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
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