The Search for James Moore (Family History Part 8)

You may be wandering if I found the maiden name of the wife of James Moore. From my research, everything points to the last name of Phillips. James Moore (my ggg grandfather) married Sarah Phillips. How do I know this? In the 1850 census of Sullivan County, TN., Sarah Phillips was living with her mother Rebecca, her brothers William and Henry, and there is a Martha Phillips listed as being born in 1847. If you remember, there is a Martha listed in the James Moore household in 1860. I beleive that Martha was Sarah's daughter and that there is a possibility that James Moore may have adopted Martha. Also if you check out the census records in Hawkins County, TN. in 1870 and 1880, you will find that Sarah and her kids are neighbors with Sarah's brother William Phillips. My gg grandfather Burton Herman Moore had a sister named Sarah Jane Moore. Sarah Jane Moore (sister of Burton Herman Moore) married a Joseph Hudgens in 1873 in Hawkins County, TN. Something happend with this marriage because in the 1880 census Sarah ends up living with her uncle William Phillips in Hawkins County. In that census her Uncle William was a widower. William Phillips lived right by John Moore (Son of James Moore), and near his sister Sarah Moore McCullough (James Moore's wife).

A few months ago, I found a marriage record out of Smyth County, VA. This county is not too far away from Sullivan and Hawkins County, TN. The marriage records indicate that a James Moore married a Sarah Phillips on September 21, 1854. Also married on the same day was Sarah's brother Henry Phillips. He married Elizabeth Ferguson. From the census records, Henry and Elizabeth Phillips lived in Sullivan County, TN in 1860 just like James Moore and Sarah. Please click on the link below if you want to see the marriage entry log.

http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/smythmar.htm

Burton Herman Moore (my gg grandfather) was born in 1851 and his parents were married in 1854..........

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