Excerpted from "History of Greene County" by R. S. Dills; Dayton, OH; Odell & Mayer, 1881, Pages 800-801. (Also on Google Books)
"Thomas C. Moorman, the son of Micajah, who was the son of Thomas, who was the son of Thomas Moorman, who came from Ireland about the year 1690. His wife came from England, and they settled in North Carolina, and had four sons, Thomas, Chiles, Andrew and Achilles; and thus the Moorman family was divided into four branches.
Thomas Moorman, the subject of this sketch, was a descendent of the fourth generation, and of the Thomas branch. He was born in Bedford County, Virginia, December 17, 1755, and his wife ,Alphracia Hope in Carolina County, Virginia, August 24, 1752.
Our subject and his wife (daughter of John and Mary Hope) were married December 22, 1775, and settled in Campbell County, near Lynchburg. They had eight children:
1) Reuben
2) Micajah C.
3) John H.
4) Chiles,
5) Thomas P.
6) James
7) Charles T.
8) Nancy
The first three children were married in Virginia about the year 1806.
Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., bought one thousand acres of land in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, Ohio, off Colonel John Watts, of Lynchburg, Virginia. Having secured a home in the dense forest of the northwest, Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., with all his family, except Reuben and John, started on the 25th day of June 1807 to move to Ohio. After a long and tedious journey, they arrived in Highland County in the fall. About six miles southeast of Leesburg, they moved into a small log cabin in the woods, cleared three acres of ground, put it in wheat, and one acre for turnips."
"Thomas C. Moorman, the son of Micajah, who was the son of Thomas, who was the son of Thomas Moorman, who came from Ireland about the year 1690. His wife came from England, and they settled in North Carolina, and had four sons, Thomas, Chiles, Andrew and Achilles; and thus the Moorman family was divided into four branches.
Thomas Moorman, the subject of this sketch, was a descendent of the fourth generation, and of the Thomas branch. He was born in Bedford County, Virginia, December 17, 1755, and his wife ,Alphracia Hope in Carolina County, Virginia, August 24, 1752.
Our subject and his wife (daughter of John and Mary Hope) were married December 22, 1775, and settled in Campbell County, near Lynchburg. They had eight children:
1) Reuben
2) Micajah C.
3) John H.
4) Chiles,
5) Thomas P.
6) James
7) Charles T.
8) Nancy
The first three children were married in Virginia about the year 1806.
Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., bought one thousand acres of land in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, Ohio, off Colonel John Watts, of Lynchburg, Virginia. Having secured a home in the dense forest of the northwest, Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., with all his family, except Reuben and John, started on the 25th day of June 1807 to move to Ohio. After a long and tedious journey, they arrived in Highland County in the fall. About six miles southeast of Leesburg, they moved into a small log cabin in the woods, cleared three acres of ground, put it in wheat, and one acre for turnips."
Excerpted from "History of Greene County" by R. S. Dills; Dayton, OH; Odell & Mayer, 1881, Pages 800-801. (Also on Google Books)
"Thomas C. Moorman, the son of Micajah, who was the son of Thomas, who was the son of Thomas Moorman, who came from Ireland about the year 1690. His wife came from England, and they settled in North Carolina, and had four sons, Thomas, Chiles, Andrew and Achilles; and thus the Moorman family was divided into four branches.
Thomas Moorman, the subject of this sketch, was a descendent of the fourth generation, and of the Thomas branch. He was born in Bedford County, Virginia, December 17, 1755, and his wife ,Alphracia Hope in Carolina County, Virginia, August 24, 1752.
Our subject and his wife (daughter of John and Mary Hope) were married December 22, 1775, and settled in Campbell County, near Lynchburg. They had eight children:
1) Reuben
2) Micajah C.
3) John H.
4) Chiles,
5) Thomas P.
6) James
7) Charles T.
8) Nancy
The first three children were married in Virginia about the year 1806.
Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., bought one thousand acres of land in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, Ohio, off Colonel John Watts, of Lynchburg, Virginia. Having secured a home in the dense forest of the northwest, Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., with all his family, except Reuben and John, started on the 25th day of June 1807 to move to Ohio. After a long and tedious journey, they arrived in Highland County in the fall. About six miles southeast of Leesburg, they moved into a small log cabin in the woods, cleared three acres of ground, put it in wheat, and one acre for turnips."
"Thomas C. Moorman, the son of Micajah, who was the son of Thomas, who was the son of Thomas Moorman, who came from Ireland about the year 1690. His wife came from England, and they settled in North Carolina, and had four sons, Thomas, Chiles, Andrew and Achilles; and thus the Moorman family was divided into four branches.
Thomas Moorman, the subject of this sketch, was a descendent of the fourth generation, and of the Thomas branch. He was born in Bedford County, Virginia, December 17, 1755, and his wife ,Alphracia Hope in Carolina County, Virginia, August 24, 1752.
Our subject and his wife (daughter of John and Mary Hope) were married December 22, 1775, and settled in Campbell County, near Lynchburg. They had eight children:
1) Reuben
2) Micajah C.
3) John H.
4) Chiles,
5) Thomas P.
6) James
7) Charles T.
8) Nancy
The first three children were married in Virginia about the year 1806.
Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., bought one thousand acres of land in Silver Creek Township, Greene County, Ohio, off Colonel John Watts, of Lynchburg, Virginia. Having secured a home in the dense forest of the northwest, Thomas C. Moorman, Sr., with all his family, except Reuben and John, started on the 25th day of June 1807 to move to Ohio. After a long and tedious journey, they arrived in Highland County in the fall. About six miles southeast of Leesburg, they moved into a small log cabin in the woods, cleared three acres of ground, put it in wheat, and one acre for turnips."
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