Charles Harold Moor

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Cook County, Illinois birth certificate shows him as a namesake son of Robert Nicolaus Moor and Marie Simon, both of whom were born in Germany. FHL Film 1287737. The obituaries of sons Robert Baird Moor and Marion McLemore Moor instead list his middle name as James.

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Part of Beat 3
Enumerated April 14, 1930
ED 42-10 SD 4 Sheet 17B
368-375
Baird, Robert Head O $10000 M W 75 M 29 Miss NC NC Farmer Cotton Farm
Baird, Margaret Wf F W 60 M 23 Miss Tenn NC
Jones, Frank Servant M Neg 40 D Miss Miss Miss Cook Private Family
Macfarland, Wesley Servant M Neb 42 Wd Miss Miss Miss Yard Man Private Family
369-374
Mamie MacFarland (Widow, White) and children
370-377
Moore, Robert Head M W 38 M 31 Ill Ill Ill Architect
Moore, Marion Wf F W 30 m 21 Miss Miss Miss
Moore, Robert Baird Son M W 3 9/12 S Miss Miss Miss
Moord, Charles Son M W 2 6/12 S Miss Miss Miss

1940 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat 4
Enumerated April 16, 1940
SD 3 ED 42-36 Sheet 12B
250-O-7000
Baird, Maggie M Head F W 67 Wd No C4 Miss Same Hosue
Moor, Robert Son-in-law M W 43 M No C4 Ill Same House Architect Private Practice
Moor, Marion (son's wife, overwritten by Daughter) F W 40 M No C4 Miss Same House
Moor, Robert Baird Grandson Son M W 13 S Yes 8 Miss Same House
Moor, Charles Grandson M W 12 S Yes 7 Miss Same House
Moor, Marion Grandson M W 9 S Yes 4 Miss Same House

Robert married Marion Clendenin Baird about 1921 in Leflore County, Mississippi. Marion (daughter of Robert Wade Baird and Margaret "Maggie" DeGraphenreid McLemore) was born in Apr 1893 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat 3
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 54 Sheet 9B
182-202
Baird, R W Head B (sic) M Feb 1855 45 M 16 Miss Miss Miss Planter
Baird, Maggie Wf W F Feb 1865 35 M 16 1/1 Miss Miss Miss
Baird, Marion C Dtr W F Apr 1892 7 S Miss Miss Miss
Blewitt, Lena Servant B F May 1885 15 S Miss Miss Miss Nurse

1910 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat 4
Enumerated 26 Apr 1910
SD 3 ED 72 Sheet 42A
205-211
Baird, Robert W head M W 55 M 20 Miss NC Ala Own income plantation
Baird, Maggie D Wf F W 43 M 20 1/1 Miss Miss Miss
Baird, Marie C Dtr F W 16 S Miss Miss Miss
Baird, James M Nephew M W 20 S Miss Miss Miss Manager plantation
Shaffer, Valery Governess F W 50 S Miss Miss Miss Teacher Private Family

1920 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Beat 4, District 0092
Sheet 1B
23-40
Baird, Robert W Head m W 64 M Miss NC Ga none
Baird, Maggie D Wf F W 55 M Miss Miss Miss
Baird, Maria C Dtr F W 26 S Miss Miss Miss
---/41
Pearson Jim Pearson Head 2 R M B 50 S Miss Miss Miss Cook Private Family
---/42
Page Jim Head 3 R M W 28 S Miss Miss Miss Houseboy

1930 Census
Mississippi, Leflore County, Part of Beat 3
Enumerated April 14, 1930
ED 42-10 SD 4 Sheet 17B
368-375
Baird, Robert Head O $10000 M W 75 M 29 Miss NC NC Farmer Cotton Farm
Baird, Margaret Wf F W 60 M 23 Miss Tenn NC
Jones, Frank Servant M Neg 40 D Miss Miss Miss Cook Private Family
Macfarland, Wesley Servant M Neb 42 Wd Miss Miss Miss Yard Man Private Family
369-374
Mamie MacFarland (Widow, White) and children
370-377
Moore, Robert Head M W 38 M 31 Ill Ill Ill Architect
Moore, Marion Wf F W 30 m 21 Miss Miss Miss
Moore, Robert Baird Son M W 3 9/12 S Miss Miss Miss
Moord, Charles Son M W 2 6/12 S Miss Miss Miss

Robert married Margaret "Maggie" DeGraphenreid McLemore on 18 Jun 1884 in Leflore County, Mississippi. Margaret (daughter of John Dabney McLemore and Sarah "Sally" Geren) was born in Feb 1865 in Mississippi; died on 16 Feb 1941 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 census, she was listed as widowed, and the head of household. Living with her were her daughter, son--in-law, and three grandsons. She died in 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, at the Campbell Clinic. She had had an operation for a fractured left hip, but died of a coronary occlusion. She was shown as a resident of Greenwood, Mississippi. Informant was R J MOOR of Greenwood, Mississippi.

Her great-granddaughter indicates she was known by the nicknames of both "Maggie" and "Money."

Notes:

Married:
Her great-granddaughter, Mary Linda Moore, emailed that Margaret was married to Robert Wade BAIRD in 1884. They had one daughter, Marion Clendenin MOOR.

Ancestry.com, Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
Maggie D. McLimore to Robert W. Baird 18 Jun 1884 Leflore
Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

Notes:

A 36 year old John D. McLemore, born in Tennessee, is located in the Southern Division of Carroll County, Mississippi at the time of the 1850 census. John appears to be living with his wife, Sarah, and four children: Daniel, Price, Jefferson and Adalaide. As several researchers show John Dabney McLemore as the father of Price Perkins McLemore (although the evidenced for this is not documented in their trees), it appears likely that this John D. McLemore is indeed John Dabney McLemore. Rev. William McLemore shows that he was actually born in North Carolina, and does not list a location of death. Several online trees show he died in Panola County, Mississippi, but no sources are cited for this.

It is further shown on the 1850 census that John is married to a 24 year old Sarah, born in North Carolina. She would have been too young to be the mother of the three boys in the household, but is likely the mother of John's one year old daughter, Adalaide.
He reported that he owned property worth $2,000.

In 1860, the same John D. McLemore appears to still be listed in Carroll County, but without a wife or children enumerated with him. His real property was reported to be worth $381,000 and personal property was reported at $400,000. This is a huge increase in value in a relatively short time period. He is shown as a Farmer/Merchant. It appears that the "personal property" was likely his inventory of slaves.

This appears likely based on the following:

CARROLL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES
and
SURNAME MATCHES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ON 1870 CENSUS
Transcribed by Tom Blake, October 2001

MCLEMORE, John D., 200 slaves, Dist. 4, page 289B (? no stamped number located)
MCLEMORE, John D., 89 slaves, Dist. 4, page 289
MCLEMORE, Jno. D., 79 slaves, Dist. 3, page 280
MCLEMORE, John D., by W. D. Warren overseer, 68 slaves, Dist. 2, page 259

FORMAT. This transcription lists the names of those largest slaveholders in the County, the number of slaves they held in the Police District where counted, the number of the Police District and the first census page on which they were listed. The page numbers used are the rubber stamped numbers in the upper right corner of every set of two pages, with the previous stamped number and a "B" being used to designate the pages without a stamped number. Following the holder list is a separate list of the surnames of the holders with information on numbers of African Americans on the 1870 census who were enumerated with the same surname. The term "County" is used to describe the main subdivisions of the State by which the census was enumerated.

SOURCES. The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Carroll County, Mississippi (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 596) reportedly includes a total of 13,808 slaves. This transcription includes 75 slaveholders who held 40 or more slaves in Carroll County, accounting for 5,073 slaves, or 36% of the County total. The rest of the slaves in the County were held by a total of 888 slaveholders, and those slaveholders have not been included here. Due to variable film quality, handwriting interpretation questions and inconsistent counting and page numbering methods used by the census enumerators, interested researchers should view the source film personally to verify or modify the information in this transcription for their own purposes. Census data for 1860 was obtained from the Historical United States Census Data Browser, which is a very detailed, searchable and highly recommended database that can found at . Census data on African Americans in the 1870 census was obtained using Heritage Quest's CD "African-Americans in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census", available through Heritage Quest at

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/mscarroll.htm

After the Civil War, in 1865, he filed for a petition of pardon and amnesty from the federal government.

"To his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America. Comes petitioner respectfully represents that he is now and had been for many years resident of the State of Mississippi; that he has a wife and eight children, and is fifty two years of age [therefore born ca 1813]. That at the commencement of the War he was invested as a partner in a commission house in New Orleans and a a planter in said State of Mississippi & Yazoo and Tallahatchie bottoms, that he was then and is now as a member of the land commission house and as an individual largely indebted, Say altogehter about the amoutn of three hundred thousand dollars, an undertimable amount which is due to orphan children, that he has lost all of his slaves, and second, all of the debt due to him, and said commission house, are now nearly worthless, that the property he now owns is worth more than twenty thousand dollars but that is is wholy insufficient to pay his debts. He is advised that by reason of the value of his property he is not entitled to the benefit of your Excellency's proclamation of Amnesty, dated 29 May A. D. 1865, and that he must apply for an official pardon. He also states that he comes under none of the ??? except form the benefits of ??? proclamation Except the one in relation to persons owning $20,00 in taxable property. He states that he was opposed to the secession of the Southern States and opposed it until it was done. After the war commenced he consciously believed it to be duty to assist his state and section, which he did tot he best of his ability. He was elected a member of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in Oct 1863 and held that office when the war ended. This was all the office of position he ever held during said war. He was not in the army, being exempt from his age. He now states that he desires the benefit of said Proclamation and amnesty. That he has takend the oath ??? prescribed which he hopes to ????, which he declares he will conciously observe. He also states that no proceedings have been commenced to condemn or subject any of his property under the confiscation laws of th U.S. he now asks that he be allowed a full & free pardon." John D. McLemore.

At the time of the 1870 census, a John D. McLemore is once again listed in Carroll County, with a 44 year old wife "Sally" born in North Carolina. This appears to be the same Sarah he was listed with 20 years earlier. Several younger children are listed in the household with them as well. Perhaps his wife and children were living apart from him in 1860, or maybe they were just inadvertantly left off of the census by the enumerator.

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Census Information:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Carroll, South Division
Enumerated 26 Sept 1850
Stamped 227
#447-484
John D. McLemore 36 M Farmer $2000 Tenn
Sarah A. McLemore 24 M NC
Daniel McLemore 12 M Miss
Price P McLemore 10 M Miss
Jefferson McLemore 9 M Miss
Adalaide McLemore 1 F Miss
Daniel, Price and Jefferson were all marked as having attended school during the year.

1860 Census
Mississippi, Carroll County, Police District 4
Enumerated 27 Aug 1860 by H.L. Allen
Post office Carrollton
Page 17
122-122
John D. McLamore 47 M Farmer/Merchant H. $381,000 $400,000 Tenn
No family listed??

1870 Census
Mississippi, Carroll County, Div 28 Twp 18 Range 4
Enumerated 24 Jun 1870
Stamped 549
56-56
McLemore, John D 56 M W Planter
McLemore, Sally 44 F W Keeping House NC
McLemore, John 18 M W At School Miss
McLemore, Green (sic) 16 M W At School Miss
McLemore, Maggie 9 F W Miss
McLemore, Edger 3 M W Miss
Gerus, Steel? 45 F B Cook NC
Gerus, Tilman 14 M B Domestic Servant Miss

1880 Census
Tennessee, Carroll County, 23rd District
Enumerated 7 July 1880
Page 40 SD 1 ED 23
349-359
McLemore, John D W M 67 Faremer DEAD Tenn Tenn Tenn
McLemore, Sallie A W F 54 Wf Keeps House NC NC NC
McLemore, Abram G W M 26 S Merchant Niss Tenn NC
McLemore, Maggie W F 19 Dtr At home Miss Tenn NC

John married Sarah "Sally" Geren about 1848 in Mississippi. Sarah was born about 1826 in North Carolina; died about 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]