Dear Beryl, Thanks for looking Thomas Moore up for me. This looks very promising and I'm eager to try it out. Glenda At 12:13 AM 12/28/00 EST, you wrote: >Glenda, a review of the index shows 4 citations for a Thomas Moore >(p187,203,210,559). The 1st reference mentions Thomas Moore in connection >with the biosketch of Hon Wilson Shannon of Belmont county; the Shannon >family moved onto a piece of government land, "which was entered by Thomas >Moore of Loudon county Va, in the following summer (1801)..After Mr. Moore >entered those lands he rented them to Mr. Shannon for a term of years. The >farm from the time Mr. Moore entered the lands to this day has been known by >the name of the Moore farm." >The next reference is to a Thomas D. Moore who was a private in Co F 50th >Regiment, O.V.I, and again a Thomas D. Moore who was appointed corporal on >December 23, 1862 (same regiment), taken prisoner November 30, 1864 at battle >of Franklin, discharged May 22, 1865. >The next reference is to a Thomas L. Moore a private of Company C 170th >Regiment National Guard from Bellaire Ohio, organized May 13 and 14, 1864 to >serve one hundred days. >The final reference mentions Thomas Moore as one of the early settlers of >Wayne Township. >There is a Mrs Thomas Moore (p336) who at the time of the writing of this >book (1880) is mentioned in Warren Township, and it states "George Shannon >settled section 12, and built his cabin on the farm now owned by Mrs. Thomas >Moore, a fourth of a mile north of Mt. Olivet." >There is no reference for Robert Haxton, his wife Nancy nor Margaret Haxton. >hope this helps some! >Beryl > > Glenda Cassutt