Bulloch-Screven-Wilkinson County GaArchives Biographies.....Moore, R. Lee 1867 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   R. LEE MOORE. The South perhaps more than any other region has been famous
for the public-spirited men it has produced. Its lawyers have attained to the
highest eminence in the jurisprudence of the nation; its publicists have
determined wisely and well questions of public policy, and its military men have
for their gallantry achieved undying fame in the hearts of the people. In this
region and from such honored forebears resides R. Lee Moore, one of Statesboro's
leading citizens and a former mayor of the community. In him there runs a strain
of all these characteristics, which combined in splendid manhood have enabled
him to attain to the position he occupies in the hearts of his fellow townsmen.

   Mr. Moore has not yet attained to the meridian of life, despite the
attainments which he bears and which usually mark the man of more advanced
years. He was born at Scarboro, in Screven county. Georgia, on November 27,
1867, his parents being Zacariah and Mary (Jackson) Moore. The former was a
native of Washington county, Georgia. October 2, 1825, being the date of his
nativity. He died in 1887. His wife, who was born in Wilkinson county, Georgia,
in 1840, is still living.

   Reared on the home plantation in Screven county, R. Lee Moore was carefully
educated for a profession. His early educational training was in Scarboro
Academy, after which he continued his studies at the Middle Georgia Military
Academy at Millidgeville, of which Gen. D. H. Hill was then president. Passing
from college to active life he taught school for a time in Screven county, and
later was employed as a salesman in a mercantile establishment at Millen.

   His ambition beckoned him onward, however, and he went to the city of
Savannah, whose larger field afforded the opportunity he so greatly desired. He
found employment as a clerk and bookkeeper, and at once set about the study of
law, the privilege of practicing at the bar being the goal toward which he set
his course. He finally entered the law department of the University of Georgia,
in which he graduated as a member of the class of 1890, receiving the degree of
Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar of his native state at Athens, June
18, 1890 by Judge N. L. Hutchinson.

   He located at Statesboro, the county seat of Bulloch county, and has resided
there continuously ever since. His natural aptitude and comprehensive education
were recognized and he met with pronounced success. He has been found equally at
home in the various division of law practice and has achieved a high rank in the
profession. Mr. Moore is known abroad as well as in his home community as one of
the ablest lawyers in Middle Georgia. Besides his large practice he has a
successful business in farm loans.

   Always a stanch adherant of the principles of the democratic party, Mr. Moore
has taken an active part in its affairs in his section of Georgia. His judgment
is excellent as regards political situations and in the counsels of the party
his advice is always sought. In 1912, Mr. Moore was promiently mentioned as a
candidate for congress from the first congressional district, but he declined to
enter the race. In December, 1905, his fellow townsmen gave significant evidence
of their esteem by electing him to the office of Mayor, to which place he was
re-elected for for the succeeding term. His administrations are spoken of in the
highest terms by all.

   On June 22,1893, Mr. Moore was united in marriage with Miss Laura Alderman,
daughter of Hiram and Emma (Jones) Alderman, of Melrose, Florida.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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