Texas Family Group Sheet for the James Christopher MOORE Family *********************************************** Copyright Arthur "Art" Allen MOORE III. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Arthur "Art" Allen MOORE III Email address: Husband: James Christopher MOORE Birthdate: October 8, 1835 Birthplace: Athens, Clarke County, Georgia Death date: July 10, 1920 Place of death: Holland, Bell County, Texas Burial: Holland Cemetery, Holland, Bell County, Texas Father: Elijah MOORE Mother: Barbara Jane CHEATHAM Marriage date: December 21, 1850 Marriage place: Randolph County, North Carolina Wife: Martha Jane RAMPY Birthdate: February 29, 1836 Birthplace: Georgia or South Carolina Death date: March 13, 1920 Place of death: Holland, Bell County, Texas Burial: Holland Cemetery, Holland, Bell County, Texas Father: Henry RAMPY Mother: Elizabeth GRAY CHILDREN Child No. 1: Thomas Jefferson MOORE Sex: Male Birthdate: August 5, 1858 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: August 2, 1931 Place of death: Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri Burial: Fairview Cemetary Lot 7 Sec. 22, Albuquerque, New Mexico Marriage date: About 1879 Marriage place: Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Mary Lou "Molly" BILES Child No. 2: Barbara Elizabeth MOORE Sex: Female Birthdate: August 15, 1859 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: July 22, 1931 Place of death: Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Burial: Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Marriage date: November 11, 1875 Marriage place: Holland, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Robert JONES Child No. 3: Mary Mariah MOORE Sex: Female Birthdate: November 27, 1861 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: February 4, 1931 Place of death: Holland, Bell County, Texas Burial: olland Cemetery, Holland, Bell County, Texas Marriage date: August 21, 1879 Marriage place: Holland, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Robert Henry GOODNIGHT Child No. 4: Lougenia Hildegarde Texana MOORE Sex: Female Birthdate: March 21, 1864 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: February 1, 1944 Place of death: Holland, Bell County, Texas Burial: Holland Cemetery - Holland, Bell County, Texas Marriage date: April 24, 1879 Marriage place: Holland, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Thomas Wilson GOODNIGHT Child No. 5: Martha Malissa "Mattie" MOORE Sex: Female Birthdate: March 1, 1867 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: October 21, 1939 Place of death: Temple, Bell County, Texas Marriage date: May 10, 1885 Burial: Bell Plains Cemetery, Bell County, Salado, Texas Marriage place: Holland, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: William Allen POTEET Child No. 6: Malinda Evaline "Eva" MOORE Sex: Female Birthdate: April 22, 1870 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: February 14, 1953 Place of death: Snyder, Kiowa County, Oklahoma Burial: Fairlawn Cemetery - Snyder, Kiowa County, Oklahoma Marriage date: August 16, 1891 Marriage place: Holland, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Andrew Owen GRISSOM Child No. 7: Allen Letcher MOORE Sex: Male Birthdate: December 5, 1868 Birthplace: Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama Death date: April 19, 1959 Place of death: El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Burial: Rest Lawn Memorial Park, El Paso, Texas Marriage date: 1904 Marriage place: Texas Spouse's name: Lula E. JONES Child No. 8: Napoleon Green MOORE Sex: Male Birthdate: September 17, 1872 Birthplace: Holland, Bell County, Texas Death date: April 20, 1938 Place of death: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Dallas, Texas Marriage date: November 9, 1890 Marriage place: Holland, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Laure Bell PORTER Child No. 9: Henry Elijah MOORE Sex: Male Birthdate: March 6, 1875 Birthplace: Holland, Bell County, Texas Death date: July 2, 1944 Place of death: Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas Burial: Restland Cemetery - Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas Marriage date: January 1, 1899 Marriage place: Salado, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Mary R. BILES Child No. 10: James Monroe MOORE Sex: Male Birthdate: November 10, 1876 Birthplace: Holland, Bell County, Texas Death date: August 16, 1961 Place of death: Holland, Bell County, Texas Burial: Holland City Cemetery - Holland, Bell County, Texas Marriage date: August 5, 1894 Marriage place: Belton, Bell County, Texas Spouse's name: Nola "Willie" CHAFFIN Child No. 11: Sex: Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 12: Sex: Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 13: Sex: Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 14: Sex: Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 15: Sex: Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Source: Story of Bell County, Texas Volume I Published by Bell County Historical Commission, Eakin Press, Austin, TX 1988 James Christopher MOORE was the son of Elijah MOORE and Barbara Jane CHEATHAM BARBER MOORE. When Elijah and Barbara married on December 16, 1834, she was a widow with one son named George Thomas BARBER (b. May 27, 1830) On December 21, 1850, James Christopher MOORE married Martha Jane Rampy in Randolph County, Alabama. They and their seven children came to Bell County, Texas, in the spring of 1872, settling between Holland and Salado. Three more children were born after they came to Bell County. James Christopher MOORE had served in the Civil War for three years, enlisting on March 11, 1862, at Rock Mills, Randolph County, Alabama. He served with the 5th Battalion (calvary), Company B, with Brigadier General M.H. Chrysler commanding. After coming to Bell County, Texas, James Christopher MOORE, was a successful farmer and owned several hundred acres of land around and between Holland and Salado. His home was about five miles east of Salado, and Moore's Corner was a well-known point between the two towns. Martha Jane RAMPY MOORE was born in Woodland, Alabama, and after her marriage to James Christopher MOORE they lived near Woodland until their move to Bell County. She is buried in the Holland Cemetery. James Christopher MOORE is also buried Holland Cemetery. (All children and grand children are listed in this story including Thomas Jefferson MOORE and Arthur Allen MOORE, Sr)