Sally's
great-great Grandparents:
Dr. Godwin Cotten Moore 1806 - 1880 |
his
parents
& 1832 Julia Munro Wheeler 1814 - 1887 | her parents
of Mulberry Grove, Hertford Co, North Carolina
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
Godwin
Cotten Moore and Julia Munro Wheeler were married 25 June 1832.
Godwin Cotten Moore the son of James Wright Moore and Esther Cotten was born at Mulberry Grove, Hertford Co, NC on the 7 Nov 1806.
He grew up fond
of fox hunting.
He studied at the O'Brien preparatory school at Murfreesboro. (Hertford
Academy then operated by Thomas O'Grady.)
He entered the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1822; but his studies were interrupted before he completed his junior year
by an illness.
Later, he studied medicine with his brother-in-law Dr N P Fletcher,
who lived in Roxobel, NC. Godwin then enrolled in the Medical College of the University of
Pennsylvania receiving his M D degree in 1828 with high honors.
He returned home to
Mulberry Grove to establish his practice which flourished by "his manner and bearing
and large intelligence." A goodly number of children were named in his honor.
"He was eminent in his community because of his walk in life."
As a Mason was
Master of King David's Lodge, Roxobel, N C.
He helped found Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church near his home.
A devoted Baptist he served 37 years as moderator
of the Chowan Baptist Association.
He was elected in the Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina to the board of managers (1842-44) vice-president (1847-54) and trustee
(1849-67.) trustee Wake Forest College (1838-60)
Also, he was one of the founders of Chowan Baptist Female Institute--first chairman board of trustees
(1848-67.)
Portrait of Dr. G C Moore
now in the possession of John R Moore III
as restored by David Goist 2007
photo by David Goist
Although a Democrat in Whig territory he was elected to represent Hertford
County in the House in 1831 and the senate in 1842 and house again 1866-68.
From
1857 to 1861 he was chairman of the old county court a position usually held by a
lawyer.
Here's a letter Dr. Moore wrote his
brother in law Turner Westray about conditions at Mulberry Grove 8 Feb
1865.
Dr. Godwin Cotten Moore died 6 May 1880 at
his home Mulberry Grove and
is buried there in the family cemetery.
Julia Munro Wheeler, daughter of John Wheeler, merchant, of Murfreesboro and his second
wife Sarah (Sallie) Ford Wood, was born 14 June 1814.
Julia was named for her father's
sister Julia who was married to Robert Munro of Washington, D.C.
Julia's mother died
when she was six months old; Julia then spent some time in Orange County, N C in the
household of her aunt Mary Wood Mebane and her husband William.
Later she returned to
Murfreesboro to her father's house after he married for the third time; his bride was
Sarah Clifton, Julia's mother's first cousin.
Uncle Jule said when looking
at this portrait in our parlor, "Mother had a long neck, but I don't
think it was that long!" [This portrait is said to have
been painted by Ellen Sully Wheeler, her brother John's 2nd wife.]
Mrs. Julia Munro Wheeler Moore died 17 May 1887 at Mulberry Grove.
Mrs. G. C. Moore by unknown
artist
portrait owned by the Calvert family
photo compliments of the Mint Museum in Charlotte
Julia and Godwin's silverware
Mulberry Grove secretary
on display at the Wheeler House in Murfreesboro, NC
Note: "The Lady Alice Lisle's daughter married a
Cotton. However, they had no children. In the 1870's a character named Ballis showed up in Richmond claiming
he was looking for heirs to the Lisle-Cotten estate. He is supposed to have visited Dr. Moore at Mulberry
Grove. According to Tom Parramore [and others before him including my
father SMK], he was a confidence man. It was about this time that Uncle Will's daughter was named "Alice Lisle" and that the
longstanding practice of spelling the family name "Cotten" suddenly rolled over to "Cotton".
E-mail from James
17 Oct 1851
from his parents to John Wheeler Moore at Chapel Hill, NC
Children of Godwin Cotten Moore and Julia Munro Wheeler:
1. John Wheeler Moore 23 Oct
1833 - 1906
married 28 September 1853 Ann James Ward 1834 - 1901
2. James Wright Moore 7 Nov 1835 - 1862
married 24
April 1856 Henrietta Raby
1839 - 1861
3. Esther Cotten Moore 27 Feb 1838 - 1920
married 1860 Dr Richard Thomas Weaver March 1827 -
9 April 1902
age 75 yrs
buried 12 April 1902 Church of the Saviour, Jackson, NC
4. Julian Godwin Moore 2 Oct 1840 - 1929
married 1st 29 June 1865 Emily Bland Southall
1843 - 1878
married 2nd 29 May 1882 May Powell 1850
- 1883
married 3rd 11 Dec 1890 Julia West Smoot Jones
1841 - 1922
5. Thomas Longworth Moore 22 Feb 1845 - 1926
married 1st 27 Aug 1864 Baden-Wurtemberg
Rose Standish Ludlam 1848 -ca 1870
married 2nd Covington KY
17 Aug 1872 Kate
Ward (div)
6. William Edward Moore 11 Feb 1847 - 1920
married Annie Goree Tait 18 April 1854
Wilcox Co AL - 1913
7. Charles Richard Moore 8 Sept 1851 - 10 Oct 1854
8. Sallie Wood Moore 19 Apr 1855 - 1945
married 23 Oct 1877 Samuel James Calvert
1856 - 1946
9. Julia Wheeler Moore 11 Feb 1858 - 25 April 1859
scarlet fever
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Foster Children & others reared by Godwin and Julia Moore:
her siblings
1. Sarah Clifton Wheeler 21 May 1819-13 July 1861
married 1837 James Hunter Southall 1806-1862
2. Henrietta Wheeler 25 Nov 1821-11 July 1852
married 1846 John Benjamin Baldwin 1822-1894
3. Charles Wheeler 26 Aug 1823-11 Oct 1834
diphtheria
4. Claiborne Clifton Wheeler 7 Aug 1825-22 Oct 1834
diphtheria
5. Amy Miles Wheeler 4 Nov 1827-dec.
married 1853 John Benjamin Baldwin 1822-1894
6. Junius Brutus Wheeler 21 Feb 1830-15 Jul 1886
married 1855 Emily Truxton Beale 1832-1880
7. Anna Slaughter Wheeler 11 May 1832-7 Sept 1834
diphtheria
Letter addressed to Dr. G. C. Moore, St. Johns, NC
transcribed by Bea Moore mother of Tom
Moore
Astonia, Oregon
July 8th, 1859
Mr. Dear
Dr. . . . Politics is a disease that affects the whole
country nearly alike in its symptoms, I suppose, and its results vary like
other epidemics. Here the Black Republicans have nearly succeeded in
electing their congressman an probably have succeeded but the issue is
doubtful. The hopes of the Democrats are faint, yet they hope on. The
Legislature refused to elect a Senator and free-soil-ism was at the bottom of
it. I am disgusted with the subject myself and wish I could go to some place
where politics was prohibited. At least to try it, for there is no
doubt that like everything else we are accustomed to, we long for them when
we have lost them. . . But to get out of this land of freedom, would be a
source of pleasure, far greater than any other I know of for the present. It
would cause me to see my friends, relations and home once more and free me
from association with about as mean a set of people as are allowed to live
on a free soil.
My health is at present very good and I am
actually fattening a little. I hope yet to emulate my nephews in rotundity
and good looks, however much I may fall short in other respects.
The Military Road under my charge is
progressing and I hope in a couple of months more to use the appropriation
so badly that we will have to stop to rest ourselves.
I had hoped long before this to have seen you
all. So satisfied in fact that I should be East in a few months, that I
allowed Em. to go home or rather I should say sent her home, to save her the
disagreeable trip of 800 miles sea-travel up here and as I thought 800 more
is so short a time back to San Francisco on our way back. However she is
comfortable and well cared for and I am doing finely. So we will be merry
and hope on.
Give my love to Sister Julia, and all the
children, and may I soon have the pleasure of taking you by the hands and
once more under the roof of the home of my childhood, is the sincere wish of
Affectionately
yours
Junius
children of her niece,
Sarah Clifton Wheeler 21 May 1819-13 July 1861
& James Hunter Southall 1806 - 1862
Married at Mulberry Grove June 1837, Both died from injuries suffered in a
carriage accident near their home in Columbus, MS; she July 1861, he
Dec 12 1862. Dr. Godwin Cotten Moore went down to
Mississippi on the train and brought back Julia, Blanie, Annie, Josie and
Branchie (a boy) to Mulberry
Grove, his plantation near Murfreesboro. Branchie died in 1866 but the
girls grew up and married at
Mulberry Grove.
1. Julia Munro Southall 20
March 1838 - 15 Jan 1928 Jackson, NC dsp
2. Emily Bland [Blanie] Southall 19 July 1843 - 28 Nov 1878
married 12 Oct 1865 Julian Godwin Moore
1840 - 1929
3.
Annie Rebecca Southall 29 Sept 1851-
married 10 Dec 1874 Walter Joseph Biggs
29 Sept 1850 - 4 Dec 1905
4. Frances Josephine [Josi] Southall 14 Aug 1853 - 25 Jan 1893
Jackson, NC
married 5 June 1877 William Cornelius
Bowen 9 Nov 1849 -
5. Joseph Branch
Southall 22 Feb 1856 - Sept 1866 Mulberry Grove
their grandchildren - son Jim's orphans
1. Godwin Cotten Moore 1 Jan 1857 Mulberry Grove - 1909 Austin TX
married 1894 Emma Ann Fallwell
1870 - 1939
a. Ola Moore 13 Dec 1897 - 1 May 1970
married 8 April 1918 Childress
2. Paul Virginius Moore 10 Dec1858 Mulberry Grove - 17/18 Sept 1926
Miami FL
on the 1880 and the 1920 census he
is listed as Paul J Moore
Diphtheria
son Tom's son
1. Godwin Ward Moore 30 Jan 1874 - ca 1887 Mulberry Grove
son Bill's family
1. Helen Goree Moore 2 Oct
1874 - 24 Nov 1953
married 1909 Harry Stevens (div.)
a. William Moore Stevens
1909 - 1909
b. Margaret Mary Stevens 1912
- 2002
2. Alice Lisle Moore 3 Feb 1876 - 4 Dec 1879 Diphtheria
3. Felix Tait Moore 31 Oct 1879 - 19 May 1964
married 1909 Josephine Brigham
a. William Brigham Moore
married Vivian Janet Douglass
the Weaver brothers, nephews of Dr. Richard Thomas Weaver, sons of
his brother Robert A Weaver and wife Cornelia
1. Joseph Weaver of Rich Square ca 1859 - 31 Jan 1930 NH Co NC aged 70
married Helen F Sessoms 4 June 1873 - 19 Jan 1919
2. William A. Weaver 1867 - burial 17 March 1938 aged 71
Church of the Saviour, Jackson, NC dsp
Grandchildren of Godwin Cotten Moore and Julia Munro
Wheeler:
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