Margaret Ann (Moore) Wardlaw (abt. 1739 - bef. 1780)

Born about 1739 in Colony of Virginia

Wife of John Wardlaw Sr — married before 1760 in Abbeville, South Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1780 before about age 41 in Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Margaret “Peggy” Moore Wardlaw
Birth: 1739
Death: 1780 Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Greenville Presbyterian Church CemeteryDonalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA

According to FindAGrave memorial she is daughter of John Moore and Mary Ann Ellett. Her parents' are listed on her headstone at Greenville Presbyterian Church in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Entered by Geneadiva Mere.

Topher Sims provides her first name as Virginia rather than Margaret; so far, haven't seen that first name in the record, but will add here in case it is and I missed it.

Margaret's birth date is given as 1739 from Find-A-Grave, ^[1] and 1738 from the SAR Membership application.^[2]

She is the daughter of John Moore, who was born in Virginia circa 1735. Margaret's mother was Mary Ellet Moore. (but see Research Note on John Moore).

In 1759 she married John Wardlaw, Sr. The Wardlaws and the Moores were among the early Scots-Irish settlers to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, but by 1760 or so John Wardlaw and some of the Moores began to move to the Ninety-Six District area of South Carolina, parts of which later became Abbeville County.

The 'proof of lineage' is listed in the application papers for the Sons of the American Revolution, based on John Wardlaw's service in the war. In part, it states that John Wardlaw served under the command of 'the gallant Samuel Moore' , Margaret's brother.

Margaret (aka 'Peggy) died in 1780, and is buried at Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Her tombstone is pictured here.

Children:

John Wardlaw, Jr.

William C. Wardlaw

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23685722/margaret-wardlaw : accessed 28 August 2021), memorial page for Margaret “Peggy” Moore Wardlaw (1739–1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23685722, citing Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Shoals Junction, Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Barry Speer (contributor 46963653)
2. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• Ancestry.com. Genealogy of the Wardlaw family : with some account of other families with which it is connected [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Wardlaw, Jos. G.. Genealogy of the Wardlaw family : with some account of other families with which it is connected. United States: unknown, 1929. page 41

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Geneadiva Mere for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Geneadiva and others.

'Profile created by Topher Sims through the import of Carlie_s Family Tree.ged on Nov 23, 2017.