Allen Moore & Ann Warren

Sally’s Family Place – Neighbors

Allen Moore 1776 – 1837 | his parents
& [Nancy] Ann Warren 1776 – 1844 | her parents
of Murfreesboro, Hertford Co, NC


This report is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!


Allen Moore and [Nancy] Ann Warren were married on 13 Sept 1798.

Allen Moore was born on 10 March 1776 and died on 18 December 1837 in Murfreesboro, NC.
Allen Moore was the brother of John Moore, who was the father of Mrs. A W Darden.

[Nancy] Ann Warren was born on 10 August 1776, the daughter of Ethelred Warren [16 Jan 1749 – 30 Oct 1807] and Margaret Riddick Darden [25 Feb 1760 -12 May 1834]. Her parents married on 12 Oct 1775. Nancy Warren Moore died in Murfeesboro on 10 Jan 1844.

J. W. Moore, in his Historical Sketches of Hertford County, wrote for pub. 1 Nov 1877: “John P Bridger was at this time [1848] the sheriff of Hertford County. Though a Democrat, he had defeated Albert Moore, a Whig, for that office. Mr. Moore lived in Manney’s Neck and was the son of Allen Moore, who left so many stalwart and useful sons in our midst. Alas! The venerable Samuel Moore of Buckhorn alone survives. Allen Moore’s brother John lived near Murfreesboro and was the father of Mrs. A W Darden of Elm Grove as a most useful and estimable lady who, with her aged husband, is yet among the few spared monuments of a better day. They were long in their service to the cause of education in our midst, but of later years, the Elm Grove Academy has lost no reputation under the management of their children.”

Children of Allen Moore and [Nancy] Ann Warren
1. Edward Moore 23 July 1799 – April 1861
married Rebecca died bef 1850
? married bef 1850 Sarah
2. Priscilla Moore 27 Jan 1801 – 5 Feb 1872
Priscilla Porter 48 is in the household of Samuel Moore 1850, 1870/
married Issac Porter died bef 1850 census
3. Ethelred Moore 6 March 1802 – 29 Jan 1823
4. Samuel Moore 12 July 1803 – 17 May 1883 Buckhorn
married Elizabeth ca 1820 –
5. Margaret Moore 29 Nov 1804 – 22 Nov 1827
6. Washington Moore 6 Oct 1806- 2 Oct 1811 dy
7. Nelson Moore 12 Dec 1807 – Apr 1808 dy
8. Britton Euclid Moore 11 Sept 1810 – 30/1 May 1862 Murfreesboro, NC
name on tombstone

married 16 Dec 1845 Caroline Ann Winborne 3 May 1824 – 1 Nov 1898
daughter of Elisha Winborne and Martha Warren
9. Martha Moore 11 Jan 1812 – 19 Feb 1837
married 23 Dec 1832 Robert Battin Cobb 14 Nov 1808 – 23 Sept 1882
10. Albert Moore 23 Nov 1813 – Maney’s Neck
11. Washington Moore 27 Jan 1818 –
12. Henry A. Moore 4 May 1820 – 17 Sept 1863
“prince of merchants in the Borough”

Grandchildren:

Children of Edward Moore and wife Rebecca:
1. Annie Elizabeth Moore 6 Feb 1836 –

Children of Britton Moore and Caroline Winborne:

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photo from Bob Hull
thought to be Britton Moore

1. Robert Thomas Moore 27 April 1850 – 4 Jan 1879
2. Leonidas Lafayette Moore 15 May 1852 – 5 May 1907
“Descendant Marily Moore May’s family has the furniture
at which Lafayette ate during his visit to Murfreesboro in 1825″
– Nancy Burns
married 7 Dec 1881 Emma Virginia Calvert
a. Carrie Betts Moore 15 Aug 1882 – 4 June 1883
b. Leonidas [Leon]Calvert Moore 26 April 1884 – 5 Nov 1933
married Corrcea Keward
c. Henry Howard Moore July 28, 1886 – Apr 1960
married 1914 Ruby Pennington issue
d. Pattie Louise Moore 16 Nov 1888 – 1964 no issue
married 1917 Leland Greenleaf Plant
3. Arrozena Henry Moore 28 April 1854 – 27 Nov 1917 Charlestown, WV
married Rev W F Watson (Baptist minister)
4. Martha (Pattie) Winborne Moore 8 Jan 1856 – 11 April 1903 Edenton, NC
Nancy Burns’s and Robert H Hull III‘s great grandmother
married 19 Jan 1881, John Caswell Finch

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tintype photo of left to right:
Pattie Winborne Finch (nee Moore)
Her daughters
Lucretia Caswell Finch & Carolyn Ellis Finch

a. Carolyn Ellis Finch 9 Jan 1882 – 31 Jan 1955
married 18 June 1903 Walter Harry Blocksidge 27 May 1878 – 15 Sep 1945
i. Lucretia Simkiss Blocksidge 10 Oct 1904 – 30 Oct 1977
married 19 Mar 1932 Harvy Benjamin Becker
ii. Martha Elizabeth Blocksidge 7 July 1906 – 7 Aug 1966
married 21 Feb 1931 Robert Henry Hull Jr 30 March 1909 – 5 Apr 1976
1. Robert H Hull III 1937 –
married 1963 Elvira Franco
b. Robert Winborn Finch 1884 – 1885
c. Lucretia Caswell Finch 19 Jul 1886 –
married Fredrick Percy Quantz 14 Jul 1882 – 4 Jan 1934
d. John Caswell Finch 1889 – 18 Dec 1893
e. Sarah Shepherd Finch 1891 – 1891
f. Charles Ellis Finch 19 Jan 1894 –
married Catherine Margurite Wells 8 Mar 1898 –
5. Robert Thomas Moore 27 Apr 1850 – 4 Jan 1879 dsp
6. Julia Moore 5 March 1858 – 8 June 1863
7. Britton Euclid Moore 29 May 1860 – 18 Nov 1875 dsp
8. Caroline E. Moore 14 Feb 1862 – 16 Sept 1893 Edenton, NC

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Caroline E Moore Elliott

married 3 Dec 1884 William Oscar Elliott

From Dr. Thomas O’Dwyer’s Diary of 1825
we learn
That Allen Moore’s man Tony was found dead in the snow Jan 23
Tony’s funeral sermon preached on May 8th
March 3 says Allen Moore’s son paid $10 on his father’s account due seven years.

March 5th – bought of John Moore half a forequarter of Beef 45# @ 3 1/2 cents – $1.57 with credit.

We also learn of Dr. O’Dwyer’s visits during the summer and fall of 1825 to the John Moore family home because of the illnesses of John’s son Alfred and his brother, daughter Sarah, John Moore himself [so sick that he has John Vann rewrite his will]. Later, daughters Betsey and Mary are very ill.


John Moore 1778/84 – aft 1825 | his parents
& Edith Warren 1785 – 1825 | her parents
of Murfreesboro, NC
[brother of Allen & sister of Nancy]


Edith Warren was born on 29 Dec 1785, the daughter of Ethelred Warren [16 Jan 1749 – 30 Oct 1807] and Margaret Riddick Darden [25 Feb 1760 -12 May 1834].

Children of John Moore and Edith Warren:
1. Sarah Matilda Moore 1808 – 1879 ts
married Alfred Whitehead Darden 1801 – 1885 ts Mapleton, Hertford Co NC
son of Rev. Jacob Darden and Martha Whitehead
of Southampton, VA of the Southquay Church

2. Alfred W Moore ca 1808 – (administer of fathers estate by 17 Sept 1829)
married
3. Betsy Moore –
4. Adolphus E Moore
rec his share of servants 22 Dec 1834
5. Mary Ann Moore
rec her share 24 Dec 1835
6. Richard Moore youngest

Alfred Darden was the administrator of John Moore’s estate by 17 Sept 1829.
Hertford Co. Feb Ct 1833 – Alfred W Moore is appointed Guardian to Mary Ann Moore, Adolphus E Moore, and Richard Moore, orphans of John Moore deceased. The latter enters bond for the Sum of Twenty-five thousand dollars with John Vann, Abraham Riddick, Alfred Darden, and Nelson Hodges Securities. The court accepts the bond.

1800 Census Hertford County
Allen Moore 1 0 0 1 0 – 0 0 1 0 0
John Moore 0 0 1 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0
Elizabeth Moore 0 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 1 0
1810 Census Hertford County
John Moore 1 0 0 1 0 – 1 0 1 0 0
Allen Moore 4 1 0 1 0 – 2 0 0 1 0
1820 Census Hertford County
John Moore 3 1 0 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 0 1
Allen Moore 3 0 1 3 0 1 – 1 0 1 1 1
1830 Census Hertford County
Allen Moore 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brittain S Moore 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Alfred Darden 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Grandchildren:

Children of A W Moore:
1. Edith E Moore ca 1838 – teacher
2. Caroline Moore ca 1840 –
3. Sarah A Moore ca 1844 –
4. Joseph E Moore ca 1846 –

Children of Sarah and A W Darden:
1. Virginia Darden ca 1830/3 –
married William E Bond of Edenton
a. W M Bond of Edenton
2. Indiana [Anna] H Darden 9 Sept 1833 – 23 Feb 1920 ts dsp
” a highly cultured woman who has devoted her life to teaching.
When young, she was a frequent contributor
to the literary magazines of the South.”

3. Alfred Moore Darden 1839 – 1897 Conf. soldier
he and wife buried at Mapleton.
married Elizabeth [Bettie] Holley 1848 – 1909 of Chowan
a. Clarence S Darden ca 1866 –
b. Colgate [Coke] W Darden ca 1868 –
married Miss Pretlow
i. Colgate W Darden Jr
Governor of VA
ii. Pretlow Darden
Mayor of Norfolk, VA
c. Mary H Darden 2 June 1870 – 2 Jan 1906 ts
married Britt
d. Siduna Darden ca 1871 – daughter
e. Junius H Darden ca 1873 –
f. William H Darden ca 1875 –
g. Jacob C Darden ca 1878 –
4. Martha Lilly Darden ca 1842 –
married John D Gatling ca 1842 –
5. Sarah Quinton Darden ca 1844 –
married William Carey Parker ca 1840 – of Wake Forest
6. Alexander C Darden ca 1845 – 3rd N.C. Light Arty, Co. C CSA
married Bettie Dunford
married 2nd Maggie Overby
7. Paul Darden ca 1847 – 2 April 1865 in Elmira, NY CSA POW
Enlisted as private in Company C,
3rd Light Artillery Regiment North Carolina on 1 Sept 1864
POW on 15 January 1865 at Fort Fisher, NC
Confined at Elmira, NY, died of disease

8. Mark Darden ca 1848 –

On Dec 7th, 1863, William Carey Parker married Quenton Darden fourth daughter of Alfred W Darden of Elm Grove. [he grad from Wake Forest College and, since the war, won a reputation as a teacher.]

Nov 1865 – Messr Jesse R Stubbs, Dr. R K Speen, and William E Bond were the candidates for congress.  Mr. Bond of Chowan is also a lawyer and a man of blameless social life. He married Virginia, the oldest daughter of A W Darden, and had been a Democrat while his competitors were both Whigs. Moore’s HSHC

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Painting of the Elm Grove School for girls
conducted by Mr. Alfred Darden
at his plantation at Mapleton near Murfreesboro, NC

3 thoughts on “Allen Moore & Ann Warren”

  1. My great grandmother was Lucretia Quantz. I have pictures, letters written, notarized documents of DAR. Am looking for more info. Have traced back to 1564 but am not positive. Nancy Burns please contact me.

  2. Hi, My name is Shanan. I’m the youngest daughter of Cecelia Alma Darden. Her father was Leon Polk Darden Jr. I’m excited to learn so much history that I can share with my children and so on. I just want to say thank you. Have a Blessed Day

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