Slaves of Portius Moore, North Carolina
Location: Person, North Carolina, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Moore
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The purpose of this page is to record the people enslaved by Portius Moore (1784-1847) and attempt to connect them to their families.
Portius Moore was born in 1781 and lived at the "Mount Tirzah" plantation that his father Stephen Moore had established in 1778 in Caswell County, North Carolina. In 1792, Person County was created from Caswell County and the Mount Tirzah plantation changed its county without moving location.
When his father died in 1799, Portius inherited an enslaved man named Pollidore who was valued at £55.
In the 1820 census, Portious was enslaving 17 people in Person County.[1]
In the 1830 census, Portius was enslaving 24 people in Person County.[2]
Portius died on 3 December 1847 in Person County without leaving a will. His 1848 estate papers include "divisions" and other documents naming 37 enslaved people and assigning dollar values to most of them. Four unnamed children are also mentioned.[3]
| Name | Enslaver who inherited | Valuation |
| Frank / Franky | Lucy Moore, wife | $800 together with Gaston & Adaline |
| Adaline | Lucy Moore, wife | $800 together with Gaston & Frank |
| Gaston | Lucy Moore, wife | $800 together with Frank & Adaline |
| Martha | Lucy Moore, wife | $150.00 |
| William | Lucy Moore, wife | $600.00 |
| Margaret | Lucy Moore, wife | $250.00 |
| Stephen | Bramwell Moore, son | $850 together with Liza & child |
| Liza / Eliza & child | Bramwell Moore, son | $850 together with Stephen |
| Amy | Benjamin Moore, son | $225.00 |
| Moses | Benjamin Moore, son | $575.00 |
| Anderson | Benjamin Moore, son | $200.00 |
| Henderson | Benjamin Moore, son | $800 together with Pricilla & child |
| Pricilla / Scilla & her two children | Benjamin Moore, son | $800 together with Henderson |
| Lucy | Benjamin Moore, son | n/a |
| Daniel | Franklin Moore, son | $800 together with Hannah |
| Hannah | Franklin Moore, son | $800 together with Daniel |
| Louisa | Junius Moore, son | $750 together with Lewis & Tom |
| Lewis | Junius Moore, son | $750 together with Louisa & Tom |
| Thomas / Tom | Junius Moore, son | $750 together with Louisa & Lewis |
| John | Richard Henry Moore, son | $750 together with Joe |
| Joseph / Joe | Richard Henry Moore, son | $750 together with John |
| Nutty & infant | Sophronia Moore, daughter | $775 together with Emeline & Haywood |
| Emeline | Sophronia Moore, daughter | $775 together with Haywood & Nutty |
| Haywood | Sophronia Moore, daughter | $775 together with Emeline & Nutty |
| Susan | Sophronia Moore, daughter | $250.00 |
| Paul | Sophronia Moore, daughter | $575.00 |
| Mary | Sophronia Moore, daughter | $175.00 |
| Roda / Rhody / Rhodie | Theophilus Moore, son | $775 together with Robert & Oney |
| Oney | Theophilus Moore, son | $775 together with Robert & Rhody |
| Robert | Theophilus Moore, son | $775 together with Rhody & Oney |
| Eadith / Edy / Edie | Theophilus Moore, son | $400.00 |
| Elick | Theophilus Moore, son | $600.00 |
| Cupid | n/a | n/a |
| Matilda | n/a | n/a |
| Alexander / Alex | n/a | n/a |
| Elijah | n/a | n/a |
| Lawrence | n/a | n/a |
On 18 March 1848, his estate inventory named 31 of these enslaved people in family groupings. The inventory also included the names of two of the four previously unnamed children, because they had died in the interval between 3 December 1847 and 18 March 1848.[4]
| Name | Family Connection |
| Cupid | Husband of Matilda, Father of Stephen & Henderson |
| Matilda | Wife of Cupid, Mother of Stephen & Henderson |
| Stephen | Child of Cupid & Matilda |
| Henderson | Child of Cupid & Matilda |
| John | Husband of Eliza, Father of Eadith, Roda, Amy & Emeline |
| Eliza | Wife of John, Mother of Eadith, Roda, Amy & Emeline |
| Eadith | Child of John & Eliza |
| Roda | Child of John & Eliza |
| Amy | Child of John & Eliza |
| Emeline | Child of John & Eliza |
| Amy | Mother of Paul, Adaline & Mary |
| Paul | Child of Amy |
| Adaline | Child of Amy |
| Mary | Child of Amy |
| Nutty | Mother of Gaston, Robert, Joseph, Haywood & Sweager |
| Gaston | Child of Nutty |
| Robert | Child of Nutty |
| Joseph | Child of Nutty |
| Haywood | Child of Nutty |
| Sweager (?) | Child of Nutty |
| Tiller | Mother of Susan, Anderson & Martha |
| Susan | Child of Tiller |
| Anderson | Child of Tiller |
| Martha | Child of Tiller |
| Hannah | Mother of Thomas |
| Thomas | Child of Hannah |
| Frances | Mother of Alex, Moses, William, Lewis & David |
| Alex | Child of Frances |
| Moses | Child of Frances |
| William | Child of Frances |
| Lewis | Child of Frances |
| David | Child of Lewis |
| William | Child who died between 3 Dec 1847 & 18 Mar 1848. No parents named. |
| Clark | Child who died between 3 Dec 1847 & 18 Mar 1848. No parents named. |
Research Notes
- It appears that Portius inherited Frank and Cupid from his first wife Frances Webb when she died around 1810, after she inherited the two men from her father William Webb in 1809. (See profiles for sources.)
- It appears that none of the enslaved families, as documented in the estate inventory, were kept together as units when they were divided between the wife and children of Portius.
Sources
- ↑ 1820 Census - "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-PYK : Sat Mar 09 19:16:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Potious Moore, 1820.
- ↑ 1830 Census - "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPD-2SQ : Sun Mar 10 12:17:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Prlius Moore, 1830. Person County, North Carolina.
- ↑ Estate Papers of Portius Moore - "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998." Wills and Estate Papers (Person County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina); Probate Place: Person, North Carolina. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9061 #364245 (accessed 10 April 2024). Estate papers of Portius Moore in Person County, North Carolina, 1848.
- ↑ Estate Inventory of Portius Moore - "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77T2-KP9M?cc=1867501&wc=32LX-4WT%3A169850301%2C170076701 : 21 May 2014), Person County > Wills, 1847-1851 > Page 55. Image 28 of 280. Recorded 18 March 1848.
- Estate Records of father Stephen Moore - North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998. Wills, Inventories, and Taxables, 1801-1807. Ancestry.com database. Ancestry Sharing Link Page 10, Image 372 of 658. Recorded March 1805.
- Estate Division of father Stephen Moore - North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998. Wills, Inventories, and Taxables, 1801-1807. Ancestry.com database. Ancestry Sharing Link. Page 103, Image 467 of 658. Recorded 27 Dec 1805.
- Estate File of father Stephen Moore - North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998. Wills and Estate Papers (Person County), 1663-1978. Ancestry.com database. Ancestry Sharing Link
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