James A. Moore

ID: I1489

Name: James A. MOORE

Note: Some researchers have claimed that James' middle name was "Andrew." I doubt that. There were no Andrews in the area (either surname or given) around the time of James' birth. There another equally possible alternative. Daniel's brother-in-law was Moses Anderson, and Isaac Anderson sold property to Burt Moore in 1818. That property abutted the land of John Anderson (said to be father of Moses). So there is a definite connection with the Anderson surname.

Sex: M

Change Date: 04 JAN 2007

Birth: NOV 1833 in Pickens Co., SC

Death: 28 JUN 1903 in Pickens Co., SC

Burial: 29 JUN 1903 Pickens Co., SC

Note: We have yet to determine where the family burial ground is located.

Event: Mil-Svc BET 1862 AND 1865 SC

Note: It is not conclusively proven that the James A. Moore who served in 2d SC Rifles was in fact our James A. Moore. It is, however, a compelling possibility.

Event: Obituary 02 JUL 1903 Pickens Co., SC

Note: ||James A. Moore, a good citizen and a land-mark of Pickens county, died at his home in the Prater's Creek section, on last Sunday evening at an advanced age, after an illness of about two mouths [sic], from a complication of diseases. He leaves a wife and seven children, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death. He had been for a long period a member of the Baptist church. His remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground on Monday. Truly a good man has gone to his reward.

Father: Daniel MOORE b: ABT 1790 in SC

Mother: Nancy WHITMIRE b: BET 1794 AND 1804

Marriage 1 Melvina MURPHREE b: EITHER MAY 1836 OR MAY 1839 in Pickens Co., SC

Married: BET 1850 AND 1852 in SC

Note: On 1900 Census, James and Melvina reported that they had been married 45 years. But calculating based age of their first two children, they probably married circa 1852||

Census: 03 AUG 1870 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: James was a farmer. Sons, John, Joab, Leander, William, Micajah and James all worked as farm laborers||

Census: 31 AUG 1860 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: James was a farmer with $300 in real estate, $50 in personal property. James' age was given as 35

Census: 06 JUN 1880 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: As was the common story in 1880, the sons over a certain age contributed to the family as farm labor. None of the children attended school. Although James and Melvina could read, reportedly, neither could write.||

Census: 02 JUN 1900 in Pickens Co., SC

Note: Melvina reported that she bore 12 children, 11 still living||

Children

Child MOORE [c\o Melvina Murphree] b: BET 1850 AND 1900

John L. MOORE b: ABT FEB 1853 in Pickens Co., SC

Joab MOORE b: ABT 1855 in Pickens Co., SC

Leander Franklin MOORE b: ABT FEB 1857 in Pickens Co., SC

William Henry MOORE b: 06 JAN 1859 in Pickens Co., SC

Micajah Burt MOORE b: 10 OCT 1860 in Pickens Co., SC

James D. MOORE b: ABT 1862 in SC

Benjamin P. MOORE b: 20 AUG 1867 in SC

Jacob P. MOORE b: AUG 1868 in SC

Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" MOORE b: JUL 1870 in SC

Joyce J. MOORE b: APR 1874 in SC

Alice G. MOORE b: APR 1875 in SC