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Moore Family History & Genealogy

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Moore Last Name History & Origin

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(heathy mountain), in a fen, or any of the various settlements with this name --
derived from their location near the moor or fen. That version comes from the
Old English Mor. Occassionally, Moore is a nickname for the person with
swarthy complexion, and sometimes Moore is a Scottish or Welsh nickname for
the big man, from the Welsh Mawr (meaning big or great).

Name Origin

Notes for MOORE CLAN IN IRELAND:
About The Moore Name
Our MOORE name is derived from the Gaelic O'Mordha (descendant of
Mordha, a name that meant "great" or "proud" in Gaelic), then changed to
O'More and then was Anglicized to Moore - the same name of many families of
Anglo-Norman descent. O' meaning grandson or descendant; and mordha
meaning stately, noble, or majestic. These same Anglo-Norman Moore's are
called de Mora in Irish.

Spellings & Pronunciations

The Internet was used to research the Moores' in Ireland which has many
different spellings such as More, O'Mora, O'More, O'Moore and finally
anglicized as Moore.
Notes for IRISH MOORE CLAN:
About The Moore Name
Our MOORE name is derived from the Gaelic O'Mordha (descendant of
Mordha, a name that meant "great" or "proud" in Gaelic), then changed to
O'More and then was Anglicized to Moore - the same name of many families of
Anglo-Norman descent. O' meaning grandson or descendant; and mordha
meaning stately, noble, or majestic. These same Anglo-Norman Moore's are
called de Mora in Irish.

Nationality & Ethnicity

IRELAND IRISH/CELTIC Territory: The O'More's were originally located in County Leix (now spelled
Laois). They were the leading sept of the Seven Septs of Leix; the other six -
O'Kelly, O'Lalor, O'Devoy or O'Deevey, McEvoy, O'Doran, and O'Dowling.
The O'More's principle residence was Dunamase; a castled crag which served as
their stronghold.
The territory of Leix originally belonged to the kingdom of Leinster, but was
taken by Ulster and divided into seven tribelands. The O'More family remained
in Leix until they were transplanted to Kerry - after their subjugation by the
English - by a 1609 treaty.
History: The O'More family has a rich ancestral history. Their eponymous
ancestor Mordha was twenty-first in descent from Conal Cearnach, a great hero
of the Red Branch - Royal Knights of Emania. One of the many legends
surrounding Conal tells of him being in Jerusalem and witnessing Christ's
crucifixion. Conal can trace his ancestry back to Raudhri Mo/r - Roderick or
Rory the Great.

Famous People named Moore

The list of famous people with the surname Moore is quite lengthy .

Early Moores

These are the earliest records we have of the Moore family.

Temperance (Moore) Jernigan was born in 1665 at , , Virginia, USA, and died at age 69 years old in 1734 at , Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Temperance Moore Jernigan.
Mary Moore was born in 1704. She was married to Hugh Lawson in 1728, and they were together until Hugh's death in November 1772. She had a child Rebecca Lawson. Mary Moore died at age 76 years old in 1780. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Moore.
William Moore was born on September 8, 1731 in Antrim, Northern Ireland United Kingdom. He was in a relationship with Ann (Gordon) Moore, and had a child Rachel (Moore) Hunter. William Moore died at age 68 years old on August 29, 1800 in Lincolnton, North Carolina United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Moore .
Ann (Gordon) Moore was born on March 8, 1746 in North Carolina United States. She was in a relationship with William Moore, and had a child Rachel (Moore) Hunter. Ann Moore died at age 73 years old on April 8, 1819 in AL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ann (Gordon) Moore.
William Moore was born circa September 16, 1747 in Northern Ireland United Kingdom, and had a brother James Moore. He was married to Mary Campbell, and had a child Thomas Moore. William Moore died at age 75 years old on April 1, 1823 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania United States, and was buried at Charles Evans Cemetery 1119 Centre Ave, in Reading. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Moore.
Abraham Moore
Abraham Moore was born on September 1, 1756 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania United States, and died at age 77 years old on March 4, 1834 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Abraham Moore.
Rachel (Moore) Hunter was born on July 18, 1759 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States to William Moore and Ann (Gordon) Moore. She was in a relationship with Andrew Hunter, and had a child William Moore Hunter. Rachel Hunter died at age 86 years old on December 11, 1845. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rachel (Moore) Hunter.
James Moore was born circa 1771, and died at age 63 years old on May 8, 1835 in Logan County, Ohio United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Moore.
Sophia (Black) Moore of South Yarra Australia was born in 1771. She was married to John Moore, and had a child Margaretta (Moore) Gilbert. Sophia Moore died at age 83 years old on July 1, 1855 at Launceston Tasmania, Australia in Launceston, TAS.
Nancy J. (Moore) Martin
Nancy J. (Moore) Martin was born in 1776 at North Carolina. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nancy J. (Moore) Martin.
John Moore of South Yarra Australia was born in 1778 in Scotland United Kingdom. He was married to Sophia (Black) Moore, and had a child Margaretta (Moore) Gilbert. John Moore died at age 79 years old on December 24, 1858 in Launceston, TAS Australia.
William Moore of Australia was born in 1784, and died at age 75 years old in 1859.

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Bernice Moore was in a relationship with Ralph Leonard Lingbloom, and has a child Joey L Lingbloom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bernice Moore.
Catherine "Kitty" Moore
Catherine Moore was born on June 11, 1802 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky United States. She was married to Samuel Nixon Baker in 1824, and they were together until Samuel's death on July 17, 1860. She had children James Baker, John Baker, Samuel Baker, and Charles Baker. Catherine Moore died at age 80 years old on February 20, 1883 in Rockville, Parke County, IN. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine "Kitty" Moore.
Bernard John Moore was born on June 15, 1948 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Bernard Moore got married to Patricia Joan Moore in 1974 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, and has a child Lisa Jennifer Barber. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bernard John Moore.
Patricia Joan Moore was born on October 15, 1954 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. Patricia Moore got married to Bernard John Moore in 1974 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, and has a child Lisa Jennifer Barber. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Patricia Joan Moore.
Lisa Jennifer (Moore) Barber was born on October 25, 1975 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey United States to Bernard John Moore and Patricia Moore. Lisa Barber married Kevin Michael Barber in 1995 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and has children Anthony Michael Barber, Marissa Nicole Barber, Angela Marie Barber, Christina Rose Barber, and Nora Lynn Barber. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lisa Jennifer Barber.
Jessie Moore Hunter
Jessie (Moore) Hunter of Parkes County, New South Wales Australia was born on August 25, 1855 in Rural City of Wangaratta, Wangaratta Rural City County, VIC. She was married to John Hunter on September 18, 1872 in Wahgunyah, Indigo Shire County, Victoria, and had children George Hunter, Mary Ann Hunter, Alexander Hunter, John Hunter, Jessie May "Mabel" (Hunter) Keast, Robert Alfred William Hunter, Florie Hunter, Agnes Catherine (Hunter) Cook, Alice Hunter, Isabella Hunter, Queenie Evelyn Hunter, and John Thomas Hunter. Jessie Hunter died at age 44 years old on November 16, 1899 in Parkes, Parkes Shire Council County, NSW.
Sarah Anne (Lobeck) Moore of Benton, Kentucky United States was born in March 1955 in Miami, FL to Alan Nutt Lobeck. Sarah Moore has siblings John K Lobeck, Paul J Lobeck, and Richard Lobeck.
Jonathan Alan Moore was born on June 20, 1991 in Houston, Harris County, Texas United States to Gregory Alan Moore and Maria Isabel Melero, and has a sister Danielle Marie Kramer. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jonathan Alan Moore.
Danielle Marie (Moore) Kramer was born on June 25, 1992 in Houston, Harris County, Texas United States to Gregory Alan Moore and Maria Isabel Melero, and has a brother Jonathan Moore. Danielle Moore married Scott Michael Kramer in 2020 in Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Danielle Marie Kramer.
Gregory Alan Moore was born on November 15, 1956 in Houston, Harris County, Texas United States. Gregory Moore got married to Maria Isabel Melero in 1988 in Houston, Harris County, and has children Danielle Marie Kramer and Jonathan Moore. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gregory Alan Moore.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elmira (Jobins) Moore.
Alice May (Bales) Moore of Melbourne, VIC Australia was born on October 3, 1900 in Dunolly, and died at age 86 years old on February 14, 1987 in Melbourne.
Homer Douglas Moore Jr
Homer Douglas Moore Jr of Chattanooga, Tennessee United States was born on April 12, 1936 in Chattanooga to Louise Moore and Homer moore. Homer Moore had a brother David Moore. He married Pansy Anne (Smith) Moore in September 1959 at Silverdale Baptist Church 7236 Bonny Oaks Drive, in Chattanooga, Hamilton County. They had children Marcus Lamar Moore and Michael Anothony Moore. Homer's partner was Pansy Anne (Smith) Moore, and they had children Marcus Lamar Moore and Michael Anothony Moore. Homer Moore died at age 87 years old on August 4, 2023, and was buried on August 12, 2023 at Chattanooga National Cemetery 1200 Bailey Ave, in Chattanooga, Hamilton County.
Harman Moore was born in 1898 to George Moore and Francis Moore, and has siblings Leola (Moore) Lattimore and Marie Moore. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harman Moore.
Leola (Moore) Lattimore was born circa 1894 in Gibson, Glascock County, Georgia United States to George Moore and Francis Moore, and has siblings Marie Moore and Harman Moore. Leola Lattimore was in a relationship with Herbert Lattimore, and has children William Herbert Lattimore, Sarah Lattimore Campbell, and Dora Latimore Hughes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leola (Moore) Lattimore.
Marie Moore was born in 1892. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marie Moore.
Francis Moore was born in 1863. Francis Moore was in a relationship with George Moore, and has children Marie Moore, Leola (Moore) Lattimore, and Harman Moore. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Francis Moore.
George Moore was born in 1870. He was in a relationship with Francis Moore, and had children Marie Moore, Leola (Moore) Lattimore, and Harman Moore. George Moore died at age 62 years old in 1932. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Moore.
Lola Geneva (Moore) Burridge was born on May 18, 1934 in Kentucky United States, and died at age 87 years old on October 17, 2021 in MI. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lola Geneva Burridge.
Cynthia Moore of Neche, Pembina County, ND was born on September 17, 1959, and died at age 37 years old on March 16, 1997.

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William Jackson  Moore
William Jackson Moore was born in March 1856. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Jackson Moore.
John A Moore
John A Moore was born on August 27, 1836. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John A Moore.
Mary E. (McCloy) Moore
Mary E. (Mccloy) Moore was born in October 1871 in Iowa United States of America. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary E. (McCloy) Moore.
Anna (Klein) Moore Harmon
Anna Klein Moore Harmon was born in 1844 in New Jersey United States of America, and died at age 78 years old in 1922 in IA. Anna Moore Harmon was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Shenandoah, Page County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna (Klein) Moore Harmon.
Russell J Moore
Russell J Moore of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD was born on January 31, 1921, and died at age 72 years old on January 29, 1994. Russell Moore was buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery Section 4C2 Row 20 Site 10 1122 Sunrise Beach Road, in Crownsville.
Lennie Jarrells White Moore
Lennie Jarrells White Moore was born on February 6, 1892. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lennie Jarrells White Moore.
Calvin  Moore
Calvin C. Moore was born on August 25, 1924. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Calvin Moore.
Abraham Moore died on July 19, 1936, and was buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery Section 37 Row 7 Site 36 150 Muncie Road, in Leavenworth, Ks. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Abraham Moore.
Alberta Jarrells Caldwell Moore
Alberta Jarrells Caldwell Moore was born on February 4, 1882. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alberta Jarrells Caldwell Moore.
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore was born on December 29, 1936 at New York, and died at age 80 years old on January 25, 2017 in Connecticut United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Tyler Moore.
Earline Moore
Earline was my grandmother. We all called her Granny, and Grandaddy was Eugene E Moore. We loved her always though she never once spoiled any of us. She was as apt to swat us for doing wrong as our parents were. We learned not to misbehave at Granny's and expect to get away with it. Always, during our vacations there, we would have Friday night fish fry, followed by homemade ice cream. We kids took turns sitting on the bucket, turning the crank, but it was so worth it to get that ice cream. Granny and Grandaddy loved to fish, often went on fishing trips and always came back with plenty for the freezer, and fresh caught fried fish for dinner. I also remember black eyed peas, ham hocks and beans, corn bread, and all kinds of yummy foodstuff in Granny';s kitchen. She had a big red plastic bird and if I recall, a big fish named Oscar that was so ugly, it was fascinating. I'd watch it for hours. After they moved to Waskom, she had bird feeders and squirrels we would watch in the morning come to eat. As soon as we went outside, they scattered, but always came back.
Dickie Moore
(Child Star - Movie Star) John Richard "Dickie" Moore, Jr. (September 12, 1925 – September 7, 2015) Married to Jane Powell. Public Relations Executive. Famous Child Star. Dick Moore, a public relations executive who was known as Dickie when he was a Hollywood child star, playing the movies’ first talking Oliver Twist and later giving Shirley Temple what was widely publicized as her first on-screen kiss, died on Monday in Connecticut. He was 89. Helaine Feldman, who works for his company, Dick Moore & Associates, confirmed the death but said she was not sure where it had occurred. Mr. Moore lived in Wilton, Conn. Mr. Moore was not yet a year old and evidently cute as a button when he made his movie debut in the 1927 silent feature “The Beloved Rogue,” which starred John Barrymore as the 15th-century French poet and gadabout François Villon. Young Dickie, uncredited, played Villon as an infant. He very quickly became a busy youngster, appearing in dozens of features and short films, many before he turned 12, including “Blonde Venus” (1932), in which he played Marlene Dietrich’s son, and “The Story of Louis Pasteur” (1936), in which he played a boy saved from rabies by Paul Muni. In 1932-33, he appeared regularly in “Our Gang” shorts (the series was known as “The Little Rascals” when the films were shown on television). He was 6 when he played the title role in Hollywood’s first sound adaptation of Charles Dickens’s “Oliver Twist” (1933). Mr. Moore claimed that the much-ballyhooed kiss he gave Shirley Temple in “Miss Annie Rooney” (1942) — he was 16, she was 14 — was his first kiss on screen or off (though Temple, as she admitted in her autobiography, couldn’t say the same — and she had actually been kissed on screen at least once before). Decades later, Mr. Moore wrote about the peculiar and not terribly nourishing life of child actors in a 1984 book, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (But Don’t Have Sex or Take the Car),” in which he described his own experiences and those of others whom he interviewed. He recalled that when he was 8, he was so used to inscribing autographed pictures for fans that he signed his mother’s birthday card “from your friend Dickie Moore.” John Richard Moore Jr. was born in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 1925. Though his acting career, which also included some stage work and a role in the Robert Mitchum film noir “Out of the Past” (1947), did not end for good until the 1950s — his last film was “The Member of the Wedding” in 1952 — it was on the wane by the time he kissed Temple. He spent two years in the Army at the end of World War II, serving as a correspondent for the newspaper Stars and Stripes. After his discharge he briefly studied journalism at Los Angeles City College. He went on to produce and star in an Academy Award-nominated short film, “The Boy and the Eagle” (1949), about a disabled young man who nurses a wounded eagle back to health. Mr. Moore was later the public relations director for Actors’ Equity Association, the stage actors union, as well as editor of its magazine, before starting his own public relations firm in 1966. He was married three times and divorced twice. In 1988 he married the actress Jane Powell, who had also been a child star. They met during the research for his book. She survives him. His survivors also include a son, Kevin; a stepson, Geary; two stepdaughters, Lindsay and Suzanne; a sister, Pat Kingsley; and several grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
Garry Moore
Garry Moore American game show host Garry Moore was an American entertainer, comedic personality, game show host, and humorist best known for his work in television. He began a long career with the CBS network starting in radio from 1937 and then as a television host on several variety and game shows from 1949 to the mid-1970s. Wikipedia Born: January 31, 1915, Baltimore, MD Died: November 28, 1993, Hilton Head Island, SC Height: 5′ 7″ Spouse: Mary Elizabeth De Chant (m. 1975–1993), Eleanor Borum Little (m. 1939–1974) Albums: "You're Never Alone", Hero, Breakthrough,
Thomas Corydon Moore
Thomas Corydon Moore was born in 1840 at Ireland, and died at age 63 years old on December 28, 1904 at New Mexico. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas Corydon Moore.
Virgina Loretta (Moore) Tincup
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Virgina Loretta (Moore) Tincup.
John Isaac Moore
John Isaac Moore was born in 1846 in Illinois United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Isaac Moore.
Lilias Edith  (Grahame) Moore
When Lilias Edith "Isobel" Grahame Moore (m. Simard) was born on May 29, 1906, in British Columbia, Canada, her father, John Frederic Moore, was 40, and her mother, Isobel Barbara Moore (nee Grahame), was 36. She married Wilfred Thomas Maurice SIMARD on September 14, 1929, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They had one child, David, during their marriage. She died on May 20, 1997, in Enderby, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 90.
Cleamma (Moore) Decoct
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cleamma (Moore) Decoct.
Arthur Harry Moore
Arthur Harry Moore was born on July 3, 1879. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur Harry Moore.

Moore Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Moore family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 265,889 people with the last name Moore that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

Oldest Moores

These are the longest-lived members of the Moore family on AncientFaces.

William Moore was born on March 11, 1877, and died at age 117 years old on May 4, 1994. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Moore.
117 years
Stanley Moore was born on May 31, 1864, and died at age 115 years old in December 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Stanley Moore.
115 years
Rolla H Moore of Bedford, Lawrence County, IN was born on July 4, 1881, and died at age 114 years old on May 7, 1996.
114 years
Charles Moore was born on March 22, 1866, and died at age 114 years old in February 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Moore.
114 years
George Moore of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on May 3, 1872, and died at age 113 years old in April 1986.
113 years
Lucy Moore of Brownsville, Fayette County, PA was born on December 23, 1880, and died at age 110 years old in March 1991.
110 years
Mathilda K Moore of Long Prairie, Todd County, MN was born on November 18, 1893, and died at age 109 years old on March 15, 2003.
109 years
Henry Moore of Melbourne East Australia was born in 1816, and died at age 110 years old in 1926 in Melbourne East.
110 years
Lillian A Moore of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, MI was born on August 17, 1889, and died at age 110 years old on December 19, 1999.
110 years
Cenia Moore of Louisville, Jefferson County, KY was born on May 19, 1884, and died at age 110 years old on October 15, 1994.
110 years
Fannie D Moore of Charleston, Charleston County, SC was born on July 12, 1893, and died at age 109 years old on September 17, 2002.
109 years
Susie Moore of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, NJ was born on December 24, 1901, and died at age 109 years old on December 26, 2010.
109 years
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Does anyone know who Diane Marie Moore? -born on 05/21/1959 & born a chilcott then adopted out by a Frances moore -she was born at a St.Mary Washinton hospital in Fredericksburg,Va.-if u know anything on this could u reply to me at [contact link]
thanks
PSS: as a young girl she had gotten burned real bad but as she grew up it got better but i was wondering what hospital she went to for the burns -her mom was 21 yrs old when she gave her up & the mom went to jail -if anyone knows anything on this please send it to me -thanks -im trying to help her find her real mom (that is if shes still living)
thanks & have a blessed day !!!!
Searching for my granpa Jim Nichols Moore . Married my granma Margret {maggie } Dorsey McLeary . He was an older man she was only around 19 ! My mom was born May 8 1923 I was told he came from somewhere else to Texas in the early 20's mom was always saying her dad my granpa was 65 when she was born . They traveled from pillar to post by covered wagon . He wore a wirery mustach that he was always twrilling around his fingers she said . Back then they never talked about the past or there lives . So I know virually nothing about mom's folks . She had an older sister and a baby sister
Francis Moore ,Betty Jo Moore married name Hensley ,Mary louise Moore married name Sexton remarried name Derr when she passed . was a W.A.C. in the Army 1945-46
Betty johanna Moore {adopted } from Sunshine home Dallas Texas by a Dr Cherry . I found her a few months ago she like mom had passed . But found her kids . I have since met with older daughter which is same age as I'm .
I knew of Francis as a child . they live in Lufkin Texas . She has also passed . I have been in contact with youngest child
1. Betty Francis Rouse
2. Don farris Rouse [Passed}
3. Rebecca ann Rouse [passed}
4. pamela sue Rouse Married name Lovette
5. Cindy Lou Rouse Married name ?


We are searching for information on our moms side of the family her dad our granpa Moore . Maybe we can find out where we came from way back when .
Asa Moore
Name: Asa Moore (the widow applied for pension)
Birth Date: 1764
Rank: Pvt.
Establishment: Maryland Line

Name: Asa Moore
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Thomas
Marriage Date: 07 Mar 1790
Marriage Place: Pr. Geo. Co., Md.

Moore, Asa, Sudbury.Private, Capt. Jonathan Rice's co., Col. Samuel Bullard's regt.; enlisted Aug. 17, 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; service, 3 mos. 24 days, including 11 days (220 miles) travel home; company ordered to march to reinforce Northern army; also, Capt. Moses Barns's co., Lieut. Col. Perce's (Peirce's) regt.; enlisted May 29, 1779; service to July 1, 1779, 1 mo. 2 days, at Rhode Island; company raised for 2 months.
My 2nd great Grandfather

Name: Thomas Moore
RESIDENCE: Pulaski, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 2 Apr 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 2 April 1862.
Enlisted in Company I, 65th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 15 May 1862.
Received a disability discharge from Company I, 65th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 27 Sep 1864.

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REGIMENT: 65th Infantry Regiment Illinois
Date of Organization: 1 May 1862
Muster Date: 13 Jul 1865
Regiment State: Illinois
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 65th
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 1
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 1
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 30
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 97
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers

Regimental History
ILLINOIS
SIXTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
(Three-Years)


Sixty-fifth Infantry. - Cols., Daniel Cameron, William S.
Stewart; Lieut.-Cols., Daniel Cameron, William S. Stewart,
Majs., William S. Stewart, John Wood, George H. Kennedy. This
was known as the "Scotch Regiment," was organized at Camp Doug-
las, Chicago, in the spring of 1862, and was mustered into the
U. S. service, May 1. It was ordered to Martinsburg, W. Va.,
and on its arrival was brigaded with the 125th N. Y. and Bat-
tery M, 2nd Ill. artillery. When Col. Miles surrendered at
Harper's Ferry the soldiers of the 65th were made prisoners by
the enemy, and although paroled they were not exchanged until
April 1863. It then served in the campaigns in East Tennessee,
taking part in the battles about Chattanooga and in the defense
of Knoxville. After a severe winter campaign the regiment re-
enlisted as a veteran organization and went home on furlough in
March, 1864, with over 400 men. Returning to the field, it
joined Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign and on June 15
was brought into a sharp engagement with the enemy between Ken-
nesaw and Lost mountains. Lively skirmishing was continued un-
til the 20th, when the advance was checked by a deep and almost
impassable creek - the enemy disputing the passage of the only
bridge with artillery and infantry. Volunteers being called
for, about 50 men of the 65th Ill. stepped forward and charged
across the bridge, driving back the enemy and holding the posi-
tion until the remainder of the regiment crossed. During July
and August the regiment was engaged in numerous skirmishes,
some of them being quite severe. On Aug. 18 four companies
drove a superior force for over 2 miles. On Aug. 26, with 15
days, rations, it began the successful movement south of At-
lanta, driving the enemy from Rough and Ready station and de-
stroying the railroad, then moving to Jonesboro and participat-
ing in that battle. It followed Hood into Tennessee, was se-
verely engaged at Columbia, losing 3 officers and 50 men,
killed and wounded, and it was also in the battle at Franklin,
where it captured the colors of the 15th Miss. infantry. It
participated in the battle of Nashville, and afterward pursued
the retreating enemy to Clifton, where the regiment remained
until Jan. 15, 1865. It was then transferred to North Caro-
lina, landing at Federal point on Feb. 7, and was engaged in
the heavy skirmishes there. It fought the enemy at Smithtown
creek, capturing 3 pieces of artillery and 350 men. From Kin-
ston the first five companies, except veterans, were sent to
Chicago for muster-out, and from Raleigh the remainder of the
non-veterans were ordered home. On May 1 four new companies of
recruits joined the regiment and in June 4 officers and 250 men
were assigned to the regiment from the 92d Ill., 2 officers and
12O men from the 112th Ill., and 25 men from the 107th Ill. On
July 13, 1865, the regiment was mustered out and started home,
arriving at Chicago July 22, where the men received final pay-
ment and discharge, July 26, 1865.


Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

Battles Fought
Fought on 17 Jul 1862.
Fought on 25 Nov 1863 at Knoxville, TN.
Fought on 29 Nov 1863.
Fought on 18 Jan 1864.
Fought on 6 Apr 1864.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864 at Clark's Plantation, GA.
Fought on 17 Jun 1864 at Clark's Plantation, GA.
Fought on 19 Jul 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA.
Fought on 21 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 29 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 25 Nov 1864 at Columbia, TN.
Fought on 26 Nov 1864 at Columbia, TN.
Fought on 29 Nov 1864 at Spring Hill, TN.
Daniel Moore was born 6 Nov 1838 in Estill County Kentucky, the son of Eli Moore, born in Rowan County North Carolina and Mary Polly Warford, who was born in South Carolina. On 7 January 1864 he married Nancy Olive Taylor in Estill County Kentucky. Daniel was a very good shot with a rock. One time he was collecting fees at the gate to a fair. Two riders decided to gallop past without paying. When they wouldn't stop, Daniel threw a rock and knocked one of the men from his horse. Then both returned to the gate and paid their fee. Another time, some of Daniel's and Nancy's stock got our of their enclosure. Daniel threw a rock, killing one of the animals. He then remarked that "Oh, well, we needed meet anyway." But Nancy would have none of this. She told him "We won't eat this meat. You didn't kill it because we needed meat. You killed it out of anger."

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