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The following was written by a Moore descendant:
"William came to America with 8 brothers when he was 15. They were Prisoners of War thru Antrim, Ireland and were indentured to pay for war debts. After they had their indentures paid, they remained in NC and took land grants. The father of William Hamilton Moore was Captain William Moore, also born in Ireland. he was also an Indian fighter and an ex-prisoner."
"William is said to be the first European settlers in Buncombe County, NC to live west of the French Broad River. They built their home on Hominy Creek, near the present day BASF plant, (earlier name was Enka Plant). Also in this immediate neighborhood lived the Joshua Jones and John Penland families."
"William married Ann Cathey who had been widowed twice, and her sister married General Griffith Rutherford. Rutherford County, NC is named for him.William married second, Margaret Patton, who was 20 years younger than himself. She was a Nanny to his children by Ann Cathey. She had several children by William."
"William served in the Revolutionary War as Captain of Rowan County Militia. He was involved in several expeditions against the Indians in Western NC. Served under General Randolph, his brother-in-law. Pension application S-183 and DAR service record 114, 327. It is thought that William came to America when he was 15 years old in 1739. His mother is thought to have come to America two years or more later with William's youngest brother. [Jacob Moore, b. 1730 in Delaware - Moore-14927 . It is believed that his father and grandfather [sic: his father Moore-15166 died in America in 1740; his grandfather died in Ireland] died fighting the Irish War between the Catholics and Protestants. William came to America with eight brothers."
"William sent a slave family ahead to prepare his Buncombe County home. A historical marker was erected on Sand Hill Road in Candler, NC by the Daughters of American Colonists that reads:
"Many researchers assign William with the middle name "Hamilton". No records have been found which would varify that he ever used a middle name or initial." William's mother's maiden name was Hamilton and his grandfather was James Hamilton; it was customary in Protestant gentry families to add the mother's maiden name to a child as a middle name, "to preserve the heritage" but this might not have been on a birth certificate (has one been found?). [2]
The Pension no. doesn't appear in the databases.He was born about 1725 in Ulster, Ireland. William Moore married on 12 Sep 1763 in Granville County, North Carolina to Susannah Nichols (1745-1824). In 1776 he served as a Captain in the Company of Light Horse, under the command of General Rutherford. [3]
DAR records indicate that Captain Moore served as an assessor, a member of the Grand Jury, and a Justice of the Peace. [4] [5]
He was killed in a Cherokee Indian fight on 11 Nov 1812 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA.
"Captain William Moore was from Ulster county, Ireland, and was the first white man to settle west of the Blue Ridge in Buncombe [modern day North Carolina]. He was with his brother-in-law, Griffith Rutherford when that officer came through Buncombe in 1776 on his way to punish the Cherokees, and was struck with the beauty and fertility of the spot on which he afterwards settled, six and a half miles west of Asheville." [6]
DAR records indicate he was twice married. The name of his first wife is not given. His second wife was Margaret Patton.
Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his children...
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I wonder if there has been a mistake of confusing 2 different men with similar names. Because this profile was born about 1725 and would have been too old at 86 to fight in an Indian War where he was supposed to have died.
And from https://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/Western_North_Carolina_a_History_J_P_Arthur_1914.pdf