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William Hamilton Moore (abt. 1725 - 1812)

Captain William Hamilton Moore
Born about in Ulster, Irelandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of
Husband of — married 1760 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 4 Aug 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 87 in Hominy Creek, Buncombe, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 23 Sep 2010
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Biography

William Hamilton Moore
1776 Project
Captain William Moore served with North Carolina during the American Revolution.

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."

Revolutionary Service

"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:

"Home place of Captain William H. Moore. Here on land grant #1031, granted in 1786, he erected the first blockhouse-fort of white settlers west of the Blue Ridge. Captain Moore and his troops camped here when on an expedition against Cherokee Indians."

"The marker was erected by William's great, great, great grandson, Daniel Killian Moore, who served as Govenor of North Carolina from 1965-1969." [1]

Research Note by Robert Bain

"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.
1776 Project
Captain William Moore served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Moore is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A080015.

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.

Excerpt

"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]

Research Notes

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...

- Charles Augustus Moore m: Margaret Penland;
- William H. Moore m: Anna Cathey;
- Alice Moore m: John Penland;
- Charity Moore m: Jesse Ballew;
- Margaret Moore m: Benjamin Tutt.

Sources

  1. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=681990&id=I10324 - from the "Wheeler, Penland and Their Roots" family tree. Ref: "Pension Application S-183," and #DAR
  2. Added by Chet Snow, October 23, 2014.
  3. DAR Patriot A080015
  4. Colonial Records of North Carolina by Saunders; v10 p895-898
  5. Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1775-1789 by Linn; p36-37
  6. Western North Carolina: A History (from 1730-1913) by John Preston Arthur, published by the Edward Buncombe Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of Asheville, NC; Edwards & Broughton Publishing Company 1914; p99
  • "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-J6F : accessed 16 July 2018), William Moore, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 178, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
  • "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-D9N : accessed 16 July 2018), William Moore, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 276, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 337,912.
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #31846359 William Moore, 1812; Burial, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States of America, Moore Family Cemetery

See also:

  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Nov 14, 2017), "Record of William Moore", Ancestor # A080015.
  • Biography of William Moore, excellent biographical sketch of Captain Wm H. Moore and his exploits in NC before and during the American Revolution.
  • Narrative of William Moore, has excellent narrative about William Moore and his family, from Northern Ireland to America.
  • Genealogy Link




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Moore-15352 and Moore-1145 are not ready to be merged because: Both use the same DAR Ancestor as their source. Correct parents need further research.
posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Before the merge the death date was 1781 and after the merge the death date is 1812. And another merge has been proposed with another man who also died in 1812.

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.

posted on Moore-16024 (merged) by N Gauthier
Nichols-16635 and Moore-16024 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same daughter & same son-in-law. One profile has mistakenly added his wife's maiden surname of Nichols.
posted on Moore-16024 (merged) by N Gauthier
Same as Moore-15352 ? - there are no sources there....
posted by Beryl Meehan
Thanks for completing the merge of Moore-12634 and Moore-1145.