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Heavy rains earlier in the week created enough damage to close one of the roads that visitors needed to take to get to the cemetery. Plus, the county had to come in and dump some gravel on the dirt road that leads directly to the cemetery. Despite all that, and the forecast of more heavy thunderstorms to come, there was a good turnout of visitors to the Moore Cemetery Dedication.
The new historical marker was also unveiled at the cemetery. It reads:
This cemetery is the final resting place for thirty-seven members of the Moore family. John Moore, son of American Revolutionary War Patriot and Battle of Charleston POW, Obadiah Moore, purchased this land on September 4, 1834. The Moore family migrated from Princess Anne County, Virginia to Pitt County, North Carolina, and then to Columbia and Jasper Counties in Georgia where they lived about 30 years before settling in the Chestnut Creek area of Autauga County in 1819. These early settlers served their community as ministers, postmasters, and a justice of the peace.
Obadiah Moore is buried here along with Civil War veterans Moses Moore and Hansford Chitty who both served with the CSA 59th Alabama Infantry.
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.
Marker erected in 2009 by the Descendants of Obadiah Moore Nonprofit.
September 20, 2009
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There was a good turnout especially considering the weather and the road closings.
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Sitting was restricted inside the cemetery itself due to the limited area. There are about 40 graves in this cemetery, most unmarked. |
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Revolutionary War reenactors signing the visitors book. |
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Outside the cemetery now flies a Revolutionary War period flag, the United States flag, and the flag of Alabama. |
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The Obadiah Moore Descendants Nonprofit organization raised the monies to erect a historical marker at the cemetery. The cemetery was registered as historic by the CCA, to view and download the historical certificate please click here. |
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(L-R)Kathryn Kotke, James Moore, Fred Kotke.
James Moore is the oldest living descendant of Obadiah Moore. Kathryn Kotke and Fred Kotke were the previous landowners who donated the cemetery land to the Obadiah Moore Descendants Nonprofit.
Fred Kotke and his son found the cemetery and cleared it.
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SAR representative Billy Spears along with DAR representative Mary Buehler, and Obadiah Moore descendant, opened the dedication ceremony. |
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Kat Reece of the CCA spoke on the Moore Cemetery and what qualified it as a historic cemetery. |
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Mary Buehler, descendant of Winney and Obadiah Moore, dedicated the DAR medallion for Obadiah Moore |
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Billy Speaks, SAR member, dedicated the SAR medallion for Obadiah Moore |
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Susan Moore Teller, descendant of Winney and Obadiah Moore, dedicated the DAR medallion for Winney Moore |
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A new granite veteran's headstone was obtained for Obadiah Moore by the CCA, Obadiah's previous VA headstone incorrectly stated that he served in the "Alabama Militia" |
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On the left is the DAR medallion for Obadiah Moore, the SAR medallion is on the right. This stone lays at the foot of Obadiah's grave. |
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The DAR medallion marking the grave of Winney Moore, wife of Obadiah Moore. |
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Mary Buehler and Susan Moore Teller place a wreath on the grave of Obadiah Moore. |
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Benny Harris, Obadiah Moore descendant, is inducted into the SAR. |
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Descendants of Obadiah Moore posing with a Revolutionary War reenactor. |
| The ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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