George Washington Moore was born on January 22, 1832, in Franklin Co., TN., to Nancy Jemima Corn, (1807-1838), and John Cannon Moore, (1798-1839)., George’s father John Moore arrived with his wife Jemima and four children in Bastrop County in June 1837,and was granted 1,280 acres of land in the same year. George’s mother Jemima […]
Day: May 4, 2021
George Royal NorvellGeorge Royal Norvell
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George R. Norvell was born on 7 February 1828 to his father Nathaniel Norvell and mother Elizabeth B. Powell in Franklin Tennessee. While the Norvell family in America started in Virginia, in the early 1700s, the family moved from Virginia to Granville North Carolina. By 1805, the Norvells had moved to Sumner County Tennessee from […]
John S. BakerJohn S. Baker
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According to family history, John Baker fought alongside his son, John, and step-son Lewis Griffie Thornton with Fristoe’s Regiment, Freeman’s Brigade, Captain Meadow’s company during the War of Northern Aggression. John is listed as a private in Company F, under the command of Captain S. M. Elliott and Captain David C. Meadows. Fristoe’s Regiment was […]
Amos W OwensAmos W Owens
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Amos Owens is one of the most famous moonshiners in North Carolina history, however, he could have faded from memory if it weren’t for a biographical paper by M.L. White in 1901 that chronicled the life of Owens. Owens began his career as a distiller prior to the Civil War, in which he served two […]