Joseph Pierce Moore

Samuel's oldest son Joseph P. Moore, on 18 October 1832,

married Matilda Cummings Abbott at Murfreesboro, Tennessee,

where she was born 8 December 1813. In August 1837 they purchased

the Moore/Crouch farm in Washington County, Arkansas.

In the 1840s Joseph had a racehorse track, where the present

highways intersect. Joseph and Matilda Moore had seven sons,

who were raised on the homestead farm: Thomas Jefferson,

Stephen, David, George Pierce, Joseph Pierce Jr. "Bud", Samuel

and John. Their father died 27 November 1850 and was buried in

a small family cemetery just north of the present barn, which

contains eight family graves. David died in 1851, and in 1860

Steve, Sam, and Tom's young wife all died of typhoid and were

buried there.

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1850 Census of Northwest Arkansas:

Washington Counties - Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen

Prairie Township

MOORE. Joseph P. 44, Matilda 37, Thomas 14,

Stephen 13, David 10, George 7, Joseph 5,

Samuel 3, John 1 TN/TN dwg 236, Prairie

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