JOHN AND KEZIAH MOORE FAMILY
OF WALTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
  • + 15. JOHN PENDLETON6 MOORE,(ELIZABETH5, JOHN4 ROBERT3,JAMES2 , JOHN1) b. 9 June 1850; d. 29 June 1925, Bethlehem; m. MARY EMMA WHALEY (b. 24 Dec. 1858; d. 13 June 1928), 27 Aug. 1877; bur. Moore family cem., Bethlehem. See 1880 Walton Co. census- family #139, 250th Dist. Father, Robert, is listed #138 in 1880 census. See 1900 Walton Co., Tanner's Dist., HH#22, Family #22 for John P. Moore. Father, Robert, listed 1900 in John's household.
  • 16.        NANCY TIMALINE MOORE, b. 14 Oct. 1853; d. 21 Jan 1938; m. ALFRED TAYLOR SIMS (b. 1856; d. 27 July 1882), on 16 Sept. 1875, Walton Co. Ga.  She was living with her brother, John P. Moore, 1900 census, widow. Her dau., NAOMI SIMS, m. DANIEL THOMAS WILLIAMS. She had a son, JOHN SIMS.  Timaline is bur. unmarked grave, Bethlehem Meth. Ch. Cem.   see: http://www.oursouthernancestors.com/williams-004.html 
  • +17.        JAMES JACKSON MOORE, b. 2 Aug. 1854; d. 7 Mar 1925; m. (1) CHARITY C. GRIFFIN (b. 11 Sept. 1856; 4 May 1884) on 25 Oct. 1874 .  He m. (2) FRANCES J. HAYES (b, 17 Feb 1861; d. 17 May 1958) on 27 Nov. 1884, Walton Co. Ga. 
  • + 18.  JUDSON LEWIS MOORE was born 12 September 1857, Walton County, and died 7 April 1947, Bethlehem. He married (1) EMMA FLORENCE SMITH (b. 21 Mar. 1859, Ga.; d. 25 May 1917) on 31 May 1882, Walton Co.; married (2) Mrs. CLARA MAE RAGSDALE DICKETT (b. 23 June 1877; d. 6 Aug. 1942).  No issue by second wife.  All buried Bethlehem Methodist Churchyard. 
    • 6. WILLIAM EMMETT6 CANNING (ELIZABETH5, JOHN4 ROBERT3,JAMES2 JOHN1 MOORE) b. July 28, 1826, Elbert Co. Ga. and d. March 7, 1908; married HANNAH BRASELTON Jan. 10, Hall Co. Ga. 
    Children of WILLIAM EMMETT6  CANNING and HANNAH BRASELTON
    i.    JOHN P.7 CANNING, b. Dec. 10, 1848, Ga; d. Dec. 25, 1914 
    ii.   HENRY C. CANNING, b. June 1851, Ga; d. 1923. 
    iii.  WILLIAM RUSSELL CANNING, b. Oct 1, 1853, Ga; d. March 
           24, 1932.  Buried Alta Vista Cemetery, Hall Co., Ga. 
     iv.  SARAH E. CANNING, b. 1855; d. 1894; m. WILLIAM HOSCH. 
      v.  HARRISON BRASELTON CANNING, b. April 16, 1857, Ga; d.  
           May 19, 1937.  
     vi.  NELSON GREEN CANNING, b. April 24, 1860, Ga; d. January 
            31, 1901.  Buried Alta Vista Cemetery, Hall Co. Ga. 
    vii.   JOSEPHUS S. CANNING, b. Sept. 21, 1862 
    viii.  LEWIS PITMAN CANNING, b. July 5, 1865, Ga; d. March 25.  
            1932. Buried Alta Vista Cemetery, Hall Co. Ga. 
    ix.    GUSTAVUS CANNING, b. 1870; d. Jan 3, 1942; m. ROBIE  
            PAULINE HARRELL. 
    x.     HANNAH TALLULAH CANNING, b. Nov. 24, 1872; d. April 
            25, 1953; m. ROBERT LEE PATTERSON,  Feb. 20, 1890. Both  
            buried Alta Vista Cemetery, Hall Co. Ga.  She is the writer of the  
            old letter to Amy Charles, given on the first page here.  She lived in 
            Athens, Clarke Co. Ga. 
    xi.    LAURA JEAN CANNING, b. Nov. 24, 1876; d. Sept. 4, 1949; m.  
            WILLIAM THOMAS WILLS.  They had three children: W. Ralph  
            Wills, Russell Canning Wills, and Lillian Alice Wills, all born in  
            Jefferson, Jackson Co. Ga.  One of their grandsons is William R.  
            Wills, Jr. M.D. who lives in Douglas, Ga. 
    14.  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN6 MOORE (ROBERT5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, JAMES2, JOHN1) was b. July 8, 1843, Walton County, and died February 24 1900, Bethlehem, Barrow County, Ga.  He married MARY FRANCES THOMPSON (b. 24 May 1850;d. 22 Nov. 1933), daughter of David Thompson and Elizabeth Austin, on November 8, 1866, Walton County, Ga.   They are buried in the Thompson Family Cemetery, Walton county.  Mary Frances was the granddaughter of James Austin and Mary Sorrells, see: http://www.oursouthernancestors.com/tfcp-008.html#023 
    Children of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN6 MOORE and MARY FRANCES  THOMPSON
    i.   ROBERT DAVID7 MOORE, b. Dec. 4, 1867; d. Jan. 18, 1937; m.  
          (1)VIRGINIA BYRD WILLIAMS.  He m. (2) LULA ROBINSON. 
    ii.   ELIZABETH ANN MOORE, b. July 17, 1868; d. Aug. 27, 1938 m. 
          ZION NATHAN HENDRIX. 
    iii.  JOHN A. MOORE, b. Oct. 9, 1871; d. Jan. 12, 1872. Buried Moore 
          Family Cemetery, Bethlehem, Ga.  Infant. 
    iv.  MINNIE ELECTRA MOORE, b. Feb. 1, 1873; d. Jan. 20 1960; m.  
          DAVID STURDIVANT. 
    v.   DORA SELEMA, b. June 24, 1875; d. July 3, 1916; m. WILLIAM  
          FRANCIS McELHANNON. 
    vi.  MARY VIDA MOORE, b. Sept. 20, 1879; d. Dec.3, 1969; m. 
          WILLIAM ARCHIE TANNER. 
    vii.  ETHEL SPEER MOORE, b. July 1, 1882; d. Nov. 22, 1959; m.  
           JOHN M. HUGHES. 
    viii. EFFIE WILDA MOORE, b. Aug. 27, 1885; d. June 5, 1965; m. 
           WILLIS McDANIEL. 
    ix.   HARRIETT JOSEPHINE MOORE, b. Sept. 21, 1887; d. Sept. 7,  
          1914; m. EBB HARDIMAN STURDIVANT, Dec. 22, 1895,  
          Walton  County, Ga. 
    x.   JAMES BENJAMIN MOORE, b. April 24, 1888; d. April 1, 1949; 
          never married. 
    14.  ROBERT HUDLEY 6 MOORE (ROBERT5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,    JOHN1) b. March 18, 1849; he m. SELINA C. BRASWELL 7 Oct 1870.  Their children were: 
     i.  AYSHELIA7 MOORE, b. 1872 
    ii.  ROBERT P. MOORE, b. 9 Aug. 1873; d. 23 Apr 1904; m. LILLIAN P. ____. Buried  Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery. 
    iii.  JOHN A. MOORE, b. 1877 
    iv. THOMAS R. MOORE, b. Sept 1880 
    v.  BENJAMIN F. MOORE, b. October 1885 
    + 15. JOHN PENDLETON6 MOORE (ROBERT5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, JAMES2, JOHN1) b. 9 June 1850; d. 1925, Bethlehem; m. EMMA WHALEY (b. 1858; d. 1928), 27 Aug. 1877; bur. Moore family cemetery Bethlehem, Barrow Co. Ga.  Their children: 
    i.   LAURA7 MOORE, b. June 1879; m. _____ FLANIGAN.  Her 
         daughter, Aubrie Kathleen Flanigan, age 15, bur Moore Cemetery. 
    ii.  LEWIS G. MOORE, b. May 1881; d. 1946; bur Moore Cemetery. 
    iii. ROBERT C. MOORE, b. November 1883; d. 1940; buried Moore 
          Cemetery. 
    iv.  ANNIE MOORE, b. January 1886; m. ------ WORSHAM. 
    v.   JOHN P. MOORE, Jr., b. December 1888; d. 1925; bur Moore Cemetery. 
    16.  JAMES JACKSON 6 MOORE (ROBERT5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,    JOHN1) b. August 2, 1854; d. 7 March 1925; m. (1)CHARITY C. GRIFFIN.  Their children: 
    i.  JAMES C.6 MOORE, b. 1876. 
    ii. JOHN L. MOORE, b. 1878. 
    James m. (2) FRANCES JOSEPHINE HAYES (b. 17 Feb. 1861, Clarke Co. Ga; d. 17 May 1958, Winder, Ga) on 27 Nov. 1884. They are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Winder, Ga. At the time of her death the obituary says she was Barrow's County oldest citizen.  Children: 
    EMORY7, CLOVIS, VALLIE, and LULA MOORE. 
    + 17.  JUDSON LEWIS6 MOORE (ROBERT5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, JAMES2,    JOHN1) was born 12 September 1857, Walton County, and died 7 April 1947, Bethlehem, Barrow Co. Ga. He married (1) EMMA FLORENCE SMITH (b. 21 Mar. 1859, Ga.; d. 25 May 1917); married (2) Mrs. CLARA MAE DICKETT (b. 23 June 1877; d. 6 Aug. 1942).  No issue by second wife.  All buried Bethlehem Methodist Churchyard. Judson was in the household of John P. Moore, his brother, in the 1880 Walton Co. census, and is listed in the 1900 Walton census, HH #23, Family #23, Tanner's District. 

    Judson was a well known gospel song writer and publisher and ran a music school at Bethlehem for many years. It is said his services were solicited from as far away as Alabama. It was Judson who suggested the name Bethlehem in 1884 for the name of the town. He was a member of Bethlehem Methodist Church. One of his songs in photos below. 

    ISSUE OF EMMA FLORENCE SMITH and JUDSON LEWIS6  MOORE
    Born Bethlehem, Ga.

    18. JOHN HAYDEN7 MOORE b. June 1883; m. ADA ROSS. 

    19. AMY MOORE,  b. I Dec. 1891;deceased November 1985, Piedmont, SC; m. JOHN HENRY CHARLES, Jr. (b. 29 Nov. 1887; d. 29 Aug. 1949) of Piedmont, S.C. 

    ISSUE OF AMY7MOORE and JOHN HENRY CHARLES

    20.      MAJOR (USAF) JOHN HENRY8 CHARLES, III, b. 19 Oct. 1919; d. 4 
               Feb. 1955; m. KATHRYNE RHODES of Augusta, Ga. 

     Issue: JOHN ROBERT9, AMY, and JACK. 

    21.      JANE CHARLES8 , b. 4 Jan. 1923; m. COLONEL (USAF, ret) 
               FRANK WOODROW HANSLEY of Sugar Grove, Ohio. 
    Issue: ELIZABETH JANE9 CHARLES m. DR. CECIL YATES 
    BROWN, and JOHN FRANKLIN CHARLES m. LISA KEITH 
    GRIFFIN, 26 May 1979. 
    Click Here for Photos of one of Judson Moore's Songs

     
     
    APPENDICES FOR ROBERT MOORE FAMILY OF WALTON COUNTY A MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

    Grantee Index to Deeds, Walton Co. shows ROBERT MOORE bought land from GEORGE PARK, Sheriff, 5 Apr. 1836. it is unknown if this was indeed Robert Moore, b. 1813. See record on microfilm [Bk L:244]. ROBERT MOORE, 415th Dist., Walton Co., drew land in the 1832 Gold Lottery. Contact Surveyor General Dept., Archives for record. It is unknown if this was Robert Moore b. 1813. 

    Index to 1820 Walton Co. census: ELEXANDER MOORE, #1 JOHN MOORE, #558; JAMES J. MORE, #86. 

    1830 Walton Co. census: DAVID MOORE, #960; ISRAEL MOORE #483; JAMES J. MOORE, #48; ROBERT MOORE, #480; WILLI MOORE, #1058; ZACHARIAH MOORE, #978. 

    1840 Walton Co. census: ZACHARIAH MOORE, #123, Town JOHN MOORE, #279, Cutoff Dist; ROBERT MOORE, #273, Cutoff-Dist. 

    1850 Walton Co. census: ROBERT MOORE, #24; ROBERT M. MOORE, #26; ZACH MOORE, #109. 

    1860 Walton Co. census: J. J. MOORE, #450; J.M.B. MOORE #759; JOHN MOORE, #509; JOS. MOORE, #411; MARY MOORE 1132; R.M. MOORE, #1133. 

    1820-60 Walton Co. census Index to Heads of Household, Ga. Archives. Wayfarers inWalton, Anita B. Sams, 1967 521-561. The above were not seen by the compiler, but given for your further search. 

    CIVIL WAR RECORDS

    Robert Moore's granddaughter, AMY MOORE CHARLES joined the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Greenville, S.C., Chapter #51, in 1948, and submitted the following records with her application. They were submitted to the Ga. Archives, 26 Oct. 1955, and are in the Moore genealogical folder, Central Research Room . 

    Amy wrote, "In a letter, written by my father, Judson Lewis Moore, he said 'My father, ROBERT MOORE, serve under J. E. Brown the latter part of the Civil War." 

    Office Soldiers' Executive Aid Association, For the Relief of the Army of Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia, 3 1864 to Capt. C. Paden, Provost Marshall. "Captain, bearer, ROBERT MOORE, in charge of clothing and provisions for 42nd Regt. desires passport. Please have kindness to oblige him, 

    s/Robert Crawford, 

    Ex. Aid Association for Relief of Army of Tn. 
    Approved to pass to Dalton. 

    s/ Chas. W. Paden, P.M. 

    Militia Hospital near Atlanta, Ga. 5 Aug. 1864. [Note very faded and hard to read]. 
    "Dear wife, 

    I again drop you a line which will inform you that I am here. I am not well, but there is nothing serious the matter. I have the____ which is -----. My back hurts me considerable. I staid in the ditches eight days and nights which wore me out considerable. 

    ___________________ said I had the fever and sent me to This Hospital. I was very glad to get here. I knew that I did not have the fever and I was glad to get out of the ditch. I am in no danger here. I am in a mile Benny. See him most every day, he is well and out of danger of bulletts. There is ______________ fighting [Amy wrote that this letter was written by Robert Moore to his wife, Ann.]

     
     
    Co. G, 42nd Regt. Camp near Dalton, Ga. 6 Feb 1864. 

    "ROBERT MOORE, a true and loyal citizen of the Confederate States, having visited my company for the purpose of bringing clothing and provisions to the soldiers and is now desirous of returning to his home in Walton County, is entitled to do so, he not being within the age of conscription. s/H. B. Mikel, Lt. Co. G, 42nd Regt. Ga. (Name unclear) in Ga. near Dalton. Approved. Feb. 6. s/B. F. Maddox, Lt. Cobb Co. Regt." 

    THOMAS REUBEN MOORE died at Burkittsville, Md. of wounds received at the Battle of Crampton's Gap, 17 Oct. 1862 [recorded in Robert Moore's Bible]. He was wounded in the Battle, 14 Sept. 1862, and died of wounds later. The name of his father is shown as Robert Moore. His body was never returned to Ga. (written by Amy Moore Charles on these papers; please verify in Ga. Archives, Civil War Records). He served as Pvt. Co. F, 16th Regt. Ga. Vol. Inf. enlisted 19 July 1861, Monroe, Ga. 

    A letter from THOMAS R. MOORE to his brother, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MOORE, written while Thomas was stationed at Camp Cobb, Yorktown, Va., 22 Oct. 1861: "Dear Brother, We left Richmond at 9 o'clock and arrived at Yorktown about 10 o'clock Saturday. We changed from cars to steamboat and rode on to Yorktown. Before leaving Sunday I went to the river shore and saw the Yankees blockade down the river toward the ocean, and I also visioned the fortiforcations (sic) that our troops had thrown up around Yorktown. We are about 15 or 20 miles of the Yankees. Sunday morning we moved 4 miles down below Yorktown close to the head of Chesapeake Bay. Direct my letter to Yorktown. 
    s/ Your loving brother, Reuben. 

     Return address written on this letter was Cobb's Regt., Ga. Vol. Inf. This Regt. was commanded by Capt. McRae. Co. F, 16th Regt. was generally known as Joe Brown Rough and Readys. Reuben Thomas Moore was the name given on his records. 

    Walton Co., Ga. 12 May 1823. Between JOHN LIGGERS of Walton Co., and ALLEN CLARK of Henry Co., for $200, John Liggers sells to Allen Clark, a tract of land in Henry Co., Ga. containing 212'. ac. Lot #168, 12th Dist. Wit. ROBERT MOORE, J.P., and ZACHARIAH MOORE. Rec. 17 Sept.1823. [Henry Co. Ga. Deed Bk A: 352]
     

    WILL OF ROBERT MOORE 

    (1813-1904) 
    Walton Co. Will Bk A 

    I, ROBERT MOORE, of Walton County, Georgia, being of sound mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament. I give to my wife, ANN MOORE, and my daughters to wit: LUCY K. MOORE, MARY E. MOORE, and SARAH F. MOORE, jointly and severally, the following property to wit: 140 ac. of land, lying in Walton Co. on waters of Appalachie River and known as the sd Robert Moore's homeplace, beg. on a post oak on JAMES L. ODUM'S line and running east, 160 rods to red oak on JAMES C. HANIE'S land, thence south, 160 rods to a maple on the branch on R. H. MOORE'S land, thence north 140 rods to the beg. corner. To have and to hold after my decease, during their singlehood, as a home. In the event if any of the above should marry, then their right in sd premises shall cease, so far as a home is concerned. When the last one of the above shall marry or die, so there is none remaining single, then my will is that the land be sold at public outcry before the courthouse door in sd county, and after paying the cost of advertising and sale, the remainder of the proceeds be equally divided between my legal representatives. I appoint my son, JUDSON L. MOORE, the exr. of this, My last will and testament, this 15 July 1884. 
    WILLIAM C. WRIGHT s/ROBERT MOORE (seal) 
    OSCAR L. NOWELL
    JOHN P. EDWARDS, Clk.

     
     
    From northeastern Tennessee, 19 year old BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MOORE with the Walton Blues (42nd Regt) reported in a brief letter home: "Pa, we have not but one oven and one skillet & one frying pan for the whole camp to cook in. We have no tents. We are camped in an old apple orchard & we lie under the trees. When it rains we just take it the best we can. We don't get much to eat neither ... " [Wayfarers inWalton, Anita B. Sams, 1967: 140], letter contributed by the Robert Moore Tanner family of Walton County). 

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