Mount Tirzah, North Carolina
Mount Tirzah is an unincorporated community in Person County, North Carolina, United States. History. The location was named Mount Tirzah by Colonel Stephen Moore, a participant in the American Revolutionary War, in 1783. A United States Post Office operated in the community from 1795 until 1906.Stephen Moore was born 30 Oct 1734 in New York City. He was the 17th of 18 children of John Moore [1686 SC – 1749 New York City] and Frances Lambert [1692 – 1782]. His father was “Col. John Moore, a leading merchant in the early days of New York City.” The Moore  family history is best preserved by the memoirs of John Moore, Esq. (1745-1828), from which we learn that Stephen was “brought up in business by John Watts.” There is no indication as to Stephen’s age at the time of this apprenticeship, but it would be typical of the times to have begun his training at about age 14. John Watts was a prominent merchant and a provision contractor to the British army during the French and Indian War. Little known about Stephen Moore’s education except that his penmanship was remarkable. The account books, ledgers, day books & letters  that he wrote all attest to a thorough & careful education. Recent research reveals that he spent his late teens & the early twenties as a scribe or clerk. Most of NY Deed Book 14, all of Deed Book 15, and the first part of Deed Book 16 are in Stephen Moore’s very distinctive and legible hand. At the age of 23, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1757 in the New York Provincial troops and participated in the French and Indian War, serving as Deputy Paymaster. His first child, Robert Charles Moore, the only child of Stephen Moore and "Julia