JOSEPH MOORE
Joseph Moore, late of Anthonys Creek, was one of the most widely known citizens of our county in his day. His parents were William Moore and Margaret. It is believed they came from Rockbridge County about 1780. No known relationship is claimed with other branches of the Moores.
They opened up a home on the knoll just south of Preston Harper’s on Knapps Creek, where a rivulet crosses the road. Their house was just below the present road at that point. It was here they lived and died. They were buried on the east side of the creek, on the terrace south of the tenant house now standing there.
These pioneers were the parents of two sons and two daughters: Joseph, John, Mary (Polly), and a daughter whose name seems to be lost to memory.
John went to Kentucky.
Mary was the wife of Colonel John Baxter, who was the first Colonel of the 127th Regiment, and was very prominent in the organization of the county.
Joseph was a soldier in the War of 1812. During his service he met and married Hannah Cady, in East Virginia. She was a native of Connecticut and was a school teacher, and is spoken of by the older people as a sprightly person. Soon after his return, Joseph Moore settled on the homestead, building his house between Goelet’s residence and the barn. He finally moved to Anthony’s Creek.
Their family consisted of five daughters and three sons: Hannah, Sarah, Matilda, Margaret, Abigail, Daniel, Joseph and Henry Harrison
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