66Moor was born in North Carolina around 1800.1 His parents are 132Rice Price and 133Morning Moore, as explained below.
Problem:Resolved Who are 66Moor's parents?
Consider the following estate return record, dated 1868 in Washington County, Georgia.2
Excerpted estate returns for the estate of 132Ricy and 133Morning Price. Full page.2
As you can see, six people (or their representatives) received equal payments from the estate, which suggests that these may be children of the deceased. Of the six payments, two were on behalf of dead people: A payment was made to Cullen Price's widow, and Robert Price was acting as the administrator for 66Moor Price's estate (Robert was 66Moor's eldest son, as you can see in other records further down this page).
In Johnston County, North Carolina on 24 February 1795, a marriage bond was issued for 132Rice Price, Jr. and 133Mourning Moore.3 Could this be the same couple named in the above estate record? To answer that question, let's see what other records show about some of the people named in the estate record. We begin with the following chart, which is based entirely on the 1850 census for Washington County, Georgia.
Littleberry seems to be among the earliest-born children, so it's no surprise that he later served as the administrator for the estate of 132Rice and 133Morning.
Notice the close proximity of the people named in the chart.
The 1830 census for Washington County includes Bridges Price, who was 20-something at the time and is listed just a few lines below Littleberry Price.7 Bridges seems to have relocated to Alabama, and his 1850 census entry there reveals that he was born circa 1805 in North Carolina.8 The move to Alabama explains why Littleberry collected Bridges' share from 132Rice's and 133Morning's estate on Bridges' behalf, rather than paying him directly.
Although no record explicitly identifies 66Moore's parents, based on the above his parents very much seem to be 132Rice Price and 133Morning Moore, who married in North Carolina, had several children there (including 66Moore), then relocated to Georgia, where they had a few more children. At least six children received equal shares from their estate after their deaths.
Below is a bibliography (of sorts) of other records that I checked while preparing this proof statement.
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Washington County Bible Records, Item #294: Early Washington County Grants, Deeds, Plat, Will. This record set is on microfilm 182/69 at the Georgia Archives.
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Washington County Bible Records, Items #201 and #202: Early Washington County Deeds. These record sets are on microfilm 182/66 at the Georgia Archives. In particular, some of the pages in item #202 are faded and difficult to read, so if 66Moor is mentioned therein, I may have accidentally overlooked the reference.
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the indices to Washington County's estate returns books B (1843-1852), C (1851-1855), E (1856-1858), and G (1866-1878). 66Moor's estate returns are in Book E, as discussed near the bottom of this page. Book G, page 113 is the estate return record for 132Rice's and 133Morning's estate, copied above.
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Washington County's 1855-1927 estate folders for BL Perkins - Nancy Price, and for WW Price - William P Rawlings
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the indices to Washington County's inventories and appraisements books A (1846-1862) and B (1863-1901). Book A's index claims that 133Morning's inventory is on page 308, but it's not actually there.
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Washington County's Sales Book C. Page 135 lists the sales of the property of 132Rice. 66Moore was not one of the purchasers, however.
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the index to Washington County's Vouchers Book A (1853-1856) and C (1858-1861). Book C, pages 131 and 132 contain vouchers for the estates of 132Ricy and 133Mourning Price, but none of the information helps to prove 66Moor's parentage. Book B (1856-1859) doesn't have an index, and I haven't searched it.
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Tad Evans' book Washington County, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings: Volume I. 1852-1866. There are several mentions of 132Ricy, 133Mourning, and 66Moor Price, but nothing implies that 132Rice and 133Morning are 66Moor's parents.
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ibid., Volume II. 1867-1880. The only mention of 132Rice or 133Mourning Price is on page 59, which summarizes the Wednesday 10 March 1869 edition of The Central Georgian newspaper in Sandersville. The summary reads, "Washington County: Littleberry Price files for discharge from the estate of Ricy Price and Mourning Price, both deceased."
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ibid., Volume III. 1881-1890. There are no mentions of 132Rice/Ricy, 133Morning, or 66Moor Price.
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the book Washington County Georgia Estate Records 1822-1885 compiled by J. Kenneth Brantley. A few Prices are mentioned in the book, but none of the information seems further relevant for proving 66Moor's parentage.
66Moor's oldest child Robert seems to have been born around 1828,1,9 so I suspect that 66Moor married around 1827, but I have no other details of the marriage, nor even his wife's name.
In 1836 66Moor was living in Washington County, Georgia, as shown by an 1836 tax digest, the earliest record I've found of 66Moor. He didn't pay tax on any land or slaves, presumably because he owned neither.10
1836: 66Moor paid tax as a resident of militia district 92 (map), Washington County, Georgia. Full page.10
On 20 August 1837 66Moor married Polly Maxwell... or was it Mary Maxwell? Oddly, Washington County wrote duplicate entries for some marriages, but the two entries for 66Moor's marriage show different names for his bride. The two entries are copied below.11,12
The first entry for 66Moor's 1837 marriage to Polly Maxwell. Full page.11
The second entry, this time to Mary Maxwell. Full page.12
As noted previously, 66Moor had several children (including his daughter 33Elizabeth) who were clearly born before 1837, so this marriage to Mary/Polly Maxwell was likely a second marriage. Mary/Polly may not have been the mother of 66Moor's older children; see a more thorough explanation here.
By 1838 66Moor had acquired 200 acres of pine land along/near Nealy Creek.13 Although he owned a considerable amount of land, he didn't own slaves.13 (However, 66Moor apparently did acquire one slave late in life. See the notes below about his estate inventory.)
1838: 66Moor paid tax as a resident of militia district 92 (map), Washington County, Georgia. Full page.13
By 1840, 66Moor had had six children: three boys and three girls.9
1840: 66Moor's household in militia district 92 (map), Washington County, Georgia. Full page.9
66Moore still lived in militia district 92 in 1849, 1850, and 1851. An 1849 record specifies (again) that he lived near/along Nealy Creek.14-16
The 1850 census shows that 66Moor had had several more children in the 1840's. His wife Mary/Polly is not listed, however, so she presumably had died in the late 1840's.1
1850: 66Moor's family in Washington County, Georgia. Full page.1
66Moor was alive in 1851,16 but had died by 2 April 1855.17
He had written his will a few years earlier. A transcription is below, but you also may view the county record copy.18
Moor Price (will)
Georgia }
Washington County } In the name of God Amen
This fifteenth day of August 1848
I Moor Price of the County and State aforesaid being well
in body + health of Sound disposing[?] mind + memory + calling
to mind the mortality of my body + knowing that it is appointed
unto men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and
testament. I recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it
me + my body I recommend to the Earth from whence it came to be buried
in a decent and Christian-like manner at the discretion[?] of my Executor
+ as ___ the worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
me with in this life after my just debts and funeral Expenses being
first paid, I give and dispose of in the following manner + form viz
Item 1s I give to my son John Price the sum of one Dollar
to him and his heirs forever
Item 2 I give to my Daughter Nancy Price the sum of one
Dollar to her + her heirs forever
Item 3rd My Will and desire is that all the balance of my Estate
both real and personal consisting of lands Horses Cattle Hogs
[page break]
Sheep Household + Kitchen furniture together with every other indi[-]
vidual thing that I may have or be in possession of at my death or any
property that may fall to me otherways[?], be equally divided between my
other eight children namely Robert Price, William Price Seaborn Price
Anna Price, Elbert Price, Mary Ann Price, Sally Price + Elizabeth Price
to them and their heirs forever, and if any of the above named eight
children should die before they shall have lawfull heirs, then the
property to be divided amongst those surviving of the Eight above
named children And I do hereby constitute make and Ordain
my friend William P Taylor and my son Robert Price my sole
Executors of this my last Will and testament, Ratifying and confirm
ing this and none other to be my last Will + Testament
In Witness whereof I the said Moor Price have hereunto
set my hand + affixed my seal the day and year above written
Signed Sealed and published his
and declared in presence of Moor x Price {LS}
Benj[?] G Smith mark
Robert I[?] Josey[?]
___ Lamb
W G Sutler
An appraisal of his estate on 2 April 1855 included: one black man worth $50; desks, chairs, and other furniture; horses, hogs, cattle, geese; a rifle; various farming tools and a set of blacksmith tools; and other items. You can see the inventory here.17
66Moor's eldest son Robert handled the taxes for his father's estate in 1855.1966Moor's estate returns are of limited genealogical interest, but you can read them online: Washington County, estate returns book E, pages 182-183, 184, 623, and 624.
1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Division 91, Washington County, Georgia. Page 245B(?), dwelling 626, family 626, Moore Price household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 87. Ancestry.com, accessed 6 December 2010. Although I used Ancestry.com, the census image is also available on Archive.org: <https://archive.org/stream/7thcensus0067unix#page/n348/mode/1up>.
3: Genealogical Society of Utah, Johnston County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, page 175.
4: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Division 91, Washington County, Georgia. Page 246B(?), dwelling 645, family 645, Morning Price household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 87. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-63KW-3H7?i=87>.
10: Washington County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1836, Captain Whitefield's 92nd company district, first page for Whitefield's district, entry for Moore Price. Ancestry.com (“Georgia Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892,” Washington County, 1836, image 27 of 80), accessed 25 February 2013. Although I used Ancestry.com, the same record is also available on FamilySearch: <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-74K1?i=298&cc=4130006&cat=307097>.
11: Washington County, Georgia. Marriage book A (1828-1852), page 83, marriage of Moore Price and Polly Maxwell. FamilySearch, <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXVQ-7WR>, accessed 31 May 2013.
12: Washington County, Georgia. Marriage book A (1828-1852), page 193, marriage of Moor Price and Mary Maxwell. FamilySearch, <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXVQ-7V3>, accessed 31 May 2013.
13: Washington County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1838, Captain Page's 92nd district, page 18, entry for Moore Price. Ancestry.com (“Georgia Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893,” Washington County, 1838, images 35 and 36 of 117), accessed 17 February 2013. Although I used Ancestry.com, the same record can be seen on FamilySearch: <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-78CX?i=351&cc=4130006&cat=307097>.
14: Washington County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1849, militia district 92, page 17, entry for Moore Price. Ancestry.com (“Georgia Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893,” Washington County, 1838, images 34 and 35 of 117), accessed 27 February 2013. Although I used Ancestry.com, the same record can be seen on FamilySearch: <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7ZKY?i=506&cc=4130006&cat=307097>.
15: Washington County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1850, page 17, entry for Moore Price. Ancestry.com (“Georgia Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893,” Washington County, 1850, images 35 and 36 of 131), accessed 16 February 2013. Although I used Ancestry.com, the same record can be seen on FamilySearch: <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-7HRZ?i=580&cc=4130006&cat=307097>.
19: Washington County, Georgia. Tax digest for 1855, militia district 92, page 23, entry for Robert Price Ex. Est. Moore Price. Ancestry.com, accessed 15 February 2013. Although I used Ancestry.com, the corresponding microfilm at the Georgia Archives is microfilm 239/57.
Excerpted estate returns for the estate of 132Ricy and 133Morning Price. Full page.
