General John Moore
General John Moore was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, as part of Anson, in 1759. His father, William Moore, of Scotch-Irish descent, was one of the County's first settlers and a prominent member of society. He had four sons, James, William, John, and Alexander, who, inheriting the liberty-loving principles of that period, were all true patriots in the Revolutionary War.John Moore performed a soldier's duty on several occasions. He was one of the guards stationed at Tuckaseege Ford, watching the movements of Lord Cornwallis after his entrance into Lincoln County. Moore also acted for a considerable length as a Commissary to the army. General Moore married a sister of General John Adair of Kentucky, by whom he had many children. Several years after her death, he married Mary Scott, James Scott's widow and Captain Robert Alexander's daughter, by whom he had two children, Lee Alexander and Elizabeth Moore. He was a member of the House of Commons as early as 1788 and served for many years subsequently with excellent fidelity and to the general acceptance of his constituents.
General Moore, after a life of protracted usefulness, died in 1836, with Christian resignation, aged about seventy-seven years, and lies buried near several of his kindred in Goshen graveyard, Gaston County, N.C.
Note: General John Moore was not related to Colonel John Moore (son of Moses Moore), who lived about seven miles west of Lincolnton and commanded the Tory forces in the battle of Ramsours Mill.