--part1_86.10e2fa.25b06779_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX --part1_86.10e2fa.25b06779_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yh01.mx.aol.com (rly-yh01.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.33]) by air-yh05.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:14:01 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh01.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:13:38 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA16902; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:10:21 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:10:21 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: <[email protected]> From: "Pam Phillips" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]> Subject: Moore-White 1830s on Shelby & Nacogdoches Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:27:12 -0600 Message-ID: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/5587 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Dear East-Texas-Rooters, My gg-grandfather, Asa Moore, was born 1815 in NC. He said in the 1867 Voter Registration that he had been in Nacogdoches county, TX for 25 years, which would make it ca 1842. His name is on the tax list in 1846 and thenceforward he was an active citizen of Nacogdoches County. He died in 1890. He married Elizabeth B. WHITE on 9 September 1945. Elizabeth came from the Joseph WHITE family of Anson Co, NC. Members of this large family, including Elizabeth's father, Joel White and mother Sarah, migrated to Perry Co, TN in the early 1820s and Elizabeth was born ca 1826-28. They may have gone to MS briefly, but by the late 1830s, this family was living in Shelby County, TX. We think the Joel White who had land in Shelby Co was Elizabeth's brother, and that her father Joel White died in TN, but it is somewhat confusing. I would love to put my head together with any descendants of this family. I have the feeling Elizabeth had siblings we don't even know about. One that we do know about was Sarah Jane White who married Asa YARBOROUGH. I have a little bit of info about them. Another sibling was probably Wiley G. WHITE who was married to Mary Ann ?? but divorced in Nacogdoches in 1851. Elizabeth also had a brother, Joel, Jr. and another brother, Joseph White. Joel and Joseph may have been twins. By 1850, Asa Moore and Elizabeth White Moore were living in the northeastern part of Nacogdoches County near Cedar Point. They had a couple of daughters of their own (ultimately they had 11 children -- see the web site for details), and were also raising a child of unknown parentage. His name was Clem Benton White Moore or C.B. (White) Moore. Clem was born in TN ca 1842. He was a CSA veteran, lived in Williamson Co, TX in 1870, moved to Lampasas Co, then to OK. Would love to hear from anyone who knows anything about Clem's parentage. Another person, Richard WALLING was also living with Asa Moore and Elizabeth on the 1850 census. Was he related at all or just a young farm hand? Who can tell me more? After 1860, Asa Moore and family moved south of Nacogdoches to the community eventually known as Press. It is also sometimes called Mt. Horeb. Eventually, Asa Moore owned over 2000 acres that had originally been the Pedro Esparza grant, and his descendants still own much of that land. Asa Moore also owned land and buildings on the square in Nacogdoches, and I have been told also owned land from New Caney to Corsicana. I know after he died his son Sterling was paying taxes on some land in Van Zandt Co, TX. Asa Moore was an active member of Nacogdoches' historic Milam Lodge #2. We have wondered, though, did he belong to a different lodge, perhaps Chireno or Melrose, or a lodge in Shelby County? Does his name ring any bells with anyone? Recently, I have heard a story from two different people that Asa Moore had been married prior to marrying Elizabeth White and that there were a couple of children from that prior marriage living down around Port Lavaca. I have no names, no dates, no nothing. Does anybody have anything, any clue to help me from going nuts? I have also been told that Asa Moore was somehow kin to "the Moores that were at San Jacinto (i.e., the Battle). More hair-tearing time. Any clues to help me keep my sanity? I have created a web site where I have attempted to put the information I have about Asa and Elizabeth Moore and their children in some kind of logical, genealogical order. There are pictures, and the pages from his bible have been uploaded. Please check it out at http://www.webnac.com/asamoore and let me know if you connect or have any information to add. He had loads of descendants. I know some of you. Any others who are online, please let me know about you. Thanks to everyone for bearing with me. Sincerely, Pam Phillips Email: [email protected] --part1_86.10e2fa.25b06779_boundary--