William Moore (1749 - 1841)

Born 1749 in Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (McClung) Moore — married 8 Feb 1779 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1841 at about age 92 in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

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William Moore is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A080067.

Biography

Annals of Augusta County,: Virginia, with Reminiscences Illustrative of the ... By Joseph Addison Waddell

The wife of Capt Moore was Nancy McClung and his children were

1. John (b 1771),
2. David,
3. Eliab,
4. Jane,
5. Isabella (b Dec 1787) m Moses Mccown
6. Nancy Rebecca (b 27 Mar 1791) . m Robert Harvey
7. Samuel W (b Feb 1796) m Nancy Jane B Huff
8. Elizabeth (b 1802) m John McClung

...

William Moore was born about the year 1748, at Cannicello, now in Rockbridge county, and received a plain education at schools in the neighborhood. From his boyhood he was remarkable for his temperate habits, intrepidity, and great physical strength. At times, when the country was in a state of alarm on account of the Indians, he would take solitary excursions and remain out all night by himself. In 1774, he participated in the battle of Point Pleasant. During the action, John Steele was wounded and about to be scalped, when Moore interposed, shooting one Indian and knocking down another with his rifle. He then shouldered Steele, who was a very large and heavy man, and after laying hint down in a safe place nearly two miles off, returned to the fight. Steele was accustomed to say, "There was no other man in the army who could have done it, if he would ; and no other who would have done it, if he could." Moore is believed to have been in the military service during the whole war of the Revolution, and at the surrender of Cornwallis, he held the rank of captain.

After the war, Captain Moore settled in Lexington as a merchant. It is said that he brought to that town the first sack of coffee ever seen there. Like most enterprising men, however, he was "in advance of his age." His customers were not acquainted with coffee, and it remained unsold till some Pennsylvanians arrived and purchased it. The people of Lexington and vicinity were quicker to learn the use of tea. As explained by an old lady living there, her husband "drank the broth," and she "ate tne greens."

After merchandising in Lexington, Captain Moore had an iron furnace on South River, Rockbridge, and then lived near Fairfield. For many years he was a justice of the peace, and was high sheriff for two terms. He died in Lexington in 1841, aged ninety-three.

Fact: Burial Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery , Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA

Ancestor #: A080067

MOORE, WILLIAM

Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN

Birth: 1748 AUGUSTA CO VIRGINIA

Death: 1841 LEXINGTON ROCKBRIDGE CO VIRGINIA

Pension Number: *S5787

Service Source: *S5787; LIB OF VA, ROCKBRIDGE CO, VA, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, 1782-1786, REEL #299

Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT UNDER CAPT SAMUEL WALLACE, COL JOHN BOWYER; COL SAMUEL LEWIS;

2) PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1783

Sources

• William Moore (1749-1842) on Find A Grave: Memorial #51308299 retrieved 21 November 2018
• Annals of Augusta County,: Virginia, with Reminiscences Illustrative of the ... By Joseph Addison Waddell