Abner Senter Moore

Abner Senter Moore was born July 20, 1801, in Carter County, TN, to John Parker Moore and Millie Redmond. Around 1820 in Haywood County, NC, he married Annie Cook (b. 10/04/1800 in Duplin County, NC; d. ca. 10/1877 in Clay County, NC), daughter of John and Elizabeth Cook (Elizabeth's maiden name is unknown). Abner and "Cook" had twelve children:

1. Bartley Wilson, born circa 1821; married Martha Jane Briston.
2. Sarah "Sally", born circa 1822.
3. Parker, born June 05, 1824; died circa 1858.
4. John, born January 04, 1826; married Catherine Watson; died July 17, 1900, buried in Hopewell Church Cemetery, Doogan, Murray County, GA.
5. Elizabeth "Betsy", born June 21, 1828.
6. Isaac, born April 24, 1830.
7. Emily Malinda, born circa 1833; died circa 1872 in Huerfano County, Colorado.
8. Nancy, born circa 1834.
9. Abner Jarrett, born January 22, 1838; married Miriam Moore; son T.C.; died November 09, 1862 in Clay County, NC.
10. Rachel C., born December 06, 1838; married Richard Burns.
11. Thomas Leander, born circa 1842.
12. Ann S., born circa 1847.

According to an article in the July 23, 1992, issue of the Clay County Progress, Abner and Cook settled at the head of Shooting Creek in present-day Clay County, NC, in 1825, one of the first couples to live in that area. Abner purchased thousands of acres of land, spanning fifteen to twenty miles, at a cost of fifty cents per acre. The 1852 census listed Abner as producing a thousand bushels of corn and owning fifty sheep, a hundred cattle, a hundred hogs, and ten mules.

Around October of 1877, Cook died and was buried in Little Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery, Clay County. Three months later, Abner moved to Cocke County, TN. He remarried on April 21, 1878, to Louisa Roberts. They had two children:

1. Bonnie Octavia
2. Robert

On August 26, 1884, Abner Senter Moore died in Cocke County.

Sources: The Heritage of Clay County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, p. 89-91; Chris Schultheis' "Descendants of Male Moore."