MOORE Joel Washington

1821 - 1913  (91 years)

• Name	MOORE Joel Washington  [1]
  Birth	10 Oct 1821  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jun 1913  [1]
  Burial	Elbert County, GA   [1]
  Notes	Birth: Oct. 10, 1821 Death: Jun. 16, 1913 Joel Moore and Sarah Ann Hewell were married December 16, 1847 in Elbert County Georgia. Family links: Parents: Thomas Moore (1782 - 1845) Judith Ann Booth Moore (1781 - 1864) Spouse: Sarah Ann Hewell Moore (1823 - 1891) Children: William Thomas Moore (1848 - 1928) * Mary Catherine Moore Webb (1850 - 1922) * John Henry Moore (1852 - 1930) * Isaac Jefferson Moore (1854 - 1946) * James Washington Moore (1857 - 1949) * George Benjamin Moore (1860 - 1942) * Alexander Joel Moore (1863 - 1951) * Siblings: William J Moore (1803 - 1865) * John Nathaniel Moore (1807 - 1887) * Joel Washington Moore (1821 - 1913) *Calculated relationship Burial: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Elbert County Georgia, USA The youngest of those children, Joel Washington Moore, married Sarah Anne Hewell. Joel served in the War Between the States. He served as a cook in Company E, 1st Georgia Regiment. Food was scarce at the time. As the story goes, Joel was out with another soldier looking for food, when they came upon a turnip patch. They started filling a sack with turnips and greens, when a man came running up. The soldier with Joel ran away, but Joel stood his ground and explained to the old man, "my men are hungry and I am too. I am not a thief by nature, but I think you too would do what I am doing." The old man told him to help himself. Soon after the war Joel inherited the Hewell family home. Joel didn't move into the home right away though. The community needed a doctor, so Joel agreed to pay the expenses of Dr. Jasper Bryan from Douglas, and allow him to live in the home while he established his practice, just so he would set up his practice here. Joel Moore not only saw to the community's physical health, he also saw to it's spiritual health by becoming a charter member of Antioch Baptist Church. Before Antioch was built they attended Dove's Creek Church, and before Dove's creek Church was built, Joel's family had to ford Broad River in order to attend Millstone Church in Oglethorpe County. Joel Moore owned many slaves. Two slaves in particular, Uncle Sim and Aunt Harriet, lived in a two room cabin near the old home. Every fall they were allowed to pick the remnants of cotton that had been left in the field for their own use. One of Joel Moore's children, James Washington Moore, married Victoria Burden. One of those children, Ela Moore, married James William Ray. They had four children. One of those children, Willena Ray, married Bodie James Jones. They had three children. The youngest of those children, Kim Ray Jones, married Donna Gail Scoggins, and they had five children, Kevin, Jeremy, Misti, Brad, and Kerri. [Submitted by: Kim Ray Jones.] 1840 United States Census Elbert County, Georgia [1]
  Person ID	I12411	Booth Family
  Last Modified	22 May 2015

  
  

  Father	MOORE Thomas,   b. 7 May 1782   d. 10 Jan 1845 (Age 62 years)
  Mother	BOOTH Judith Ann,   b. 5 Jun 1781, Amherst County, VA d. 5 Mar 1864, Elberton, GA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1801	Elberton, GA   [2]
  Family ID	F4141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HEWELL Sarah Ann,   b. 14 Jan 1823   d. 3 Sep 1891 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1847	Elbert County Georgia.
  Children	1. MOORE William Thomas,   b. 3 Oct 1848, Georgia d. 4 Jan 1928, Elbert County Georgia. (Age 79 years)   2. MOORE Mary Catherine,   b. 10 Oct 1850   d. 24 Dec 1922 (Age 72 years)   3. MOORE John Henry,   b. 5 Aug 1852, Elbert County Georgia. d. 25 Aug 1930, Elbert County Georgia. (Age 78 years)   4. MOORE Isaac Jefferson,   b. 24 Dec 1854, Elbert County Georgia. d. 1 Sep 1946, Elbert County Georgia. (Age 91 years)   5. MOORE James Washington,   b. 16 Sep 1857, Elbert County Georgia. d. 2 Apr 1949, Elbert County Georgia. (Age 91 years)   6. MOORE George Benjamin,   b. 3 Sep 1860, Elbert County Georgia. d. 28 Oct 1942, Hart County, GA (Age 82 years)   7. MOORE Alexander Joel,   b. 2 Sep 1863   d. 29 Apr 1951 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F4155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S1228] Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts, Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts (Reliability: 3). [S1229] Moore-Booth Cemetery (Nickville, Elberton County, GA, USA), Find-A-Grave, monumental inscription. (Reliability: 3).