Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....MOORE, JAMES P. 1839 - 
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Author: S. EMMETT LUCAS, JR
JAMES P.MOORE; capitalist, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of John and
	Levisa (Petty) Moore, was born in Spartanburg district, S. C, in 1839. 
His paternal grandparents, Hugh and Elizabeth (Thomas) Moore, were natives of 
South Carolina. His grandfather was a soldier in the revolutionary war and his 
grandson -the subject of this sketch, is "a chip of the old block"-has the 
musket he "toted" all through that memorable struggle. His maternal 
grandfather, Charles Petty, was also a soldier in the patriot army. Mr. Moore 
was reared in South Carolina and received a limited education, and when a mere 
child had to walk three miles daily to obtain it. April 1, 1861, he enlisted 
in Company H (Capt. Joe Walker), Fifth South Carolina regiment (Col. Jenkins), 
which was assigned to the command of Gen. Beauregard. He served in this 
company nearly a year, when another company was formed known as the First 
Palmetto Sharpshooters, which caused some changes, and in the reorganization 
of Company H { Mr. Moore was made captain, which he continued to be until the 
surrender. He was present at the firing on Fort Sumter. When it fell he went 
to Virginia, and beginning with First Manassas, participated in many of the 
bloodiest and most fiercely contested battles during the entire war-including 
every battle in which Jenkins' brigade was engaged. That he was in the 
foremost on every battlefield it is needless to say, for with a double strain 
of revolutionary blood in his veins, and South Carolina blood at that, nothing 
else could be expected. It has been stated above that he had in his possession 
the musket which his Grandfather Moore carried during the war for 
independence. The following incident will show why he should be doubly proud 
of it-first, its family and historic interest; second, the circumstances 
attending its retention. After the war, in pursuance of a military order, the 
union soldiers. proceeded to gather up all the arms in private hands in the 
south. When this old musket was demanded Mr. Moore refused to give it up, and 
when the soldiers attempted to take it by force he foiled them and made his 
escape with it. It is asserted that many a Federal soldier "bit the dust" in 
after attempts to capture him, and on roll call was reported "missing." 
Although he escaped capture, the continual danger he was in determined him to 
leave the state; so, in 1873, he came to Georgia and settled in Carroll 
county. He was a brick-mason, and worked at his trade, but he has done so well 
and managed and invested his gains so judiciously that he now rannks as one of 
the moneyed men of the county. In 1867 Mr. Moore was married to Miss Honora 
Elkin, daughter of Elbert and Mary Elkin. Mr. Moore stands well in Carroll 
county and is very much esteemed by all privileged with his intimate 
friendship.


Additional Comments:
From the book "Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, 
published in 1896

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