QRers: This an UPDATE concerning James Moore, Sr. This James Moore was a Revolutionary War Patriot in North Carolina, who later settled in Preble County, OH. Much has been posted to Q-R over the years about his son, Samuel Moore md. Alice Mendenhall in NC>IN, and of his grandson, Hiram Moore md.Elvira Mendenhall in IN. These Mendenhall women were both Quakers; and Elvira (Mendenhall) Moore is my G-Grandmother. Can anyone help concerning Quaker Records for James Moore, a Revolutionary War Patriot in North Carolina? Thanks! Violet Moore Guy 01/30/2008 -Original Message----- From: Ted Crayne [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:23 PM To: Violet O. Guy Cc: 'marsha moses'; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Residents and Associated Families of Wrightsb // Thomas Family & MOORE] Violet, Thank you for including me in your email. I'd like to add a few things if I may. Last time I was in Greensboro and Winston-Salem, I tried to do some additional research on Moore's who might have been Quakers at some point who may have been disowned, and found none (hoping to find a marriage for James Moore to a Quaker who was disowned). The earliest records I have been able to access for our James Moore Sr. indicate he was Methodist. I still cannot either confirm nor deny our James Moore Sr. was a Quaker at some point. I have kept open the possibility his father may have been a disowned Quaker, whoever he might have been. I have gone over James Moore Sr's probated estate and find nothing which would indicate any ties to the Society of Friends. The only religious material listed included three (of four) volumes of Flavius Josephus' writings, which I do not readily relate to the Quakers. If James Moore's family were Quakers at some point, it is possible they were disowned prior to arriving in North Carolina. If anyone has access to Surry County, VA, Quaker records, I think that might be a place to begin. I do not have access to those. I also cannot discount the co-location of Seaborn Moore and other family members to our Moores in Preble County, OH, and in Indiana, but I do not find any court documentation on either side which indicates a familial relationship. I have gone over the Richard Moore line time and time again and, still, no one fits as a parent or sibling to James Moore Sr. Hypothetically speaking, based on early English name usage, I projected James' father to be John and his mother to be either a Mary or Martha. We do know that at some point, James Moore Sr. was in North Carolina due to the birth of sons John and Samuel and presumably daughters Mary and Martha. Other than that, I have only one reference stating "James Moore of North Carolina". Was James Moore born in NC? That is a question I cannot answer. I am beginning to believe he was born possibly in Virginia of parents who migrated down the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road from Pennsylvania. Additionally, I now believe James Moore Sr. was married three times. His first marriage producing children: Mary, Martha, John, Samuel, James Jr. and William. His second marriage, probably in Tennessee producing children: Thompson, Jesse, Anderson, Alfred and Wiley. His third marriage is the only one which can be supported by documentation to Mary Thompson in Butler County, OH, in 1814. This is clearly the Mary Moore referenced in all the land and court documents in Preble County. The supposition there was a second wife married in Tennessee is due mostly in part to the eight year span between the births of William and Thompson. Although still hypothetical, I believe his second wife's maiden name was Thompson and his third wife was in some way related (sister, sister-in-law, aunt of his second wife), and the marriage to Mary Thompson guaranteed the inheritance rights for the children, Thompson, Jesse, Anderson, Alfred, and Wiley. Ted Crayne