The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-05
For the FAKMxs .Sp NsguA- =.
An Interesting Letter;
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aud don | know how 10 get 1t adscrtis,
ia the ''fizer, aDl YOU II be all right
Hereafter shall feel the same about
the Fdrmer and .Nccitanic. You may
remember that at the iag- end OF letter
| asked some weeks ago Tor information
respecting the ancestry OF Mr., Samue
Cornell, who, with her husband, .eit
North Carolina. IN l17l. hardly
hoped for anything from the question
but before the week WAS out, received
letter from gentleman Iu GoldsbU-
rough which was followed by one from
Florida, aud numerous verbal commu-
nlcatlons referring me 10 different
sources, one OF which induced NE u
write TO Mr.. George Davis, OF " lining
ton, probably the best informed person
new living, respecting the early history
Of the prominent families of North Car
olina
Mr. Davis letter is SO interesting,
and 50 full of information, that have
copied portion of it for your columns
Mrs, Samuel Cornell, whose maiden
name was Susan MADISON, not Mampson,
as | wrote when asking information,
was the daughter of Arthur Mabsob,
Mr.. Davis says:
The MabsOns were among the ear
liest settlers on the Cape Fear, and a
brief resume of the history of that set
tlement will tell something about them
Uy showing the character OF the meI
With whom they were connected bA a.
soclation, trIen lShip aud marriage.
During the war with the Tuscarora
Indians In 1872, Gov. Craven OF South
| Carolina, upon the earnest appeal OF
our people, sent Col. James Moore.
with regiment of whites and friendly
Indians to our relief, and in this regi
ment his brother, Maurice Moore, also
| held the commission of Captain.
These gentlemen were the sons OF Gov
James Moore, of S. c., 100 >, who
was the grandson of Roger Moore. the
leader of the Irish Rebellion OF I54l
Hume Hist. Eng. ch. so, and then
mother was the only daughter Of Su
john \ IeaIans, who led the colony e
the Cape Fea IN 1868, and iounde.
the town Of Cd Charleston, aud who
afterwards became Governor of South
Carolina. After the Indians were suL
dued and their power broken, Col
James Moore returned to South Caro-
lima, and took a leading part IN thc rev
olutlOnary movement agalI 81 the Lord
ProprletOrs, which in l1l9 Eliminated
ID the overthrow of the Proprietary
Government, and the relegation Of the
colony to the authority of the crown
and Col. Moore was elected by the peO
pie as the first royal Governor.
Captain (better known by his subse
quent title of Colonel Maurice Moore
remained in North Carolina aud mar
ried the widow Of Samuel Swami, OF
whom Hawks speaks so highly dist
No. Ga. :, 3o7 349). This lady W; 5
the daughter Of Maj. 4 exandel
Ellington, Governor of North Caro-
lima in 1898. BY this marriage Col
Maurice Moore became the brother-in
law of Edward Mosely and John Porter
the old leaders in Caley's Rebellion,
who had also married daughters OF
Gov. Ellington. That rebellion had
been subdued, but its fires were still
smo1ldering, and making occasional
eructions of lawlessness and violence.
1t was laWless time, and this family
connection, and his own tameless tenn
per brought Col. Maurice Moore into
such frequent and fierce collisions with
the administrations Of Governors Hyde
and Eden, that the Albemarle country
became too hot for him, and he determ
ined to seek a new home; and his at
tcntIOn was at once directed to the
abandoned settlement of his grandfath-
er, Sir John leamans on the Cape
Fear. La concert with hls brother
Roger, of s. g., he organized two conn-
ter currents Of emigration, one from
All ermarle, and the other from South
Carolina, which In 1928 met on the Cape
Fear, founded the town Of Old Bruins
wick aDd effected the permanent settle
ment and civilization of this region.
These colonistS were by no means com
mon adventures. They we're almost
without exception gentlemen OF birth
and property, and connected with each
other by ties of family and friendship.
With this emigration from South
Carolina, or immediately alter and IL
consequence Of it, came Arthur Nab
sou who Was the father of Mrs. Samuel
Cornell"
My limit will not allow me TO give
the whole OF Dir. Davis letter, IN whIcn
he refers me to the Office Of the Secre
tary of State, where are to be found the
records of the office Of the Secretary OF
Province, in which, from our earliest
history down to III, all wills were re-
quired to be filed and rec ,rded. Here
| have been digging for several days
with kind assistance Of Mr. Edward
Englehart, and have found the musty
old papers, very full, as Mr.. DAVIS
,ays, of family history, but sadly need /
ing an experienced hand to sort. classify .
and index them. Col. Saunder. has
made some progress in indexing the
land giants, and he had mole clerical
assistance would doubtless in time get
all these old records in such older that
they could be easily referred to, Butt
would take the continuous labor OF. some
months to effect this much to be desired
object.
Speaking of Wilmington reminds me
of the new monthly magazine at
Home and AJrodd, just started there /
by two young ladies who are assisted by
their father the Rev. DR.. Bernhelm /
have seen but one mum Der Of it, though /,
[ believe the second is out. May 1T /
sail be prosperous one on the rough |
waters of North CIR lima 5 journall- tic
sea. ei. -. y.