Clifford and Bill .. This may help your understanding of the formation of Moore County. Bob Butler - Fuquay Varina, NC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- MOORE COUNTY .. From: "Formation of North Carolina Counties" Moore County was formed in 1784 from Cumberland. It was named in honor of Captain Alfred Moore of Brunswick, a soldier of the Revolution and afterwards a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is in the south central section of the State and is bounded by Harnett, Hoke, Scotland, Richmond, Montgomery, Randolph, Chatham, and Lee counties. The present area is 672 square miles and the population is 30,969. The act establishing the county provided for the erection of the public buildings. In 1795 an act was passed which stated that the location of the courthouse was inconvenient; it named commissioners to purchase land near the center of the county and erect a new courthouse. In 1796 an act was passed establishing Carthage on land where the courthouse was to stand. In 1803 an act was passed naming commissioners to layout a town and build a courthouse as directed in the act of 1796. In 1806 Carthage was changed to Fagansville. In 1818, "Feaginsville" was changed to Carthage. Carthage is the county seat .. , . . . beginning at Cole's bridge on Drowning creek, thence a direct line to the corner of Wake and Johnston counties in Cumberland line, and all that part of Cumberland lying to the north-west of the new line, shall be a separate and distinct county by the name of Moore county. . . . That the lower part of Cumberland county laying south east of said line, shall be a separate and distinct county, and known by the name of Fayette county. An act amending the act creating Moore County was passed in 1784 and the description given in the act follows: .. . . . That the line for dividing the county of Cumberland shall begin at Cole's bridge, on Drowning creek, thence a direct line to the Cumber- land and Chatham line, on the south side of the river Cape Fear; and that Thomas Armstrong, William Seals and William Rand . . . appoint and agree with a surveyor for the purpose of running the said dividing line; and the said line when so run shall be held, deemed and taken to be the dividing line of the said county of Cumberland, and that the lower county continue and remain by the name of Cumberland county; . . . all that part of the county lying to the northwest of the new line, shall be and continue by the name of Moore county. In 1798 the boundary line between Montgomery and Moore counties was authorized to be established. .. . . . , That the county Surveyors of the said counties of Montgomery and Moore, be and they are hereby empowered and required to run and mark the dividing line between Montgomery and Moore counties, from the Randolph county line to the head to Drowning creek, agreeably to an act entitled "An act for erecting the upper part of Bladen county into a county and parish by the name of Anson county and St. George's Parish," passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine, and all other acts having reference to the same. In 1803 the Legislature authorized a survey of the boundary line between Moore and Montgomery. The act named commissioners to have the line established and ordered a copy filed in each county. In 1804 this survey of the line between Moore and Montgomery, had not been made. Therefore the Legislature again authorized the establishment of this line. The dividing line between the county of Randolph and the counties of Moore and Montgomery was authorized to be run and established in 1829. .. . . . Whereas the dividing line between the county of Randolph and the counties of Moore and Montgomery has become so obscure as to occasion frequent disputes between the inhabitants of said counties, and renders it desirable that the said dividing line should be more accurately ascertained and marked: . . . shall appoint. . . commissioners. . . and authorize them, to run, " ascertain and mark the line between the county of Randolph and the said counties of Moore and Montgomery; . . . the commissioners. . . shall run and mark that part of said line which is the boundary between the said counties of Montgomery and Randolph. In 1883 the dividing lines between Harnett and Johnston and between Harnett and Moore were authorized to be established. . . . That for the purpose of ascertaining and establishing the dividing lines between the counties of Harnett and Johnston and the counties of Harnett and Moore, . . . commissioners . . . of said counties shall, . . . appoint one . , , and select a competent surveyor to survey and establish said lines . . . No description is given in the law. An act to settle and mark the boundary line between the counties of Moore and Harnett was passed in 1889. This act named commissioners to run and mark the line and designated the following method of so marking the said line. . . . : All trees standing in the line shall be marked with three hacks on the side of approach and that of departure, and all side lines shall be marked with three hacks facing to the line; that the line so run and marked shall hereafter be the county line between said counties. Lee was formed in 1907 from Moore and Chatham. . . . : Beginning at a point in the middle of Deep River opposite the mouth of Big Governor's Creek thence up Big Governor's and Little Governor's creeks to the Gulf and Graham plank road; thence as the Gulf and Graham plank road to its intersection with the Carthage and Fayetteville plank road; thence as the Carthage and Fayetteville plank road to the Harnett County line; thence as the Harnett County line direct to the present corner of Moore and Chatham counties on the eastern bank of the Cape Fear River; thence as the Chatham County line to the middle of Cape Fear; thence up the middle of the Cape Fear and Deep River to the beginning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <WmCaddell@aol.com> To: <NCMOORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [NCMOORE] Re: NCMOORE-D Digest V04 #17 > Hi Clifford, > Lee County was formed in 1907 from Moore and Chatham counties. The boundary, > prior to 1907, between Moore Co. and Chatham Co. was an extension of the > current Moore Co. and Chatham Co. boundary eastward from Carbonton to the Harnett > County boundary at the Cape Fear River. The area of Lee County which includes > Sanford, Broadway, Lemon Springs and Tramway was originally a part of Moore > County. The area of Lee Co. north of Sanford was originally part of Chatham > County. I am not familiar enough with the political geography of 1907 to provide > you with the townships in Moore Co. and Chatham Co. which were involved in the > formation of Lee County. > Hope this will help. > Bill > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >