Name/Title
Gerard Davis and Eliza Strother Moore familyEntry/Object ID
ARC969Scope and Content
CD containing digital images of photographs and documents concerning the Moore family in Jefferson County descended from Gerard Davis Moore and Eliza Strother Moore.
Files include:
--Photographs of 1938 and 1953 trips of Moore descendants to Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia showing, among other items, gravestones of various Moore family members:
ARC969-1: Washington Monument, 1938
ARC969-2: Individuals standing in front of Washington Monument, 1938
ARC969-3: General Lee's Headquarters Museum in Gettysburg, Pa., 1951
ARC969-4: Battle of Kernstown historical marker
ARC969-5: Unknown building and street with cars
ARC969-6: Captain Garland Moore (1743-1827) headstone. "Level Green" engraved at bottom of headstone. (Level Green was a farm house built by Garland Moore (1790-1795) on what is known as Wiltshire Road in Kearneysville.)
ARC969-7: Docent standing on steps at unknown museum
ARC969-8: Eliza Strother (1864-1926); John Strother Moore (1821-1883); and Mary Margaret Moore (1833-1905), wife of John Strother Moore headstones
ARC969-9: Eliza Strother Moore (1799-1855), wife of Gerard D. Moore headstone
ARC969-10: First Battle of Winchester historical marker
ARC969-11: "G M 1814" gravestone at Level Green. (Level Green was a farm house built by Garland Moore (1790-1795) on what is known as Wiltshire Road in Kearneysville.)
ARC969-12: The Historic Stone Steps historical marker near stone steps that lead to the oldest house in Harpers Ferry, built by Robert Harper, founder of Harpers Ferry.
ARC969-13: Stone steps leading to the oldest house in Harpers Ferry, built by Robert Harper, founder of Harpers Ferry.
ARC969-14: Herbert Ashton (1866-1941); B. Lee (1866-1925); A. Compton (1855-1923); Mary Margaret Moore (1833-1905), wife of John Strother Moore; John Strother Moore (1821-1883); and Eliza Strother (1864-1926) headstones
ARC969-15: Herbert J. Wiswell (1880-1944); Matilda Butler Moore(1864-1942), wife of George W. Moore; and George W. Moore (1860-1921) headstones
ARC969-16: Zero Milestone marker monument in Washington, D.C. Marks the starting point of the first transcontinental motor convey over the Lincoln Highway.
ARC969-17: Wooden steps near rocks and water. Likely a tourist destination. Visitors standing on steps and ground.
ARC969-18: Former home of Louise Moore Wiswell. Man and women on steps in front of house.
ARC969-19: Mary Margaret Moore (1833-1905), wife of John Strother Moore; and John Strother Moore (1821-1883) headstones
ARC969-20: Matilda Butler Moore (1864-1942) and George W. Moore (1860-1921) headstones
ARC969-21: Herbert Ashton (1866-1941); B. Lee (1866-1925); A. Compton (1855-1923); Mary Margaret Moore (1833-1905), wife of John Strother Moore; Howard R. M.D. (1861-1942).
ARC969-22: Nita Moore and unidentified man and woman at gravestones
ARC969-23: North Carolina Monument marker in Gettysburg, Pa.
ARC969-24: North Carolina Monument statue showing five soldiers in Gettysburg, Pa.
ARC969-25: Monument statue of soldier. Engraved on monument is "Not For Their Cause But For Their Country."
ARC969-26: Tall monument statue
ARC969-27: State of Virginia monument in Gettysburg, Pa. Engraved on monument is "Virginia To Her Sons at Gettysburg."
--Lineage of Thomas Berry and Elizabeth (Mildred) Washington Berry. Showing intermarriage with Moore family.
ARC969-28a thru ARC969-28i: "Genealogy of the Berry's 1619; The Year Joseph Berry Emigrated from England to King George's County, Virginia," 9 pages. (Additional information in Media:
Letter from County Clerk of Richmond City to Charles H. Moore regarding the Moore, Garland, and Lampkin families, dated April 4, 1923; photograph of (Tee) Matilda Wickham Berry Moore in 1909; and Berry lineage introduction written by Bonnie Moore.)
--Photographs of five oil paintings by portrait painter Harding (likely Chester), ca. 1840s.
ARC969-29: Eliza Strother Moore (1799-1855) (mistakenly named Eliza Davis Moore on CD), married to Gerard Davis Moore
ARC969-30: George William Moore (1824-1899), son of Eliza Strother and Gerard Davis Moore
ARC969-31: Gerard Davis Moore (1795-1868), painted at Level Green
ARC969-32: John Strother Moore (1821-1883), son of Eliza Strother and Gerard Davis Moore, painted at Level Green, September 1840
ARC969-33: Nancy Davis Moore (1827-1888), daughter of Eliza Strother and Gerard Davis Moore, married John William Moore, Sr.
--Photographs of John Strother Moore and Robert E. Lee and two Jefferson County Moore homes/farms--Level Green and Sunrise:
ARC969-34: John Strother Moore, circa 1915.
ARC969-35: General Robert E. Lee
ARC969-36a and ARC969-36b: Photograph of painting of General Robert E. Lee. The painting was done by Hattie E. Burdette, primarily from a photograph owned by Major E. C. Betts, H. S. Army, and was given to Washington and Lee by Mrs. Ernest C. Barrett, of Indiana.
ARC969-37: Front of Level Green, 1927
ARC969-38: Side door at Level Green, 1936
ARC969-39: Nita Moore at Level Green, 1952
ARC969-40a: Front of Sunrise, 1941.
ARC969-40b: Buildings, shop, corn house, barn, and barracks at Sunrise, 1941.
ARC969-41: Sand shed at Sunrise, 1952. John Strother Moore, III. standing in front of door.
ARC969-42: Sunrise house in ruins.
ARC969-43: Fireplace at sand house at Sunrise.
Digital images are on a compact disc and saved in Perm Collections-Digital Items.Acquisition
Accession
699Source or Donor
Moore, Gerard and BonnieAcquisition Method
GiftArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
44 photographs
1 document (9 pages)