I extraced this from the Lee County Pioneer book. If you descend from this Moore family, please contact me. Roberta Estes The Moores emigrated from the British Emplire to America in the first half of the 17th century and settled in Eastern Va, eventually in what is now Prince Edward Co. Benjamin Moore is the first known of the branch of this Moore family. One Benjamin Moore took the oath of overseer of the poor in April 1789 court in Prince Edward Co. There is no proof that this is the Benjamin Moore who is the ancestor of the Lee Co. Moores. Evidence indicates that a Benjamin Moore was in Henry Co Va during the Rev. War period. Benjamin Moore was in Williamson Co. in 1820 when he made a deed to David Moore of Lee Co. Va. of a negro Nelly. David Moore, son of Benjamin was born 1776-77, according to the 1850 and 1860 census, so Benjamin must have been born in 1756 or earlier. David Moore came to Lee Co., Va. in the early 1800s or before where he married before 1804 to Sarah Cox, widow of William Cox. Their children were: * Sarah Moore m George Washington Ball * Thomas Moore b 1807 * Mary Jane Moore b 1813 m 1838-39 to Benedict Years * Jerusha Moore b 1815 called "Rusha" m abt 1838 to Alexander Harris, a Methodist minister from Harlan Co. * Ruth Moore b 1819 m 1838 to Elisha Hobbs * Nathan H. Moore m 1844 in Claiborne Co to Sarah Ann Thompson * Elizabeth Moore m Nathan Laman *1 below * Thomas Moore (oldest son of David) b 1807 d 1885 m abt 1854 to Lucinda C. b 1823 according to the 1850 census *2 below *1 - On Nov 7 1865 Nathan Laman and Elizabeth his wife formerly Elizabeth Moore of Union Co Tn sold all of their undivided interest in a tract of land belonging to her father David Moore Sr. lying and being in the county of Lee Co Va. between Powell Valley and Powell River and near the waters of 4 mile creek and known as the David Moore farm from the place where David Moore lived and died upon and we hereby convey the said undivided for $140 to James P. Brooks. *2 - Thomas Moore's will 1883, children: Joseph W. Moore Robert R. Moore Nathan H. Moore Ozina E. Parrott Sarah J. Parrott Sarah Cox Moore died and David remarried to Susanna Debusk. David Moore and his second wife Susanna Debusk had additional children: * Abner Moore b 1821 m Nancy Jane Brooks * Martha B Moore b 1825 m James P Brooks in Claiborne Co * David Moore Jr born in the 1820s married in 1853 Adline Jane Noe (children Jerone B b 1854 m Mary Ball moved to Kansas, Clinton Moore 1 1856 m a Marcum, Amanda, Charles S. Moore) * Martha Jane Moore b 1829 m Sidney M. Brooks - there is some doubt about this child * Samuel Moore b 1831-32 left Lee co and moved to Pulaski Co Ky In 1868 there is a deed between Thomas and his wife Lucinda Moore, BM Years and Jane his wife, Rutha Harris, Ruth Brooks, Sidney Brooks and Marthy Jane his wife, and Samuel Moore, the first 3 parties of Lee co., the 4th and 5th of Claiborne Co in Tn and the last of Pulaski Co Ky sell to James P. Brooks the land that descended to us from our father David Moore being the lands he resided on at his death in Lee Co. Va. on 4 mile Creek