Matt R. Moore Collection
1795-1889
Manuscript Collection #38
- Creator(s)
- Moore, Matt R.
- Physical description
- 0.11 Cubic Feet, 13 items , including a letter, land deeds, plats, land description, receipt, and an agreement.
- Preferred Citation
- Matt R. Moore Collection (#38), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Collection (1795-1889) including letter, deeds, plats, land descriptions, receipt, and an agreement.
Biographical/historical information
The Moore family lived in Pitt County, N.C., from at least 1795 to 1889. The family included Churchwell Moore (d. 1856), his wife Alicy, and their ten children. Churchwell and his family were members of Timothy Church.
Scope and arrangement
The collection consists primarily of deeds (indentures) covering lands purchased by the Moore family in Pitt County. The land lying adjacent to Swift Creek, south of the Tar River, was part of an original patent granted to John Causey in March 1775. The deeds cover sales and purchases of land from May 1795 through May 1829. Accompanying these documents are surveyors' descriptions and plats of the lands of Churchwell Moore. Of interest is a land sale receipt to Churchwell Moore from the Treasury office of North Carolina, dated 1855.
Administrative information
Custodial History
December 11, 1967, 13 items; Papers (1795-1889) of the Moore family of Pitt County, N. C. Collection includes a letter, deeds, plats, land description, receipt, and an agreement. Loaned for copying by Mr. Matt R. Moore, Havelock, N. C.
Source of acquisition
Loaned by Mr. Matt R. Moore
Processing information
Processed by D. Lennon, February 1968
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Key terms
Family Names
Moore family
Topical
Deeds--North Carolina--Pitt County
Land grants--North Carolina
Real property--North Carolina--Pitt County--History
Places
Pitt County (N.C.)--History
Container list
Box 1 Folder a
Copies of land deeds and descriptions, a receipt, and a letter, 1795-1889