Person:Anthony Moore (2)

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Anthony Moore
b.1732 Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
d.18 Nov 1822 Greene, Tennessee, United States
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m. Bef 1763
  1. Sarah Moore1763 - 1849
  2. Nellie MooreEst 1765 -
  3. Mary Jane Moore1767 -
  4. David Moore1769 -
  5. Margaret MooreBef 1782 -
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Name Anthony Moore
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1732 Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Bef 1763 to Margaret Copeland
Death? 18 Nov 1822 Greene, Tennessee, United States
Burial[2] Mount Bethel Cemetery, Greene, Tennessee, United States
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  1. ↑ Greene County Biographical Sketches, in Goodspeed Publishing Company. Goodspeed's history of Tennessee: containing historical and biographical sketches of thirty east Tennessee counties: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, James, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Washington. (Nashville, Tennessee: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886-1887).

    ... Anthony, Sr., born in 1732, in Pennsylvania, coming to East Tennessee with his family in 1778. The latter, detained a year to raise a company to go through what was then called “The Wilderness,” liked the country so well that he remained here, one of the earliest settlers of East Tennessee. ...

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    http://home.swbell.net/tjgriffi/weir/moore_rankin.html

    Anthony Moore's parents were Thomas Moore and Sarah

    1. ANTHONY MOORE was born in Northampton County, Penn. near the Delaware River, in 1732. He received a primary education. Led a colony to the Wilderness, now known as Greeneville, Tenn., 1779. Anthony served as Private Fifth Class, Third Company, Sixth Battalion, Northampton County, Penn. Militia in 1778, under the following officers: Colonel Jacob Stroud, Major John Gaston, Lt. Abraham Miller, Adjutant Jacob Winans. (info, from Penn. Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. VIII, p. 430.) Served on first grand jury in Greene Co., Tenn. in 1783. Married MARGARET COPELAND who came from Ireland to Philadelphia, Penn. at age 16. Her parents were Jonathan Copeland (Captain), born November 11, 1724, and died 1786, and Mary Nichols. Margaret had one brother. She died July 13, 1820, at the age of 76, and Anthony died November 18, 1822, at the age of 90 years. Both are buried in Mount Bethel Cemetery in Greene County, Tenn. (Ref. DAR National No. 314884, 410086 and State Library, Nashville, Tenn. & Paxton Family book page 145).

    Children:

    A. SARAH MOORE was born, July 21, 1763, in Northampton County, Penn. near the Delaware River. Died October 9, 1850. Married WILLIAM RANKIN, August 29, 1787, in Greene County, Tenn. (see RANKIN).
    B. Mary Jane Moore was born May 16, 1767. Married Thomas Temple, June 13, 1791.
    C. Nellie Moore married Anthony Caldwell.
    D. Margaret Moore married Samuel Brewer, July 17, 1800.
    E. David Moore was born May 14, 1769. Married Elizabeth Smith, January 10,1795. Elizabeth was born Feb 14, 1771. Died May 22, 1853. Buried in Greenville, Tenn., Green Co.

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