MARYLAND RECORDS DORCHESTER COUNTY

(A) December 15, 1742; (B) James Demmit; (C) 200; (D) Arthur Croskery; (E) 2-0-0; (F) 4-0-0; (Fines due) 4-0-0; (L) Ja=. Demmit, Athaliah Demmit & EHz: Demmit; (M) James 60, Atha Hah 29, Eliz: 27.  Gone to Carolina,  i year. 376

MARYLAND RECORDS— KILTY'S Lx'WVS

Moore, Lieut. Nicholas R. Passed Mch. 4, 1834 — No. 36. Treas. Western Shore pay to Sarah Moore (widow of Nicholas R. Moore), of Baltimore county, during life, quarterly, half pay of a Lieut., for the services rendered by her husband during the rev. war.

Moore, Capt. Nicholas R. Passed Feb. 7, 1840 — No. 6. Treas. Western shore pay to Sarah Moore, widow of Nicholas R. Moore, of Baltimore city, during life, quarterly, commencing Jan. i, 1840, a sum equal to the half pay of a captain of cavalry, in lieu of half pay of a lieut, heretofore granted, in consideration of the services rendered by the husband during the rev. war.

I believe Sarah and Simeon belong to Hannah Wilmot?

The "Harrod Family" seems to indicate that she moved to Fredrick County, Virginia (from which Berkeley County was formed) after her husband's death.  Many of her younger children married in that locality. There were Moore's in that area, including her brother Simeon Moore, until 1767 when he moved to Muddy Creek region in present Green County, Pennsylvania.

These families lived across the Potomac from Frederick County, Maryland. "Harod Family" p. 116, has a statment from the Grandson of James Moore, Sr. to indicate his family was related to Col. James Harrod of Harrodsburg. The area Sarah moved to is near Shepherdstown. in an area of Virginia which became Berkeley County (formed from Frederick County, Virginia), Was Virginia, very close to Frederick County, Maryland and Bedford (or Cumberland) County, Pennsylvania.

Daughter Eleanor married a man from Frederick County, Maryland and lived in Frederick County, Virginia. Rachel married and lived in Berkeley County, Virginia; Elizabeth married a man from Frederick County, Maryland and John Harrod, Jr. married a girl probably from Shepardstown, Virginia and lived in Berkeley County, Virginia before moving to Little Cove, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

The nearest fort was on the Maryland side, so John and William Harwood are on the Roll of Captain Jos. Chapline's Company in Frederick County, Maryland in 1753 while William was living in Little Cove, just over the line in Pennsylvania.  Late some of Sarah's children moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania and she may have gone with them. Son James was in Springhill Township in 1772.

ii Simeon MOORE b: ? in Baltimore Co., MD, by first marriage of Frances Ruxton.

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.

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 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.

They had the following children; surname Chenoweth:

i. Elizabeth. Born on 8 Apr 1768 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. Elizabeth died aft 1841, she was 72. On 17 Nov 1791 when Elizabeth was 23, she married Nathan Switzer, in Botetourt Co., VA. Born in 1753. Nathan died in 1841, he was 88.

ii. Nicholas Ruxton. Born on 12 Dec 1769 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. Nicholas Ruxton died in Franklin (now Williamson) Co., IL in 1837, he was 67. Nicholas Ruxton married Mary Switzer. Born in 1764.

iii. Mary. Born on 8 Sep 1772 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. On 11 Nov 1798 when Mary was 26, she married William Welch, in Bourbon Co., KY. iv. James Francis. Born in 1774 in Baltimore Co., Maryland.

iv James Francis Moore (1751-1809) - our line, more below.

v Nicholas Ruxton Moore (1756-1816) - Nicholas Ruxton Moore. Born on 21 Jul 1756 in Baltimore Co., MD. Nicholas Ruxton died in Baltimore, MD on 7 Oct 1816, he was 60. On 21 Jul 1779 when Nicholas Ruxton was 23, he first married Elizabeth Orrick, in Maryland. Born on 1 Apr 1758 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. Elizabeth died in Maryland on 28 Nov 1784, she was 26. On 25 Dec 1793 when Nicholas Ruxton was 37, he second married Sarah Kelso, in Baltimore Co., MD.

They had the following children:i. Rebecca. Born on 23 Oct 1794; ii. Gay. Born on 16 May 1801.

He served as 2nd Lieutenant of Fulford's Company Maryland Cannoneers, March 1776; Lieutenant 4th Continental Dragoons, 2 Feb 1777; Captain, 15 Mar 1778; resign d 31 Dec 1778; Captain Maryland Cavalry Militia in 1781 ("Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution," Franci B. Heitman, Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: The Rare Book Shop Pub. Co., 1914, p 399). There are two letters from Nicholas Ruxton Moore preserved among George Washington's papers at the Library of Congress. The first is dated 14 Aug 1777: "May it please your Excellency: When I entered into Col. Moylan's Reg' of Horse I was led to believe by his promise (which he says your Excellency authorised him to make) that I should have the rank and pay of a Captain of Fot, nor did I hear anything to the contrary untill (sic) some time after I had joined the Reg't, when I found that I have neither. I then appealed (?) to Col. Moylan for redress but could not obtain it.

It is with the greatest reluctance that I think of leaving the service, but to think of serving in a station inferior to what I formerly might have held, your Excellency will easily conceive I cannot with honor do. I must therefore beg your Excellency's permission to resign and am forever your Excellency's most obt. hbl. svt., N. Ruxton Moore." The second letter is dated Baltimore, 20 Dec 1778: "Sir, It is with the greatest reluctance I must address your Excellency on a subject which to me is exceedingly disagreeable, that of quitting the Army. Two years have now elapsed since I had the honor of serving in the Army during which time, having o person to take care of my business, I find it in such a poor and confused situation that was I to gratify my inclination by s erving only one campaign more, it would be making a sacrifice of almost (sic) everything I have in the would. Your Excellency will readily conceive my uneasiness on this occasion when I do assure you upon my honor it is with the greatest regret that I shall leave the service. My commission as Captain of MD I should have inclosed but I have not received it -- as a state of suspense is most disagreeable. I must beg the favor of your Excellency to forward your permission for my resignation as conveniently possible -- while I remain your Excellency's most obt. hbl. set. -- Nich. Ruxton Moore."

Washington's response was written by James McHenry and dated Headquarters, Middlebrook, 27 Mar 1779: "Dear Sir, Your letter to his Excellency of the 20th December came to hand the 25th instant. The General desires to express his unwillingness to loose (sic) an officer who has given proof of zeal and ability during the time of his service. But as you have taken the resolution to leave the army, his Excellency cannot withhold his permission. It will be necessary, however, that you should transmit a certificate of your having no accounts unsettled in the Regiment or with the public previous to its acceptance. I wish you much honor and reputation in your new pursuit -- and am, Dear Sir, Yours very sincerely, James McHenry."

Edward E. Steine published an article titled "Nicholas Ruxton Moore: Soldier, Farmer and Politician," in the Maryland Historical Magazine, no. 73 (December 1978), pp. 375 388.

History of the Area Ruxton was first settled in 1699 when Thomas Hooker built a home on a 500 acre tract granted to him five years earlier. A dwelling on the property, sometimes called Carr's Pleasure, stands today on the eastern side of Bellona Avenue near the center of the community. The area remained sparsely settled for nearly two centuries. In the 1880s the building of a railroad created a link to the city of Baltimore. The year round and summer population grew. By then, the community had a name--Ruxton--after Nicholas Ruxton Moore, a Revolutionary War officer and former resident. The actual origin of the Riderwood community's name is unclear. It is most likely in honor of the Rider family, who were local residents. Formerly known as Sherwood, after an estate in the area, the name was changed in 1913. The reason was that Sherwood was also the name of a whiskey and thus considered unsuitable during the prohibition era. Lake Roland was formed by the consolidation of three major streams -- the Jones Falls, Roland Run, and the Towson Run -- in the late 1850s to create a new water supply for the city of Baltimore. It quickly became an important focal point -- providing a place to sail in the summer and to skate in the winter.

Although the lake has become smaller as it has filled with silt, its importance remains. Situated in a 500 acre park, it has become a haven for wildlife as well as a picnic and recreational area. Not all of the land in the Ruxton-Riderwood-Lake Roland area was used exclusively for residential and agricultural purposes. Probably the earliest manufacturing site was the Bellona Powder Supply. Named for an obscure Greek goddess, it provided 20 percent of the nation's gunpowder during the War of 1812 and remained in operation until an explosion destroyed the facility in 1860. This site is mostly submerged on the southern side of Lake Roland. Bare Hills, a community located along Falls Road at the southern end of the area, was founded in the early 1800s by Issac Tyson, Jr. Here he developed the first chromite mine in the United States and went on to hold a monopoly on this mineral for the next five decades. Copper and serpentine were mined in this location during the nineteenth century. T

Today this neighborhood, which sits on both sides of a former toll road, is distinguished by its collection of Rural Gothic Revival homes. On the northwestern edge of the community is another historic area. Located at the convergence of the Jones Falls and the Slaughterhouse Branch, Rockland was established by the Johnson family. They constructed a grist mill and an impressive row of stone buildings to house their workers in the early 1800s. Later calico printing was the major economic activity here. Today only a few remnants of the bleach and dye works exist a short distance to the south of the stone buildings. The Johnson family still owns property here, and the remaining structures have been renovated primarily for residential use.

vi Eleanor Moore - Born on 14 May 1759 in Maryland.

vii John Gay Moore - Born on 8 Mar 1761 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. On 3 Aug 1786 when John Gay was 25, he married Averilla Allender, in Baltimore Co., MD. John ended up in Louisville, Jefferson County KY with his brother, James Francis.

Averilla ALLENDER m. John Gay MOORE 8/5/1786 Baltimore MD. Daughter Elizabeth Moore b. 8/18/1787 m. Joseph STEPHENS.

Third Generation 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.

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 a dopted 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.

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

My note: Hector Moore is listed in the 1810 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 To my way of thinking, we have quite a few more children for James Francis Moore than previously noted. From the first marriage, there is Elizabeth. From the second marriage, there is Cassandra, James Francis, Jr., Robert K., Joseph Hamilton David, Nimrod, Jeruiah, Hector, Hiram.

children of James Francis Moore based upon wills are: Elizabeth m. Jesse Pendergast ,Cassandra Moore m. Robert Miller (not to be confused with John Gay Moore's daughter Cassandra Moore who married William K. Miller) Zeruiah Moore m. John Jones, Hector Moore m. Elizabeth N. Luckett, mother Molly A. Luckett ,Nimrod Moore, Hiram W. Moore, Joseph Hamilton David Moore James Francis Moore Jr. There are a few other Moore's that pop up that may tie into this family as well: Peter Higgins m. Maria W. Moore, father James Moore deceased, 8/28/1819 (since James Francis Moore's second wife was Elizabeth Higgins, this seems really likely to be a daughter.) 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 George W. Moore m. Mary C. Shively, father Philip Shively, guardian William Shively 7/12/1823

Some Records on James Moore: 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.) 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), s ervant 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.

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. 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.)

Elizabeth "Betsy" Moore; who married Jessie Elliott Pendergrast -

After Ann died, James Francis Moore married second to Elizabeth Higgins; where he met here or where they married is unclear.  There is an early record in either Fayette, VA or Jefferson, VA that said James was being charged with 'living in sin' or some such thing, I can't find the record now.  I'm sure this is why he sttes in his will that he and Elizabeth are legally married.

Elizabeth Higgins and James F. Moore had:

Robert Kearney Moore, born circa 1781? Robert has a will recorded in Jefferson Co., KY, Will book 3, pg. 160, recorded 3 Sept. 1838. he will lists his sister as Cassandra Miller (our line), brothers: James F. Moore, Hiram W. Moore, Joseph H. D. Moore, Nephew: Robert K. Moore, Wit: Solomon Neil, James Green. Robert K. Moore is a Witness to Patty Merewether's will in 1801, wife of William Meriwether, Sr. There were two Robert K. Moore's in Louisville, KY very early on, one was the son of James Francis Moore. The other I've determined was his cousin. If they were first cousins, then their father's would be brothers, I am unsure of the exact relationship.

The ancestry of this other Robert Kearney Moore is reported on the Internet to be one William Moore, who was once governor of Pennsylvania. This William's father was a Robert Moore who married Sarah or Susanna Kearney. In some of George Rogers Clark letters or his son John Clark, his name is mentioned (this second Robert K. Moore) as being a cousin of James Francis Moore. This source also indicated that there were land transactions between the too, also indicating some 'relationship'. This second Robert K. Moore, as I will call him, who descends from the Governor, William Moore was involved with Michael Lacassagne, who was a wealthy French man. There are papers at the Filson Historical Society that show this Robert K. Moore was married to someone of not?

386. Lacassagne, Michael, -1797. Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1788. C\L. 3 items. Early French settler in Louisville. Letters to John Holker in Philadelphia regarding his management of Holker's affairs, especially lands in the Illinois grant, and trouble with a Mr. Jones; his actions in disposing of Mr. Tardiveau's beaver furs; his intention to take up farming if he cannot continue as a trader; and his request that French hanging paper be purchased for him.

83. Moore-Ewing family. Papers 1785-1879. A\M821. .33 cu. ft. The papers consist of receipts and statements, 1785-1799, surviving from the records of Michael Lacassagne, Louisville businessman and partner of Robert Karney Moore, w ho served as an executor of Lacassagne's estate. Also included are papers concerning the settlement of the estate of Marie Ann Sophie de Barbe-Marbois Lebrun, Duchess of Plaisance, who died in 1854. The Duchess' estate descended to her maternal heirs; legal papers consisting of several depositions taken in Louisville in the mid 1850's providing details on the Moore family; the will of Robert K. Moore; and miscellaneous papers about the payment of the proceeds of the estate to various heirs. Adams, Mathew, b. 1780. Barbe-Marbois, Elizabeth Moore de, 1764-1834.

Barbe-Marbois, Francois, marquis de, 1745-1837. Bullock, William Fontaine, 1807-1889. Croghan, William, 1752-1823. Ewing, Sarah Lloyd Moore, d. 1833. Ewing, Urban Epenetus, 1800-1874. Funk, Joseph, b. 1780. Gibson, Thomas Ware, 1815-1876. Greenup, Christopher, ca. 1750-1818. Knight, Joseph W., fl. 1806-1855. Lacassagne, Michael, d. 1797. Marders, Nathan, b. 1772. Moore, James Francis, d. 1809. Moore, Robert Karney, d. 1807. Pirtle, Henry, 1798-1880. Plaisance, Charles Francois Paul Lebrun, duke de, d. 1859. Plaisance, Sophie de Marbois, duchesse de, 1785-1854. Robb, Henry, fl. 1784-1855. Short, Peyton, 1761-1825. Thomason, William Poindexter, 1797-1882. Thompson, John, b. 1789. Tyler, Levi, b. 1789. Vigo, Francis, 1747-1836. Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825. Cabinetmakers-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- History-- 18th century. Merchants-- Kentucky-- Louisville-- Archives. Seals (Law)--

Kentucky-- History-- Sources. Ewing family. Moore family. The papers consist of receipts and statements, 1785-1799, surviving from the records of Michael Lacassagne, Louisville businessman and partner of Robert Karney Moore, who served as an executor of Lacassagne's estate. ] Also included are papers concerning the settlement of the estate of Marie Ann Sophie de Barbe-Marbois Lebrun, Duchess of Plaisance, who died in 1854. Her estate descended to her maternal heirs; legal papers consisting of several depositions taken in Louisville in the mid 1850's providing details on the Moore family; the will of Robert K. Moore; and miscellaneous papers about the payment of the proceeds of the estate to various heirs.

LACASSAGNE/MOORE CEMETERY BURIALS Jeffersonville Township, Clark County, Indiana This cemetery was located in the west half of Grant 4 on Utica Pike, about 1-1/2 miles east of the old city limits of Jeffersonville. (This would have been from Division Street, the western boundary of the old town of Port Fulton, then 1-1/2 miles east on Utica Pike.) Grants 2, 3 and 4 were owned by Michael Lacassagne, who willed 300 acres in Grant 2 and 500 acres in Grant 4 to Col. Robert K. Moore of Louisville. Lacassagne's will (probated in Jefferson County, Kentucky; proved November 8, 1797) created the cemetery and establishes Lacassagne as the first burial therein. Lacassange expressed his desire "to be buried at Richmond, provided I shall not die at such a distance too far away to render the removal of my body [im] practicable . . . and to have a small, well-built house of brick or stone erected over my grave." In about 1800, Col. and Mrs. Catherine Moore built a brick house in Grant 4, about 1-1/2 miles east of Jeffersonville. It was known as "Richmond". The house was thought in later years to be haunted.

Col. Robert K. Moore died in the spring or summer of 1808, as proved by the suit of Robert K. Moore v. Aaron Bowman, Minute Book of the Court of Common Pleas of Clark County, Indiana, on September 14, 1808. The suit was dropped due to the death of the Plaintiff [Col. Moore]. Also, there is further substantiation of the death of Col. Moore in that there are three articles in The Western Courier, published at Louisville, from November 9, 1814 to December 14, 1815, in which Catherine Moore advertises a farm to rent "in Richmond", just above Jeffersonville.

In those days, women did not own property unless they were widowed. Catherine Moore died before April 21, 1851, as her will was probated in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on that date. She was buried at Richmond, according to the article in The National Democrat, published at Jeffersonville, Indiana, on June 1, 1888, reproduced in the Lacassagne/Moore Cemetery records at the Jeffersonville Public Library. It is not known if any Moore children are interred here.

The heirs of Catherine Moore, who were mentioned in her will, were the Ewings, children of her daughter, Sarah R. L. Moore Ewing. One of these children married Robert B. Hopkins. Perhaps the present day Ewing and Hopkins Lanes are named for these descendants of Col. Robert and Catherine Moore. The above research compiled by Jeanne Burke of Charlestown, Indiana LACASSAGNE Michael b. ???Nov 1797 MOORE Col. Robert K. b. ???? d. Summer 1808 MOORE Catherine (wife of Robert Moore) April 21, 1851 I have no further information on this cemetery.

This index was obtained from the Jeffersonville Township Public Library, 211 East Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130, telephone: (812) 285-5635.

72. LACASSAGNE, Michael, of Louisville; July 9, 1796, Oct. 1797; 4,000 acres on Rear Ck., branch of Green River, 2,000 acres on Bacon Ck., 3 00 acres in Bourbon Co., which I authorize Eli Williams, of Hagerstown, Md., to sell; to Robt. K. Moore my two mulatto chil., in trust for use of Mrs. Eliz. McClelland, also two lots in Louisville; also to Robt. K. Moore, 600 acres in Ill. grant; 500 acres in Ill. grant to John Walker, Sr., if he should die, the government to use the land to educate children of poor parents ; to Jas. Beauvais, 200 acres in the Ill. grant; sis. J Jenny Lacassagne of Republic of France to have 500 acres in the Ill. grant; to Tas. Cox, of the Western Territory, 200 acres in the Ill. grant; a lso 200 acres in Ill. grant to Cornelius Beatty, of Lexington; Robt. K. Moore to have also house and lots in Louisville; mulatto chil. Lucy & Chas. to have freedom at age of 25; Chas. Clark (negro) 100 acres in the Ill. grant; to Stephen Ormsby, the watch which he gave me, library also; to Mrs. Eliz. McClelland, 50 lbs. All money after debts paid to go to Robt. K. Moore, Jas. Beauvais, John Thruston, my sister, and Ben Sebastian. Picture I now have of John Holkes, Sr., to be sent to him by my Exec.; directs that he be buried in Richmond (name of his estate there in Louisville, Clarksville), and a well-built brick house to be erected over his grave, if he does not die so far away from Richmond as to make it impossible. Execs: Stephen Ormsby, Robt. K. Moore, Cornelius Beatty, St. Jas. Beauvais, John Thruston, John Thompson, Ben Sebastain, Walter Warfield.

Cassandra Moore, born May 18, 1783, she marries Robert Miller, has dtr Dorthea Miller who marries James Pendergrast - also our line, more below.

Zeruiah Moore - Born on 17 Feb 1785 in Jefferson Co., KY. On 19 May 1803 when Jeruiah (or Zuriah) was 18, she married John Jones, son of Edward ]who was a School Master from Westmoreland Co., PA, as written in an early deed in Jefferson Co., KY. Had Daughter Caroline Jones who married Richard D. Neal. She was first married to one of the Alsops'. Hector Moore, born 1787? James Francis Moore, Jr., born 1791 Hiram W. Moore, born 1793, married a Miss Harris of Harrodsburg. Their daughter Nancy Harris Moore married Guilford Alsop, the, son of the Alsop family on Johnsontown Road or what was then Lower Pond Settlement. In 1876, John W. Knadler married Susan Alsop, the daughter of Nancy and Guilford. Hiram and Nancy are buried at the Miller Cemetery in the Lower Ponds Settlement. Hiram and his mother are living next door to each other in the 1820 Jefferson Town Census. Maria W. Moore, born 1795, married Peter Higgins probably a cousin. She died young, and I suspect it was in child birth with their first child. She is mentioned as being deceased in a civil case in her father's estate papers. John A. Moore, I know nothing about this John, he is mentioned in his mother's accounting of her husband's estate, but I can't find anything else on him.

Joseph Hamilton David Moore, born 1806; there is a marriage record between an H. D. Moore to a Martha A. Forman, they had Richard Moore, b. Nov 10, 1854. Jefferson Co., KY Marriage Records. I'm not certain this is our Moore. A man in his description in the Draper Manuscripts of the Moore f amily that he knew, thought that Joseph went to Missouri and was a preacher.

Nimrod Moore, born ? George W. Moore, born ? George died young and is buried in the Miller Cemetery.

Elizabeth "Betsy" MOORE was born circa 1779. On 24 Apr 1797 Elizabeth "Betsy" married Jesse Elliott PENDERGRAST, son of Garrett PENDERGRAST & Margaret America ELLIOTT. Born abt 1765 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky. Betsy died on April 2, 1850 in Louisville, KY. She is buried at Fish Pool Plantation. Jesse died several years before her in 1813 at about 43 yrs old.

Betsy Moore and Jesse Jesse Pendergrast had the following children: i Austin Pendergrast iiJohn Baxter Pendergrast (I would suspect he was named after the John Baxter who Ann married). iii Elizabeth Pendergrast, married Theodore Young iv Ann Elizabeth Pendergrast, born about 1798, married John M. Baxter first and second to Samuel Martin Quartermous. v James Francis Pendergrast, MD, our line, was born 1800, married Dorthea Miller, his first cousin (1/2). James' mother, Elizabeth, and Cassandra Moore Miller, Dorthea's mother, were half sisters. vi Garrett Jesse Pendergrast, MD born 1803-1862   Fifth Generation (I descend from two of James Francis Moore's children)   Cassandra Moore was the daughter of James Francis Moore and his second wife, Elizabeth Higgins. She married Robert Miller and had the following children:  

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