,  1892  and  married  Leonard 
Brown  August  21,  1915.  They  live  at  Detroit.  Children: 

a.  Hilda  Brown,  was  born  May  13,  1918.  Married  Charles  Matthew- 
son.  Children:  William,  age  3  years. 

b.  William  Brown,  was  born  March  3,  1924.  Served  in  World 
War  II. 

5.  George  Rankin,  was  born  about  1854.  Married  Lillie  McCann. 
Buried  at  Westboro.  Children: 

A.  Kathryn  May,  died  at  22  years,  killed  in  auto  accident. 

6.  Cora  Rankin,  was  born  September  25,  1865.  Married  Fernando 
Reeves  February  19,  1903.  She  now  resides  at  4310  Frederick  Ave., 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  Children: 

A.  Mary  Reeves  Rankin,  was  born  April  17,  1907. 

B.  Fernando  Reeves,  was  born  April  1,  1910.  Married  Roseanna 
Carpenter  May  8,  1934.  Children: 

a.  Mary  Jeannene,  born  April  12,  1938. 

b.  Thomas  Lee  Reeves,  born  May  19,  1940.  Reside  at  Mackinaw 
City,  Michigan. 

7.  Lulu  Rankin,  was  born  March  18,  1867  and  married  Jesse  Bond 
September  16,  1891.  Now  reside  at  4310  Frederick  Ave.,  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri.  Children: 

A.  Gertrude  Bond,  was  born  September  11,  1892  and  married  Dr. 
Lee  C.  Sutherland,  November  23,  1915.  Live  at  St.  Joseph. 
Children: 

a.  Sara  Lee,  born  January  19,  1920.  Served  in  Red  Cross  in  India 
in  World  War  II. 


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b.  John  Bond  Sutherland,  born  November  26,  1924.  Served  over¬ 
seas  in  World  War  II. 

Ill  John  Washington  Bingham,  was  born  in  1329.  Died  in  1362  in  Civil 
War  at  Camp  Douglas,  a  prisoner  of  war  for  21  months.  Thos.  Harberson 
Moore,  his  uncle,  was  named  his  guardian  according  to  records  at  Harrods- 
burg  Court  House. 

Contributed  by  Historian  for  Isabelle  Bingham  Chapter. 

My  Grandmother  Bingham  was  Isabelle  Moore  and  her  mother  was 
Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore  of  Irish  descent  and  born  in  Virginia.  Thomas 
Moore  of  Irish  descent  was  father  of  Isabelle  Moore.  She  was  married  to 
Joseph  Bingham  in  1822.  His  father,  Thomas  Bingham,  came  from  Eng¬ 
land  and  moved  at  one  time  to  Hanover  County,  Virginia.  His  tombstone 
was  found  this  spring  in  the  Moore  Burying  Ground.  Died  July  19,  1822, 
age  65  years.  Joseph  Bingham’s  mother  came  from  Wales.  I  think  my 
Grandmother,  Isabelle  Bingham,  always  lived  with  us  after  my  mother 
married.  She  and  Flora,  my  oldest  sister,  were  great  friends  and  would 
work  together.  I  was  five  when  she  passed  away. 

My  father’s  first  marriage  was  to  Katharine  Warfield  of  Baltimore. 
After  she  died  her  mother  said  to  our  father  (Thomas  Rankin),  “Thomas, 
you  have  made  Katherine  a  good  husband.  Now  here  is  Lizzie;  if  you  would 
like  to  marry  her,  we  would  be  pleased,  but  if  not  there  is  no  hard  feelings, 
but  I  know  a  nice  little  girl  in  Kentucky  whose  name  is  Lizzie  Bingham.” 
So  he  went  there,  fell  in  love  with  her  and  married  her  at  1714  years.  He 
said  she  was  pretty,  and  he  was  afraid  some  other  fellow  was  going  to 
cut  him  out.  So  he  got  busy  and  married  our  mother.  She  had  a  very  sweet 
disposition.  I  never  remember  of  getting  a  spanking  from  her.  Sister 
Flora  was  the  spanker. 

My  father  and  mother  were  very  hospitable.  He  was  an  early  riser  and 
wanted  every-one  up.  We  were  having  a  well  dug  one  time,  and  the 
well-digger  said,  “Mr.  Rankin,  you  are  the  kindest  man  I  ever  knew.  You 
get  a  man  up  in  the  night  to  get  him  something  to  eat.” 

I  was  born  in  Henderson  County,  Illinois,  September  25,  1865  just  25 

days  after  the  family  moved  from  Kentucky  to  Illinois,  in  a  covered 

wagon.  Lulu  was  born  on  the  same  farm  March  18,  1867.  We  lived  in  a 

four-room  house  till  the  family  outgrew  it,  and  our  father  bought  more 

land  adjoining  it  with  a  nice  two-story  house  on  it,  and  we  lived  there  till 

Lulu  and  I  were  old  enough  to  go  to  school.  But  we  were  two  miles  from 

either  of  two  schools.  Our  father  said  two  miles  was  too  far  for  the  little 

girls  to  walk  to  school,  so  he  moved  ten  miles  to  Young  America,  later 

called  Kirkwood. 

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It  seemed  to  me  we  always  had  some  outsider  living  With  us.  I  remem¬ 
ber  the  long  kitchen  table  we  had  set  in  the  kitchen,  and  it  was  usually 
full — with  the  family,  hired  help,  school  teacher  and  company. 

We  had  quite  a  large  apple  orchard  on  cur  first  farm,  and  I  can  re¬ 
member  seeing  father  bring  a  wagon  with  sideboards,  coming  home  full 
of  apples.  We  always  butchered  from  six  to  eight  hogs  for  our  winter’s 

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meat.  Butchering  day  was  a  big  day  at  our  house.  As  children  we  looked 
forward  to  it.  That  is,  Lulu  and  Cora  did. 

Uncle  Tom  Bingham,  my  mother’s  brother,  lived  with  us  till  our 
home  was  broken  up,  then  he  went  to  live  with  sister  Flora  and  husband, 
George  Laur,  at  Westboro,  Mo.,  and  later  with  my  brother,  George  Rankin, 
Wcstboro.  I  remember  he  came  down-stairs  one  time,  mad  as  you  please, 
and  said  he  wouldn’t  sleep  in  that  room  where  the  devil’s  picture  was.  So 
my  mother  wont  up  and  took  Lincoln’s  picture  out,  and  put  it  in  some 
other  room  where  we  were  proud  to  have  it. 

I  remember  very  distinctly  our  first  train  ride  was  to  Pana,  Illinois  to 
visit  Cousin  Ann  Rayhill.  They  used  to  send  us  a  box  of  peaches  occasion¬ 
ally,  and  I  can  see  in  my  mind’s  eye  how  beautiful  they  were,  and  what  a 
treat  it  was.  I  also  recall  her  mother,  Aunt  Betsy  Van  Arsdall,  sister  of  my 
Grandmother  Bingham,  very  dimly. 

—CORA  RANKIN  REEVES,  SO  years. 


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A  Tribute  to  Thomas  Harberson  Moore — by  his  grand-daughter,  Dora 
Moore  McFairidge,  April,  1946. 


A  gentleman  in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word.  His  word  his  bond — his 
honesty,  his  truthfulness  unquestioned,  always  ready  and  willing  to  lend 
a  helping  hand  to  the  down  and  out,  be  the  cause  of  whatever  nature.  A 
man  whose  life  was  an  open  book  with  no  smears  or  blemishes  to  mar  its 
pages,  all  clean  and  white.  He  was  a  man  noted  for  his  dependability.  He 
was  true  to  his  home,  a  man  noted  for  the  good  he  did  for  those  in  distress. 

Thomas  Harberson  Moore,  the  eighth  child  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore, 
was  born  in  Mercer  Co.,  Kentucky,  August  12,  1797  and  died  March  12, 

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1869.  At  the  age  of  22  years  he  was  married  to  Nancy  Butler  November  11, 
1819.  She  was  born  in  Perryville,  Boyle  Co.,  Ky.,  August  11,  1792  and  died 
December  4,  1868.  They  are  buried  at  the  Moore  Burying  Ground  one-half 
mile  west  of  their  home,  10  miles  northeast  of  Harrodsburg. 

Children: 

I  James  B.  Moore,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Harberson  and  Nancy 
Butler  Moore,  was  born  August  20,  1820.  He  married  Henrietta  Harris, 
v/ho  was  born  September  13,  1822  and  died  June  11,  1902.  He  died  August 
30,  1892.  They  are  buried  at  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 

1.  Jane  Moore  was  bom  December  24,  1845  and  married  Samuel 
Thompson,  son  of  James  Thompson,  February  27,  1868.  He  was  born 
June  2,  1840  and  died  October  11,  1906.  Jane  died  March  14,  1913. 
Buried  at  Harrodsburg. 

Children: 

A.  Charles  Thompson  was  born  January  1,  1869.  Married  Mary  Mc- 
Minimy  August  30,  1893.  She  was  born  September  7,  1876  and  is 
living  near  Harrodsburg.  He  died  May  5,  1919.  Buried  at  Harrods¬ 
burg. 

Children: 

a.  Josephine  Thompson,  bom  August  22,  1894. 

b.  Virginia  Thompson,  born  April  10,  1896,  married  Sillons  King 
January  20,  1916.  He  was  born  December  19,  1894,  living  at 
Lexington,  Ky.  Virginia  died  July  25,  1940.  Is  buried  at  Har- 
rcdsburg. 

Children: 

(a)  Charles  King,  born  August  17,  1917.  Married  Margaret 
Mitchell  July  9,  1935.  She  was  born  March  10,  1918.  Living  at 
Lexington.  He  entered  U.  S.  Navy  December  1943  World 
War  II.  Served  two  years.  Saw  action  in  the  Pacific.  Now 
discharged.  Children:  Bonnie  Jean,  born  May  16,  1936. 

(b)  Paul  King,  born  November  5,  1921.  Entered  Medical  De¬ 
tachment  Army  Air  Corps  1942  World  War  II.  Served  3 
years.  Lives  in  Lexington. 

(c)  Jack  King,  born  July  5,  1924.  Served  2  years  in  Engineer 
Parts  Supply  Co.  World  War  II.  Served  in  Europe  and 
Pacific.  Discharged  and  lives  in  Lexington. 

c.  Samuel  Thompson,  born  March  10,  1898.  Married  Mattie  Lee 
French  September  19,  1921.  Lives  near  Harrodsburg. 

d.  Ellen  Thompson  was  born  September  26,  1990.  Married  Wil¬ 
liam  DeShazer  January  24,  1924.  He  served  in  World  War  I. 
Live  near  Harrodsburg. 

^  e.  Elizabeth  Thompson  was  born  February  3,  1912.  Married  Elmer 
Wiley  February  10,  1933.  He  was  born  March  1911.  Live  near 
Harrodsburg. 

B.  Sue  Molly  Thompson  was  born  March  27,  1873.  Married  Samuel 
Cole  February  14,  1889.  He  was  bom  August  20,  1865  and  died 
April  17,  1927.  She  died  October  3,  1916.  Buried  at  Harrodsburg. 
Children: 


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ary  10,  1914.  He  was  bom  May  12,  1891.  Live  at  429  N.  College, 
Harrodsburg. 

Children: 

(a)  John  Leroy  Kellar  was  born  May  12,  1919.  Pilot  and  Captain 
in  Air  Forces,  World  War  II.  Now  at  Harrodsburg. 

C.  Henrietta  Thompson  born  November  29,  1877,  and  died  Jan¬ 
uary  20,  1913.  Buried  at  Harrodsburg.  She  married  Hiram  Mc- 
Crosky  August  30,  1893.  He  was  born  September  12,  1865.  Lives 
5  miles  north  of  Harrodsburg.  Children: 

a.  Thompson  Me  Crosky  was  born  February  15,  1898.  Married 
Retta  Best  February,  1921.  She  was  born  February  4,  1904,  and 
died  September  24,  1942.  Is  buried  at  Harrodsburg.  He  married 
Beatrice  Sanders  November  24,  1943.  She  was  born  March  4, 
1910.  Two  children  by  first  marriage,  one  by  second.  Children: 

(a)  William  Newton  Me  Crosky  was  born  December  9,  1921. 
Married  Loraine  Powell  August  15,  1942.  She  was  born  in 
Lexington.  Newton  died  December  1,  1944.  Missing  in  action 
in  the  Eattle  of  the  Bulge,  World  War  II.  Burial  place  un¬ 
known.  One  child,  Connie  Retta  McCrosky. 

(b)  Cecil  McCrosky,  born  October  4,  1924.  Married  Mary  Pat¬ 
terson  November  7,  1944.  She  was  born  August  4,  1924.  Cecil 
is  now  serving  in  U.S.  Army  in  Japan. 

(c)  Donald  McCrosky,  born  .September  13,  1945. 

b.  Fay  McCrosky  was  born  August  4,  1900.  Married  Raphael 
Reynolds  February  20,  1924.  She  was  born  February  17,  190L 
Lives  near  Harrodsburg.  Children: 

(a)  Louise  McCrosky,  born  December  4,  1924. 

c.  Jeanetta  McCrosky  was  born  November  29,  1902.  Married  Sam¬ 
uel  Balden  December  27,  1924.  He  was  born  July  19,  1898.  Re¬ 
side  at  Salem,  Illinois.  Children: 

(a)  Samuel  Jr.,  born  October  22,  1932. 

(bl  Larry,  born  July  29,  1941. 

D.  Samuel  Lee  Thompson  was  born  April  16,  1879.  Died  June  28. 
1880. 

2.  John  Moore,  son  of  James  and  Henrietta  Harris  Moore  was  born 
April  15,  1848,  died  June  7,  1869.  Buried  at  Harrodsburg. 

3.  George  Moore,  son  of  James  and  Henrietta  Harris  Moore,  was  born 
April  6,  1850,  and  died  December  18,  1904.  Married  Melvina  Lucas 
February  9,  1875.  She  was  born  June  11,  1852  and  died  November 
5,  1923.  Buried  at  Indianola,  Ill.  Children: 

A.  John  Moore,  born  December  22,  1875,  died  in  infancy.  Buried 
near  Harrodsburg. 

B.  Robert  Samuel  Moore  was  born  December  17,  1876.  Married 
Gertrude  Young  June  12,  1904.  Lives  at  Danville,  Ill.  Children: 
a.  Lois  Moore,  born  June  17,  1905.  Married  Harold  Graves  June 

12,  1928.  Live  at  Decatur,  Ill. 

(a)  John  Robert,  born  July  6,  1931. 

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b.  Mary  Moore,  born  November  13,  1908.  Lives  at  Danville,  Ill. 

C.  Lottie  Pearl  Moore,  was  born  August  12,  1878  and  died  November 
7,  1926.  Buried  at  Indianola.  Married  John  W.  Sconce,  January 

1897.  Children: 

a.  Fay  Sconce,  born  May  20,  1898.  Married  Anna - Reside  at 

Clinton,  Indiana.  Children: 

(a)  John. 

(b)  Bernadine. 

(c)  Virginia. 

(d)  Dorothy. 

b.  Avis  Sconce  was  born  January  9,  1901.  Married  S.  C.  Shaffer 
December  27,  1921.  Live  at  Lynch,  Ky.  Children: 

(a)  William  Robert,  born  October  7,  1922.  Married  Nancy  Car¬ 
rol,  February  23,  1942.  Child,  Donna  Avis,  born  February 
8,  1944. 

(b)  Bettie  L.,  born  September  13,  1928. 

D.  Sue  Myrtle  Moore,  born  June  3,  1880.  Married  Otto  Wilson  March 
4,  1902.  Resides  at  Urbana,  Ill.  Children: 

a.  Clarence  Wilson,  born  January  15,  1903.  Married  Laura  Opal 
Talbert  April  1,  1926.  Reside  at  Urbana.  Children: 

(a)  Nancy  Sue,  bom  Oct.  6,  1930. 

(b)  Virginia  Ann,  born  March  7,  1935. 

b.  Kenneth  Wilson,  born  October  7,  1904.  Married  Irene  Bell, 
June  13,  1929.  Reside  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Children: 

(a)  Donald,  born  June  5,  1930. 

(b)  Harold,  born  June  5,  1930. 

(c)  Arnold,  born  Dec.  5,  1934. 

c.  Elizabeth  Irene  Wilson  was  born  October  7,  1906.  Married 
Frank  Blaisdell  April  3,  1932.  Reside  at  Wheeler,  Ind.  Children: 

(a)  William,  born  August  26,  1934. 

(b)  Elizabeth  Louise,  born  August  31,  1939. 

(c)  Margaret  Sue,  born  January  8,  1942.  Died  September  3,  1943. 

(d)  Donna  Jane,  born  June  18,  1943. 

E.  Jesse  James  Moore  was  born  December  14,  1881,  died  December 
3,  1945.  Buried  at  Indianola,  Ills.  Married  Ethel  Crawford,  Febru¬ 
ary  1909.  Children: 

a.  Marvin  Moore,  born  December  1910.  Married  Beulah  Brazelton 
in  1930.  Reside  at  Georgetown,  Ill.  Children: 

(a)  Barbara  Jean,  born  July  15,  1931. 

(b)  Phyllis,  born  March  31,  1935. 

b.  William  Moore,  born  March  5,  1912.  Married  Louise  Lewis 
August  1925.  Reside  at  Danville,  Ill.  Children: 

(a)  Joan,  born  January  22,  1937. 

(b)  Carol  Jean,  born  June  22,  1943. 

c.  Robert  Moore,  born  March  1916.  Married  Audrey  -  1940. 

Reside  at  Dayton,  Ohio.  Children: 

(a)  Robert  Jr.,  born  June  23,  1944. 

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Ill. 

F.  Nora  Wells  Moore,  born  September  15,  1883,  died  August  7,  1897. 
Buried  at  Indianola,  Ill. 

G.  Mary  B.  Moore,  born  October  28,  1885.  Died  May  27,  1941.  Buried 
at  Georgetown.  Married  H.  J.  Houghton  June  3,  1908.  Children: 

a.  Frances  Houghton,  born  September  18,  1909.  Married  Donald 
Deckar,  June  29,  1940.  Reside  at  Muskegon,  Mich. 

b.  Bernice  Houghton,  born  February  22,  1912.  Married  Frank 
Musick  July  24,  1933.  Reside  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  Children: 

(a)  Frances  Ann,  born  Sept.  25,  1939. 

(b)  Mary  Alice,  born  April  4,  1944. 

c.  Raymon  E.  Houghton,  born  June  5,  1917.  Married  Arcelia 
Sailor  April  12,  1943.  Live  at  Georgetown,  Ill.  Children: 

(a)  Raymon  Jr.,  born  July  17,  1944. 

H.  George  Willis  Moore  was  born  February  6,  1889.  Married  Grace 
McCallistor  February  4,  1915.  He  died  January  17,  1936  and  is 
buried  at  Indianola,  Ili.  Children: 

a.  Max  Moore  was  born  September  9,  1920.  Married  Melba  Ander¬ 
son  June  24,  1945.  Was  Lieutenant  in  World  War  II,  in  service 
since  Februarv  1943.  At  present  located  at  Sidell,  111. 

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I.  Lura  Eva  Moore,  ninth  child  of  George  and  Melvina  Moore,  was 
born  August  25,  1890.  Married  Lester  Rice  June  23,  1915.  Live  at 
Sidell,  Ill.  Children: 

a.  Frances  Louise  Rice,  born  June  11,  1918.  Married  William 
Hinds  December  6,  1936.  Reside  at  Sidell.  Children: 

'  (a)  Sharilyn  Kay,  born  March  4,  1940. 

b.  Wilma  Jean  Rice,  born  November  3,  1924.  Resides  at  Danville, 
Ill. 

4.  William  T.  Moore,  son  of  James  and  Henrietta  Moore,  was  bom 
October  20,  1851,  died  March  19,  1931.  Married  Joannah  Stopher 
May  28,  1884.  She  was  born  April  4,  1863  and  lives  near  Harrodsburg. 
Children: 

A.  James  T.  Moore  was  born  March  8,  1885.  Married  Nellie  Allen, 
divorced.  Married  lea  Buffin,  born  June  23,  1902.  Children  of 
first  marriage: 

a.  Elizabeth  Moore,  born  October  23,  1911.  Married  Stanley  Jordan 
July  30,  1929.  He  was  born  August  7,  1906.  Living  at  Lexington, 
Ky.  Children: 

(a)  Stanley  Jordan  Jr.,  born  June  24,  1930. 

(b)  Jacqueline  Jordan,  born  December  5,  1931. 

Children  of  second  marriage  of  James  T.  Moore: 

a.  Marcella  Moore,  born  April  5,  1931. 

b.  Mattie  Moore  born  Jan.  2,  1933. 

c.  Betty  Moore,  born  Dec.  29,  1935. 

d.  Mary  Agnes  Moore,  born  Jan.  24,  1938. 

e.  Marion  Thomas  Moore,  born  Feb.  18,  1944. 

B.  Betty  Moore,  born  July  13,  1886.  Married  Owen  Campbell  Nov. 
9,  1919.  He  was  born  Nov.  3,  1885.  Live  at  Harrodsburg.  Children: 

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Reside  at  Harrodsburg.  Children: 

(a)  Wallace  Campbell  Jr.,  bcni  June  27,  1937. 

(b)  Lonnie  Campbell,  born  February  26,  1939. 

b.  Martha  Ann  Campbell,  born  May  10,  1919.  Married  Clyde  Mc- 
Millian  January  26,  1937.  He  was  born  July  6,  1919.  Live  at 
Danville,  Ky.  Children: 

(a)  Rebecca  Ann  McMillan,  born  Dec.  30,  1939. 

c.  William  Campbell,  born  November  20,  1923.  Married  Mary 
Spark. 

d.  Leroy  Campbell,  born  March  29,  1926. 

C.  Mattie  Moore  was  born  May  18,  1889.  Married  John  Curd  Jan. 
26,  1910.  He  was  born  July  21,  1881.  Live  near  Burgin,  Ky. 
Children: 

a.  Charles  Curd,  born  February  8,  1911.  Married  Ruby  Hatche'll 
December  21,  1929.  She  was  born  January  1912.  Live  in  Har¬ 
rodsburg.  Children: 

(a (  Charles  Albert,  born  April  20,  1932. 

b.  John  Franklin  Curd,  born  July  28,  1917.  Married  Beatrice 
Jones  April  14,  1939.  She  was  born  September  24,  1915. 
Children: 

(a)  John  F.  Jr., 

(b)  Joan  Elaine,  bom  February  13,  1942. 

c.  Mattie  Robards  Curd,  born  January  28,  1928. 

5.  Fred  Moore,  born  1857.  Married  Sue  Bunton  August  12,  1879.  Died 
August  29,  1836.  Buried  at  Providence,  Mercer  Co.,  Ky.  She  was 
born  November  30,  1858.  Later  married  Douglas  Balden  and  lives 
near  Harrodsburg.  Children: 

A.  Jessie  Moore,  born  July  6,  1880.  Died  October  1,  1934.  Euried  at 
Povidence. 

B.  John  T.  Moore  was  born  August  19,  1882  at  Harrodsburg,  and 
married  Bessie  Lou  Davenoort  August  19,  1903  at  Harrodsburg. 
She  was  born  July  15,  1882  and  died  at  Scottsville  June  3,  1918. 
Buried  at  Mt.  Pleasant  cemetery.  He  married  Florence  Moore 
November  19,  1919,  and  resides  at  Scottsville,  Ky.  Children  by 
first  marriage: 

a.  William  F.  Moore  was  born  May  27,  1904,  and  married  Mollie 
B.  Moore  April  19,  1924  at  Galliton,  Tenn.  She  was  born  at 
Glasgow,  Ky.,  August  8,  1907.  Reside  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Children: 

(a)  J.  D.  Moore,  born  at  Scottsville  October  5,  1925. 

(b)  Orville  D.  Moore,  born  at  Cincinnati  July  29,  1927. 

'  (c)  Ernest  Harvey  Moore,  born  May  28,  1930. 

(d)  William  Frederic  Moore,  born  Dec.  24,  1932. 

(e)  Jerry  Thomas  Moore,  born  October  16,  1934. 

b.  Paul  A.  Moore  was  born  October  20,  1905  at  Harrodsburg  and 
married  Maggie  Lou  Bugg  at  Maysville  June  21,  1930.  She  was 
born  December  31,  1910.  They  reside  near  Harrodsburg. 
Children: 


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(b)  Paul  Moore  Jr.,  born  June  5,  1933. 

(c)  Bessie  Lou  Moore,  born  January  31,  1942. 

c.  Henry  Thomas  Moore,  born  December  26,  1915  at  Scottsville, 
Ky.,  and  died  March  28,  1916.  Buried  at  Mt.  Pleasant  cemetery. 

C.  Charles  Moore,  born  November  29,  1885,  died  December  23,  1907. 
Buried  at  Providence  (Mercer  Co.  Ky.) 

6.  Mary  Moore,  daughter  of  James  and  Henrietta  Harris  Moore,  died 
in  young  womanhood.  Dates  unavailable. 

7.  Sue  Moore,  daughter  of  James  and  Henrietta  Harris  Moore,  married 
John  Bohon.  Daughter,  Hattie  Bohon  married  Calvin  Johnson.  Son, 
George  Bohon  married  Onie  Parker.  No  children.  All  deceased. 
Dates  unavailable. 

II  Thomas  Moore,  son  of  Thomas  Harberson  Moore  and  wife,  Nancy  But¬ 
ler  Moore,  was  born  about  1822.  He  died  in  young  manhood,  and  is  buried 
at  the  Moore  Burying  Ground,  but  since  his  stone  has  not  been  found  to 
date,  we  are  unable  to  give  exact  dates  of  birth  and  death. 

III  John  Moore,  the  third  child,  of  Thomas  Harberson  Moore,  was  bom 
November  13,  1824  and  died  March  7,  1897.  He  was  manried  to  Margaret 
Ann  Nooe  December  22,  1853.  She  was  a  daughter  of  A.  K.  Nooe  of  Jes¬ 
samine  County,  born  August  29,  1829  and  died  July  8,  1901.  They  are 
buried  at  Spring  Hill  cemetery,  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky.  Children: 

1.  Thomas  A.  Moore,  born  October  26,  1854,  died  April  4,  1855. 

2.  John  Buford  Moore,  born  December  17,  1857,  died  March  12,  1886, 
age  28  years,  with  pneumonia.  Married  May  2,  1882. 

3.  Andora  Moore  (Dora)  born  June  30,  1860.  Married  William  Mc- 
Fatridge  August  19,  1888.  He  died  April  5,  1921  and  is  buried  at 
Spring  Hill  cemetery,  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky.  She  resides  at  419 
N.  College,  Harrodsburg.  Children: 

A.  Harvey  S.  McFatridge  was  born  August  5,  1889.  Married  Hada 
Casey  of  Red  House,  West  Virginia,  August  15,  1915.  Now  resides 
at  Akron,  Ohio.  Children: 

a.  William  Louis  McFatridge  was  born  in  Akron,  November  27, 
1917.  Served  in  World  War  II. 

b.  Harvey  S.  McFatridge  Jr.,  was  born  January  27,  1931  at  Ply¬ 
mouth,  West  Virginia. 

B.  Buford  Moore  McFatridge  was  born  August  6,  1895  and  died 
December,  1918.  He  was  married  to  Mary  Ethel  Leonard,  daughter 
of  A.  F.  Leonard  of  Mercer  County  December  2,  1914.  He  is 
burned  at  Spring  Hill  cemetery,  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky.  Children: 

a.  Buford  Moore  McFatridge  Jr.  was  born  November  10,  1915. 
Married  Constance  Grace  Youlain  July  10,  1936.  Lives  at  San 
Francisco. 

b.  Margaret  Graves  McFatridge  was  born  January  26,  1917.  Mar¬ 
ried  Fred  Haynes  August  18,  1934.  Lives  at  Lexington,  Ken¬ 
tucky.  Children: 


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(a)  Patricia,  born  July  15,  1935. 

(b)  Harriet,  born  August  25,  1937. 

(c)  Margaret  Sue,  born  February  26,  1939.  Killed  by  automobile 
August  17,  1945. 

c.  Franklin  Leonard  McFatridge,  born  September  6,  1918,  died 
December  18,  1919  from  burns  received  when  a  broom  with 
which  he  was  playing  caught  fire  in  an  open  fire-place. 

C.  Margaret  Nooe  McFatridge  was  born  September  24,  1897.  Mar¬ 
ried  G.  A.  Neikirk  October  31,  1918  at  Connellsville,  Pennsylvania. 
He  died  May  13,  1944.  She  new  lives  at  Louisville,  Kentucky. 
Children; 

a.  George  William  Neikirk,  born  August  15,  1919. 

b.  James  Archibald  Neikirk,  born  May  11,  1921.  Died  in  1942. 

c.  Charles  Edward  Neikirk,  born  June  4,  1922,  married  Dorothea 
Meis,  Dallas,  Texas,  November  9,  1945. 

d.  Jane  Elizabeth  Neikirk,  born  November  17,  1923. 

D.  William  Andrew  McFatridge,  born  January  2,  1900.  Married 
Lucy  Kcllar  November  21,  1922.  Resides  two  miles  north  of  Har- 
rodsburg,  Ky.  Children: 

a.  Mary  Ann  McFatridge,  born  February  26,  1927. 

E.  Virginia  McFatridge  was  born  August  2,  1903.  Married  Russel 
Clay  Brown  November  21,  1922.  Children: 

a.  Andora  Moore  Brown,  born  September  30,  1923.  Married  Jack 
Trowell,  Millersburg,  Kentucky  April  17,  1943. 

b.  Jane  Frances  Brown,  born  March  2,  1925. 

c.  Martha  Adams  Brown,  born  October  21,  1927. 

IV  William  Moore  (Buck'*  fourth  child  of  Thomas  Harberson  Moore  was 
born  December  8,  1826,  died  December  26,  1871  from  accidental  gunshot 
wounds,  age  45  years.  Never  married.  Buried  at  Moore  Burying  Ground. 

V  Mary,  fifth  child  of  Thomas  Harberson  Moore,  was  born  February  11, 
1828.  Married  John  Alexander  August  11,  1846.  He  was  born  April  10,  1821 
and  died  April,  1851.  His  widow  married  Rev.  William  Trainer  December 
23,  1856.  He  was  born  near  Charlotte,  Va.,  February  11,  1806  and  died 
August  9,  1864.  She  died  April  5,  1885  and  is  buried  at  the  Moore  Burying 
Ground. 

Children: 

1.  Mary  Foster  Alexander  was  born  October  14,  1849.  Married  Dr. 
Henry  Clay  Davis  May  29,  1873.  He  was  born  September  18,  1832  and 
died  January  9,  1909.  Foster  died  April  6,  1919.  Buried  at  Spring 
Hill  Cemetery,  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 

Children: 

'A.  Mary  Lynn  Davis  was  born  May  13,  1874  and  married  Milton 
Overstreet  July  12,  1904.  He  was  born  March  22,  1853  and  died 
August  20,  1926.  Buried  at  Hope  Cemetery,  Galesburg,  Illinois. 
Mary  Lynn  resides  at  561  N.  Cedar,  Galesburg. 

B.  Thomas  Moore  Davis  was  born  June  22,  1876,  and  died  January 

28,  1938.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  -  February  26,  1908. 

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C.  Dora  Davis  was  born  October  27,  1879.  Resides  at  561  N.  Cedar, 
Galesburg. 

D.  Charles  Alexander  Davis  was  born  October  16,  1885.  Married 
Mary  Gore,  January  14;  1914.  She  was  born  June  8,  1893.  They 
reside  at  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky. 

Children: 

a.  Eleanor  Davis  was  born  December  2,  1914.  Married  Clell  Cole¬ 
man  April  1,  1933.  He  was  born  December,  1913.  Reside  at 
Burgin,  Ky. 

Children: 

(a)  Mary  Gore  Coleman  born  July  9,  1937. 

(b)  Florence  Lillard  Coleman,  born  October  19,  1940,  died  May 
8,  1941. 

(c)  Clell  Coleman  Jr.,  bom  January  10,  1946. 

2.  Emma  Trainer,  daughter  of  Mary  Alexander  and  Rev.  Trainer,  was 
born  about  1860,  and  died  in  childhood. 

3.  Virginia  Trainer  was  born  April  1,  1863.  Married  Rev.  Wm.  R.  Ellis- 
ton  January  25,  1887.  He  was  born  April  26,  1861  and  died  December 

9,  1917.  Widow  resides  at  Covington,  Ky.  Children: 

A.  Lillian  Elliston,  born  January  30,  1889.  Married  Frank  Buchanan 
April  30,  1919.  He  was  born  December  5,  1883. 

B.  Virginia  Elliston  was  born  January  26,  1392.  August  26,  1912  was 
married  to  Randolph  Mills  who  was  born  June  17,  1891. 

C.  Elizabeth  Elliston  was  born  October  8,  1894.  Married  Edwin  M. 
Glenn  May  5,  1919.  He  was  born  April  1,  1895.  The  three  daugh¬ 
ters  live  in  and  near  Covington,  Ky. 

VI  Rachel  Ann  Moore,  sixth  child  of  Thomas  Harberson  Moore,  was  born 
December  2,  1830  and  died  November  18,  1912.  In  1846  she  married  George 
Washington  Newland,  who  was  born  August  27,  1824.  He  died  July  7,  1865. 
Amn  married  G.  D.  Cornish  January  21,  1869.  He  was  born  July  13,  1828 
and  died  May  25,  1902.  Buried  at  Spring  Hill  Cemetery,  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 
Children: 

1.  Thomas  Newland,  born  December  10,  1853,  died  February  3,  1894 
age  41  years. 

2.  Nancy  Cornish  was  born  December  22,  1870.  Married  David  Tobin 
January  21,  1897.  He  was  born  May  2,  1861  and  died  September  8, 
1931.  Nancy  died  August  2,  1932  following  gallstone  operation,  age 
62  years.  Buried  at  Spring  Hill  Cemetery,  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 
Children: 

A.  Margaret  Tobin,  born  June  3,  1903.  Married  June  14,  1925  to 
Luther  Jones,  born  August,  1899.  Reside  at  Anco,  Ky. 

B.  Luke  Tobin,  born  August  9,  1905.  Married  December  7,  1925  to 
Sue  Sewell,  born  December  15,  1907.  Children: 

a.  Frances  Tobin,  born  December  13,  1926.  Married  June  16,  1943. 

,  b.  Billie,  born  July  2,  1936. 

3.  Margaret  Cornish  (Maggie)  was  born  April  28,  1872.  Married  David 

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Lillard  December  26,  1889.  He  was  born  March  18,  1867.  They  live  at 
the  old  Moore  Homestead,  10  miles  northeast  of  Harrodsburg,  near 
Shawnee  Run  Ferry.  No  children. 

4.  Edward  Cornish  was  born  July  23,  1874.  Married  Dedah  Burnap 
September  4,  1912.  She  was  born  September  2,  1380.  He  has  been 
Minister  and  Mathematics  Professor.  Now  retired  at  101  E.  7th  St., 
Hutchinson,  Kansas.  No  children. 

VII  Sallie  Moore,  the  seventh  child  of  Thomas  Harberson  Moore,  was  born 
October  26,  1830.  Married  Walker  Davis  in  1857,  later  married  Napoleon 
Griffin  July  1869.  Is  buried  at  Providence  Cemetery.  No  children. 

rITte  land  where  the  Moore  Burying  Ground  is  located,  ten  miles  north¬ 
east  of  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  belonged  to  Thomas  Harberson  Moore.  On  this 
land  was  the  home  of  his  sister,  Betsy  Bass,  the  Moore  Burying  Ground 
being  located  just  back  of  the  house.  The  land  was  later  sold,  and  Mrs. 
Betty  Hardin  now  resides  there.  The  following  was  taken  from  the  records 
at  the  Court  House,  Harrodsburg,  Ky. 

“This  indenture  made  and  entered  into  this  14th  day  of  July,  1851  be¬ 
tween  Thomas  Harberson  Moore  and  Nancy  Moore,  his  wife  of  the  County 
of  Mercer  and  the  State  of  Kentucky,  of  the  first  part,  and  David  Jones  of 
the  same  State  and  County,  witnesseth  that  the  said  Moore  and  wife  for  a 
consideration  of  the  sum  of  $1992.85  paid  and  secured  to  be  paid  to  them 
by  the  said  Jones,  and  convey  to  the  said  Jones  a  tract  of  land  containing 
50  acres.” 


CONTRIBUTIONS  GIVEN  BY  HISTORIANS  FOR  THE 
THOMAS  HARBERSON  MOORE  CHAPTER 

When  Grandpa  Alexander  died,  my  mother,  Foster  Davis,  was  eighteen 
months  old.  M}'  Grandmother,  Mary  Elizabeth  Moore  Alexander,  and  her 
child  then  went  to  live  with  her  father,  Thomas  Harberson  Moore,  until 
she  married  Rev.  Trainer.  Her  father  gave  them  a  farm  and  a  home  ad¬ 
joining  the  Moore  estate.  Two  of  the  freed  slaves,  Aunt  Judy  and  Uncle 
Mack,  lived  in  a  cabin  in  the  yard  at  my  Great  Grandfather  Moore’s.  I  un¬ 
derstand  the  slaves  he  freed  never  left  as  long  as  he  lived.  After  Grand¬ 
father  Trainer’s  death,  I  used  to  go  as  a  child  and  stay  at  “Ma  Trainer’s,  as 
I  called  her.  I  called  mama  “Ma  Foster.” 

My  best  recollection  of  Ma  Trainer  is  that  she  loved  flowers,  and  her 
yard  and  flowers  were  her  pride.  One  day  the  neighbor’s  sheep  broke  into 
the  yard,  and  she  ran  to  drive  them  out  to  save  her  flowers.  She  got  over¬ 
heated  and  cooled  off  too  quickly.  She  had  double  pneumonia  which  de¬ 
veloped  into  tuberculosis.  My  father,  Dr.  Clay  Davis,  brought  her  to  our 
home,  and  she  lived  with  us  until  her  death. 

My  Grandfather,  Achilles  Davis,  had  a  large  sugar  camp,  and  would 
invite  the  neighbors  to  come  and  make  maple  sugar  and  maple  syrup.  That 
is  where  Papa  met  my  mother,  and  fell  in  love  with  her.  Papa  was  a 
widower  with  four  little  boys,  so  Mamma  was  courageous  to  take  the  step, 

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her  own.  Papa  used  to  tease  Mamma  and  tell  her  if  she  had  stayed  away 
from  the  sugar  camp,  she  would  not  have  gotten  into  trouble. 

When  one  of  our  negroes,  Uncle  Ex,  died  a  few  years  ago,  my  half- 
brother,  Achilles,  wrote  on  article  which  was  printed  in  the  Harrodsburg 
paper,  and  which  I  give  here  to  show  the  tender  feeling  our  family  had 
for  our  faithful  negroes. 


"UNCLE  EX" 

An  Appreciation. 

Ex  McAfee,  “ Uncle  Ex,’’  has  passed  to  his  reward  after  a  long  and  use¬ 
ful  life  and  not  without  good  influence,  however  lowly  his  position.  ‘‘Well 
done,  thru  good  and  faithful  servant”  can  be  truly  said  of  “Uncle  Ex.”  He 
“lived  with”  the  family  of  Dr.  H  Clay  Davis  for  more  than  forty  con¬ 
secutive  years.  “Lived  with,”  mind  you,  and  gave  faithful  service,  always 
respectful,  ever  respected.  How  different  from  the  present  day!  He  was  in 
every  sense  of  the  word  a  part  of  the  household,  and  it  was  difficult  of 
evenings  to  keep  his  children  out  of  the  kitchen  or  away  from  the  cabin 
door  when  he  had  stories  to  tell.  I  am  sure  that  in  case  of  danger,  “Uncle 
Ex”  would  have  sacrificed  himself  to  save  one  of  the  white  children  as 
Quickly  as  he  would  to  save  one  of  his  own  children.  “Uncle  Ex”  was 
honest,  of  good  habits,  and  of  even  temper.  I  have  seen  him  “riled”  but 
never  mad,  and  the  Lord  knows  he  had  provocation  enough  from  us  boys 
cn  many  occasions  to  have  made  most  people,  under  like  circumstances,, 
commit  murder.  The  worst  cuss  word  that  I  have  ever  heard  him  use  was 
“Gonfound  you.”  If  “Uncle  Ex”  ever  had  an  enemy,  white  or  black,  I  am 
unaware  of  it.  A  pretty  good  record  after  eighty-five  years  of  trial  and 
tribulations.  “Uncle  Ex”  was  intensely  religious,  and  on  this  account  we 
sometimes  called  him  “preacher.”  As  we  boys  grew  up  and  left  home  to 
go  into  the  world,  “Uncle  Ex’s’  last  admonition  to  each  of  us  was,  “Sonny,” 
fear  God,  pray,  and  think  of  the  future.”  Not  bad  advice.  In  the  flesh 
“Uncle  Ex”  was  a  faithful  and  devoted  friend  and  servant,  and  in  the 
Spirit-land  may  his  soul  rest  in  peace. 


Dr.  A.  E.  Davis, 

One  of  the  boys.. 

40  E.  Gist  St., 

New  York  City. 

Written  by  Mary  Lynn  Davis  Overstreet. 

THOMAS  HARBERSON  MOORE 

Grandpa  Moore  was  a  big  man  6  ft.  2  or  3  inches.  “Very  broad  should¬ 
ered,  straight  as  an  arrow,  never  slumped,  either  sitting  or  standing.  Talk 
about  a  riding  master — I  don’t  believe  a  professional  ever  sat  a  horse  any 
better  or  as  well  as  he.  We,  Jennie  and  Emma  Trainer,  Tommy  Newland* 

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brother  Buford  and  I,  loved  him  dearly.  He  would  say,  “Come  on,  little 
girls,  into  my  arms,”  and  up  into  his  lap  vve  climbed.  What  good  times  we 
did  have,  too.  He  was  full  of  fun.  While  we  loved  Grandma,  too,  she  never 
entered  into  romps  and  plays  as  he  did.  She  was  good  to  us  as  could  be, 
but  she  didn’t  want  things  misplaced.  He  let  us  do  as  we  pleased,  and  when 
the  fun  was  over,  he  would  say,  “Now,  little  girls,  house  to  order,  and  let’s 
have  a  game  of  ball.”  Out  into  the  yard  we  went  and  beside  the  ball  game, 
we  would  play  marbles,  hike  off  to  the  orchard,  and  sometimes  make  cider. 
Yum,  yum. 


But  of  all  things  that  ever  happened  at  Grandpa’s  was  when  Emma 
Trainer  and  I  cut  each  other’s  hair.  How  he  came  between  Aunt  Mary  and 
my  mother  and  saved  us  from  just  punishment.  My  mother  and  I  were 
spending  the  usual  week  day  there.  We  had  played  with  our  dolls,  visited 
and  spent  the  day  with  each  other  in  our  own  play-houses  until  we  were 
tired.  So  for  the  want  of  something  better  to  do,  we  said,  “Let’s  cut  our 
hair.”  Well,  we  hunted  around  and  found  the  scissors.  This  happened  near 
dinner-time.  Off  to  the  spare  bed-room  we  went,  and  in  that  room  was  the 
biggest  bed  I  ever  saw;  and  under  it  we  scooted  to  the  far  side  as  far  as 
we  could  get.  Now  Emma  said,  “We  will  have  to  cut  fast  to  get  it  off.”  She’d 
cut  on  mine  and  I’d  cut  on  hers — time  about.  We  heard  the  big  dinner 
bell,  so  we  cut  that  much  faster,  a  nip  here  and  a  nip  there.  They  couldn’t 
find  us.  “Did  you  look  in  the  spare  room?”  So  we  heard  some  one  coming. 
The  door  opened,  but  we  were  so  far  back  in  the  corner  we  were  not  seen. 
They  went  back  into  the  dining-room — we  were  not  in  there.  We  were  be¬ 
ginning  to  grow  a  little  uneasy  about  this  time,  realizing  what  might  be  go¬ 
ing  ta  happen  to  us.  So  here  we  were  found.  The  bed  was  pulled  out  and 
we  were  brought  forth,  two  pitiful  culprits,  shorn  of  our  beautiful  locks, 
all  botched  up.  I  don’t  reckon  there  were  ever  two  madder  mothers  than 
ours.  If  it  hadn’t  been  for  Grandpa,  the  go-between,  I  don’t  expect  we 
would  have  been  able  to  sit  down  for  a  month,  might  have  been  two  of 
them.  Grandpa  took  the  situation  in  hand,  and  said,  “Now  Mary — Mar¬ 
garet,  this  happened  under  my  roof,  and  you  are  not  going  to  do  one 
thing  to  these,  my  pets.  I  am  glad  they  took  the  job  of  barbering  into  their 
own  hands,  for  it  has  sure  been  the  thing  needed  to  get  it  cut.”  He  sent 
for  a  man  who  lived  nearby  to  come  and  even  the  jagged  cut.  Some  places 
we  had  cut  next  to  the  scalp.  Emma  had  beautiful  soft  silky  hair  that 
tangled  so  easily — mine  straight  as  an  arrow,  but  we  each  cried  when 
combed.  Grandpa  was  our  salvation,  we  loved  him  more  than  ever.  Grand¬ 
ma  didn’t  just  exactly  agree  with  him.  He  sure  was  in  the  right  place  that 
time.  He  said  that  he  was  glad  it  was  off.  As  I  think  about  that  hair-cutting 
it  is  even  funny  to  me  this  day.  When  I  remember  the  expression  of 
defeat  on  Aunt  Mary’s  and  my  mother’s  faces  in  contrast  with  that  of  de¬ 
light  on  Grandpa’s  face.  He  said,  “One  thing,  one  GOOD  THING,  they 
can’t  put  it  back.  I  am  with  you.”  Now,  tell  me,  who  wouldn’t  have  the 
sweetest  memories  of  a  Grandpa  like  that,  even  if  he  did  go  against  our 
mothers.  Emma  was  the  daintiest,  sweetest  little  girl  I  ever  saw — oh,  how 
I  loved  her.  I  remember  asking  my  mother  why  she  was  not  my  sister  as 
I  didn’t  have  one.. 


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You  will  sec  Tommy  Newiand’s  picture  on  the  wall  at  Maggie  Lillard’s, 
at  the  old  home-place  where  we  played  when  Grandpa  lived  there.  He  was 
a  beautiful  boy,  blue-eyed,  fat,  dimpled  cheeks,  pink  complexion,  brown 
hair.  A  boy  that  dirt  didn’t  stick  to,  mattered  not  how  hard  he  played. 
Oh,  the  good,  good  times  we  four  or  five  had  at  Grandpa’s  Tommy  New- 
land  was  as  fine  a  prospect  for  a  long  and  useful  life  as  any  lad  ever  had. 
Foster  was  older  than  the  rest  of  us.  The  days  spent  at  Grandpa’s  were 
always  too  short,  and  never  came  often  enough  for  us  children.  My  mother 
realized  Grandma  needed  a  breathing  spell,  so  there  was  what  sometimes 
seemed  to  us  children,  as  well  as  to  Grandpa,  a  long  time  between  visits. 
When  we  didn’t  go  he  would  come  on  the  hunt  of  us,  and  take  us  home  with 
him — I  in  his  lap  and  Buford  riding  behind,  and  when  we’d  get  in  sight 
of  the  house  we  w'ould  see  Emma,  Jennie  and  Tommy  waiting  for  us. 
Grand,  isn’t  it,  to  be  wanted? 

I  remember  Cousin  Tom  Bingham  and  Taylor  Van  Arsdall  were  at 
Grandpa’s  visiting,  and  one  Jesse  Baker.  All  three  were  scuffling  on  the 
front  porch,  and  Grandma  said.  “Finish  that  in  the  front  yard.”  In  leaving 
the  porch  hurriedly,  Cousin  Tom  in  some  way  either  slipped  or  missed  his 
footing,  and  fell  sprawling  flat  on  his  back  with  extended  arms  and  legs. 
He  lay  there  stunned  to  insensibility,  motionless.  It  was  an  anxious  crowd 
that  gathered.  A  doctor  was  called,  and  after  being  given  first  aid,  he  re¬ 
sponded  slowly — finally  came  out  all  right.  The  walk  leading  from  the 
front  door  to  the  front  gate  was  made  of  large  flat  rock  cemented  to¬ 
gether.  The  wonder  is  that  he  hadn’t  cracked  his  skull.  After  it  was  all 
over,  he  laughingly  said,  “My  head  was  too  hard  to  crack.”  I  remember 
we  were  all  sure  he  was  dead  at  first.  Cousin  Tom  was  a  good  sport. 
Taylor  being  older  than  us  smaller  children  was  always  leader  of  our 
games.  If  he  saw  we  were  tired  of  any  game,  he  was  Johnny-on-the-spot 
with  something  new.  We  all  liked  him. 

Grandpa’s  home  was  a  large  two-story,  ten-room,  brick  house,  Colonial 
style,  with  a  two-story  front  porch  supported  with  large  square  pillars  con¬ 
nected  by  bannisters — shutters  green,  other  outside  wood-work  white.  There 
were  two  porches  in  the  ell.  Beautifully  quarried  stone  steps  led  from  the 
front  porch  to  a  walk  of  evenly  matched  stepping-stones  with  equally  nice 
curbing  on  each  side.  This  home  was  burned  a  number  of  years  ago,  and  in 
its  place  stands  a  modern  five  or  six  room  brick  bungalow.  Cousin  Maggie 
Lillard  now  lives  there.  Aunt  Judy’s  cabin  home  is  no  more,  as  are  the 
other  out  buildings,  newer  ones  have  been  erected. 

Grandpa’s  family  consisted  of  Uncle  William,  (Uncle  Buck),  Aunt  Ann 
Newdand  and  her  son,  Tommy,  Aunt  Mary  Alexander-Trainer  and  daugh¬ 
ters,  Foster  Alexander  and  Jennie  Trainer,  and  Aunt  Sallie  Davis-Griffm. 
The  three  daughters  were  widows.  Uncle  William  never  married. 

My  grandmother,  Nancy  Butler  Moore,  always  wore  her  cap  with  a 
frilly  lace  ruffle  around  the  face  with  ribbon  strings  hanging  from  the 
front  ends  of  the  cap.  She  had  a  fresh  one  every  day.  She  was  exceptionally 
neat  and  tidy — was  all  ready,  spick  and  span,  to  answer  the  friendly 

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knock  wilh  no  immediate  or  hurried  preparation.  What  a  sweet  picture  I 
have  of  beer-. 

My  father’s  brother,  Uncle  James,  lived  in  the  same  neighborhood.  He 
married  Henrietta  Harris,  and  they  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters.  A 
grand-daughter,  Nettie  Thompson  McCrosky  was  lovable  and  sweet  as  a 
child,  as  is  her  daughter,  Janetta:  and  her  father,  Hi  McCrosky,  a  very 
dependable  man.  Nettie  died  when  the  children  were  small.  Their  father 
did  such  an  admirable  act  for  the  children:  he  filled  his  own  place  in  the 
family  and  Nettie’s,  toe — kept  them  together,  and  with  the  help  of  a 
nice,  neat  colored  woman  for  a  cook,  stayed  at  home  with  the  three 
children,  instead  of  chasing  here  and  there  like  so  many  men  do.  He  made 
a  good  job  of  his  management,  and  has  given  to  the  world  a  fine  sample 
of  what  Christian  manhood  can  do  when  the  heart  prompts  him  in  the 
straight  and  narrow  path.  When  one  knows  of  the  Christian  home  that  was 
Hi’s  in  his  younger  days,  the  principles  of  loyalty  and  truth  as  taught  by 
such  parents  as  his,  one  need  not  wonder  about  what  course  he  would  pur¬ 
sue  in  the  raising  of  his  own.  Right  here,  I’ll  say,  “Hats  off  to  my  cousin 
Hiram,  the  Champion  Father.”  I  don’t  know  of  another  just  like  him.  His 
father  and  mother  were  parents  of  the  “Old  School”  of  parenthood,  and 
that  is  not  saying  too  much. 

My  last  remembrance  of  Grandpa  Moore  was  when  I  was  about  nine 
years  old.  He  came  to  see  my  father  on  the  day  of  the  night  he  was  taken 
sick.  I  remember  as  he  rode  out  of  the  yard  a  heavy  wind  was  blowing. 
How  his  horse  began  prancing.  He  waved  goodbye,  and  was  soon  on  the 
lead  at  a  fast  lope.  Splendid  rider!  He  didn’t  get  up  next  morning.  A  run¬ 
ner  came  for  my  father.  We  went.  He  sank  rapidly  to  the  end — pneumonia. 
Going  to  Grandpa’s  was  never  the  same  with  him  not  there.  I  am  glad  I 
had  the  privilege  of  knowing  and  loving  him.  It  was  one  place  I  would 
always  rather  go  than  any  where  else.  I  loved  him  so,  and  many  times 
when  alone,  I  live  over  my  child-hood  days  at  his  house.  How  much  more 
I  am  sure  I  would  have  loved  and  appreciated  him  had  he  lived  till  I  was* 
elder  grown.  Emma  and  Jennie  Trainer,  Tommy  Newland,  Buford  and  I 
used  to  have  wonderful  times — Grandpa  called  us  his  “little  family.”  He’d 
say  with  a  twinkle  in  his  eye,  and  a  crook  of  his  fore-finger,  “Let’s  go,” 
and  away  we  went — to  be  gone,  none  of  the  rest  knew  where.  Grandma 
would  say,  “Look  at  that!”  Our  mothers  were  never  uneasy  when  Grandpa 
was  with  us,  mattered  not  how  long  we  were  gone.  Sometimes  we  would 
come  back  with  hickory  nuts,  grapes  or  persimmons.  He  enjoyed  our  laughter 
and  fun,  and  how  we  did  love  him  for  he  made  us  happy. 

Grandpa  was  good  to  his  colored  family.  They  had  nice  warm,  com¬ 
fortable  cabins.  The  same  kind  of  eats  was  furnished  their  table  that  the 
whites  ate.  I  often  went  to  Aunt  Judy’s  cabin  She  was  Grandma’s  cook — 
a  dear  old  soul.  Her  cabin  was  spotlessly  clean.  Many  were  the  times  I 
would  go  to  sleep  and  she  tucked  me  away  in  her  bed.  Uncle  Mack,  her 
husband,  would  come  in,  and  I  have  heard  him  say  (when  I  began  to  wake 
up),  “Judy,  who’s  that  you  got  in  my  bed?”  Guess,  if  you  can,  her  answer. 
“Little  white  angel,”  she  would  say.  Then  he’d  lift  me  out,  and  what  a  romp 
we  would  have.  I  loved  both  of  them.  They  were  never  black  to  me.  Aunt 

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Judy  always  kept  pretty  red  apples,  pop-corn,  hickory  nuts  and  home¬ 
made  sugar  in  her  cabin.  She  always  set  a  little  table  and  all  these  good 
things  to  eat  when  we  went  to  see  her.  Hew  could  I  ever  forget  such 
memories. 

Uncle  Henry  was  one  of  Cousin  Ann  Ra.yhill’s  and  my  father’s  play¬ 
mates— one  of  Aunt  Judy’s  children.  He  died  not  so  long  ago  at  the  home 
of  his  son,  Tom  ,in  Louisville.  I  went  to  his  funeral — he  wanted  to  be  laid 
away  at  home  in  Harrodsburg.  He  looked  so  peaceful,  a  smile  on  his  face, 
hair  white.  Yes,  I  cried — too  many  memories  surged  through  me. 

Written  by  Dora  Moore  McFatridge,  April  194G.  Age  85  years. 


Many  are  the  incidents  both  joyful  and  tragic  that  have  happened  on 
this  farm,  which  was  the  home  place  of  my  grandfather,  Thomas  Harberson 
Moore,  and  great  grand-father,  Captain  Thomas  Moore.  Many  are  the 
changes  in  the  four  generations,  for  Time  can  make  changes  in  even  one 
generation.  I  try  to  think  what  might  be  here  now  that  was  here  four 
generations  ago.  Probably  only  one  thing,  the  springs.  During  my  grand¬ 
father’s  life-time  the  spring  house  was  built,  the  rock  fence,  and  the 
circular  rock  wall  around  the  spring  at  the  rear  of  the  barn.  Just  on  east  is 
the  blue-grass  pasture,  the  same  pasture  upon  which  the  Northern  soldiers 
encamped,  and  drank  from  the  spring.  These  men  left  unpleasant  memories 
in  the  minds  of  my  grandfather  and  his  children,  for  they  ran  off  with  all 
his  horses  and  feed.  His  daughter,  Aunt  Sally,  proceeded  to  tell  them  what 
she  thought  of  them.  Though  freed,  the  slaves  upon  this  farm  never  left 
my  grandfather,  so  attached  were  they  to  him.  At  one  time  he  owned  a 
thousand  acres  of  land  and  close  to  a  hundred  slaves. 

The  large  Colonial  home  that  was  built  during  my  grand-father’s  time 
was  the  scene  of  joyful  events.  Though  I  did  not  have  the  privilege  of 
knowing  my  grand-father,  having  been  born  three  years  after  his  death, 
many  things  have  been  told  me  of  him.  The  Colonial  home  that  was  his — 
and  later  mine — was  burned  about  1907.  Thus  the  only  thing  left  that  was 
his.  and  which  is  highly  prized,  is  a  meat  trough,  a  long  log  split  length¬ 
wise  and  hollowed  out  for  salting  meat. 

I  have  heard  my  mother,  Ann  Moore  Cornish,  tell  the  story  often  of  my 
grandfather’s  brother,  James.  He  was  a  boy  about  nine  years  old,  when  a 
man  came  by  the  school  house  on  horse-back.  I  have  forgotten  his  name. 
He  yelled  “School-butter”  to  the  kids.  They  ran  after  him,  and  the  man 
kicked  James  in  the  stomach.  I  think  the  child  lived  until  next  morning. 

I  have  also  heard  my  mother  tell  of  her  brother,  Thomas,  a  fine  young 
man,  who  came  home  from  a  visit  in  the  South  with  walking  fever,  now 
called  typhoid,  and  died.  He  is  buried  in  the  Moore  Burying  Ground,  one- 
half  mile  west  of  here. 

As  we  go  east  over  the  hill  and  down  a  steep  slope  we  come  to  the 
Kentucky  River,  which  was  called  Mundy’s  Landing.  A  pike  from  the  land¬ 
ing  to  Harrodsburg,  a  distance  of  ten  or  twelve  miles,  was  built  in  1825, 

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days  before  the  railroad,  but  now  there  is  no  evidence  that  there  ever  was  a 
landing. 

A  distance  of  probably  three  miles  southeast,  a  mill  once  stood  on 
Shawnee  Creek.  It  was  called  Houran’s  Mill,  later  Brewer’s  Mill.  Oper¬ 
ators  were  George  West,  Wm.  T.  Moore,  Clay  Crutchfield  and  last  by  Wm. 
T.  Moore  in  1894.  The  mill  is  fast  becoming  a  memory  of  other  days,  as  only 
one  wall  remains  standing. 

This  homcplace  might  be  called  a  shrine,  the  home  of  Captain  Thomas 
Moore,  whose  hundreds  of  descendants  revere  his  name,  and  in  whose 
honor  this  book  is  written. 

— Maggie  Cornish  Lillard. 


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Elizabeth  Moore  Bass  VanArsdall 

Elizabeth  Moore  (Betsy),  the  ninth  child  of  Captain  Thomas  Moore 
and  Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore  was  born  December  8,  1806,  and  married 
Josiah  Eass  August  27,  1824.  Josiah  Bass  was  born  June  24,  1799  and  died 
September  21,  1844.  His  first  wife,  Margaret,  died  March  1824.  Elizabeth 
Moore  Bass  married  Alexander  Van  Arsdall  in  1846.  Following  his  death 
in  1856  she  moved  from  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  to  Pana,  Ill.,  where  she  died 
September  6,  1883.  Children: 

I  Mary  Ann  Bass  was  born  June  .21,  1825  one-half  mile  west  of  the 
Captain  Moore  home,  ten  miles  northeast  of  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  and  died 
at  Pana,  Ill.  December  22,  1910.  She  was  married  May  8,  1844  to  George 
Rayhill,  the  son  of  Matthew  and  Catherine  Wolfe  Rayhill,  born  February 
17,  1822  near  New  Philadelphia,  Washington  County,  Indiana.  He  died 
August  22,  1911  at  Pana,  Ill.  They  are  buried  at  Mound  Cemetery,  Pana. 

Children: 


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Indiana.  He  married  Hester  Woodruff  April  5,  1882  at  Taylorville, 
Illinois.  She  was  born  in  Ohio,  October  11,  1849.  He  was  a  farmer 
near  Pana,  Illinois  until  1912  when  the  family  moved  to  Chino, 
California.  He  died  January  1,  1932  and  is  buried  at  Forest  Lawn 
Cemetery,  Glendale,  California.  His  widow  is  now  ninety-six  and 
lives  at  San  Gabriel,  Cal.  Children: 

A.  Golda  Rayhill  was  born  January  26,  1883  near  Pana,  Ill.  On 
September  23,  1922  she  married  Arthur  Leiper  who  wa3  born  in 
Scotland  March  23,  1893.  She  died  January  19,  1929  at  Ventura, 
California,  and  is  buried  at  Forest  Lawn  Cemetery,  Glendale, 
California. 

B.  Lenora  Rayhill  was  born  February  15,  1884  near  Pana,  Ill.  and 
married  William  Ladd  June  5,  1912.  He  was  born  March  31,  1873. 
Now  living  at  351  West  St.,  Ppland,  California.  Children: 

a.  William  Allen  Ladd,  born  March  26,  1916  near  Pana,  Ill.  Mar¬ 
ried  Minnie  McGuffy  June  10,  1943.  Served  in  World  War  II 
as  Master  Sergeant  in  Pacific  Air  Service-Ordnance.  Living  at 
Pomona,  Cal. 

b.  Wilbur  Ladd,  born  December  27,  1918  near  Pana,  Ill.  Married 
Dorothy  Mae  Brcckmeir  March  14,  1942.  Served  in  V/orld  War 
II  as  Corporal  Q.M.  Corps  in  Europe.  Still  in  service. 

c.  Lenora  Rose  Ladd,  born  March  13,  1922  near  Pana,  Ill.  Mar¬ 
ried  Leonard  Helsley  March  21,  1943  in  Chino,  Cal.  Lives  on 
South  San  Antonio  St.,  Ontario,  Cal. 

C.  George  Woodruff  Rayhill  was  born  March  2,  1886  near  Pana,  Ill. 
and  married  Helen  M.  Maurhoff  September  5,  1916  in  Los  Angeles. 
She  was  born  June  12,  1888  in  Germany.  Live  at  725  McBride 
Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 

D.  Ann  Marguerite  Rayhill  was  born  November  10,  1888  near  Pana, 
and  died  December  4,  1888.  Buried  at  Mound  Cemetery,  Pana,  III. 

E.  Mary  Margaret  Rayhill  was  bom  June  8,  1892  near  Pana,  Illinois. 
Married  John  Barker  Edmondson  March  25,  1915  in  Los  Angeles. 
He  was  born  November  8,  1893  and  died  February  1926.  Mary 
Edmondson  married  Walter  Ingram  August  21,  1936.  Lives  at 
782  Buena  Vista,  Ventura,  California.  Children: 

a.  John  Barker  Edmondson,  born  January  11,  1917  in  California. 
Married  Lois  Elizabeth  Meredith  September  30,  1942.  She  was 
born  November  27,  1916.  Served  in  World  War  II  as  Instructor 
in  Advanced  technical  aviation  for  the  Navy  at  Chicago,  Ill. 
Lives  at  222  Grand  Ave.,  La  Vern,  California.  Children: 

(a)  John  Barker  Edmondson  III,  born  December  29,  1943  Chi¬ 
cago. 

(b)  Robert  Meredith  Edmonson,  born  -February  2,  1946  in 
California. 

b.  Robert  Woodruff  Edmondson,,  born  March  21,  1919.  Served  in 
World  War  II  as  Marine  Aviator.  Became  Major  and  command¬ 
ed  a  squadron  of  scout  planes  in  the  South  Pacific.  Still  in  the 
service. 


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F.  William  Robert  Verner  Rayhill  was  born  July  4,  1894  near  Pana, 
Illinois.  Married  Lena  Elizabeth  Rittermeyer  November  27,  1919 
at  Fullerton,  California.  She  was  born  March  4,  1898  in  Missouri. 
Served  with  American  Expedition  in  Mexico  1916-17.  Served  as 
Sergeant  Q.M.  Corps  in  World  War  I  and  in  1918  was  commis¬ 
sioned  as  Lieutenant.  Lives  at  2305  So.  San  Gabriel  Blvd.,  Garvey, 
California.  Children: 

a.  Elizabeth  Hester  Rayhill,  born  November  10,  1920  in  Ontario, 
California.  Married  William  Douglas  Payne  May  15,  1942.  He 
was  born  June  12,  1921.  Lives  at  San  Bernadino,  California. 
Children: 

(a)  William  Earl  Payne,  born  July  11.  1943  in  California. 

b.  Mary  Helen  Rayhill,  born  April  15,  1922.  Married  Douglas 
Wayne  Blackstock  April  11,  1941  in  Los  Angeles.  He  was  born 
March  22,  1920  in  Texas.  Live  at  San  Gabriel,  California. 
Children: 

(a)  Janet  Louise  Blackstock,  born  March  27,  1943  in  Los  Angeles. 

c.  Frederick  William  George  Rayhill  born  November  12,  1931  in 
Los  Angeles. 

d.  Margaret  Ann  Rayhill  born  April  19,  1934  in  Garvey,  Cal. 

e.  Robert  Verner  Rayhill  born  June  22.  1941  in  Garvey,  California. 

2.  Charles  Bonner  Rayhill,  second  child  of  Mary  Ann  and  George 
Rayhill  was  born  November  29,  1847  in  Indiana.  He  married  Mary 
Edna  Lukens  May  6,  1886.  She  was  born  February  19,  1864  and  died 
March  28,  1889.  On  December  6,  1899  Charles  married  Mrs.  Laura 
Rayhill,  widow  of  Samuel  Rayhill,  a  cousin  of  Charles.  Charles 
died  at  Oregon,  Mo.,  March  11,  1933. 

A.  Alice  Rayhill  was  born  at  Pana,  Ill.,  May  8,  1887.  Married  John 
Scott  May  8,  1907.  Lives  at  Oregon,  Mo. 

B.  Johnathan  Johnson  Rayhill  was  born  March  21,  1889.  Married 
Anna  Helen  Curry  January  33,  1914.  Now  lives  at  225  W.  8th, 
Long  Beach,  California.  Children: 

a.  Edna  Wilhemina,  born  August  20,  1916. 

b.  Anna  Alice,  born  April  11,  1919.  Married  Harry  Halverson 
February  24,  1942.  Children: 

(a)  Jacqueline  Ann,  born  January  13,  1945. 

c.  Lois  Caroline,  born  August  20,  1922.  Married  William  Ferguson, 
March  23,  1946. 

d.  Jo  Ann,  born  July  11,  1925, 

e.  Helen  Curry,  bom  July  10,  1927. 

3.  Belle  Rayhill,  third  child  of  Mary  Ann  and  George  Rayhill,  was  born 
June  8,  1849  and  died  at  the  age  of  two  from  pneumonia  which  fol¬ 
lowed  a  heavy  cold  she  caught  while  sitting  on  the  door-step  eating 
bread  and  milk.  Buried  at  New  Philadelphia,  Indiana. 

4.  Alice  Rayhill,  fourth  child  of  Mary  Ann  and  George  Rayhill  was 
born  near  New  Philadelphia,  Indiana,  November  10,  1852.  She  mar¬ 
ried  Dr.  Charles  Lukens  at  Oregon.  Mo.,  Dec.  24,  1881,  and  died 

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March  9,  1913  at  Santa  Monica,  California.  Dr.  Lukens  was  born 
December  Z\,  1855  and  died  December  11,  1926.  Children: 

A.  George  Stephen  Lukens  was  born  August  14,  1883.  Married  Clara 
- and  lives  at  801  Elk  St.,  Seneca,  Kansas. 

a.  Charles,  born  1903.  Lives  at  Seneca. 

B.  Grace,  born  August  31,  1886,  died  December  17,  1887. 

C.  Mary  Judith  was  born  November  16,  1888.  Married  Wni.  S.  Caton 
June  27,  1913.  Now  live  at  616  Roycroft  Ave.,  Long  Beach,  Cali¬ 
fornia.  Children: 

a.  Mark,  born  December  23,  1915.  Commissioned  at  Camp  Hood, 
Texas  in  World  War  II.  In  service  42  months.  In  South  Pacific 
at  Leyte.  Captain. 

b.  William,  born  September  15,  1920.  Died  June  26,  1926.  Buried 
at  Pocatello,  Idaho. 

c.  Judith,  born  October  23,  1924. 

D.  Charles  Rayhill  Lukens  was  born  August  29,  1893.  Married  Zola 

-  September  1,  1923.  Served  in  Navy  in  World  War  I.  Now 

lives  at  1921  Palmer  Court,  Long  Beach,  California. 

5.  George  Edgar  Rayhill,  fifth  child  of  Mary  Ann  and  George  Rayhill, 
was  born  June  8,  1858  near  Pana,  Ill.,  and  died  August  11,  1865. 
Death  occurred  at  7  years  when  he  fell  out  of  rear  of  wagon  and 
broke  his  neck. 

6.  Kate  Rayhill,  sixth  child  of  Mary  Ann  and  George  Rayhill,  was 
born  November  18,  1861  and  died  July  26,  1934  near  Assumption, 
Ill.  She  married  Alonzo  Harper,  June  15,  1898,  the  son  of  Robert 
and  Sarah  Lewis  Harper.  He  died  December  22.  1938.  Buried  at 
Assumption.  Children: 

A.  Gladys  Harper,  born  May  13,  1399. 

B.  Mary  Alice  Harper,  born  April  10,  1901.  Married  J.  L.  Braden 
April  2,  1927.  Children: 

a.  Frances  Jacqueline  Braden,  born  April  10,  1929. 

II  Thomas  Marion  Bass,  second  child  of  Elizabeth  Moore  Bass  and  Josiah 
Bass,  was  born  August  15,  1827.  Died  in  1883.  Never  married. 

HI  Elizabeth  Bass,  third  child  of  Elizabeth  Moore  Bass  and  Josiah  Bass, 
was  born  July  13,  1829  and  died  near  Pana,  III.,  December  9,  1903.  Married 
Dr.  Salem  Dickey  of  Madison,  Indiana,  November  29,  1849.  Buried  at  Lin- 
wood  Cemetery,  Pana,  Ill. 

Children: 

1.  Grace  Dickey  was  born  September  14,  1852  and  married  Jasper 
Randolph,  St.  Louis,  where  they  lived.  Information  is  not  available 

'On  their  four  children,  Florence,  Bruce,  Lloyd  and  Charles. 

2.  Thomas  Emerson  Dickey  was  born  March  27,  1855  and  died  Septem¬ 
ber  12,  1936.  He  is  buried  at  Linwood  Cemetery,  Pana,  Ill.  He  was 
married  August  8,  1891  to  Etta  Pryce  who  at  the  age  of  78  is  still 
living  on  the  farm  southeast  of  Pana,  doing  her  own  housework  and 
this  year  is  raising  four  hundred  chickens.  Children: 

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A.  Ralph  Dickey  was  born  March  3,  1892  and  married  Pearl  Gaffner 
June  18,  1897.  He  served  in  World  War  I  in  2  F.A.  Children: 

a.  Rotha  Jean,  born  January  28,  1931. 

b.  Melva  Pearl,  born  May  1,  1934. 

c.  Norita  June,  born  April  7,  1937. 

B.  Iva  Dickey  was  born  December  1,  1894  and  married  William 
Beuthien  April  19,  1924.  Resides  at  Vandalia,  Illinois. 

C.  Edgar  Dickey  was  born  November  19,  1896.  Resides  on  the  horn® 
farm,  Pana,  III. 

D.  Ruth  Dickey  was  born  January  27,  1399  and  married  Ervin 
Graham  July  11,  1934.  Resides  at  Shelbyville,  Ill. 

E.  Harry  Dickey  was  born  November  12,  1902  and  married  Della 
Gatons  July  9,  1929.  Living  at  Pana,  Ill. 

F.  Kenneth  Dickey  was  born  September  11,  1909  and  married  Marie 
Lush  February  4,  1902.  He  served  in  World  War  II  in  15th  Weather 
Squadron  in  Australia  and  New  Guinea,  April  1942  to  November 
1945. 

3.  Mollie  Dickey  was  born  October  13,  1858,  and  married  C.  D.  Cutler 
March  26,  1879.  She  lives  at  Pana,  Ill. 

Children: 

A.  Bertha  Grace,  born  August  11,  1884,  died  October  4,  1907. 

B.  Elmer  Cutler,  born  March  20,  1886,  died  January  12,  1900. 

C.  Mary  Eva  Cutler  was  born  October  20,  1887  and  married  Martin 
Eck  February  27,  1916.  Lives  near  Pana,  Ill. 

Children: 

a.  Grace  Elizabeth  Eck  was  born  January  6,  1917  and  married 
Paul  Holthaus  September  1,  1941. 

(a)  Patricia  Ann  Holthaus  born  March  1,  1943. 

b.  Kathryn  was  born  December  17,  1918  and  married  Elvin  Wood 
January  1,  1940. 

c.  Mary  Ann  Eck  was  born  October  19,  1920  and  married  Lt. 
James  Lambert,  Medical  Student  at  U.  of  I.,  February  23,  1946. 

d.  John  C.  Eck  was  born  May  19,  1924.  Enlisted  in  U.  S.  Army 
March  1,  1946. 

e.  Pauline  M.  Eck  was  born  December  11,  1927.  Student  at  Teach¬ 
er’s  College,  Charleston,  III. 

D.  John  Cutler  was  born  October  19,  1890.  Married  Jennie  Simpson 
1927.  Reside  at  Oak  Park,  Ill. 

E.  Blanche  A.  Cutler  was  born  July  1,  1894  Married  Edward  War¬ 
ren  November,  1920.  Children: 

a?  Lawrence  Warren  was  born  October  26,  1928. 

F.  Nora  Cutler  was  born  September  1,  1895.  Resides  in  Detroit, 
Mich. 

IV  Andrew  Jackson  Bass  was  born  the  fourth  child  of  Elizabeth  Moore 
Bass  and  Josiah  Bass  October  16,  1832  and  died  February  15,  1892.  Never 
married.  Buried  in  Arkansas. 


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V  Lucinda  Bass,  the  fifth  child  of  Josiah  Bass  and  Elizabeth  Moore  Bass 
was  born  September  24,  1836  and  died  April  9,  1915.  Manied  William  S. 
Overstreet  of  Harrodsburg.  He  was  born  May  8,  1832  and  died  November 
9,  1923.  They  are  buried  at  Bronaugh,  Missouri.  Children: 

1.  Alma  Overstreet  was  born  about  1854.  Married  Daniel  Harp.  She 
died  in  California  1938.  Children: 

A.  Children  of  Alma  Harp  are  Clarence,  Frank,  Arthur,  Charles  and 
Ellen,  information  on  whom  is  not  available. 

2.  Milton  Edwin,  second  child  of  Lucinda  and  William  Overstreet,  was 
born  April  4,  1856  and  died  August  1918.  Married  Margaret  Spears, 
Two  sons  Hugh  and  Guy  are  deceased. 

3.  Elia  Jane  Overstreet  was  born  October  9,  1857  and  died  April  23, 
I860. 

4.  Lilia  Overstreet  was  born  October  19,  1861  and  married  Mark  Caton 
March  11,  1385.  She  died  October  26,  1939.  They  are  buried  at  Bron¬ 
augh,  Missouri.  Children: 

A.  Ida  was  born  September  10,  1887  and  died  December  3,  1896,  a 
victim  of  diphtheria. 

B.  William  S.  Caton  was  born  December  16,  1885,  and  married  Mary 
Lukens  June  27,  1913.  Reside  at  616  Roycroft  Ave.,  Long  Beach, 

California.  Children: 

a.  Mark,  born  December  28,  1915.  Commissoned  at  Camp  Hood, 
Texas  in  World  War  II.  Overseas,  Leyte,  P.  I.  Attained  Cap¬ 
taincy. 

b.  William,  born  September  15,  1920,  died  June  26,  1926. 

c.  Judith,  born  October  23,  1S24. 

5.  William  Lee  Overstreet  was  born  July  29,  1864  and  died  February 
14,  1863. 

6.  Charles  Overstreet  was  born  July  1,  1367.  Married  Leona  Conant 
Powers  first  wife,  second  Eva  Minear,  June  10,  1910.  Lives  at  San 
Pedro,  California. 

Children: 

A.  Charles  Edward,  married  Juanita  Meyer.  Children: 

a.  Gary,  7  years. 

b.  Laura  4  years. 

B.  Lilia  Overstreet  married  John  Warnholz.  Children: 
a.  Marie,  1  year. 

7.  Harry  Overstreet  was  born  March  13,  1873.  Died  March  9,  1918. 

8.  Robert  Overstreet  was  born  September  23.  1874  and  died  October  11, 
1874. 


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14,  1874. 


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VI  Margaret  Bass,  the  sixth  child  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Moore  Bass, 
was  born  February  15,  1843  and  died  April  25,  1884  at  the  age  of  21  years 
from  typhoid  fever.  She  is  buried  at  Pana,  III. 

VII  Zachary  Taylor  Van  Arsdall,  son  of  Elizabeth  Moore  Bass  Van  Arsdall 
and  Alexander  Van  Arsdall,  was  born  October  8,  1847  and  was  killed  in  a 
Irain  accident  September  30,  1872,  age  25  years.  He  is  buried  at  Pana, 
Illinois. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  BY  HISTORIANS  FOR  THE  ELIZABETH  MOORE 

BASS  VAN  ARSDALL  CHAPTER. 

My  grandmother  was  Elizabeth  Bass  Dickey.  I  do  not  remember  very 
much  of  interest  which  she  told  me,  as  it  was  very  hard  to  carry  on  a  con¬ 
versation  with  her  because  of  her  deafness  However,  I  remember  her  say¬ 
ing  that  when  she  and  her  husband  were  moving  to  Pana  their  household 
goods  were  lost  or  stolen  on  the  way,  so  her  precious  quilts  and  other  hand¬ 
made  things  were  gone.  She  lived  on  a  farm  near  Pana  in  the  Einig  neigh¬ 
borhood  until  the  third  child  was  born.  She  was  so  weak  that  she  could  not 
sit  up,  so  her  bed  was  put  in  a  wagon  and  she  was  taken  to  Pana,  where 
after  a  long  time  she  recovered.  Kind  neighbors  helped  care  for  the  baby 
who  was  my  mother,  Mollie  Dickey.  During  the  Civil  War  her  father,  Dr. 
Dickey,  a  surgeon,  left  the  farm  in  charge  of  a  friend  who  drove  out  to  the 
farm  one  day  in  summer  to  see  how  the  wheat  threshing  was  progressing. 
On  the  way  home  they  were  lost  for  a  time  on  the  trackless  prairie. 

— Eva  Cutler  Eck. 

My  grandmother,  Mary  Ann  Bass  Rayhill,  her  husband,  George  Rayhill 
and  their  children,  William,  Charles,  and  Alice  moved  from  New  Phila¬ 
delphia,  Ind.,  in  1856  to  Pana,  a  prairie  town  in  Illinois.  They  made  the 
trip  by  wagon,  and  my  grandmother  loved  to  tell  of  the  many  adventures 
enroute.  At  one  inn  she  made  my  grandfather  get  up  and  the  whole 
family  sought  other  lodgings,  because  she  heard  men  bartering  concern¬ 
ing  which  should  have  certain  of  their  belongings.  It  didn’t  take  a  very 
vivid  imagination  to  conjecture  what  disposal  these  gamblers  meant  to 
make  of  the  owners  of  the  property  in  question. 

When  they  reached  the  ferry  the  difficulties  of  crossing  always 
brought  vivid  pictures  to  mind.  “And,”  grandma  would  relate,  “when  we 
were  all  loaded  and  the  boat  began  to  move,  it  was  found  a  large  sow  and 
seven  little  pigs  had  been  left  behind.  George  called  for  those  near  to 
drive  them  into  the  river.  They  did  and  those  pigs  swam  all  the  way  across 
the  river,  but  I  watched  them  every  bit  of  the  way.”  She  always  ended  with 
“I  can  see  them  now,  just  their  little  black  noses  bobbing  up  to  show 
they  hadn’t  gone  down,”  and  something  in  the  way  she  told  it  always 
made  me  see  it,  too. 

The  farm  upon  which  they  “settled”  was  about  four  miles  northeast  of 
Pana  but  they  later  sold  and  bought  about  a  mile  nearer  the  town.  Here 
tragedy  overtook  the  family  for  the  next  to  the  youngest,  Edgar,  a  boy  of 

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seven  and  the  favorite  of  all,  was  killed.  He  had  taken  a  ride  with  his  older 
brother,  William,  and  uncle,  Taylor  Van  Arsdall,  as  they  went  on  an 
errand  to  borrow  a  hay  frame.  When  they  arrived  at  their  destination  and 
"Eddie”  was  found  not  to  be  with  them  they  thought  he  had  decided  to 
swing  down  from  the  back  of  the  wagon  and  continue  on  to  school  afoot. 
Even  when,  on  their  return  trip,  they  found  him  in  the  road,  they  thought 
he  was  playing  a  trick,  and  called  to  him  to  get  off  the  road.  William,  who 
was  a  sensitive  youth  and  noted  for  his  kindness,  never  quite  got  over 
the  terrible  realization  of  that  fateful  incident  He  suffered  doubly  because 
of  the  terrible  shock  it  brought  to  his  mother  and  father. 

I  have  mentioned  Taylor  Van  Arsdall.  He  was  my  grandmother’s  half- 
brother  and  lived  wTith  their  mother,  Betsy  Van  Arsdall.  Not  long  after  this, 
when  he  wras  twenty-five,  he  was  killed  while  a  brakeman  on  a  freight 
train.  It  was  icy,  and  while  walking  the  tops  of  the  cars  he  slipped  and 
fell  between  two  cars.  His  mother  then  broke  up  house-keeping  to  live 
with  the  two  daughters  who  lived  near  Pana,  namely,  my  Grandmother, 
who  was  Mary  Ann,  wife  cf  George  Rayhill,  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Dr. 
Salem  Dickey. 

My  mother,  who  is  living  and  of  good  memory  and  remarkable  vitality 
at  ninety-six,  told  me  what  she  remembers  of  Grandma  Van  Arsdall.  She 
began,  “I  knew  of  Grandma  Van  Arsdall  when  she  lived  in  Pana  with 
Margaret  and  Taylor,  but  I  don’t  remember  her  until  after  I  married 
William.  She  had  an  upstairs  room  at  your  Grandfather  Rayhill’s,  and 
William  and  I  were  there,  too.  I  remember  how  your  Grandmother  Ray- 
hill  insisted  that  her  mother’s  breakfasts  be  taken  up  to  her  and  that  duty 
often  fell  to  me.  I  enjoyed  doing  it  as  she  was  always  pleasant  and  lady¬ 
like.  She  was  quite  precise  in  her  grooming  and  always  wore  nice  little 
Martha  Washington  caps.  In  fact,  she  has  been  termed  by  a  grand-daughter 
as  aristocratic.  I  remember  her  as  being  slender  and  a  little  above  average 
height.  One  incident  impressed  me  as  proof  that  she  was  self-reliant  and 
unselfish.  We  were  all  invited  to  Pana  for  a  dinner  one  evening  and  when 
the  question  arose  as  to  who  should  stay  at  home  with  Grandma  Van 
Arsdall,  she  would  permit  no  one  to  do  so.  I  remember  one  little  saying 
she  often  repeated,  ‘‘Many  hands  make  light  work.”  To  what  church  she 
belonged,  I  do  not  remember  but  her  personality  was  expressive  of  a  gentle 
piety  and  deep  religious  feeling.” 

Mother  also  told  me  of  the  ‘‘Little  Eddie”  tragedy  for  she  lived  only  a 
short  distance  away,  and  was  there  when  Grandfather  Rayhill  carried 
the  boy  home,  his  head  hanging  over,  from  a  broken  neck. 

But  while  tragedy  is  cruel,  it  should  not  loom  disproportionately  for 
there  were  many  happy  events  in  the  lives  of  this  family.  A  new  home 
was  built  and  here  William,  Charles,  Alice,  and  Kate  w'ere  young  people. 
Their  parents  were  sincere,  respected  citizens  of  the  community  and 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  Pana.  The  girls  also  became  members 
and  Kate  an  active  worker.  Their  mother,  Mary  Ann  Bass  Rayhill,  was 
deeply  religious,  but  was  spirited  and  had  a  fine  sense  of  humor.  She  always 

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enjoyed  young  people  and  when  we  grandchildren  came  along  she  keenly 
enjoyed  our  good  times  with  us.  She,  like  her  mother,  liked  to  be  well- 
dressed,  but  she  was  often  so  busy  catering  to  the  wants  of  others  that  she 
neglected  herself.  She  was  one  of  the  most  unselfish  persons  I  have  ever 
known.  She  and  her  husband,  George,  lived  to  celebrate  their  66th  wed¬ 
ding  anniversary,  before  death  took  Mary  Ann  on  December  22,  1910,  at 
the  age  of  85.  George  lived  only  till  the  following  August,  1911.  All  of 
that  time  he  was  like  one  who  lived,  but  was  only  patiently  waiting  for 
the  call. 

— Mary  Rayhill  Ingram. 

Charles  Bonner  Rayhill  was  born  November  29,  1847  near  New  Phila¬ 
delphia,  Indiana.  As  a  child  he  made  the  overland  trip  with  his  parents 
from  Indiana  to  Illinois.  On  this  trip  occurred  one  of  his  greatest  childhood 
sorrows.  They  came  to  a  river  out  of  banks,  and  it  was  a  hazardous  task  to 
make  the  crossing.  When  all,  including  the  livestock,  were  safely  on  the 
other  shore  he  discovered  his  pet  dog  had  been  left  behind.  He  begged  his 
father  to  go  back  to  get  it,  not  realizing  how  impossible  this  would  be. 
But  the  love  of  a  boy  for  his  dog  was  still  strong  in  his  heart  as  he  told  this 
story  to  his  grand-daughters  some  sixty-five  years  later,  ending  the  story 
with  these  words,  “I’ll  never  forget  my  sorrow  at  the  loss  of  my  dog.” 

He  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Illinois.  As  a  young  man  he  heeded  the 
call  of  the  West  and  went  to  Colorado  to  seek  his  fortune.  Before  he  went 
west  he  met  and  became  engaged  to  Laura  Jane  Cummings.  On  his  re¬ 
turn  he  learned  she  had  been  married  to  his  cousin,  Samuel  Rayhill.  On  a 
visit  to  Missouri  he  met  Mary  Edna  Lukens  who  was  born  February  19, 
1864.  They  were  married  May  6,  1886,  and  went  to  live  on  a  farm  near 
Pana,  Illinois.  Here  on  May  8,  1887  Alice  was  born.  And  on  March  22,  1889 
Jonathan  Johnson  was  born.  But  their  joy  in  the  new-born  son  turned  to 
tragedy  when  Mary  Edna  passed  away  leaving  her  sorrowing  husband, 
the  two  year  old  daughter  and  the  eight  day  old  son.  Charles,  with  the 
children,  went  to  live  with  his  parents  and  sister.  Kate.  There  the  children 
were  given  the  loving  care  of  grandparents  and  Aunt  Kate,  as  well  as  their 
father’s.  They  always  loved  Aunt  Kate  as  they  would  a  mother. 

Meantime,  Samuel  Rayhill  was  accidentally  killed  by  a  friend  while 
hunting  wild  turkeys,  a  bullet  fired  into  a  brush-pile  going  through  to  the 
other  side  killing  Sam  instantly.  Some  years  after  his  first  wife’s  death, 
Charles  renewed  his  friendship  with  the  former  Laura  Cummings  and  now 
the  widow  of  Samuel  Rayhill.  After  their  marriage.  December  6,  1899, 
they  came  to  Oregon,  Mo.,  with  his  two  children  and  her  daughter,  Cora, 

to  make  their  home. 

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For  many  years  he  was  owner  of  the  town’s  leading  furniture  store. 
Here  the  children  completed  their  grade  and  High  School  education. 
Charles  was  a  public-spirited  man,  always  standing  for  improvements  in 
the  schools,  supporting  the  church  of  his  choice,  and  always  being  one  of 
the  sponsors  of  the  Summer  Chautaqua  and  the  winter  Lecture  series  so 
popular  at  that  time  in  the  small  towns  of  the  country.  He  did  not  lose  his 

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-,rilc  j-  a*nu  •  od  oi  &*«t.  test  V^o  0  njJlo  t 

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love  of  the  land  however,  and  always  owned  one  or  more  farms  near 
Oregon. 


When  his  son,  Johnson,  entered  the  third  grade  in  Oregon,  he  took 
great  delight  in  teasing  one  certain  girl  in  the  class.  He  loved  to  tie  her 
braids  to  his  desk  which  was  right  behind  hers.  Later  he  asked  her  to  go 
skating,  and  from  then  on  he  became  quite  attentive.  After  graduation  this 
girl  went  to  Northwestern.  Letters  between  the  two  were  frequent  as  he 
tried  various  fields  in  the  West.  But  when  the  girl  graduated  from  North¬ 
western  they  decided  being  so  far  apart  was  not  good;  so  after  she  had 
taught  one  year,  Johnson  returned  to  Oregon  and  on  January  31,  1914  he 
and  Anna  Curry  were  married. 

It  was  after  my  marriage  to  Johnson  that  I  came  to  know  his  father, 
Charles,  so  well.  I  saw  him  angry  only  once  in  the  many  years  I  knew 
him.  That  was  when  he  was  visiting  at  our  home.  He  had  just  put  a  new 
screen  on  our  screen  doo1-,  and  left  it  lying  on  the  ground  under  the  old 
apple  tree  just  outside  the  kitchen  window  while  he  went  to  get  a  drink. 
Johnson  rode  up  and  tied  his  horse  to  this  same  tree,  never  noticing  the 
new  screen  door.  Of  course  the  horse,  moving  around,  stepped  a  hole  in 
the  new  screen.  For  once,  Grandpa  ‘  told  J.  J.  off,”  but  he  couldn’t  stay 
angry,  and  even  before  he  was  through  he  began  smiling.  Then  he  had  a 
good  laugh,  and  set  to  work  quietly  to  repair  the  damage. 

Grandpa  kept  his  remarkable  health  until  stricken  with  pneumonia 
which  caused  his  death  within  a  few  days,  passing  away  March  11,  1933. 
He  was  a  man  of  wonderful  understanding,  well-read,  always  calm  and 
reasonable,  a  keen  sense  of  humor,  and  that  wonderful  quality  of  being 
able  to  adjust  himself  to  those  around  him.  He  never  allowed  the  little 
things  of  life  to  upset  him. 


Anna,  wife  of  J.  Johnson  Rayhill. 


My  grandmother,  Ann  Rayhill  and  her  husband,  George,  spent  their 
last  five  or  six  winters  in  our  home,  the  last  being  the  winter  of  1909-10, 
when  I  was  ten  years  old  and  Grandma  was  eighty-tour.  Her  last  days  were 
spent  in  telling  of  Kentucky  and  the  relatives  of  Harrodsburg  as  we  sat 
about  the  fireplace  each  evening  after  I  hurriedly  returned  from  school 
to  hear  another  of  Grandma’s  stories.  She  was  a  grand-daughter  of  Captain 
Thomas^  Moore,  her  mother  being  Betsy,  the  ninth  child  who  was  born  after 
Captain  Moore  was  fifty-one,  and  Elizabeth  Harberson  Moore,  the  mother, 
was  forty  years  old. 

Grandma  Rayhill  was  ten  years  old  "when  her  grandfather,  Captain 
Moore  lay  on  his  death  bed.  His  son,  Uncle  Tom  Moore,  sent  Grandma 
and  one  of  his  sons,  Tommy,  who  was  about  the  same  age,  out  to  get 
•some  slippery  elm  bark  to  make  a  tea  for  Captain  Moore.  Tommy  was 


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chopping  with  the  axe,  and  Grandma  would  pick  up  the  chips  and  put 
them  in  her  little  apron.  Just  as  she  reached  for  one  more  chip,  the  axe 
came  down  on  her  right  index  finger,  cutting  it  off  at  the  second  joint;  it 
was  hanging  by  the  underskin,  and  efforts  were  made  to  get  it  to  grow 
back  to-gether  again  by  the  use  of  splints,  but  to  no  avail. 

Grandma  used  to  tell  about  riding  horseback  to  the  mill  on  Shawnee 
Creek  when  a  small  child,  a  sack  ol'  grain  thrown  across  behind  her  to 
have  ground  into  meal.  It  was  my  privilege  to  go  over  this  same  rough  way 
in  1942.  Eut  the  mill  is  gone,  and  only  a  few  bricks  are  left  of  the  walls. 
I  also  remember  the  story  of  Captain  Moore  hunting  on  Shawnee  Creek 
and  the  Indian  coming  upon  him.  I  shall  not  relate  it  here  as  it  is  the  same 
story  Dr.  Thomas  Moore  of  Waco,  Texas,  has  told  in  his  letter. 

Grandma  often  told  of  her  Aunt  Polly  Harrcd  walking  through  the 
woods  near  Vienna,  Indiana,  to  pick  blackberries.  She  saw  an  old  bear  and 
two  cubs.  The  bear  immediately  started  after  Aunt  Polly,  who  ran  with 
all  her  might.  The  bear  was  gaining  on  her,  so  Aunt  Polly  dropped  her  sun- 
bonnet  which  attracted  the  bear’s  attention  for  a  few  minutes  as  she  stop¬ 
ped  to  sniff  at  it.  Then  the  tear  started  after  Aunt  Polly  again.  This  time 
Aunt  Polly  untied  her  apron  and  dropped  it,  still  running.  The  bear  stop¬ 
ped  an  Instant  to  sniff  at  it,  only  to  take  up  the  chase  again.  As  the  bear 
came  nearer,  Aunt  Polly  unbuttoned  her  skirt,  stepped  out  of  it,  and  ran 
as  fast  as  she  could.  After  sniffing  at  it  a  second  the  bear  again  started  the 
chase,  but  by  that  time  Aunt  Polly  had  reached  safety. 

In  the  fall  of  1843,  when  Grandma  was  eighteen,  she  rode  horseback 
seventy-five  miles  from  Harrodsburg  to  Louisville  and  New  Albany  and 
thirty  miles  on  north  into  Scott  County,  Indiana,  where  she  spent  the  win¬ 
ter  with  two  of  her  aunts,  Captain  Moore’s  daughters,  Aunt  Ann  Worley 
and  Aunt  Polly  Harrod.  Here  she  met  a  young  school-teacher,  George 
Rayhill,  whom  she  was  to  marry  on  May  8,  1844.  In  the  early  spring  she 
rode  her  horse  back  to  Harrodsburg,  and  her  brother,  Uncle  Jack  Bass,  rode 
another  horse  with  her  to  Scott  County,  Indiana,  and  led  her  horse  home 
to  Harrodsburg.  As  I  drive  my  car  along  this  same  pike,  I  find  myself 
slowing  down,  and  visualizing  Grandma  riding  horseback  along  this  same 
road  just  a  hundred  years  ago. 

In  September  of  the  same  year  her  father,  Josiah  Bass,  died.  Two 
years  later,  her  mother,  Betsy  Moore  Bass,  married  Alexander  Van  Arsdall. 
Josiah  Bass’  estate  was  not  settled  until  1849.  The  following  is  a  copy  from 
the  records  at  Harrodsburg  Court  House. 

“In  obedience  to  an  order  of  the  worshipful  Mercer  County  Court 
appointing  the  undersigned  Commissioners  to  allot  dower  to  Elizabeth 
Van  Arsdall  late  Elizabeth  Bass  in  the  slaves  belonging  to  the  estate  of  her 
deceased  husband,  Josiah  Bass,  and  in  performance  of  that  duty,  met  at 
the  house  of  Alexander  Van  Arsdall  in  Mercer  County,  on  the  19th  day  of 
November,  1849,  and  proceeded  to  allot  dower  to  Elizabeth  Van  Arsdall 
late  Elizabeth  Eass  in  negroes  and  slaves  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Josiah 

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Bass,  described  as  follows,  viz.  We  allotted  and  set  apart  as  dower  in  the 
slaves  a  negro  woman  by  the  name  of  Sarah  and  her  child  by  the  name  of 
Mary  Ann  of  the  value  of  $650.00,  also  a  negro  girl  by  the  name  of  Frances 
Ellin  aged  about  three  years  of  the  value  of  $150.00,  making  the  sum  of 
$300.00,  it  being  one  equal  third  part  value  of  all  the  slaves  belonging  to 
the  estate  of  Josiah  Bass. 

We  then  proceeded  to  divide  the  remaining  two-thirds  of  the  slaves 
amongst  the  children  and  heirs-at-law  of  Josiah  Bass  as  follows:  We  allot¬ 
ted  by  lot  to  Margaret  Bass  one-half  of  the  value  of  a  black  woman  by  the 
name  of  Luisa  and  her  child  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth  appraised  to  the 
value  of  $650.00  say  half  $325.  We  allotted  by  lot  to  Salem  Dickey  and  wife 
late  Elizabeth  Bass  one-half  of  the  value  of  said  negro  woman,  Luisa  and 
her  child  Elizabeth  appraised  as  aforesaid  to  $650  say  one-half  of  the 
value  $325. 

We  allotted  by  lot  to  Thomas  Bass  a  black  girl  aged  about  six  years  by 
the  name  of  Sarah  of  the  value  of  $200.00. 

We  allotted  to  George  Rayhill  and  wife,  Mary  Ann,  the  late  Mary  Ann 
Bass,  a  black  boy  by  the  name  of  Samuel  of  the  age  of  about  five  years  of 
the  value  of  $250.00. 

We  allotted  by  lot  to  Lucinda  Bass  a  black  girl  by  the  name  of  Susan 
aged  about  three  years  of  the  value  of  $200.00. 

We  allotted  by  lot  to  Jackson  Bass  a  black  girl  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth 
about  eight  years  of  the  value  of  $300.09. 

We  found  that  the  slaves  could  not  be  equally  divided  unless  it  be 
made  so  by  money,  and  therefore  say  that  Margaret  Bass  and  Salem 
Dickey  pay  to  Lucinda  Bass  the  sum  of  $33.33  i/3  each  making  the  sum 
of  $66.66  2/3  and  that  said  Margaret  Bass  and  Salem  Dickey  pay  to  George 
Rayhill  and  wife,  Mary  Ann,  the  sum  of  $8.33  1/3  making  the  sum  of 
$16.66  2/3.  And  that  the  said  Margaret  Bass  and  Salem  Dickey  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth,  pay  to  Thomas  Bass  the  sum  of  $16.66  2/3  each  making  the  sum 
of  $33.33  1/3  and  that  Jackson  Bass  pay  to  Thomas  Bass  the  sum  of 
$33.33  1/3. 

The  fore-going  division  we  consider  nearly  equal  each  to  each  and 
respectfully  submit  same  as  our  report. 


James  Westerfield. 

Nimrod  Harris. 

'  Wm.  Roach. 

I  can  hear  Grandma  as  she  told  of  inheriting  the  little  black  boy.  She 
didn’t  know  what  to  do  with  him — if  she  kept  him  she  would  have  two  of 
the  laziest  white  boys  that  ever  lived  (Wm.  and  Chas.)  so  she  sold  him,  and 
with  the  money  she  purchased  a  cab-like  carriage  with  gold  door-knobs 
and  a  watch.  In  1856  the  family  decided  to  move  to  Illinois.  They  drove 

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south  to  New  Albany  where  they  chartered  a  raft  boat  for  Evansville, 
Indiana.  Of  course  each  night  they  must  tie  up  at  a  landing  place,  and 
lind  rooms  in  a  hotel.  Upon  one  occasion  they  got  a  room  in  a  hotel  above 
a  saloon.  As  they  closed  the  door  they  noticed  clothes  hanging  on  the  wall 
that  were  soaked  with  blocd.  To  all  appearances  someone  had  met  with  foul 
play.  They  retired  for  the  night,  but  Grandma  could  not  sleep,  as  she 
thought  how  the  same  thing  could  easily  befall  them.  So  she  got  the  chil¬ 
dren  and  Grandpa  up,  and  insisted  that  they  must  leave  the  place,  which 
they  did  in  the  dead  of  night,  and  walked  down  the  street  in  search  of  an¬ 
other  hotel.  From  Evansville  they  drove  north  to  Vincennes  where  they 
crossed  the  Wabash  into  the  state  of  Illinois.  The  trip  was  without  event 
unt.l  they  came  to  the  flooded  Little  Wabash  just  north  of  Louisville, 
Illinois.  At  this  point  it  is  nearly  a  mile  wide  when  flooded.  Grandpa 
forced  his  team,  hitched  to  the  covei  ed  wagon,  into  the  stream.  William, 
the  twelve  year  old  boy,  drove  the  old  sow  and  seven  pigs  into  the  water, 
and  as  Grandma  said,  “their  little  forefeet  were  in  perpetual  motion  and 
their  black  noses  were  sticking  above  the  water.”  Then  William  climbed 
into  the  carriage  with  Grandma  and  the  two  younger  children,  Charles 
and  Alice.  Grandma  pushed  her  horses  in  and  after  exciting  moments  as 
the  horses  swam  across,  they  finally  landed  on  the  north  bank,  every-body 
and  everything  well  soaked.  When  they  had  gone  a  half-mile  they  came 
upon  a  vacant  log  cabin.  They  immediately  took  possession,  making  a  fire 
in  the  fireplace  to  dry  their  clothes,  and  throwing  their  bedding  on  bushes 
about  the  cabin  to  dry.  Then  they  went  on  their  way  to  Pekin,  Ill.,  but  the 
next  year  they  bought  a  farm  near  Pana.  Here  Edgar  and  Kate  were  born. 

Grandma  used  to  wish  she  had  the  old  spring  house  to  keep  her  milk 
and  cream.  You  will  see  pictures  of  it  as  it  is  still  standing  on  what  is  now 
the  Eetty  Hardin  farm,  formerly  the  Bass  home,  one-half  mile  west  of  the 
Captain  Moore  home.  The  water  flows  over  the  rock  floor  two  or  three 
inches  deep.  The  Mocre  Burying  Ground  is  located  just  back  of  Betty 
Hardin’s  home  where  without  a  doubt  Captain  Moore  is  buried  (1835)  as  is 
also  Josiah  Bass.  Some  stones  date  back  to  1799. 

I  can  remember  reading  two  poems  written  by  Grandma,  one  to  me 
when  a  baby  and  one  “On  Going  to  Town.”  She  had  a  flare  for  the  artistic 
as  evidenced  by  the  many  balls  she  made  for  her  grandchildren  on  which 
me  made  six  circles  of  various  colored  yarn.  Perhaps  I  appreciate  mine 
mere  Than  the  rest  of  the  grandchildren  since  I  attempted  to  make  one, 
but  finding  how  difficult  it  was,  1  gave  up  and  threw  it  into  the  fire.  She 
rnd  her  daughter,  Alice,  made  a  large  Agricultural  Wreath  that  would 
stagger  the  bravest  of  hearts  to  attempt  making.  It  won  a  Blue  Ribbon  at 
a  Fair. 

-As  further  evidence  that  her  last  thoughts  were  of  Kentucky  and  the 
land  of  her  ch  ldnood,  Grandma  requested  my  mother  to  purchase  a  Ken¬ 
tucky  State  Spoon  for  each  of  her  grandchildren  with  her  initials  “M.A.R.” 
engraved  in  the  bowl  of  the  spoon  with  the  date  1825-1910.  And  thus  passed 
a  most  wonderful  grandmother,  idolized  by  her  grand-children. 

— Gladys  Harper. 


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Ann  Bass  Rayhill 


William  Rayhill 


Elizabeth  Bass  Dickey 
Lucinda  Bass  Overstreet 


Charles  Bonner  Rayhill 


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Lilia  Oversl'.aei  Calon 


CELEBRATE  THEIR  65TH  WEDDING  ANNIVERSARY 
George  and  Ann  Bass  Rayhill,  taken  May  8,  1909  at  their  farm  home 
near  Pana,  Illinois. 


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YHA2H3VIWHA  OHICia3W  HTftt  HI3HT 


CUR  HERITAGE 


In  old  New  England's  wooded  hills. 

In  Maryland  and  Virginia, 

Our  fathers  sought 
A  refuge  from  the  tyrant's  rule. 

They  came  to  find  a  place 

V/here  they  could  walk  with  heads  erect 

Before  no  power  bowed 

Excepting  that  of  God  above. 

And  when  injustice  threatened. 

For  Freedom's  sake  they  fought. 

And  with  their  life  blood. 

This  liberty  we  prize  so  much 
They  bought. 

They  labored  hard  from  dawn  to  dusk; 
They  cleared  the  land 
With  toil-worn  hand. 

And  when  the  day  was  done 
They  sat  them  down  to  humble  fare. 
Then  read  the  Book, 

And  lifted  grateful  hearts  in  prayer. 

They  carved  a  path  through  forests  dark. 
O'er  rivers  wide,  and  mountains  high. 
Cross  trackless  plains  and  deserts  drear. 
Until  they  reached  the  western  sea. 

And  passed  the  torch  to  you  and  me. 

A  heritage,  so  great,  so  grand. 

In  all  this  world,  no  fairer's  found 
Than  our  America,  the  "Beauteous  Land." 

A-down  the  years,  their  voices  hear 
And  echo  from  beyond  the  pale; 

"Oh  sons  and  daughters  dear. 

We  lifted  high  fair  Freedom's  light. 

We  gave  our  all  to  blaze  the  trail; 

Now  you  must  keep  it  burning  bright. 
And  you  must  never  fail!" 

— Harriet  M.  Caswell. 


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