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Facts and Events
Disambiguation
- There were two William Moore's that married Margaret Patton's about 10 years apart in Rowan County, North Carolina. This William Moore was born 11 Feb 1765 in Lancaster Co, PA and died 16 Jun 1835 in Davidson Co, NC. He married his Margaret Patton on 13 Sep 1784 in Rowan Co, NC. Margaret was born ca 1771 [prob. prior to 1767] and died after 1851 in Davidson Co, NC. The Revolutionary War Pension File (W5389) contains some data on them. When Margaret applied for the Pension she sent for a marriage record from Rowan County, and the clerk sent a copy of the marriage bond for the other William and Margaret dated 1774. He crossed out 1774 and wrote in 1784, evidently thinking it was a typo, not realizing there were two couples with these names, married 10 years apart. So the confusion started a long time ago! The other William Moore and Margaret Patton were married abt. 4 August 1774. This much older William Moore (b. abt. 1726 in Northern Ireland, d. 6 November 1812 in Buncombe County, North Carolina) had a previous marriage to Ann Cathey who died prior to 1774.
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