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- Will of James Moore.
In the name of Almighty God, Amen. I James More Sr. of Clay County, being deeply impressed with the thought of the uncertainty of life, have made this my last will and testament. I bequeath to my wife Eleader Moore one hundred dollars and my gray chairs, and to Esther Rose my cupboard and to Isabel Bowman, my daughter my bureau and to each of my daughters a cow apiece, likewise the bed that Isbel made and left with me I wish her to get it. I bequeath to my son John Moore ten dollars and to William Moore ten dollars and to Elias Moore ten dollars and to James Moore ten dollars. After the above legacy is paid my desires is that the balance of my estate whatsoever it is, should be equally divided between John More, William More, James More, Elias More, Ester Roose, Isbel Bowman, Mary Bowman, - and I appoint William More and Thomas Bowman executors to this my last will and testament. Written this 21st day April One thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Five.
James Moore, Sr.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of Joseph Brannenburg, Cornelius Moore and James Moore.
Certificate of the same will.
State of Kentucky, Clay County, Sch. I Abner Baker, Clerk of the county aforesaid, certify that the within will of James Moore was produced to the court and proved to be the act and writing of the said James Moore by the subscribing witnesses - Joseph Branninburg, Cornelius Moore and James, and the same stands duly recorded in my office this 18th day of June 1835.
Attest Abner Baker, Jr. Clk.
- JAMES1 MOORE , SR was born Abt. 1755 in Virginia, and died May 05, 1835 in Owsley County, Ky buried in Shepherd Cemetery, Booneville, Ky. He married ELINOR (ELLENDER) HAMILTON October 09, 1775 in prob. Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM HAMILTON and MARGARET GAY.
Notes for JAMES MOORE , SR:
James Moore and wife, Elinor, and Cornelius Bowman and wife, Susan, with their sons and daughters were among the first settlers in Madison County, KY.
The Bowmans settled on Muddy Creek near the Estill County line. The Moores, by gradual stages, moved up the Kentucky River and became the first settlers at (now) Booneville in Owsley County.
The sons and daughters of the Bowmans married sons and daughters of the Moores. In those days there were few other people in the area.
From Marvin Lee Jenkins "The Jenkins and Allen Families of Kentucky"
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- The following is taken from "JAMES MOORE FAMILY" by Adalene Moore Davis
James Moore, Sr. was the first permanent settler in the county seat of Owsley County Ky. Sometime between 1790 and 1796 James brought his wife Elinor and their children to spend a winter at Station Camp in what was then Madison County, now Estill County. The following spring the family journeyed into the South Fork country to homestead.
In a clearing on Shepherd Hill, they raised a log cabin. As was the custom, there was a spring nearby to supply water and a suitable location for a cemetery. Most of the early homes were simple cabins of one or two rooms, a single window and squared logs with dove-tailed joints and roofs for hand-split shingles. The Robert Long residence on Mulberrry Street in Booneville encompasses the original cabin.
In addition to Shepherd Hill, the Moore boundary included all of Booneville, eastward across the South Fork River toward Lerose. The growing community was known first as Moore's Station, then Boone's Station. Then in 1843, when Owsley County was formed (mostly from Clay County) and a post office established it was named Booneville to honor the frontiersman, Daniel Boone. James Moore, Jr. was appointed postmaster. The youngest son of the founding family, Elias, gave a deed for the site of the courthouse stating that in the event the site was no longer used for a courthouse it was to revert back to the Moore heirs.
There is doubt as to the first white child born in the city limits but it was probably a grandchild of James Moore, Sr.
In the Shepherd graveyard just outside Booneville, slabs mark graves of six persons who were believed buried before James Moore, Sr. died in 1835. Two smaller graves in front may be those of children. The large section in the center contains four markers, two of which reputedly belong to sons of John Moore (oldest son of James, Sr.). It is said the William and John Moore were killed in the courthouse yard by their brother-in-law, John Reece over the settlement of an estate. Tombstones are there marking the graves of James Moore, Jr. and his wife. The property has changed hands only twice in intervening years, passing from James Moore to Major Hampton who in turn sold it to Si Shepherd. It has remained in the Shepherd family over 100 years.
Very soon after the James Moore family came to Owsley County, which was Clay County then, the Cornelius Bowman, Sr. family came from Muddy Creek in Estill County. It was his boys who followed the Moore daughters to South Fork country.
Descendants from the Bowmans and Moores would have to include the Davidsons, Coles, Wilsons, Reynolds, Estridges, Eversoles, Callahans, Evans, Penningtons, Gabbards, Frosts, Lynches, McIntoshes, Sebastians, Campbells, Youngs, Morrises, Roses, Reeces, Brandenburgs, Pruitts, Roberts, McKinneys, Spencers, Lawsons, Combs, Peters, Sparks and many more.
Actually five Bowmans married five Moores of this family. The older Bowman stayed in Estill County while his sons came to South Fork country. The story is told that Cornelius' wife Susan died and was buried on Muddy Creek. The children worried about their father and took wagons to move him near them. When they told the old man of the purpose of their visit, he flatly replied, "I won't go unless I can take Susan." So Susan was dug up, and her coffin was loaded in a wagon.
The moving party arrived back in the South Fork country too late in the day to rebury Susan. At the old man's insistence the coffin was placed on his bed that night, and once more he slept beside Susan. when someone asked why, he replied, "Because I always loved Susan."
The elderly Bowmans, their son Cornelius, Jr. and his wife, Betty Moore Bowman are all buried near the residence of Willard Campbell in Booneville, Ky. The mouth of the branch where widow Betty Bowman lived many years after the death of her husband still bears her name in Owsley County.
Four of the Bowmans, that married Moores, were children of Cornelius, Sr.
Nicholas was a nephew of the others, a son of Elijah Bowman. Isabel and Nicholas bought 500 acres of land from Archibald Crawford on Lower Twin Creek on December26, 1836, then in Estill County but now in Lee and Breathitt Counties near Jackson, Ky. Nicholas was taxed on 1000 acres in 1860. He and Isabel are buried on the old farm about 2 miles up Lower Twin Creek.
From Marvin Lee Jenkins "The Jenkins and Allen Families of Kentucky" [3]
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