When Evan Moore was born in 1808, in Estill, Kentucky, United States, his father, John W Moore, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca Mize, was 32. He married Margaret Hill on 12 June 1834, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Estill County was formed in 1808 from Clark and Madison counties. Estill county was a source of Breathitt (1839), Owsley (1843), Powell (1852), Jackson (1858), and Lee (1870) counties. The county seat is Irvine.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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