b. 26 Jul 1823 in Indiana
d. 18 Jul 1893 in Beechgrove, Tennessee
m. 1848 to Nancy Ashley (b. 29 Jan 1828, d. 14 Mar 1884)
Continuing my search for the parents of Thomas W. Moore (from my previous post), I decided to take an entirely different route. Instead of searching census records, I decided to make an attempt at finding miscellaneous records using Google.
I have done this before while researching Thomas; however, I recently learned that he went by "T.W." This gave me new parameters with which to query.
My hopes were that I might find transcribed text from a will or something similar. I did not find a will, but I did find two interesting documents:
1. Notes from a Congress act passed on 20 Feb 1886 that gives T.W. Moore and W.F. Ashley $870.
...To W.F. Ashley and T.W. Moore, administrators of William Ashley, deceased, of Coffee County, eight hundred and forty dollars.
William Ashley is the father of Nancy Ashley, Thomas W.'s wife. William Ashley died 16 Mar 1860. It should also be noted that John Ashley is also on this page of this act, a few items later.
To John Ashley, of Coffee County, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
I have embed the scanned page from Google Books:
2. I found mention of a "T.W. Moore" in a list containing former students of Indiana University. Interestingly, this student, from Jackson County, attended as a freshman in 1845.
Since our T.W. Moore is from Indiana and would be around college age in 1845 (age 22), this record caught my eye. Also, we know Thomas was a school teacher in Coffee County according to the 1850 census.
This information could finally lead to an identification of Thomas' mother and father. I will be looking for "Moore" families in Jackson County, Indiana around 1820-1830.
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