i	James Francis Moore, b. 1720

MARYLAND RECORDS— DORCHESTER COUNTY  (A) April 15, 1749; (B) James Moore, Jun^; (C) 200; (D) Geo. Hunter & Ja^ Gittings; (E) 2-0-0; (F) 4-0-0; (L) James Moore, Rezin Moore & Mary Moore; (M) James 46, Rezin 22, Mary 24.   15 Apr 1749: Benjamin Tasker, agent (for Lord Baltimore), leases to James Moore Jr., his son Rezen (Rezin) Moore and his daughter Mary Moore of Baltimore Co., Maryland, 200 acres along the line of James Moore Sr. Witnessed: A. Tasker, Francis Tasker, James Moore, and Mary Barrow. (Baltimore County Deed Records Liber T.R. No. C.) (Note: Lease was for plat 23 of His Lordship's Manor of Gunpowder, and was for the lifetimes of Rezin and Mary.)   STATE OF HIS LORDSHIP'S MANOR 41  24. (A) Septem'. 29, 1756; (B) James Moore; (C) 200; (D) George Hunter & Ja'. Gittings; (E) 2-0-0; (F) 4-0-0; (L) Rezin Moore, Ja». Frances Moore & Nicholas Ruxton Moore; (M) Rezin 22, Ja'. Francis 15, Nic^ Ruxton 12.   25- (A) January 29, 1762; (B) Rezin Moore; (C) 125; (D) George Hunter; (E) 1-5-0; (F) 2-10-0; (L) Twenty one years.   3 Sep 1767: James Moore Jr., of Baltimore Co., Maryland, conveys to Mary McCullock, widow, and Anthony Stewart, gentleman, of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (executors of the estate of David McCullock, merchant, of Baltimore Co., Maryland), to deed on lots in town of Baltimore. (Baltimore Deed Records, Liber A. L. No. I.) 13 Dec 1767: James and Hannah Moore Jr., of Baltimore Co., Maryland, convey 36.5 acres to Robert McCallister, of same, for 14.6 pounds. Witnessed: Thomas Franklin and Walter Tolley. (Baltimore County Deed Records Liber B. No. Q.) Oct 1769: Groombright Bailey, blacksmith, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, conveys to Thomas Chenowith (sic, should be spelled "Chenoweth"), blacksmith, of same, 175 acres (probably "Bailey's Vulcania", a tract Bailey surveyed but never patented) , servant man named John Godfrey Clark, and livestock for 40 pounds. Witnessed: James Moore Jr. and Resin (Rezin) Moore. (Baltimore Deed Records, Liber A.L. No. A.) Note: Bailey and Chenoweth were James's sons-in-law, married to daughters Mary and Rachel.

My Note:  Not sure where this information comes from and I haven't' been able to locate the source.   Note: There are two letters to his relatives in England that are on file today with Public Records Office, H. M. Stationery Office, England. The first, dated 19 Sep 1756, Fork of Gunpowder River, Baltimore Co., Maryland, to cousin Mrs. Margaret Palman at Mr. Cunningham's in Nassau Street, St. Anne's, London. "My father and my own family, I thank God, are in Good Health." Refers to "the death of my Father's wife." Description of the effects of the French and Indian War. "I am obliged to to Mr. Palman for his kind offer of services in relation to Lord Baltimore." "Please give Due Respects to my uncle Beger & to all other Friends and relations in England."   The second letter, dated 4 Oct 1756, Fork of Gunpowder River, Baltimore Co., Md., from James Moore, Jr., to cousin Mrs. Eleanor Dioliguarde at her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline's Apartment in St. James Palace, Westminster. Refers to son Rezin. "My Father, Wife & Family Join with me in kind Respects to your Self, Father & Mother & Family & Mr. Beger." The letters were summarized in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 65, p. 260 (PRO: HCA 32/231/235).

 

 

 

Below are the children of James More and his two wives, first unknown, mother of Sarah and Simeon and the others by Hannah. and Hannah Wilmot..

 

i	Sarah MOORE b: ? in Baltimore Co., MD, by first marriage of Frances Ruxton, married John Harrod and produced James Harrod of KY.  I'm not certain this is proven.
ii	Simeon MOORE b: ? in Baltimore Co., MD, by first marriage of Frances Ruxton

 

 

i	Mary Moore - (1742-1826) - Mary Moore. Born on 11 May 1742 in Baltimore Co., MD. Mary died in Vigo Co., IN in 1826, she was 83.  On 5 Oct 1757 when Mary was 15, she married Groombright Bailey, son of Thomas Bailey & UNKNOWN Ann, in St. John's P.E. Church, Baltimore Co., MD. Born on 1 May 1732 in Baltimore Co., MD. Groombright died in Wabash River, near Rising Sun, IN in Oct 1817, he was 85.    Shortly after moving to Terre Haute, Mary Moore Bailey slipped and fell while carrying water from the river and dislocated her hip. It never set properly and she had to get about on crutches for the rest of her life. She was very religious and used to read a chapter from the Bible every day, and when her eyes sight failed she would have one of the Yeager children read a chapter to her. Old Grandmother Bailey died in the spring of 1826 after coming down sick. She laid ill for eight or ten days, and passed away at the age of 85. (All the above information taken from "A Short Sketch or Biography of the Ancestry and Leaves of the Yeager Family for 150 Years Back, " by William Henry Harrison Yeager, c. 1888) They had the following children: i. James Francis. Born abt 1758 in Baltimore Co., MD. James Francis died in Ohio in Oct 1790, he was 32; ii. Catherine (~1759-1849); iii. Mary (~1763-); iv. Thomas. Born abt 1769 in Lower Gunpowder Hundred, Baltimore Co., MD. Thomas died in Covalt's Station, Hamilton Co., OH on 27 Feb 1791, he was 22; 10 v. Rezin (~1772-1832); vi. John. Born abt 1778 in Lower Gunpowder Hundred, Harford Co., MD. John died in Terre Haute, IN in 1840, he was 62; 11 vii. Rachel (~1779-1850); viii. Nicholas. Born abt 1781 in Lower Gunpowder Hundred, Baltimore Co., MD. Nicholas died in Vigo Co., IN on 12 May 1828, he was 47; ix. Henrietta (~1787-1863) "There is an old graveyard at or very near Marshall's Ferry. The date when this spot was first used as a burying place is unknown. The earliest date known is marked by a plain sandstone slab, on which is engraved: 'Sacred to the memory of Groombright Bailey, born in Baltimore, Md., May 1, A.D. 1732, -- Died blank) 1817.'   This and nothing more is known of this man's life or death, or how he ever came here at this early day, or who buried the body and erected the slab...There is the appearance of some forty or fifty graves scattered among the large timber within ten to fifty feet of the banks of the Wabash River, on a high ridge above the overflow of the stream.   The place has not been use as a burial spot for over thirty years, and is entirely neglected." ("History of White County (Illinois)," 1883, 2nd reprint ed., White County Historical Society, 1983, p. 676.) Groombright had a 175-acre tract of land surveyed at the forks of the Gunpowder River in 1761, which he called "Bailey's Vulcania,"  but he did not obtain a patent for the land (Patent records, Baltimore County, unpatented Certificate of Survey No. 129, Hall of Records). Instead, he took up a 21-year leasehold on His Lordship's Manor of Gunpowder on September 21, 1761, an area of about 7,000 acres originally reserved for Lord Baltimore (Ga us Marcus Brumbaugh, "Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church." Lancaster: Lancaster Press, Inc., 1928, Vol. II, p. 43).   "Gunpowder Manor" was a tract of 7,269 acres in Baltimore County, near Joppa on the Gunpowder River. This land belonged to Lord Baltimore. Laid out in 1683, it stood as a wilderness for almost 40 years, used for hunting by Indians and settler alike. It was located between the present towns of Glen Arm and Baldwin in Baltimore County, north northeast of the City of Baltimore. In 1716, Lord Baltimore sent out surveyors to establish boundaries, and in 1720 he began leasing these lands to others (research by Elmer R. Haile, Jr., of Maryland).   Groombright was a signer of the Declaration of the Association of Freemen, 1775 (Ella Lowe & Joseph Carroll Hopkins, "Men of '76," Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer 1984), p . 327). 1776: Listed as "taxable" (free white male age 18 or over), with "taxable" James Bailey, in Lower Gunpowder Hundred, Harford County, MD (original kept in the Manuscript Division of the Historical Society of Harford County). 1778: Listed as taxable in Lower Gunpowder Hundred, Harford County, MD (tax list of 1778 copied by William Wilkins of  Baltimore in 1959 but never published). Groombright was a signer of the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance to Maryland, 1778, before the Hon. William Webb, Esq (Margaret Roberts Hodges, "Unpublished Revolutionary Records of Maryland, Vol. III," 1939, p. 31). 1784: "Groombride Baily" is listed as a head of family on a tax roll for Morgan Twp., Washington Co. (part of the present-day Greene County), PA. (Also listed: Benjamin Stites, Elijah Mills and Jacob Mills, tho, like Groombright, are among the first wave of settlers at Stites's new setlement of Columbia, OH, in 1788.)   1785: Groombright and son James Francis are both listed as heads of households in Morgan Twp., Washington Co., PA. 1788: Groombright and son Rezin are signees to a petition from residents of Limestone (now Maysville, Kentucky) to Virginia government, asking that a new county be created from Bourbon County, the seat of which was 40 miles away across dangerous land. Also signing the petition are John S. Gano and Daniel Shoemaker who are part of the Stites party later that year at Columbia, OH. 18 Nov 1788: The Stites party, after floating down the Ohio for two days, lands at the mouth of the Little Miami River (date from the monument erected in Cincinnati July 1889 to commemorate the event). Rev. Ezra Ferris wrote to the "Cincinati Gazette" 20 July 1844: "After making fast
ii	Eleanor Moore, married ?
ii	Rezin Moore - Born on 16 Aug 1744 in Baltimore Co., MD., possibly married a 'Mary'.
iii	Rachel Moore  (1748-1775) - Rachel Moore. Born on 8 Jan 1748/49 in Baltimore Co., MD. Rachel died in 1775, she was 26.  On 14 Sep 1766 when Rachel was 18, she married Thomas Chenoweth, in Baltimore Co., Maryland. Born in 1737 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. Thomas died in Botetourt Co., VA bef 13 Jul 1780, he was 43.

 

Third Generation

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Col James Francis Moore - Born on 12 Aug 1751 in Baltimore Co., MD.  On 18 Feb 1773 when James Francis was 21, he first married Ann Standiford, daughter of William Standiford & Elizabeth Hutchins, in Baltimore Co., MD. Ann died bef 1784. 

 

Oct 1769: Groombright Bailey, blacksmith, of Baltimore Co., Maryland, conveys to Thomas Chenowith, blacksmith, of same, 175 acres (probably "Bailey's Vulcania", above), servant man named John Godfrey Clark, and livestock for 40 pounds. Witnessed: James Moore Jr. and Resin (Rezin) Moore. (Baltimore Deed Records, Liber A.L. No. A.) (Note: Thomas Chenowith was probably Thomas Chenoweth, husband of his sister-in-law, Rachel Ruxton Moore.) James Moore, Sr. 103.96 BA L94.11.2 Dec 21 1769 May 8 1770 ... Creditors: Henry Bennett Darnall, Groombt. Bailey. [Prerogative Court of Maryland Abstracts]

 

James migrated from the Baltimore, Frederick County area sometime after he married the first time to western Pennsylvania. 

 

Living at Mount Holly near Mann's Lick, KY, at time of the writing of his will (18 Jul 1807). In will, states that he and wife Elizabeth are lawfully married, and that his children are his legal heirs, since he can no longer produce evidences of his marriage to Elizabeth.

 

 

James married second to Elizabeth Higgins and had up to twelve children with her.  See more information below.
 

James died from a heart attack or cerebral hemorrhage while attending a social function (or the Legislature, conflicting stories) at Frankfort, Kentucky on Dec 14, 1809, he was approximately 57 yrs old.  He is supposed to be buried at the cemetery in Frankfurt. On a visit there, Frankfort, I was told the cemetery was moved, i.e., the people in it were interred and put in the new Frankfort Cemetery, but I can find no record of him.

 

From Kentucky Obituaries 1787-1854, compiled by G. Glenn Clift, with an Index by Anita Comtois, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.  Baltimore 1977.

 

Col. James F. Moore, senator from Jefferson and Bullitt counties.  Died Thursday evening, Dec 14, 1809.  KG 12/19.

 

Frankfort (Ky.) Dec. 16, Died on Thursday evening last, of a paraletic effection, Col. James More, a senator from the counties of Jefferson and Bullitt.

It is a source of pleasing reflection, admist sorrow to the relatives of the deceased, that he carries to the silent tomb, the unfeigned regret of his numerous acquaintances and friends. Col. Moore, if we mistake not, was one of those, whose courage, and virtues, achieved the salvation of our common country, and in other respects. He was an active and useful member of society: On this melancholy occasion, the following resolution was unanimously adopted by both houses of the legislature.

"Resolved by the senate and House of Representatives, that in testimony of/ respect to Col James Francis Moore, deceased, last a member of the senate. That the members of the general assembly, will attend in procession his body to the grave and wear mourning during the present session of the General Assembly, in honor of his memory.

The Farmer's Friend, Russellville, Kentucky. Friday, December 22, 1809 Vol. II, No. 4, page 2, columns 3-4.

 

 

In the will: -- He leaves plantation at Fish Pools to daughter, Elizabeth, for the use during her life, and to any child of her body after her death, but her husband, Jesse Pendergrass, to have no part of his estate;

States that daughters Cassandra Miller (Cassandra marries Robert Miller and has a daughter named Dorthea Miller who marries James Pendergrast; 1st 1/2 cousins) and Zeruiah Jones, and son, Hector Moore, are already well advanced in the world by him and they are not to claim any further part of the estate.  -- All the residue of the estate, real and personal (except for real property near Mann's Lick and two calves mentioned below) to be divided between the rest of his children.

Papers of James Francis and his son-in-law, John Jones, are archived at the Filson Club in Louisville. Included are land records, 1782-1839, particularly concerning his holdings at the salt works at Mann's Lick, and his appointment as a Colonel in the Jefferson County militia in 1789.

 

16 Sep1816 Bullitt County Deed Book C p. 375 Elizabeth MOORE, H. W. MOORE and N. H. MOORE, executors of James F. MOORE deceased to Tunis NEWKIRK of the County of Bullitt and State of Kentucky. Witnesseth that the said Elizabeth, Hector and Nimrod for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to them in hand paid Hath granted bargained and sold a certain tract or parcel lf land lying and being in the County of Bullitt, State of Kentucky containing seven hundred and thirteen and one half acres... bounded by David LEITCHS line.(signed) Elizabeth MOOR Hector W. MOORE Nimrod H. MOORE In the presence of C. ROBSON, H. W. MOORE

 

On 18 Feb 1773 when James Francis was 21, he first married Ann Standiford, daughter of William Standiford & Elizabeth Hutchens, in Baltimore Co., MD. Ann died bef 1784, more than likely in Kentucky, perhaps in child birth with her only child, Elizabeth.

They had ONE child before Ann died.  (note, I descend from two of James Francis Moore's children, one through each wife, Betsy below is the only known child of Ann Standiford and James Francis.)

 

 

After Ann died, James Francis Moore married second to Elizabeth Wright Higgins and had:  (most birth years are guessed at by census records, etc.)

 

 

Kimbo Hill, 13 November no year.   Lyman C.  Draper:   Dear Sir:   on Monday last, I received a book (by mail) the sixth volume "Wisconsin Historical Collections", presented by L.  C.  D.  And on examination, I discovered they were the initials of your name, and determined to write you, acknowledging the reception of the book, and cordially thanking you for a present so valuable to me.   Today I received your letter of the fourth instant, reminding me that upwards of three years ago, I have received a communication from you, asking of me my knowledge and recollection of Col. James Francis Moore.  The reason I did not reply to that letter is this: I do not believe I know anything of Col. Moore that would be of any advantage to you, and blank, and left my mind.   I am now an old man now, older than Col. Moore was at the time of his death - but my recollection of him is as distinct as the events of yesterday.  I knew him as a child would know an old man.  Where or when he was born.  I do not know.  I never heard of, or if I did, it is now forgotten.  When I knew him, he lived on the South side of Jefferson County, Kentucky.  He was the father of 12 children, 8 boys and four girls, all of whom survived him, and arrived at the years of maturity.   I know they are all dead now, but one, the youngest, named Joseph Hamilton Davis Moore.  I had not heard of him in 35 or 40 years.  When I last heard from him.  He was a Methodist preacher and the state of Missouri.  I have no source of information as to the life of Col. James Francis Moore from any of his family.  I do not know any descendants, I know of no papers, or records which I can appeal to for any information.  I know he was a rectitude soldiers, and that he was an officer under Gen. George Rogers Clark in his campaign.  In 1777 and was at the capture of Kankakee and Vincennes, but what his rank was in the Army I do not know.  When I knew him he was a salt maker in Mann’s Lick, Jefferson County.  He was a man of wealth, lives in a fine house and owned a large body of land, and a great many number of slaves.  His house was the resort of the first men and women of the state.  I have seen.  General Clark, Joseph H.  Davis, Gov.??  Oh Greenup?  And family, and many other prominent people at his house.  In fact, Col. Moore ranked among the first men of the state of Kentucky.  He was elected to the Kentucky Senate, and died in Frankfurt Kentucky in the ?  Space of 1807-8, and was buried there.   In person Col. Moore was rather below the average height and of strong and robust form.  His face indicated great intelligence, a ? 's resolute purpose and an indomitable will.  He was sincere, just and honorable in all dealings with men; Frank, kind brave and magnanimous.  His right eye, was what is called "cocked", that is, it appeared to always be looking upward.   This is all, and at your service, but I cannot withhold the explanation of regret that I am not able to be of more service to you and doubt you will come to the same conclusion that I did, that it is unworthy of place in the life of Gen. George Rogers Clark with many thanks to you for the book you had the knowledge to send me and with much??  Your?  Of biographies in which I pray for your?   I remain in your humble servant Thomas W Riley.   Note at end says: my post office is mount ?    James Francis Moore had a daughter, who married Jesse Pendergrass.  I forgot to mention her in the letter.  That made number of his children 13.  I never knew her.  She died before I was born.  She left two sons and a daughter.  One son was Commodore Pendergrast who married a daughter of, door there and.  The other some was an eminent position.  Daughter married Dr. Samuel Quartermous.  They are all deceased.   I send you by mail.  A pamphlet containing a notion of the life of Col. Henry Chris which I wrote for Collins history of Kentucky some 25 years ago.  It is published in that work under the chapter of Bullitt County, but there were so many mistakes at the printer in it, that in 1867/68 when the Kentucky legislature passed a resolution to reenter his bones to the state cemetery in Frankfurt, I was I was applied to 4/8 court copy which I gave you.  The printer of the copy I send you, called it the autobiography.  I have ?  After his bones were disinterred and brought to Frankfurt and are buried there in the state cemetery.   The book you sent me has revived my love of frontier scenes.  My father moved to the Indiana territory in 1814, then I was 14 years old.  He settled in the extreme west end of Washington County near wherein the town of Livonia now stands.  Ours was a frontier cabin, but one home between us and the incisions, M1 but between us and Clarksville.  ??  New sentence scratch that.   This country settled up rapidly and is now ranks among the oldest states.  New Alberni and Salem were not then thought of.  I slept on the ground now occupied by new Alberni when there was not the print of a human foot for the score of a Tomahawk in the dense branch forest.  The country overflowed with game, dear, bears, turkeys in a few else to and through the forest.  I have seen my father shoot deer from his cabin window.  I have not yet, and never will??  My love of frontier life.  Hence the value of your book to me.  Riley From the book: descendents of Richard and Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbot of Poplar River, page 67,Anne Arundel County, Maryland.   Dr. B. R. Rigidly, gives in substance, the following account of the Wilmot family: our knowledge of the Wilmot begins with the brothers Robert and John.  Indeed, they were not the immigrants.  We had some years ago a number of papers in regard to this family, and now we know little of them except what may be found in public records.  They were of English descent lived in Baltimore County several miles north of Towson, and owned a considerable amount of land in that section.  Some of the tracts were named as follows: Part of Roberts Forest, 100 acres; Rachel's Prospect, 60 acres; Litchfield City; Jeopardy, hundred and 20 acres; Snake's Den; a lot in Westminster Town; part of Manor; part of Weller; Rogers Rood; Hoge Norlen; Parishes Range; Moore's Park, 500 acres; Roberts lot; Williams, lot; Wilmots choice; Wilmots desire; Wilmots Bali; Wilmots Meadows; Wilmots; Wilmots lot; Wilmots neglect; Wilmots paradise; Wilmots purchase, and Wilmots range.  About 1790, the most of, the family moved to Kentucky.  Robert Wilmot the earliest of the name to be found at the record offers at Baltimore, in 1686 purchased of Charles Gorsuch a part of a tract called Weller, containing 100 acres.  His brother John's name comes next.  His will is dated 24.  October, 1719; offered for probate to scratch that 2 December, 1719; renounced by the widow, 12, December 1719; account past 4 May, 1722.  He married Jane unknown, and they had issue: a daughter, who married John Asman; John, Junior.,  Who married about 1710, to Rachel unknown and they had nine children: room two married 26.  October 1729 Thomas Franklin; John III, who died March 1783; constant, Mary William Cromwell; Diana, who Mary William Towson, Robert (of whom are presently); and, who married unknown Jones; Rachel; Hannah, who married James Moore, Junior.,  And Richard.  He left his property to his children by will.  Probated March, 1748.  John Wilmot the third Mary Aberilla unknown, and had issue: John; Rachel, who married Eli Jeff Bosley Hannah, who married Eliza Bosley Elizabeth, who married unknown Thompson; Mary, and Sarah.  Robert, son of John and Rachel Wilmot, married 15 December 1748, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah (Rogers) Mary man.  He died 12 October 1773.  They had issue: John, married Hannah Wheeler, third of January 1788; William a soldier in the Revolutionary war; Robert; Sarah, Mary 24 August 1777, Benjamin Talbot; Elinor, married unknown Bolan; Benjamin, died unmarried; Mary, Mary Thomas Giddings. Dr. B. R. Rigidly rights seven.  March, 1904; "my grandfather was a captain of militia during the latter part of the war, as I know from having seen frequently among the old papers list of the names of his officers and men."  "Benjamin Talbot was appointed to make a list (a copy of which I now have) of the householders, with the number of their slaves and white servants in Black River upper hundred, and, also of those Middle River upper hundred.  Barrett's Delight was contained in the former.  Benjamin Talbot was appointed on various commissions and served as judge of election for more than 30 years."

 

Notes:  The will of Benjamin SHAKLEFORD Written 4/10/1838 Recorded 12/5/1838 Jefferson Co. KY Will Book 3 page 166 Mentions: Wife: Nancy Shakleford Brothers: Richard, Roderick, George Shakleford Sisters: Elizabeth Clark, Frances Clark Witnesses: Elizabeth and Jesse Pendergrass (Elizabeth Pendergrass is Elizabeth Moore, daughter of James Francis Moore by his first marriage to Ann Standiford.) Will of James Francis Moore dated 7/18/1807 recorded 1/8/1810 Jefferson Co., KY Will Book 1 page 228 Mentions: Wife:  Elizabeth (Higgins) Daughter (from first marriage):  Elizabeth Moore m. Jesse Pendergast Daughter:  Cassandra Moore m. Robert Miller (Note:  John Gay Moore also had a daughter named Cassandra who married William K. Miller) Daughter:  Zeruiah Moore m. John Jones Son:  Hector Moore Son:  Nimrod Moore My note:  Hector Moore is listed in the 1820 Jefferson co., KY census with three persons in his household, two adults and a young child, they are living next door to Robert Miller and Cassandra Moore Miller, (his sister).   Will of Elizabeth (Higgins) Moore dated 2/12/1833 recorded 4/7/1834 Jefferson Co., KY Will Book 3 page 10 - Widow of James F. Moore Mentions: Son:  Joseph Moore Son:  Robert K. Moore Son:  James F. Moore Will of Robert K. Moore dated 3/24/1838 recorded 9/3/1838 Jefferson Co., KY Will Book 3 page 160 Mentions: Brother:  James F. Moore Sister:  Cassandra Miller Brother:  Hiram Moore Brother:  Joseph H. D. Moore (Joseph Hamilton David Moore) Nephew:  Robert K. Moore Peter Higgins m. Maria W. Moore, father James Moore deceased, 8/28/1819.  I believe, at the moment, that this Peter Higgins was the son of Gideon W. Higgins who remained in Mercer Co., KY where his will is recorded. Harrow D. Moore m. Rebecca Burge, father deceased 4/26/1820, who is this? Francis A. Moore m. Sarah Ferguson, father David Ferguson 5/9/1820.  Francis might be a son of John Gay Moore, brother of James Francis Moore. George W. Moore m. Mary C. Shively, father Philip Shively, guardian William Shively 7/12/1823.  George died sometime before _____ when  Mary remarried to Samuel Albert, a widower.  George is buried in the Miller/Alsop Cemetery in Jefferson Co., KY.   The Statutes of KY Law; James Francis created a town on his land; New Town.

 

Form the History of Bullitt County:    "On the morning of August 12, 1784, Walker Daniel, first attorney general of Kentucky, left Sullivan's Old Station for the Saltworks at Bullitt's Lick, in company with George Keightley, a merchant from Ireland, and William Johnston, clerk of the Jefferson County Court.   "The party stopped for a while at Colonel Moore's cabin near the Fishpools. While there they met several people coming from the Saltworks who reported they had seen no Indian sign along the way. So Walker Daniel and his companions continued.   "As they reached the branch of Brooks Run, they were suddenly fired on from ambush. Walker Daniel and George Keightley were killed instantly. Johnston was wounded. However, he managed to reach Joseph Brooks' house about a mile farther along the trail. Nearby settlers sallied forth and recovered the bodies which were taken to the Saltworks and buried the following day."