Jeremiah Moore (1746 - 1815)

Born 7 Jun 1746 in Prince William County, Virginia

Husband of Lydia French (Reno) Moore — married 1 Nov 1765 in Prince William County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1815 at age 68 in Fairfax County, Virginia

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Biography

Corporal Jeremiah Moore served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

Jeremiah Moore was a son of William Moore. It is generally believed his mother was Angelina French. No proof has been found to confirm this. Jeremiah married Lydia French Reno, daughter of Francis Renoe and Elizabeth Bayliss, on 01 Nov 1765 in Prince William County, Virginia. They had eleven known children.

Marriage

Husband: Jeremiah Moore

Wife: Lydia French Reno

Child: Jesse Moore

Child: Francis Moore

Child: John Moore

Child: Angeline French Moore

Child: Tabitha Moore

Child: Elizabeth French Moore

Child: Ammishaddai Moore

Child: William French Moore

Child: Margaret French Moore

Child: Elizabeth L. Moore

Child: Nancy P. Moore

Marriage:

Date: 1 November 1765

Place: Prince William County, Virginia

Military

American Revolution, Virginia Continenal Line^[1][2][3]

Politics

Elder Jeremiah Moore wrote to and received a reply from Thomas Jefferson on the topic of political freedom in 1800.^[4]

He wrote "An enquiry into the nature and propriety of ecclesiastical establishments," in a letter to Howard Griffith, to which was annexed a sermon, entitled "The Jerusalem which is above." The author objects to a proposal to use chaplains in Congress. The letter and sermon was printed by Warner & Hanna, Baltimore in 1810. 'Information regarding this may be viewed at the Library of Virginia.'

Will

Date: 1 August 1814

Place: Fairfax County, Virginia

Proved: 20 March 1815

Jeremiah M Smith vs Rachel F Smith etc.; Index #1855-002, Original Case #Cff83 I (Will of Jeremiah Moore pages 35-37.)

Obituary

The Alexandria Gazette

Alexandria, Virginia

25 February 1815; page 3

DIED, on the 23d instant, after a long illness, Jeremiah Moore, Senior, of Fairfax County, Va in the 69th year of his age. -- He has left behind him an aged widow, the companion of his youth, with nine children, to bemoan the loss of a kind husband and an affectionate father. The character of the deceased, is generally known in his own, and neighboring states. -- He was a laborious and faithful defender of the doctrines of the everlasting gospel -- nor did he more assert, and illustrate these in his writings and public di[s]courses, than he confirmed their heavenly origin, by a conduct according to Godliness. More than forty years he labored in the Vineyard of his Divine Master. He now is called home to receive his wages -- not of debt, but of grace. -- Grace, that theme which so many years employed his tongue, and rejoiced his heart.

The whole course of his public ministry proved that he was mindful of that divine injunction, "Buy the truth and sell it not." Many there are, who need not printed columns to revive in their minds a recollection of his labors -- many upon the fleshly tables of whose hearts his commendatory epistles are deeply written.

He signified to a familiar friend a few weeks before his death, that the time of his departure was at hand -- may we not add, that, "he has fought the good fight ; finished his course ; kept the faith."^[5]

Jeremiah Moore's Find A Grave Memorial #15108278

JEREMIAH / MOORE / VIRGINIA / CORP. VA. INF. / REV. WAR / FEBRUARY 23, 1815

Sources

1. ↑ #DAR
2. ↑ Sinks, John D., The Life and Times of Jeremiah Moore; Fairfax Resolve Chapter, Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution.
3. ↑ Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Series M881, Roll 1094. Washington, District of Columbia, National Archives and Records Administration.
4. ↑ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0036 To Thomas Jefferson from Jeremiah Moore, 12 July 1800. National Archives, Founders Online.
5. ↑ Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia; 25 February 1815; page 3.

• The William and Mary Quartlerly; Vol 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1933), pages 18-25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1922832
• Moore-Hunter Family Cemetery, Moore-Hunter Family Cemetery, 1000 Block, Tapawingo Road, SW, Vienna, Virginia. "MOORE FAMILY CEMETERY Within this enclosure are buried the Rev. Jeremiah Moore / (1746-1815); his wife, Lydia Renno Moore (1745-1835); and / some of their eleven children and grandchildren. The Rev. / Moore was a Revolutionary War veteran, farmer, and Baptist / evangelist. He was an advocate of the separation of church / and state. His nearby home, Moorefield, was on 600 acres of / farmland. The pyramid marker identifies George Washington / Hunter, Sr. (1776-1856); his wife, Angeline Hunter (d. / 1856), daughter of Jeremiah and Lydia Moore; and their / daughter, Margaret Hunter (d. 1896). ERECTED BY HISTORIC VIENNA, INC. / JUNE 7 2000."
• Elizabeth Gold (Crawford) Engle, The Ammishaddai Moore Engle Family (n.p.: n.pub., 1996)
• Thomas V. DiBacco, Moorefield; home of early Baptist preacher Jeremiah Moore (Fairfax, Virginia: Fairfax County Office of Comprehensive Planning, 1971/1977)
• Steven G. Fancy and Sue Reneau Damewood, compilers, Genealogy of the Reno/Reneau Family in America, 1600-1930 (Online,http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/a/m/Sue-Reneau-Damewood/index.html: Steven G. Fancy and Sue Reneau Damewood, update of 21 January 2010)
• The Rambler, The Sunday Star, Washington, District of Columbia, 15 July 1917, part 4, page 3
• Wesley E. Pippenger, Husbands and Wives Associated with Early Alexandria, Virginia (Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1991); page 52, "MOORE, Jeremiah ____, Lydia -1 JUN 1811 DBU:402."
• DAR Patriot Index/ National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Centennial Administration (Washington, District of Columbia: The Society, 1990/1994); Part II, page 2063 "Moore: Mohr, Moors, More, Morr; Jeremiah: b 6-7-1746 VA d 2-23-1815 VA m Lydia Reno Cpl VA."
• Will of Jeremiah Moore (1 August 1814), Fairfax County Will Book K, page 271; Fairfax County Courthouse, Fairfax County Courthouse, West Street, Fairfax, Virginia.
• Will of Francis Renoe (18 October 1794). Will Book H, page 224; Prince William County Courthouse, Manassas, Virginia 20110.
• Robert Baylor Semple, History of the Baptists in Virginia (Lafayette, TN: Church History Research and Archives, 1810; 1894; 1976); page 399, "Elder Jeremiah Moore, their present pastor, is about sixty-four years of age. He was born June 7, 1746, in the county of Prince William, of parents in the middle rank of life, and raised in the Protestant Episcopal Church."
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Jeremiah Moore", Ancestor # A079541.