Help with ancestor

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

Can anyone help me identify if my ancestor server in the cw his name was James R Moore. He was born in 1832 and died in 1900. He lived in Mississippi.

 

[DixieRifles]

Can anyone help me identify if my ancestor server in the cw his name was James R Moore.

Was he living in Marshall County? There were a Moore family living there. The Director of the Marshall County Museum in Holly Springs, Jim Moore, is a descendant of one of the veterans. Two of the MOORE family served in the 17th Mississippi Regiment and one wrote a journal that has been published---a great read.

 

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

He could have been but I don't think so. He was born in Alabama

 

[DixieRifles]

He could have been but I don't think so.

You need to try to find where he was living in 1860 Census. This will tell us his Age which we might get lucky and find in a record. It will also help direct us to some regiments. Right now, we don't know if we should start with Alabama or Mississippi Regiments.

 

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

He moved to and was living in noxubee county in the mid 1850s

 

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

I asked some of my family and they said he was a major

 

[DixieRifles]

What year was he born?
Do you know anything about his patents: name, dob, home town or state??

Im not challenging you but you challenge your family to provide more info.
I just posted another thread about a story that I would like to validate.

 

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

He was born in 1832 and I'll try to get more info thanks for the help

 

[Bob Velke]

There was a Maj. James R. Moore in Co. D, 5th MS Inf. He claimed to be 27 years old in 1861.

 

[LafayetteCountyDigger]

That would be off by 2 years but I think that's him

 

[steamboater]

That would be off by 2 years but I think that's him

That would be off by 2 years but I think that's him

James R. Moore enlisted as the captain of Company D, 5th MS Infantry. He was promoted to major, date not known, so he is found under Field & Staff upon receiving that elevation.