Michael Gore, Sr.

GEDCOM Note

Will of Michael Gore: Baltimore County, Liber 5: Folio 96, Written 3 Dec 1792, Probated 30 Mar 1793, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland

In the Name of God Amen I Michael Gore of Baltimore County in the State of Maryland being weak in body but of a Sound mind & memory and understanding praised be God for his mercies do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to Say first I commit my Soul unto the hands of God my Creator. My Body I commit to the Earth to be buryed at the discretion of my Executor hereafter to be named.

Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sibbel Gore my dwelling plantation being part of a Tract of Land call'd Murrays Plains together with all my household furniture, plantation utensils, horses Cattle Sheep and Swine and my Negro Girl Poll to hold and Enjoy the aforesaid Property during her life. And after her Death the aforesaid Land household furniture plantation utensils horses Cattle Sheep and Swine to be Sold by my Executor hereafter to be named and the money to be Equally divided between my six Sons Christian, Andrew, John, George, Samuel and Phillip and I also leave all my other Land whereon my sons Samuel and Christian live being part of Nicholsons Manor to be sold as Soon after my Death as My Executor Can make it Convenient and the Money to be Equally divided between my aforesaid six Sons after paying my just Debts and Legacies of money.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Michael Gore one Shilling Sterling and no more besides what I have given heretofore.

Item I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my Deceased son Jacob Gore one Shilling Sterling besides what I gave him in his lifetime and no more.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sibbel Hanes one Shilling Sterling beside what I have given her heretofore and no more.

Item I give and bequeath unto my son Christian Fifty two pounds upon the Condition of his Releasing his Six Brothers Michael, Andrew, John, George, Samuel and Philip from the payment of a Bond which he obtained of them on account of money due him from Michael Haines.

Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson George Gore (the son of GeorgeGore) one negro boy Called Peter and one negro Girl Call'd Poll after my said wifes death and my will and desire is that my negro boy Greenbury be free at the age of Twenty One Years and my negro Girl Rachel be free at the age of Eighteen Years and I do declare them to be free at the time mentioned and that they are to be the property of my two Sons George and Philip until they shall be free and then discharge them well Cloathed and I do further Direct that my two Sons George and Philip shall have my negro man Sam and negro woman Ruth at the appraisement and shall pay unto my four sons Christian, Andrew, John and Samuel Two thirds of the amount of the appraisement of said negroes Share and Share alike and the Remaining One Third shall be their own property.

Lastly I do Constitute and appoint my two sons George Gore and Philip Gore my Excr of this my last will and Testament and that their Sale and Conveyance of my said Lands at the times mentioned shall be final to all intents and purposes. In Witness whereof I Michael Gore, the Testator hath hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this third day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety Two.

Michael Gore [seal] Witnessed the same Absalom Butler Ellis Jones John Hammond Gore

Baltimore County So: On the 30th day of March 1793 Came Ellis Jones and John Hammond Gore two of the Subscribing Evidences to the aforegoing last will and Testament of Michael Gore late of Said County deceased and made oath and that they did See the Testator sign a ..........

Time Line of Michael Gore in Baltimore County, Maryland

1755 ...... March 29, purchased from Thomas Harrison 321 acres, part of Murrary's Plains Regulated. (1) 1760 ...... March 4, purchased from Adam & Elizabeth Goose, 42 acres of Murray's Plains Regulated. Signed Adam Goose, Nicholas Ruxton Gay and William Rogers 1763 ...... On tax list for Back River Upper Hundred for St. Thomas Parish. (2) 1765 ...... February 22, purchased from Samuel Bond 112 acres, part of White Oak Bottom. Baltimore County, MD Deed Record: L106: F25; (1) 1765 ...... February 23, Michael and Sevela (sic) sold above purchase, from Samuel Bond, to Andrew Buchanan. Baltimore County Deed: L106: F25 (1) 1766 ... September 14, Articles of Agreement, made between Benjamin Knight of the one part and Adam Goose and Michael Gore of the other part. The said Knight to build a log house 30 feet long and 25 feet wide. 1767 ... May 13, Benjamin Knight gave a receipt, to Michael Gore, for the full amount due for the construction of the house. 1778 ... Took Oath of Fidelity, with son Michael, Jr., before Hon. Andrew Buchanan. (MSA S963 Box 3 File 6 1-1-4-31) 1779 ... August 15, conveyed with Sibbel his wife, to John Murray, 51.75 acres of Murrays Plains Regulated. (L WG#D: F 218) 1781 ... June 7, deeded to his son, Jacob Gore, 111 acres of Murray's Plains Regulated, bordering on Todd's Forest. (L G: F 65) 1783 ... Shown on tax list for Middle River Upper and Back River Upper Hundred as owning 176 acres, part of Murray's Plains, with five white residents. (3) 1783 ... Shown on tax list, for Murray's Plains, were Michael Gore's sons, as follows: (3) Jacob Gore, 111 acres. Michael Gore, Jr., 75 acre. 1783 ... Shown on the tax list for Pipe Creek as owning 127 acres of Nicholsons Manor on which lived his sons, as follows: (3) Andrew Gore, 1 white male, 4 white women John Gore, 1 white male, 2 white inhabitants Christian Gore, 1 white male, 7 white inhabitants Abraham Gore, single male, owning no land (age 23) 1789 ... October 7, conveyed to his son Michael Gore, Jr., 84 acres part of Murray's Plain Regulated, which adjoins Prospect, Timber Grove, Soldiers Delight and Pleasant Meadows. (L DD: F462)

Sources: (1) Baltimore County, Maryland Deed Records, Vol. 3, 1755 - 1767. (John Davis, Heritage Books, Inc.) (2) St. Thomas' Parish Registers, 1732 - 1850 (Reamy, B. and Reamy, M.) (3) 1783 Tax List of Baltimore County, MD (Robert Barnes and Bettie Stirling Corothers, 1978)

The first record I have found of Michael Gore, in Baltimore County, is 29 March 1755, when he purchased, from Thomas Harrison, 321 acres of Murray's Plains. On 4 March 1760, he added, in a purchase from Adam and Elizabeth Goose, 42 acres more of Murray's Plains. On 14 Sep 1766.

There is some question concerning the actual buriel place of Michael. He and Sibbel may be buried in Reisterstown United Methodist Church Cemetery where they have a memorial stone, or they may still be in their original buriel site on the homeplace. Michael's birthdate is also in question. The memorial stone gives his birthdate as 1710. A descendant, Katherine H. Heinzerling McNair in her DAR application for membership, gives his birthdate as 1727, but gives no source for that date. My belief is that the memorial stone, which was erected by , Michael's grandson is probably correct.

Great grandson of Michael, Dr. Albert Philip Gore, a Baltimore dentist, according to Augusta Fothergill, who interviewed Dr. Gore in 1926, had in his possession the papers of Michael. Among these papers were pages from Michael's and Sibbel's bible, on which were recorded the birthdates of their children. Michael's papers, writen in his own hand were written in English; the births of the children were recorded in German, leading Mrs. Fothergill to speculate that Michael was English and Sibbel was German. Mrs. Fothergill, in the same year, interviewed my great, great grandmother, Caroline Wilhelm Gore, widow of Captain Charles Gore (War of 1812), at her home in Middletown, Baltimore County, Maryland. It was a lengthy interview and as a result, I learned many things about my Gore ancestors that I had not previously known. Mrs. Fothergill's Gore interview with Caroline is included in the papers of the Hon. Thomas Pryor Gore.

Fortunately for those of us who are Gore descendants, Thomas Pryor Gore, blind U. S. Senator from Oklahoma, starting with his own relatives, wrote to every Gore across the country that he was able to identify, seeking information on their ancestry. It appears that the response was great. Upon his death, the University of Oklahoma became custodians of Senator Gore's papers. Among them was his extensive genealogy collection, which included the interview with Caroline Wilhelm Gore and other information on the Gores of Baltimore County. Thanks to Joyce Gore Locke, who negotiated with the University to obtain Senator Gore's genealogy collection and then published it in her "Gore Family Newsletter", many of us have valuable information on our ancestors that we, otherwise, would never have known.

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