   The herald and news 22 Aug 1919 The key to unlocking the details of the Moore family who enslaved Mrs. Fannie Moore and her family lies in Fannie's description of Mary Anderson and her mother Harriet. In 1866, Mary Anderson, daughter of Captain David Anderson and Harriet Brockman, married Thomas John Moore (known as Jim). Fannie remembered five of their children Andrew born c1867, Thomas born c1869, Annie Mary (Nan) born c1871, Harriet born c1877, and Henrietta Sue (Nettie Sue) born c1879. Thomas John (Jim) Moore's father, Dr Andrew Barry Moore died c1848. Nancy Miller Montgomery his widow was recorded in 1850 living in Spartanburg County, South Carolina with her sons Andrew (1838-1862) and Thomas and daughter Ann. She was a wealthy woman, her Real Estate was valued at $30,000. She is recorded on page 13 of the Slave Schedule for Spartanburg County as the owner of 28 enslaved people. However, page 14 records her as the owner of another 55 human beings giving a total of 83 enslaved people. Unfortunately, the people she enslaved are recorded by age and not by family groups, as is the case with some Slave Schedule returns. In 1860, Nancy Moore was again recorded in Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Southern Division) with her sons Andrew and Thomas. The fourth member of her household was the overseer, Thomas W Hill, born c1825 in South Carolina, that Mrs. Fannie Moore described. (His name is transcribed as Thomas W Hide in the familysearch record). The value of Nancy's Real Estate was recorded as $9,000 and her Personal Estate (incl. the monetary value of her enslaved people) $27,665. Her son Andrew had come into his inheritance and had Real Estate to the value of $12,000 and personal Estate of $29,000. In the 1860 Slave Schedule, Nancy Moore was recorded as the owner of 24 enslaved people. Her son Andrew (A C Moore) was recorded as the owner of 26 enslaved people. In Dec. 1860 Nancy Miller Montgomery Moore married Samuel Nesbit Evins (1797-1868). She died in 1862 and is buried at Nazareth Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Moore, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Jim (Thomas John) Moore died in 1919. He had been resident in Walnut Grove, Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1910. Jim Moore's grandfather Charles, 'the school teacher', left Ulster about 1750 and had settled in Walnut Grove by 1767. The Moore family were slaveholders in what became known as Spartanburg County for almost 200 years. Steven and Rachel Moore and their daughter Mrs. Fannie Moore were only three of the persons enslaved by the family and Steven and Rachel continued to work for Jim Moore up until their deaths. You can read more about Mrs Fannie Moore here www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/irish-descendant-slaveholders/fannie-moore-born-1849-spartanburg-county-south-carolina Sources: (accessed 12 July 2021) Fannie Moore 1937 northcarolinaslavenarratives.wordpress.com/north-carolina-slave-narratives-2/moore-fannie/ Thomas Moore & Mary Anderson 1870 US Federal Census (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RT-L9L) Dr Andrew Barry Moore (1771-1848) (www.findagrave.com/memorial/78000753/andrew-barry-moore) Nancy Moore 1850 US Federal Census (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q2-B5L) Nancy Moore 1850 US Slave Schedule (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW8-346Z) Nancy Moore 1860 US Federal Census (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTX-MVY) Nancy Moore 1860 Slave Schedule (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTJ-1FN2) Andrew Moore (A C Moore) 1860 Slave Schedule (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTJ-1F6Z) Nancy Miller Montgomery Moore Evins (www.findagrave.com/memorial/152095688/nancy-miller-evins) Nazareth Presbyterian Church (fpcspartanburg.org/devotionals/nazareth) Walnut Grove Plantation (www.spartanburghistory.org/sites/walnut-grove)
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 Fannie Moore in 1937 Photograph memory.loc.gov/mss/mesn/mesnp/112/112027r.jpg Mrs Fannie Moore was born in 1849 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Steven and Rachel Moore. Her paternal grandmother was born in Africa. Steven was a blacksmith and Rachel worked in the fields during the day and pieced quilts at night. Steven taught himself to read by stealing a book and taking it out to the fields to learn in secret. Rachel gave birth to twelve children in spite of working in the fields so she must have been a very strong woman. Mrs Moore's recollection of her life was recorded in 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina by Marjorie Jones. Her memory was clear as she recalled many names and events in her life as an enslaved person. Her account is significant also because it shows how deeply entwined the lives of enslavers and enslaved people were. For example when Hill, the overseer, was displeased with Cheney's behaviour he told 'old granny Moore' and she whipped Cheney. Cheney had two children by Hill, the overseer. Fannie's mother Rachel was also whipped by 'granny Moore'. Fannie described 'old granny Moore' as a 'rip jack'. In 1880, Fannie is recorded as living with her father and mother in Reidsville, Spartanburg. Her age is recorded as 18 which gives her a birth year of 1862. She and her sister Joanna are recorded as farm labourers. Also living in the household are Steven's granddaughters, Josephine, Carrie and Tosie and grandson Centennial. Two men are also in the household, Berry Miller and Laurence Barry. In 1870, there was ten children and young people recorded in Steven's household. By 1900, Steven and Rachel are getting on in years and living in Fair Forest Township, Spartanburg with their grandchildren Johnson and Ella Alexander aged 17 and 16. It is possible that these Alexander young people are the children of Mrs Fannie Moore. A 1967 Death Certificate for Josie Alexander (born in Spartanburg County, SC 1886) identifies her mother as Fannie Moore. Sadly, six of Steven and Rachel's twelve children have died by this time. Steven died some time between 1900-1910, Rachel is recorded as a widow living next door to her son Benjamin in Walnut Grove, Spartanburg County in 1910. By 1937, both Steven and Rachel have died and Fannie no-longer knew where her siblings were living. But researching death records we were able to find two of them, Benjamin and Jonas. Steven and Rachel's son Benjamin died in 1945, in Walnut Grove Township, Spartanburg County. Another son Jonas (dec. wife Luann) died in 1937 in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina. Mrs Fannie Moore left us so much information that it is continued at www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/irish-descendant-slaveholders/moore-spartanburg-county-south-carolina Sources: (accessed 12 July 2021) Fannie Moore 1937 northcarolinaslavenarratives.wordpress.com/north-carolina-slave-narratives-2/moore-fannie/ Fannie Moore & her family 1880 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SB-W8D Steven Moore & family 1870 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RY-C4T Steven Moore 1900 www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TL-8XM Benjamin Moore, Death Certificate 1945 (wife's name Sally) www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:FPM2-SVK Jonas Moor, Death Cert. 1937 www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:H4KL-DVN2 Josie Alexander Death Certificate 1967 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9P2-1W17-2 Rachel Moore 1910 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DV-QS9 Valley Street where Mrs Moore was interviewed www.ashevillenc.gov/news/neighborhood-profile-east-end-valley-street/  Benjamin Moore: Death Certificate 1945 Spartanburg, South Carolina |
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