Joseph Moore fights as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He receives two land grants for his service.
1776
Joseph Moore is listed as a witness to the will of his brother-in-law, John Haggard, his sister Mary's husband. This is the first official record of Joseph Moore in America.
1780
Lewellen Moore, child of Joseph Moore and Agnes Moore, is born in South Carolina. He is the sixth of what will be a total of nine children.
1785
Joseph Moore is given the first of two land grants in South Carolina for his service in America's War for Independence.
1785
Joseph Moore moves his family across the Savannah river to Vann's Creek in Elbert County, Georgia.
1791
In 1791 the Grand Jury appointed Joseph Moore and Robert Pulliam to open and keep up a road between Harvies Ferry on the Savannah River and the Court House of Elbert County through 1792.
1798
Lewellen Moore and his wife Priscilla Thornton Moore have the first of eleven children, Mary Moore.
