This information is from Mark Strohbeck [email protected] More will be added later.
I believe I am probably a descendent of the William Moore/Gallimore who married Sarah Grimmett in 1787 in Franklin Co, VA. (Actually there is a big hole in my proof between my ggg grandfather, William Moore of Jefferson Co, IL and William Sr(?) and Sarah Grimmet, who are reported by many to be his parents. I have so far not been able to prove the relationship, but many independent things point to it being correct.)
I have researched Henry and Franklin County Tax records and there is little doubt that the name Moore, More and Gallimore was used interchangeably in them. Here is what I found. The following records are all instances of More/Moore or Gall(i)(e)(a)more in the personal property records:
VA, Henry County - Taxation: Personal Property Tax Lists
1782 [ list is unindexed, probably by proximity ]:
pg 17 Abraham Moore - 1 male>21, 1 horse, no cattle
pg 30 William Gallimore - 1 male>21, 1 horse, no cattle
pg 32 William Moore - 1 male>21, 5 horses, 12 cattle
pg 32 Jenny? Moore? - 1 male>21, 4 horses, 8 cattle (not sure of this)
1783 [ list is an index, Name at end is the list taker]:
Moore, Garrott - 1 male>21, no horses, 5 cattle - Salmon
Moore, Rodeham & Negroe aley - 1 male>21 1 horse, 2 cattle - Lyon
Moore, Benjamin - 1 male>21, 3 horses, 10 cattle - Woods
Moore, William - 1 male>21, 5 horses, 12 cattle - Woods
Moore, John - 1 male>21, 0 horses, 0 cattle - Rentfro
Moore, William - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 0 cattle - Fontain?
Moore, Abraham - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 0 cattle - Founden
1784 [ like 1783 ]:
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Gallimore, William & Jesse Gallimore - 2 males>21, 3 horses, 2 cattle -Dillard
Gallimore, Shatteen - 1 male>21, 0 horses, 2 cattle - Dillard
Moore, Garratt - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 3 cattle - Salmon
Moore, William - 1 male>21, 4 horses, 11 cattle - Lanier
Moore, Benjamin - 1 male>21, 3 horses, 8 cattle - Lanier
Moore, John - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 2 cattle - Hill
Moore, Rhodam - 1 male>21, 2 horses, 6 cattle, - Lyon
1785 [ like 1784 ]:
Moore, Garrott & son - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 3 cattle - Salmon
Moore, Benjamin - 1 male>21, -, 3 horse, 7 cattle - Lanier
Moore, William - 1 male>21, -, 5 horse, 12 cattle - Lanier
Moore, Shattin - 1 male>21, -, 0 horse, 2 cattle - Lyon
Moore, Roadham - 1 male>21, -, 4 horse, 13 cattle - Lyon
Moore, Abraham - 1 male>21, -, 0 horse, 2 cattle - Saunders
Moore, William - 1 male>21, -, 2 horse, 1 cattle - Saunders
Moore, Jessie - no males>21(!), 1<21, 2 horse, 0 cattle - Saunders
Moore, John - 1 male>21, -, 1 horse, 1 cattle - Hill
1786: (Note that Franklin County was formed from part of Henry in 1786 and many of the Moores, and all references to Gallimore disappear from the Henry list. These are the Moores that remain:)
Moore, Rhodham & Negroe - 1 male>21, 1bl, 4 horses, 14 cattle - Hughes
Moore Shateen - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 2 cattle - Hughes
Moore, Benjamin - 1 male>21, 4 horses, 10 cattle - Lanier
Moore, William - 1 male>21, 1<21, 1bl, 7 horses, 7 cattle - Lanier
1787 [two lists: L1, L2]
Moore Shateen - 1 male>21, 0 horses, 3 cattle - L1 5 May
Moore, Rhodham & Negroe - 1 male>21, 1bl, 4 horses, 23 cattle - L1 31 May
Moore, Benjamin - 1 male>21, 3 horses, 17 cattle - L2 17 May
Moore, William - 1 male>21, 1 male<21, 1bl, 8 horses, 7 cattle - L2 17 May
(Stopped taking information from Henry a this point.)
VA, Franklin Co - Taxation: Personal Property Tax lists 1786:
Moore, Jenny - no males>21, 1 horse, 2 cattle, taken by Harston
Moore, William - 1 male>21, 3 horses, no cattle, taken by Harston
Moore, Jesse - 1 male>21, 2 horses, no cattle, taken by Harston
[the three names above are one after the other]
Moore, Abraham - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 2 cattle, taken by Harston
1787: (Date at end is the date of the list)
Gallamore, Jane - no males>21, 1 horse, 2 cattle, 28 April
More, Abraham - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 7 cattle, 28 April
More, William - 1 male>21, 3 horses, no cattle, 29 April
1788:
More, Abraham - 1 male>21, 2 horses, 13 Jun
More, William - 1 male>21, 2 horses, 10 May
More, Jane - no male>21, 2 horses, 30 Apr
1789:
Gallamore, Jane - no males>21, 3 horses, 4 May
Gallemore, Jesse - 1 male>21, no horses, 14 Mar
Gallemore, Abraham - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 14 Mar
More, William - 1 male>21, 3 horses, 14 Mar
1790:
Moore Jesse - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 3 Mar
Moore William - 1 male>21, 1 horse, 3 Mar
Moore Jane - no male>21, 1 horse, 27 July
Moore Abraham - 1 male>21, 2 horses, 14 Oct
After 1790 the name Gallimore is not mentioned again (I have the Moore data through 1800, though, if anyone is interested).
Was it just an aberration of the person recording the taxes to mix the names Moore and Gallimore? Abraham Gallimore's pension records tend to suggest not: although he is clearly listed as Gallimore, his son Alexander signed his name More. And the marriage record of my supposed gggg grandparents is apparently recorded under More, Moore AND Gallimore. If I do in fact
descend from William Moore and Sarah Grimmett, I think it more than likely that I also have some relationship to the Gallimores.
William and Sarah had the following children:
Job (1788)
Elizabeth (1790)
Lucy (1792)
Milly (1794)
Silas (1797)
Phoebe (1799)
Peter (1801)
Laban (1803)
Jane (1805)
William (1807)
Harden (1809).
They moved to Barren County, KY about 1806. Disappointingly, except for Jane, there doesn't appear to be a familiar Gallimore name in them: no Abraham, Jesse, or the Samuel mentioned by many on this list. I also have no evidence that the family ever used the name Gallimore again after leaving Virginia.
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