James Wellborn Moore (1827 - 1907)

Born 2 Feb 1827 in Taliaferro County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Chandler) Moore — married 31 Aug 1848 in Taliaferro County, Georgia

Husband of Mary Josephine (Culver) Moore — married 4 Oct 1852 in Hancock County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1907 at age 80 in Culverton, Hancock, Georgia, United States

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Biography

James Moore served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: March 4, 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 49th Georgia Infantry

James Wellborn Moore was born on February 2, 1827 in Taliaferro County, Georgia. He was the son of James W Moore and Sarah Hammack. He grew up in Taliaferro County, and married Frances Chandler on August 31, 1848. However, she died 8 months later. James left Taliaferro County, and settled in Hancock County. He next married Mary Josephine Culver on October 4, 1852 in Hancock County. They went on to have 8 children together.^[1]

James' Civil War service began on March 4, 1862 when he enlisted as a private in Company I, 49th Regiment Georgia Infantry. He was later promoted to a Captain of this regiment.

After the war, James was a successful planter, and owned a plantation with 1,500 acres of land. He also represented Hancock County in the state legislature and was also a sheriff and tax collector.

James died at his home in Culverton on March 9, 1907, at 80 years of age.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Knight, Thomas Daniel. Hammack Cousins: Hammack and Hammock Families in England and America, 1569-2010, Penobscot Press, 2011. (p. 562,605)
2. ↑ "Death of J.W. Moore". Augusta Chronicle, March 10, 1907, Section A, page 5.

• 1850 US Census: Division 78, Taliaferro County, Georgia, page 337B

• United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM6-VRB : 30 December 2015), James W Moore, 1860.

• 1870 US Census: District 111, Hancock, Georgia, page 442B

• United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GQ-KVW : 22 August 2017), James W Moore, District 111, Hancock, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 47, sheet 256A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0150; FHL microfilm 1,254,150.

• 1900 US Census: Culverton, Hancock, Georgia, page 18B

• Civil War Muster Roll

• Find A Grave Link

• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ2-HSC : 18 July 2016), James W. Moore and Mary Josephine Culver, 14 Oct 1852; citing Marriage, Hancock, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,074.

• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QK-6FQ3 : 7 February 2020), James W Moore and Frances T Chandler, 31 Aug 1848; citing Marriage, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 1,597,743.

• Memoirs of Georgia Volume I, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, 1895.

Acknowledgments

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