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Marriage: Children:
  1. David Thomas Moore: Birth: 12 JAN 1816 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Death: 12 AUG 1897 in Illinois

  2. Mary Moore: Birth: 15 SEP 1817 in Washington Co., Illinois. Death: 01 JAN 1904 in Festus, Jefferson Co., Missouri

  3. Lucinda Moore: Birth: ABT 1818 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Death: AFT 1860

  4. Catherine Moore: Birth: 18 JUN 1823 in Illinois. Death: 01 JUN 1873 in Clinton Co., Illinois

  5. Louesa Moore: Birth: ABT 1826 in Illinois. Death: UNKNOWN

  6. Elias C. Moore: Birth: BET 1816 AND 1820 in Illinois. Death: ABT 1840

  7. Jonathan B. Moore: Birth: BET 1818 AND 1820 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. Death: UNKNOWN


Notes
a. Note:   From a number of different records and sources, I have been able to piece together at least an outline of Jesse's life. I have determined that he is the son of Thomas L. Moore and his wife Elizabeth Nelson, and that he was born to them in Maryland, probably in either Somerset or Wicomico Counties. I do not know his date of birth, but based on several of the census records, it seems to have been between 1785 and 1790 Around 1796-97, Jesse moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Kentucky. He would have been a boy at the time and he finished growing up in Jefferson County. In an account given in 1903 by Jesse's nephew, George T. Hoke (son of his sister Mary), the family reportedly settled "in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Floyd's Fork, some 17 or 18 miles south east of Louisville, Kentucky.. near the Cane Run church ..." This appears to be near to the town of Fairmount and about 4-5 miles north of the town of Mt. Washington. Jesse is listed as marrying Elizabeth Crisler in 1810, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in both the John Calhoun Garr book from 1894 and the marriage record below. Elizabeth's father is listed in Jefferson County on the 1810 census and it appears that Elizabeth it counted in his household. Jesse is apparently counted in the household of his father, not too far away. Apparently around 1817-1819, Jesse and Elizabeth moved to Washington County, Illinois, apparently a couple of miles east of the town of Covington. Their daughter Mary is listed in a number of records as having been born there in 1817. Jesse is listed as the head of the household in Washington County, on both the 1820 and the 1830 censuses. The household of his father Thomas L. Moore is nearby on both the 1820 and 1830 censuses. I don't know how close they actually were, but in the same account made by George T. Hoke, Thomas L. Moore was described as living "on Crooked Creek, two miles east of Old Covington, the then county seat of this county." Presumably Jesse and Elizabeth moved to Washington County in conjunction with Jesse's parents, but it appears that perhaps Jesse moved first and his father followed shortly thereafter. According to the Garr book, Jesse's wife Elizabeth, died in 1828, and Jesse died in June of 1835. The probate papers that I found for Jesse, seem to confirm Jesse's date of death, but they seem to show that Elizabeth was still alive at the time of Jesse's death. I do not know the locations of their deaths, and can only guess that they died in Illinois. Neither of them seem to have lived particularly long. Jesse's father Thomas is listed in Washington County on the 1840 census, near to the households of a number of Jesse's and Elizabeth's children. Thomas reportedly died in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, in 1842. According to the Garr book and a marriage record I found, Jesse and Elizabeth's daughter Mary was married in Jefferson County, Kentucky in May of 1835. This would have been about a month before Jesse's death. In that marriage record, Mary seems to have been given away by her uncle Francis A. Moore, "of the city of Louisville," with whom it was reported she had been living. Apparently this was Jesse's brother. Jesse is listed in that record as being "of Illinois." This seems to indicate they remained in contact with family in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Francis is listed on the 1850 census in Louisville, and as having been born in Maryland. Rick Waggener =============== Jesse seems to be counted in the household of his father Thomas L. Moore, on the 1810 Federal Census of Jefferson County, Kentucky. He seems to be one of the males between 16-25 years old. This must have been just before he married Elizabeth. On the 1810 census nearby, Elizabeth seems to be counted in the household of her father Elias Crisler. ============== From Jefferson County Kentucky Marriages, Vol I, 1784-1842; film #482706, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966: Page #67; Jesse Moore to Betsey Chrisler; daughter of Elias Chrisler, married October 1, 1810 ============== I found these records showing various parcels of property that Jesse seems to have purchased in Washington County, Illinois. From the Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database; found on-line at: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/cgi-bin/archives/land.s : STATE WIDE Name of Purchaser// Legal Desc.// Sect-Twnsp- Range // Acres// Total Price// Dt of Purch// Cnty ______________________________________________________ MOORE JESSE // E2NEDSIC // 01-01S-03W // 80.00 // $162.00 // 04/24/1819 // WASHINGTON Vol. 010; Page- 153 MOORE JESSE // W2NERQ1825VO // 01-01S-03W // 80.00 // $00.00 // 04/24/1819 // WASHINGTON Vol. 010; Page- 153 ================ From This is Washington County (Its First 150 years - 1818-1968); published by the Sesquicentennial Committee of the Historical Society of Washington County, Illinois: Page 28 "Hartshorn White settled at Covington about 1819. Jesse Moore came to the same area in about 1820..." ================ From the 1820 Federal Census of Crooked Creek, Covington Township, Washington County, Illinois, pages 352/ 147; from ancestry.com, image 2 of 7: Jessy Morr; 3 males under 10 years (Jonathan, Elias, & David), 1 male 26-44 years (Jesse); 3 females under 10 years (Mary, Lucinda, & unknown), 1 female 26-44 years (Elizabeth). (The household of Jesse's father, Thomas L. Moore, is listed nearby. This record seems to indicate that there might have been another daughter, who perhaps died young. RW) ================ From the 1830 Federal Census of Washington Co., Illinois, page 180; found at ancestry.com, image #1 of 26: Moore, Jesse; 1 male 10-14 years (Elias), 2 males 15-19 years (David and Jonathan), 1 male 40-49 years (Jesse); 1 female under 5 years (Louesa), 1 female 5-9 years (Katherine), 1 female 10-14 years (Mary), 1 female 15-19 years (maybe Lucinda). Jesse is listed near to the household of his father, Thomas L. Moore. This does not seem to list Elizabeth, but the probate records I found below do seem to indicate that she was alive. RW) ================ I have obtained a copy of the probate file of Jesse, from Washington County, Illinois. There was no will in the file, which apparently indicates that he died somewhat unexpectedly. Although the Garr book reports that his wife Elizabeth had died in 1828, it is clear from the probate file that she was still alive at the time of Jesse's death. In one of the first documents, dated July 20, 1835, Elizabeth relinquishes her rights to administer her husband's estate to her son, Elias Moore. The Garr book lists Jesse's death as June of 1835, and this seems to be supported by the probate file. There are a lot of pages to the probate file and it is difficult to summarize all the information. There is a inventory that is made of the property and an accounting of the sale of the various items. There are some household items listed, but it appears that most of the items are farm related in some way or other. Inventoried with the estate are about 20 horses, 20 cows with calves, about 40 other cattle, 35 sheep, and 100 hogs. The crops sold include corn, wheat, and oats and rye. He had at least 20 bee hives. Jesse apparently had a saw mill and a grist mill. His heirs continued to run the farm and mills for at least five years after his death, as his active estate. The sale in August of 1835, of much of the personal items, stock and crops, yielded $2,700. There were a number of parcels of planted corn, totalling 79 acres, listed in one of the accounts. It is hard to figure out how much land is involved in the estate, but in a bill dated February 3, 1840, there is a record of taxes being paid on two 80 acre parcels and one 160 acre parcel. It appears that Jesse did a lot of business in credit. Although most of them don't list what they are for, there are quite a few bills and loans paid to and from the estate. I can identify many of the names listed on various records as family members. These include individuals buying various items of property, performing some kind of service for the estate, or involved in one of the bills or loans. As mentioned, Jesse's son Elias C. Moore was the initial administrator of the estate and is mentioned in many records. Apparently Elias died sometime in 1840, and Jesse's brother-in-law, Livesay Carter (husband to Jesse's sister Mary), took over the administration of the estate and seems to have finished it sometime in the early 1840's. Livesay's name appears numerous times in regards to other things. Livesay also acted as the administrator of the estates of Jesse's father Thomas L. Moore (died 1842) and his mother Elizabeth (Nelson) Moore (died 1844). Thomas L. Moore's name appears frequently in the probate papers. The name Elizabeth Moore appears in a few records, but it is not clear if it is Jesse's mother or his widowed wife. The name of Jesse's brother Zacheus (or Zachariah) Moore appears once, and the name of his brother John N. Moore's name appears a number of times. Jesse's brother Thomas H. Moore had died about a year before Jesse, and his name appears twice in the probate file. Once is an old loan record from 1823, and the other is in regards to some money Jesse had apparently promised to pay the young children of Thomas H. Moore, after his death, James Riley Moore and Sarah Olivia Caroline Moore. Besides Elias, the names of Jesse's children Jonathan B. Moore and David T. Moore also appear in numerous records. The name of Jesse's son-in-law George Hood, husband of Jesse's daughter Lucinda, appears many times also. There is a document dated March 9, 1838, in which Jonathan B. Moore is appointed guardian of Jesse's two youngest children, Katherine Moore and Louisa Moore. Although it does not specifically say it, I believe that Jonathan B. Moore most likely took possession of the family home and that his mother and Jesse's widowed wife Elizabeth, most likely was living in his household after Jesse's death. There are two Moores listed in a number of the records, whose names I do not recognize and I do not know their relationship to Jesse: William Moore and John L. Moore. There are at least two names that I know of who are not listed in the records anywhere, and could or should be. They are Jesse's brother Francis Moore and his daughter Mary (Moore) Waggener. Both were living in Louisville, Kentucky in 1835, when Jesse died. Rick Waggener


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