Person:Rachel Moore (32)

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Rachel Moore was born ca 1781/82 (per 1850 census), in Burke County, North Carolina (per 1850 and 1860 census). She was mentioned in the 1903 letter as a daughter of old William H. Moore: "Rachael, who married George Penland".

Rachel was probably home with her parents for the 1790 census, however it is impossible to say for sure. The 1790 census did not list females by age category. William Moore had 5 females, 1 of which was his wife, the other 4 daughters, probably including Rachel.

Rachel seems to have still been at home with her parents for the 1800 census, age 16-25 (born ca 1774/84).

Rachel Moore married George Penland in the 1800-1810 time-frame, perhaps before 1805. George was born ca 1777/78 (per 1850 census) in Burke County, North Carolina. He was a sibling to the other Penlands who married into this Moore family. I don't know the source, but someone told me his parents were Robert Penland and Elizabeth Brank.

They were listed in Buncombe for the 1810 census, but not near any of their Moore relatives.

By 1820 they had moved into neighboring Haywood County, probably all the way into what later became Macon County. They were listed there on the 1820 census. Some of the enumerations seem to be off somewhat. This was an alphabetical listing, so I can't tell who their neighbors were, so I'm not sure where they were in Haywood County.

In 1828, Macon County was formed from western Haywood, and the Penlands either moved there before 1830, or already lived in that section of the county. They were listed on the 1830 census in Macon County. He was listed just a few houses from John P. Moore (c1765), who is not related to Rachel Moore's family as far as I know.

Both George and Rachel died sometime after 1860, presumably in Macon County.