| Scope and content |
Collection (ca. 1791-1919) consists of items related to the Augustus Moore (June 8, 1803-March 23, 1851) family of Chowan and Halifax Cos., N.C. account books, legal records, land transactions, estate records, correspondence, clippings, and autograph books (1855, 1865) belonging to family members who attended Miss Willard's Female Seminary in Troy, N.Y., and Patapsco Female Institute in Ellicott City, Maryland. Also included are identified photographs (cartes de visite, tintypes, cased pictures, albums) of the Moore, Gilliam, Skinner, and Hall families, religious books such as Roman Catholic Missals, Episcopal Books of Common Prayer and Bibles, UNC-Chapel Hill diplomas (1824), and items related to the 1878 Exposition in Paris, France. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Augustus Moore Family Papers (#1216), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Carter R. Rowe, Jr.. |
| Biographical note | Judge Augustus Moore (1803-1851) and his wife Susan Maria Jordan Armistead Moore (1812-1884) were the progenitors of the Moore family of Chowan and Halifax Cos., North Carolina. Their children were William Armistead Moore, Susan Augustus Moore Righton, Henrietta Moore Sutton, Augustus Minton Moore, Mary Elizabeth Moore, John Armistead Moore, and Alfred Moore. Their great granddaughter was Elizabeth Vann Moore (1912-2010) who was a well-respected local historian and genealogist in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C. |
