Peter Moore

Born: 1834
Son of Rebecca Moore



Initially, we had only the following census
record for Peter Moore:

1870  Census Morehouse Parish LA

Moore Peter             	36      b. LA
Catherine               	24      b. LA
Jefferson 	8
John W.  	2

However, it did not seem likely that 
Peter Moore waited to marry until he
was past 30, so a search for another 
marriage for him revealed that Peter 
had first been married to Rebecca Parker, 
step-daughter of his oldest brother, David 
King Moore, by his first marriage to Mary
Parker. Thus, the family of Peter Moore 
actually looks more like this:

Peter Moore  b. 1834  Ouachita Parish, LA

1. Rebecca Parker    b. 1837  
   (daughter of Mary Parker)
   one daughter: Laura Moore
     b. 1858  d. 1862
   one son: Jefferson Davis  b. 1862
     (see below for descendants)

2.  Frances Catherine McCauly  b. 1846
    one son: John W.  b. 1868




Peter M. MOORE, a 26 year old resident of
Morehouse Parish, enrolled as a Private 
in Captain Stevens' Morehouse Stars and 
was transferred into Confederate service 
on March 17, 1862 at Memphis, Tennessee. 
PMM was present for duty from March 1862 
until April 12, 1863 when he was left sick
at Jackson, Mississippi. He was absent sick
through the end of June 1863. 

Returning to duty in July 1863, he was 
present during the Atlanta Campaign in 
1864. His last Confederate muster roll 
record shows him present for duty on August 
30, 1864 near Atlanta. He may have fought 
at Franklin and Nashville in Tennessee in 
late 1864, but the records of this episode 
are absent from everyone's files. The 
regiment was sent to North Carolina from
Mississippi in early 1865 where they fought 
at Kinston and Bentonville in March 1865 
and were surrendered at Greensboro, North 
Carolina on April 26, 1865. The last muster 
roll for the regiment is this surrender 
roll. PMM was not listed, either as present 
or accounted elsewhere, in these final
surrender rolls in North Carolina.

However, he was captured during the month 
of April 1865 near Macon, Georgia by 
Federal cavalry. Macon was a major 
Confederate hospital complex and lay
along the route the 12th Louisiana had 
taken to North Carolina. PMM may have 
been left sick while en route to North 
Carolina, or may have been furloughed 
from camp at Tupelo, Mississippi in 
January and attempted to catch up.  
A large number of men furloughed from 
the 12th Louisiana at Tupelo traveled 
through Macon in March to reach the 
regiment in North Carolina. 



Peter Moore was a farmer. He died in 
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, in August, 
1878, of Yellow Fever. He left his entire 
estate to Jefferson Davis Moore, his son 
by Rebecca Parker. Peter is buried in 
Neiman Cemetery off of the Hamburg 
Highway in a wooded area of Bastrop, 
Louisiana.


The descendants of Jefferson Moore 
can be found online in  Phelps Genealogy
by Elenor Colson. 



Jefferson Davis Moore




Jefferson Davis Moore was born 
August 3, 1861, in Morehouse Parish, 
and died April 9, 1948. He was the 
son of Peter Moore and Rebecca Parker. 
He married Wennie Lena Jones on 
August 8, 1902. Wennie L. Jones was 
born January 30, 1882 in Ellisville, 
Jones County, Mississippi, and died 
May 8, 1962, in Bastrop, Morehouse 
Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter
of Enoch Robert “Bob” Jones and Mary 
Ann Davis. Jefferson and Wennie are 
buried in Causey Cemetery, Bastrop, 
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.



Children of 
Jefferson Davis Moore and Wennie Jones are:

Davis Matthew Moore, born 17 
October 1903 in Bastrop, Morehouse 
Parish, Louisiana; died 19 February 
1988 in Hattiesburg, Forest County, 
Mississippi. Buried in Mobile, AL.

Robert William Moore, born 26 
February 1905 in Bastrop, Morehouse 
Parish, Louisiana; died 28 September 
1916 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, 
Louisiana. Robert was buried at Causey 
Cemetery, Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, 
Louisiana.

Velma Lee Moore, born 05 November 
1905 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, 
Louisiana; died 05 December 1907 in 
Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. 
Velma was buried at Causey Cemetery, 
Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Maggie Mae Moore, born 14 July 1908 
in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; 
died 29 June 1978 in Mobile, Mobile
County, Alabama. m.#1: Charles Kingsland
Coleman, b. 19 Dec. 1903 NY, d. 23 Jun
1963 Lynhurst, NJ. m.#2 22 Oct. 1937 to
Wilbert Ira Franklin b. 13 apr 1904 
River Falls, AL, d. 9 Apr 1981, Mobile,AL
(see below for descendants)

Jeffie Layfett Moore, born 31 December 
1910 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Benjamin Enoch Moore, born 26 April 1913 
in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; died 
05 April 1955 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, 
Louisiana.

William Earnest Moore, born 02 February 
1915 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; 
died 1995 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, 
Louisiana.

O. T. Moore, born 03 August 1917 in Bastrop, 
Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; died 1920 in 
Warren, Arkansas (from burns).

Horace Douglas Moore, born 10 July 1919 
in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Izee Moore, born 26 February 1923 in 
Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; died 
16 October 1961 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, 
Louisiana.



Children of Maggie Mae Moore

with Charles Kingsland Coleman

   one son: John Charles Coleman
   b. 4 May 1925, Bastrop, LA

with Wilbert Ira Franklin

   one son: Ira Charles Franklin
   b. 18 Oct. 1942, Prichard, AL
   one daughter: Maxine Mae Franklin
   b. 15 Jul 1946, Prichard, AL



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