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Achilles Moorman

Also Known As: "Achilles C Moorman", "Achilles Archelas MOORMAN"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Louisa County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: November 26, 1785 (72)
Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Charles Moorman, Sr and Elizabeth Moorman
Husband of Eliza Moorman
Father of Charles Moorman; Mary Allegre; Silas Moorman; Andrew Moorman; William Moorman and 4 others
Brother of Thomas Moorman, Sr; Judith Douglas; Charles Moorman, Jr.; Anne Martin and Andrew Moorman

Occupation: Furnished supplies during the Rev. War, Fought in Revolutionary War (furnished supplies). DAR Ancestor #A080077
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About Achilles Moorman

Achilles Moorman

  • Birth: Oct 26 1713
  • Death: Circa 1784
  • Parents: Charles Moorman, Elizabeth Reynolds
  • Wife: Elizabeth Adams
  • Children: Charles, Silas, Judith, Andrew, William, Jesse, James, Robert, Mary

Fought in Revolutionary War (furnished supplies) DAR Ancestor # A080077


Achilles was a Patriot during the American Revolution and furnished supplies to the Patriots. Achilles and his son, Andrew, are eligible ancestors for the Daughters Of the American Revolution. Several of his sons served with distinction in the Revolution. Two of his sons migrated to Kentucky and received free land for their military service.


Family

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ELIZABETH2 ADAMS (ROBERT1) was born October 29, 1713 in Louisa Co., VA, and died October 27, 1793. She married ACHILLES MOORMAN February 22, 1736/37. He was born October 26, 1713, and died December 01, 1783 in Campbell Co., VA.

Children of ELIZABETH ADAMS and ACHILLES MOORMAN are:

  • i. CHARLES3 MOORMAN, b. 1737; d. Bef. June 11, 1798; m. MARY VENABLE2; b. May 22, 1739; d. March 10, 1804.
  • ii. SILAS MOORMAN, b. 1740; m. MARY (POSSIBLY SALLY) MOON3.
  • iii. ANDREW MOORMAN, b. December 02, 1744; d. March 10, 1791; m. JUDITH CLARK.
  • iv. WILLIAM MOORMAN, b. 1746; d. January 25, 1829; m. JUDITH VENABLE.
  • v. JESSE ADAMS MOORMAN, b. December 15, 1759; d. July 09, 1843; m. ELIZABETH BUCKNOR STITH; b. October 25, 1762; d. October 20, 1823.
  • vi. JAMES MOORMAN, b. June 26, 1748.
  • vii. MARY MOORMAN, b. 1750; m. ANDREW ALLEGRE.
  • viii. JUDITH MOORMAN, b. 1752; m. WILLIAM HADEN.
  • ix. ROBERT MOORMAN, b. December 15, 1759.

Biography
Achilles was born in 1713 in New Kent, Virginia. He was the son of Charles Moorman and Elizabeth Reynolds. He married Elizabeth Adams. They were Quakers who regularly attended the Camp Spring Meeting but came often to worship at Clarksville.

They had the following children:

Charles Moorman - born in 1737 in , Louisa Co., VA; died in 1798. a private in the Revolutionary War and later a Major, he married Mary Venable daughter of Abraham Venable and Martha Davis. Mary was born on 22 May 1739 in Louisa County, VA. She died on 10 Mar 1807 in Breckenridge, Kentucky.
Silas Moorman - born in 1740 in Louisa Co., VA; died in 1777. He married Sally Moon who remarried Michael Gilbert.
Andrew Moorman - born 02 Dec 1744 in Campbell Co., VA and was a Revolutionary Patriot who furnished supplies. . He married his first cousin, Judith Clark, daughter of Micajah Clark and Judith (Adams) about 1770/1771 in Virginia. Judith was born on 13 Feb 1749 in Albemarle Co., VA and died in 1794. Andrew died 10 Mar 1791.
William Moorman - born in Louisa Co., VA. He married (1) Jane Haden; (2) Judith Venable; (3) Elizabeth (Haden) Miller.
James Moorman - born in 1748 in Campbell Co., VA
Jesse Moorman - born in Louisa Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Buckner-Stith on 14 Jan 1785.
Mary Moorman - born in 1750 in Campbell Co., VA; married Matthew or Andrew Allegre.
Judith Moorman - born in 1752 in Campbell Co., VA; married William M. Haden.
Robert Jesse Moorman - born 15 Dec 1753 in Campbell Co., VA; died in Jul 1843.
Jesse Adams Moorman - born 15 Dec 1759 in Campbell Co., VA; died 9 Jul 1843 in Brandenburg, Meade, Kentucky; married Elizabeth Buckner Stith daughter of Richard Stith Jr and Lucy Cocke Hall.
Mary Moorman - born in 1763 in Campbell Co., VA.
Living in Campbell County, VA, it is here he passed away in 1785.

Probate
1 DEC 1785, Campbell County, Virginia[1]
Achilles' will mentions wife Elizabeth, and children Jesse, Charles, Andrew, and William. [2]
Occupation: Furnished supplies during the Rev. War, Fought in Revolutionary War (furnished supplies). DAR Ancestor #A080077.

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Sources
↑ Campbell County, Will Book 1, p. 74
↑ William M. Clemens. Virginia Wills Before 1799: A Complete Abstract Register of All Names Mentioned in Over Six Hundred Recorded Wills: Copied from the Court House Records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William, and Rockbridge Counties. Pompton Lakes, N.J: Biblio Co, 1924. Print.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 Dec 2016), "Record of Achilles Moorman", Ancestor # A080077.
WikiTree profile Moorman-175 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.
WikiTree profile Moorman-241 created through the import of EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Merryann Palmer. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Merryann and others.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Achilles Moorman, b. 1713, Virginia, married Elizabeth Adams, b 1720, Virginia.
U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943: Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994. Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. VI.
Will of Achilles Moorman, 1783, Inventory, 1785-1786 - Campbell Co. VA
The Virginia Genealogical Society. Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly and Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Albemarle Quarter, 1742-1754, page 27.
McNaught, Virginia Eliza Hodge,. James Clark, Mansfield, Christopher Clark : and allied families. Oakland, Calif.: V.E.H. McNaught, 1934. Section: James Clark Mansfield Christopher Clark and allied families.
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes. Yearly Meeting: Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Meeting State: Virginia, Meeting County: Lynchburg City. Date:
17 Dec 1774

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Achilles Moorman's Timeline

1713
October 26, 1713
Louisa County, Virginia, Colonial America
1737
1737
Kentucky, United States
1737
Louisa County, Province of Virginia
1739
1739
Louisa, VA, USA
1742
1742
Bedford, Virginia, United States
1744
December 2, 1744
Louisa County, Virginia, Colonial America
1746
1746
Louisa County, Virginia, United States
1748
June 26, 1748
Campbell, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
1748
Campbell, Virginia, United States