Display Patriot - P-251864 - William MOORE

William MOORE

SAR Patriot #: P-251864

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A080065

Birth: abt 1751 / Augusta / VA
Death: 02 Jan 1827 Glade Spring / Washington / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt, fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina


Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Pension Number: *S25312
  3. Abstracts of Washington County, Virginia Will Book 7, 1834-1838

Spouse: Elizabeth Steele
Children: Martha; Elizabeth; Samuel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2011-10-06 VA 43707 James McKee Johnson (169433) Martha/Mattie   
2013-07-08 CO 53765 David Wayne Snodgrass (177412) Martha/Mattie   
Burial:
Rock Spring Cemetery (C-0375454)
Location:
Glade Spring / Washington / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1993796
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
36.709768 / -81.784751
Find A Grave Memorial #:
43512813
Marker Type:
Headstone / DAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Grave Photos and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Frederick Arnold Weyler
William Moore was born about 1751 in Augusta County VA. He married Elizabeth Steele 17May1776. Their children were John Steele Moore 22Nov1777, Martha 25Jan1780, Samuel Wm 24 Mar1782, Elizabeth 10Apr1785, Mary Ann. He died 02Jan1827and was buried at Rock Spring Cemetery, Washington Co, VA. William was a private of Washington County VA militia under Captain David Beattie of Ebbing Spring Presbyterian meeting place, Moore received two wounds at Kings Mountain 07Oct1780. The musket ball to the left knee resulted in the loss of his leg. William recovered substantially from the shot in his left arm. His wife Elizabeth left baby Mattie with a neighbor and rode to widow Biggerstaff’s plantation (Rutherford Co. NC) to nurse Moore into traveling condition, then walked much of the way with William on horseback to return to Liberty Hall on the Holston. Parson Charles Cummings’ parishioners of Ebbing Spring contributed to the Moore’s after BKM. Washington County exempted William from taxes on 17Apr1782. Washington County continued their pension to Moore on 15Apr1783. Gov. Edmond Randolph signed a state pension to Moore on 20Dec1787 @ £15/annum retroactive to 01Jan1786. Gov Beverly Randolph added £3/annum to Moore’s pension 29Oct1789. A letter in federal pension file S24312 indicates that Moore received a federal pension in 1816 for which $8/mo was the ordinary grant to disabled private soldiers.
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