Moore

County Home residents give thanks for gifts.

Wilson Daily Times, 29 December 1944.

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“Inmates” in this context were not prisoners, but indigent people who lived at the Wilson County Home. The Home was located near the current intersection of Ward Boulevard and Goldsboro Street, behind the gas station/convenience store. 

Rev. Frank Moore and his wife, Ara Moore, regularly ministered to residents of the Wilson County home in the 1940s. Frank Hilliard is listed in the 1940 census of Wilson as one of 46 lodgers at the home, 19 of whom were African-American.

The obituary of Zannie Daniel Moore.

Wilson Daily Times, 8 May 1947.

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In the 1870 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: Amos Daniel, 44; wife Olive, 25; and children Willy, 14, and Zana, 12.

In the 1880 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Pettigrew Street, Edward [Edmond] Moore, 23; wife Zana, 22; and daughter Mary, 3.

In the 1900 census of Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina: on Thomas Street, Edmon Moore, 43, farmer; wife Zanie, 45; and children Mary, 22, Susa, 19, Edgar, 18, Wiley, 15, Matilda, 13, and Fred, 5.

In the 1910 census of Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina: Edmond Moore, 55, farmer, and wife Zany, 50.

In the 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Moore Edward (c; Zanie) lab h 904 Atlanta [Atlantic]

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 904 Atlantic, Edward Moore, 70; wife Zannie, 60, laundress; and lodgers Blanch Guilford, 16, Julia Williams, 16, Ruth Donald, 17, private nurse, and Edner Donald, 15.

Zannie Moore died 6 May 1947 at Saint Agnes Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina. Per her death certificate, she was 91 years old; was born in Wilson County to Amos Daniel and Ollie Jenkins; was the widow of Edmond Moore; worked as a farmer; and was buried in William Chapel church cemetery.

Note of thanks from the County Home.

Wilson Daily Times, 27 May 1947.

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Rev. Frank Moore and his wife, Ara Moore, regularly ministered to residents of the Wilson County home, which was located near the intersection of present-day Ward Boulevard and Goldsboro Street.

Frank Hilliard is listed in the 1940 census of Wilson as one of 46 lodgers at the home, 19 of whom were African-American.

Armincie Moore buys two lots in Rest Haven.

Deed book 283, page 109, Wilson County Register of Deeds Office, Wilson.

Armincie Cone Moore bought lots on Rows E and F in August 1942 and January 1943. She filed the deeds on 1 June 1943. (Most people did not.)

Notably, I have not found similar deeds for plots in Vick Cemetery. 

Navy vet Moore enlists in the Army.

Wilson Daily Times, 20 May 1948.

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In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 646 Nash Street, Leon A. [Lee Andrew] Moore, 57, insurance agent; wife Virginia, 29; stepchildren Westry, 11, Wall C., 10, and Lula Darden, 9; and children Walter L., 5, Ruth, 3, and Xzimena Moore, 1.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 106 Pender Street, insurance agent Lee A. Moore, 59; wife Virginia, 37; and children Walter, 14, Ruth, 13, Simenia, 9, Bernard, 6, and Corteze, 4. The house was valued at $5000.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 106 Pender Street, insurance agent L.A. Moore, 70, retired insurance man; wife Virginia, 46, day laborer at tobacco factory; children Xizmenna, 19, E.R., 23, cafe waiter, Bernard, 17, drugstore delivery boy, and Cortez, 13.

In 1944, Webb C. Moore registered for the World War I draft in Akron, Summitt County, Ohio. Per the registration card, he was born 17 February 1926 in Wilson, N.C.; lived at 854 Douglas Street, Akron; his contact was Annie Darden, 12 Carver Road, Washington, D.C.; and he worked for Star Shoe Shine.

On 5 September 1948, Webb Cortez Moore married Dorothy Lorraine Palmer in Washington, D.C.

On 23 October 1971, Cortez Webb Moore married Linda Rose Pretlow in Bronx, New York. 

Webb Cortez Moore died 16 September 2015 in Bronx, New York.

The obituary of Edgar Moore.

Wilson Daily Times, 17 April 1948.

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In the 1900 census of Rocky Mount township, Nash County: on Thomas Street, Edmon Moore, 43; wife Zannie, 45; and children

Ron 31 December 1902, Eddie Moore, 21, of Nash County, son of Edward Moore, married Addie Winstead, 18, of Nash County, daughter of Charles and Rhoda Winstead, at Charles Winstead’s house in Nash County.

In the 1910 census of Rocky Mount township, Nash County: farmer Edgar Moore, 28; wife Addie, 24; and children Viola, 6, Pauline, 4, Grover S., 2, and Olivia, 1.

In 1918, Edgar Moore registered for the World War I draft in Nash County. Per his registration card, he was born 15 March 1882; lived at Route 2, Rocky Mount; worked as a farmer for W.D. Carter; and his nearest relative was Addie Moore.

Addie Moore died 9 November 1919 at the state hospital, Fork township, Wayne County, N.C.; was born in 1875; and was married Edgar Moore. She was buried in Elm City, N.C.

In the 1920 census of Taylor township, Wilson County: farmer Edgar Moore, 37, widower, and children Viola, 16, Pauline, 13, Grover, 12, Ameda, 10, Edgar, 9, Zannie, 7, Effner and Hattie, 5, George, 4, John, 2, and Fenner, 10 months.

In the 1930 census of Taylor township, Wilson County: farm laborer Edgar Moore, 48, and children Pauline, 24, Ometia, 21, Edgar, 19, Jannie, 17, Efner, 16, Hettie, 15, Hermond and John, 14, and Fenner, 11.

Edgar Moore died 14 April 1948 at 608 East Nash Street, Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 16 March 1882 in Nash County to Edmon Moore and Zannie Daniel, both of Wilson County; resided at Route 2, Elm City; was separated; was a farmer; and was buried in Williams Chapel cemetery.