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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Captain / Civil Service
1776, he served as a Captain of the Light Horse company commanded by General Rutherford
He served as an Assessor, Grand Juror, and Justice of the Peace
Additional References:
Jones, RandellBefore They Were Heroes at King's Mountain, North Carolina. Winston-Salem: self-published, 2012, pg 474
Saunders, WilliamThe Colonial Records of North Carolina: Published Under the Supervision of the Trustees of the Public Libraries, by Order of the General Assembly, Vol 10, North Carolina. Goldsboro: Nash Brothers, [nd], pg 895-898
Huggins, Edith WarrenBurke County, North Carolina Records 1755-1821, Vol 4: Southern Historical Press, Inc, 2010, pg 137.
NSDAR cites: Linn, Jo WhiteAbstracts of the Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1775-1789: Salisbury Printing Company, 1977, pg 36-37
Moss, Bobby Gilmer, The Patriots at Kings Mountain, [np]Scotia-Hibernia Press, 1990, pg 73
Spouse: (1) Ann Cathey; (2) Margaret Patton Children: Charity; Margaret; Rachel; Charles; Augustus; Sarah; James; Alice; William;
Former original upright stone now laid flat on a solid base.
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Author: Craig Steven Isaacson
William Moore was born in Ulster, Ireland, and came to the American Colonies shortly before the start of the American Revolution.
While taking part in the Rutherford Expedition to forcibly remove the people of the Cherokee Nation from the area that is now Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, William traveled through the area that is now Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Being impressed with the river valley that existed at that elevation, he decided to settle there following the American Revolution. He was the first settler west of the French Broad River that flows northwest from North Carolina to Tennessee.
Before his death, he served in many civic posts, including a judge in Buncombe County.
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