MOORE Joel Washington

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Birth: Oct. 10, 1821 Death: Jun. 16, 1913
Joel Moore and Sarah Ann Hewell were married December 16, 1847 in Elbert County Georgia.
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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

Joel married HEWELL Sarah Ann on 16 Dec 1847 in Elbert County Georgia.. Sarah was born on 14 Jan 1823; died on 3 Sep 1891; was buried in Elbert County Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of Joel Washington Moore and Sarah Anne Hewell Moore; Husband of Martha Ann Moore; Father of Ella Lella Moore Brown, Albert George Moore, Leonard Franklin Moore, Joel Alexander Moore, Estes Julian Moore, Agnes Zora Moore, Sarah Lou Moore Alewine, Herbert Thomas Moore, Atticus Dewitt Moore and Bartie Elizabeth Moore.

Family/Spouse: MOORE Martha Ann. Martha was born on 28 Sep 1859; died on 16 Jun 1929 in Elbert County Georgia.; was buried in Elbert County Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married WEBB Milton Pope on 26 Jan 1871. Milton was born on 7 Nov 1848; died on 10 Apr 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CAMPBELL Mary. Mary was born on 24 Mar 1862 in Georgia; died on 13 Nov 1951 in Georgia; was buried in Elbert County Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MIZE Mary Elizabeth. Mary was born on 24 Jul 1863 in Georgia; died on 20 May 1930 in Elbert County Georgia.; was buried in Elbert County Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husband of Victoria Catherine Burden Moore; son of Joel Washington Moore and Sarah Ann Hewell Moore; father of Mamie, Ella, Ruby, Clifton, Coil, Lois and Pearl Moore (possibly others)

Family/Spouse: BURDEN Victoria Catherine. Victoria was born on 19 Sep 1858 in Georgia; died on 30 Sep 1928 in Georgia; was buried in Elbert County Georgia.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GILMER Salonia. Salonia was born on 28 May 1866 in Hall, Georgia, USA; died in May 1961 in Hart County, GA; was buried in Hart County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MIZE Martha C.. Martha was born on 23 Oct 1869; died on 21 Feb 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]