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Jane (Moore) McCray (1786 - 1874)

Jane McCray formerly Moore
Born in Lancaster, South Carolina, United Statesmap
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
Wife of — married about 1803 in Tennessee, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 87 in Halltown, Lawrence County, Missouri, USAmap
Profile last modified | Created 18 Jun 2017
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Contents

Biography

Birth

Jane was born on 6 November 1786 in South Carolina, USA. Her birth date is essentially unsourced in the myriad family trees in which they appear; however, given its pre-Internet presence, it's possible that it was inscribed on her headstone (now lost).

Maiden Name

The source for Jane as a "Moore" or her frequent link to the "Waxhaw District" is unknown. She did give daughter Mary the middle name of "Moore", her son Daniel gave his daughter Martha the middle name of "Moore", she lived next door to a John Moore in the 1850 census, and was involved in land transactions with .Alexander and Henderson Moore (sons of John) in 1852.[1]. Furthermore, her granddaughter Mary through son Charles married a Samuel Moore, son of Andrew and Nancy Moore of Tennessee.[2] Any or all of these Moores may be connected to Jane some way.

See DNA Research Notes below for further discussion.

Marriage and Children

The marriage date of "about 1803" and place of "Tennessee" are estimated based on the birth of the couple's first child.

Almost all of Jane and Thomas McCray's children are named in the documents surrounding the auction and sale of Thomas' land[3], in the family history notes of close descendant Sarah Watson Literal[4], or inferred through Jane naming her grandchild (see "A Gift of a Horse" below) Charles, son of Jane McCray (the younger), as well as living with Charles and/or the daughter Jane through the various censuses.

  1. Elizabeth (McCray) Love
  2. Charles Thomas McCray
  3. Sarah (McCray) Forsythe
  4. Mary Moore (McCray) Buck
  5. Ora (McCray) Stuart
  6. Daniel McCray
  7. Beersheba (McCray) Watson
  8. Jane (McCray) Gilbreath Cannon

Residences

1830: Regiment 67, Monroe, Tennessee. Census Record for Thomas McCray. [5]
1840: Monroe, Tennessee. Census Record for Thos. McCray. [6]
1850: District 47, Lawrence, Missouri, USA. Jane McCray (aged 60)(Born TN) living in the home of Thomas McCray (60)(Farmer)(Born TN). Also living in the home were: Daughter Elizabeth (Jane McCray) Gilbreath (25)(born TN), and her children Isabella Gilbreath (3)(born TN), and Charles Gilbreath (1)(Born MO).[7]
1860: Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri. Post Office Chesapeake. Jane McCray (74)(Born SC) living in the home of Thomas McCray (79)(Born TN). Also living in the home were: Isabell (13)(Born TN) and Charles Galbraith (10)(Born MO). [8]
1870: Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri. Post Office Mount Vernon. Jane McCray (83)(Born SC) as head of household. Living in the home with her are daughter Jane Cannon (43), Margret Cannon (14), Sarah E. Cannon (12), Richard Cannon (11), and Frances Cannon (8). [9]

A Gift of a Horse

Lawrence County, Missouri, records for September 1868[10] show that Jane McCray "in consideration of the mutual affection and love which I have and bear unto my beloved grandson Charles M. Gillbreat" (sic) and "also for his obedient service to me" gave Charles "a chestnut sorrel mare with white specks on her hips". The horse was described as eighteen and a half hands high and "eight or nine" years old.

Charles and his sister Isabella were enumerated with their widowed mother in the household of Jane and Thomas in 1850 and then on their own with Jane and Thomas in the 1860 census after their mother remarried. It's possible that Jane and Charles formed a special bond as a result. Charles also lived next door to Jane (who was sharing a home with his again-widowed mother and her minor children from the second marriage) in the 1870 census.

Death

Jane is said to have passed away on 20 January 1874 in Lawrence County, Missouri, USA. [11]

DNA Research Notes

From Patricia Pickering, 2 April 2021:

Although there are not currently found any sources for Jane's maiden name of Moore other than the compiled marriage record, this historian has been able to confirm an mtDNA genetic connection (with a genetic distance of 1) between myself (5th Great Granddaughter of Elizabeth Moore) and a female direct descendant of Jane (Moore) McCray, giving credence to them being sisters. It is my understanding that it has been established previously that Jane and Mary (there is an actual marriage record with photographs of the documents for Mary MORE and Henrey McCray) were sisters through genetic research, according to the descendant of Jane Moore McCray. It has also been reported that there was also a brother (possibly James) who was reportedly married in Washington County, Tennessee in 1806. There has been no source confirmation to date, but an mtDNA genetic connection (genetic distance 1) was made yesterday (4/1/2021) between myself and a female descendant of Dora Mae Moore Fletcher (born about 1890), indicating to me that a brother of Elizabeth, Mary and Jane could be likely. Research will continue.


Sources

  1. "Lawrence, Missouri, United States records, Aug 5, 2018," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C395-2K4B?view=explore : Mar 3, 2024), image 493 of 873
  2. Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969. "Samuel Moore". Ancestry.com
  3. "Lawrence, Missouri, United States records, Aug 5, 2018," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C395-2977-H?view=explore : Mar 2, 2024), images 626-627 of 688; .
  4. Sarah Watson Literal's Family History Notebook written in 1940, shortly before her death. "She was my grandfather's aunt (sister to his mother, Lydia Rosetta Watson Ferrell). I inherited the notebook from Clarence Ferrell, my grandfather. He made occasional comments in the notebook, and those are included in brackets." (Writer's name unknown.) Site features actual images of notebook as well as transcripts.
  5. Year: 1830; Census Place: Regiment 67, Monroe, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 175; Page: 112; Family History Library Film: 0024533 Ancestry Record 8058 #693227
  6. Year: 1840; Census Place: Monroe, Tennessee; Roll: 528; Page: 197; Family History Library Film: 0024547 Ancestry Record 8057 #3004497
  7. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 47, Lawrence, Missouri; Roll: 404; Page: 295b Ancestry Record 8054 #3861640
  8. Year: 1860; Census Place: Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri; Page: 758; Family History Library Film: 803628 Ancestry Record 7667 #40377238
  9. Year: 1870; Census Place: Turnback, Lawrence, Missouri; Roll: M593_787; Page: 561B; Family History Library Film: 552286 Ancestry Record 7163 #772851
  10. "Lawrence, Missouri, United States records, Aug 4, 2018," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C395-CSNJ-3?view=explore : Mar 3, 2024), image 337 of 698; .
  11. Find A Grave: Memorial #116885741 for Jane McCray
  • As cited above




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Moore-48478 and Moore-33847 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same husband
posted by N Gauthier

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