Family Bible of Achilles Moorman (1773-1815)

Bible on display at the Ames Plantation in Fayette County Tennessee. Plaque on the display reads: “This Bible was purchased ca 1809 at the estate sale of Achilles Moorman by his brother James C. Moorman. Micajah C. Moorman (b. 1775 – d. 1826), brother of Achilles and James purchased 1,971 acres of land upon which the Ames Manor now stands in 1824. His son-in-law, John Walker Jones, along with Micajah’s widow and children moved to this site ca 1826. It was at this location that John Walker Jones established his Cedar Grove Plantation, the forerunner of today’s Ames Plantation and where he built this Manor House in 1847. Bible donated by Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Baker Thompson, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Micajah Clark Moorman.

 

Written in the Bible

The property of Achilles Moorman, in the year of our Lord 1809,

Price $18.00

This Bible was purchased by James C. Moorman. The sale of Achilles Moorman dec…

 

Family Records

NOTE: Transcribed information refers to children of Andrew Moorman and are siblings of Achilles Moorman

Births

Milly (Mildred) Moorman was born Jan 13 1772

Micajah C. Moorman born Jan 21 1775

Elizabeth Moorman born November 7 1777

James C. Moorman born March 10 1779

Nancy Moorman born July 31 1781

Lucy Moorman born April 20 1783

Patsy Moorman born April 30 1785

Judith Moorman born July 1 1787

Andrew Moorman born April 18 1791

Deaths

Lucy Bennett departed this life March 2 1810

Andrew Moorman my father departed this life March 10 1791

Elizabeth Moorman departed this life November 7 1809

Nancy Moorman departed this life November 19 1802

Andrew Moorman departed life in July 1814

 

Marriages

A. (Achilles) Moorman & Dorcas his wife was married March 28 1798

(at this point the information appears to have been written by James C. Moorman)

James C. Moorman & Jane Robinson was married 15 Aug 1799

James C. Moorman was born 10 March 1779

Jane Moorman wife of James C. was born Dec 23 1779

James C. Anderson to Jane R. Moorman was married on the 27 Oct 1819

Micajah Lynch & Nancy R. Moorman was married on the 27 June 1821

Henry Clark & Judith Moorman was married on the 27 June 1821

 

Births

A. (Achilles) Moorman was born Nov 10 1773

Dorcas Moorman was born Feb 5 1772

Thomas J. Moorman was born June 6 1810

(at this point the information appears to have been written by James C. Moorman)

Children births of James & Jane Moorman

Nancy Robinson Moorman was born June 5 1800

Jane Robinson Moorman was born Sunday 30 May 1802

Judith Moorman was born 30 Oct 1804

Matilda Moorman was born Sunday 15 March 1807

Elizabeth Moorman was born Saturday Dec 30 1809

Lucinda Jennings Moorman was born Sunday July 19 1812

Robert Moorman was born Sep 15 1815

James A. Moorman was born April 19 1818