John Moore, Sr., of Bertie Co, NC

ydna E1b1a By the age of 13, this John Moore saw the Esaw /Nasaw (Cataba) and the Savannah (Shawano Shawnee) and the Congaree (Cheraw) having war between themselves as of 1693 and selling off their captives as slaves. Source: See Avatar from the Indians of the Carolina's book. John Moore, Sr., of Bertie Co, NC was born circa 1680 in La Louisianne, of the Royal Gov Moore, family with land holdings, and up to Bennett's Creek, in Bertie Co, NC . His parents were Thomas Richard Moore, of St. Mary’s, MD and Elizabeth Moore, of St. Mary’s.

John married Hanna (Love) Austin-Moore / Amelia Co Native to Catawba. Together they had the following children: Mary (Moore) Williams, Old Cheraw; John Moore Jr., of Jurat, Bertie Co, NC. He died in September 1776 in Orange, North Carolina where he was taxed as being FPOC in Granville Tax District with other of the 45 Cheraw Warriors of Epping Forest and Fishing Creek Tax Districts.

Grandson of John Moore who was granted land at the head of Oyster Tong Branch and was part of a tract of land on November 17, 1700 tied to SC Royal Moore Governor house of Patrick Moore tied in business records to NC Gov William Glover who had connections to the New Orleans Port of St Tammany Parish, La. Notary Records listed by UNO Data Base of Mantaneo Incoming Natives into New Orleans, with connecting port business in Bertie Co, Winya Bay, SC, and NOLA Ports. Multi generation connecting houses of Moore and Glover listed in buys and sells of incoming Mantaneo Natives. Source: Keith Dunn of U of New Orleans and team of data base collectors of records. http://slavebiographies.org/databases.php The Mantaneo Natives who were recorded incoming into the NOLA Port are able to be seen as to their names online. This was just one period of time that followed what the Spanish had been doing, taking natives from the northern part of America and taking them to parts south so as not to escape and vice versa. 2 million were taken south, per Brown Univ study (see their You Tube Documentary). The proto Lumbar River natives tie back to the MANTEO TRIBE with their leader going back to the Kateras Indian Town, now a conservancy preserve in Gastonia, NC.

John Moore, Sr. of the family of John Moore's household in the Bertie County tax list of 1771, 1772, and 1774 [CR 10.702.1, Box 13.

Family and Neighbors:

Thomas Bowman was a taxable "free Molatto" listed in the household of this John Moore, whom twenty years earlier had been the subject of an ad for the fake position that Thomas was a run away slave. Here is the ad info.

Robert West, Sr., advertised in the North Carolina Gazette of New Bern on 13 March 1752 for Thomas Bowman as if he were a runaway slave: • Ran away from the subscribers, on Roanoke River, a Negro fellow, named Thomas Boman, a very good blacksmith, near 6 feet high, he can read, write and cyper, Whoever will apprehend him shall be paid 12 Pistoles, besides what the law allows [Fouts, NC Gazette of New Bern, I:3].

Neighbors to John Moore and Thomas Bowman was Samuel Harrell of Chowan who inherited from his father, Thomas Harrell, he purchased 160 acres from Will Ward on Nov. 29, 1737, the tract located at head of Oyster Tong Branch and part of a tract of land granted to John Moore on November 17, 1700. Then in 1741, Samuel of Chowan purchased another 100 acres from Abraham Hill, and in 1747 he purchased another 100 acres in the same area from John Rice, who had purchased it from Abraham Hill. [17] (Samuel of Chowan left part of the land purchased from John Moore to his son, Isaac Sr. in his 1761 will.)

Isaac inherited the land he was living on in 1761, and a piece of land in Oystertong Neck that his father, Samuel of Chowan, had bought from Will Ward of Nansemond County in 1737—a tract of land granted to John Moore by a patent dated November 17, 1700. Isaac married Judith, but probably not in Chowan County on land was originally granted to John Moore, and then sold to Isaac Sr.’s grandfather, Thomas Harrell, and then willed to Isaac Sr.’s father, Samuel of Chowan, and then willed to Samuel Junior. The purchase included a small 15 acre tract adjacent to Isaac’s other land. [20] Chowan County deed, 1768, Book 0-1, pages 77-78. John Williams was born before 1673 at (prob) in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British America. He signed a will on 13 March 1745 in Bertie, North Carolina, British America. He mentions family members: Dearly beloved wife Ann; well beloved sons Theophilus, Isaac and Arthur Williams; well loved daughters Ann Herring, Sarah Castellaw and Mary Herring; well loved grandson John Williams; well loved grandchildren Farobe, Ezeken (Ezekiel), Jerusha and Barbara Williams. His slaves were divided to several of his children. He left "Common Prair Books" to his daughters, Sarah and Mary. He left money to his grandchildren, Farobe, Ezekiel and Barbara Williams, 25 pounds "Virgene currence". Sole Executrix: wife Anne Witnesses: William Bryd, Jurat; John Moore, and Thomas Castellaw, Jurat. His will was probated Oct 1757, Court of Bertie County. WILLIAMS, JOHN. Bertie County. March 13, 1745. January Court, 1758. Sons: ISAAC (one negro), ARTHUR (“my maner plantation”), THEOPHILUS (one negro). Daughters: ANN HERRING, SARAH CASTELAW. Grandson: JOHN WILLIAMS. Wife and Executrix: ANN. Witnesses: WILLIAM BYRD, JOHN MOORE , THOMAS CASTELLAW. Clerk of the Court: BENJAMIN WYNNS. (Grimes 410-411) He died about 1758 at the age of 85 in Bertie, North Carolina, British America. John Williams was living in Surry Co. Virginia per his father's will of 1691. Surry Co. joins Isle of Wight Co., and is in the area between Petersbury and Newport News, VA. He probably inherited his father's lands in Surry Co, as well as the Manor Plantation in Isle of Wight Co., since it is likely his youngest brother Theopilus was dead by 1694. John's name appears on the 1704 quit rent list for Isle of Wight Co, VA as the owner of 600 acres. He purchased land from William Williams and his wife Mary on 4 April, 1704, with Richard and Nicholas Williams as witnesses. He moved to North Carolina before 1716, and on 26 May 1718 was recorded of "ye county of Albemarle in North Carolina." In 1722 Albemarle had five precincts: Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan and Bertie. John is mentioned in court records in both Chowan and Bertie precincts. On 26 May 1718 there is a transaction between John Williams and Ralph Vickers for land in Isle of Wight Co, VA. On 21 Oct. 1725 he sold as John Williams of NC to Nicholas Williams of Wight Co, VA 125 acres of land which had been granted to William Williams in 1703. Anne and John Williams were married before 1691.