It is not often that an entire family is
able to find each other after two centuries.
We are so pleased to present to you the family of

Rebecca Moore

and her children:

David King, Phillip, Daughter, Peter, Joseph W., and Eliza

Click on the names of Rebecca's
children to go to their individual pages.

This web site is in memory of my grandmother,
Ruby Inez Moore Laborde

Rebecca Moore stated that she was born in 
Kentucky in 1805. As yet, we have not been 
able to find her parents and siblings.

1830	Ouachita Parish

Rebecca Moore  between 25 and 30

	2 males between 5 and 10
	1 female under the age of 5

Our earliest record of Rebecca Moore is on the
1830 census in Ouachita Parish, where she is
shown with 2 sons between the ages of 5 and 10
- and a daughter under the age of 5. This
daughter was born between 1826 and 1830, and
either married or passed away sometime between
between 1830 and 1850. 

It is unclear whether or not Rebecca Moore
was ever married. She had six children between
1821 and 1838, but we have not, as yet, ever
found an adult male listed in her household.



From Rebecca Moore’s own testimony, we find
the following:

Rebecca Moore	b. 1805 KY

       David King Moore       b. 1821      KY
      Phillip Moore              b. 1822      KY
        Peter Moore	   b. 1834      LA
        Joseph Moore	   b. 1837      LA
        Eliza Moore	   b. 1838      LA

From this record, we now know that Rebecca 
and her two oldest sons, were born in 
Kentucky. At the present time, we know that
our Moore family moved from Kentucky to
Ouachita Parish between 1822 and 1830. Since
Morehouse Parish was created from part of 
Ouachita Parish, it is unlikely that there 
was an actual move, as such, from one parish 
to another after 1830.  

1850

Living next door to Rebecca Moore was Andrew
Lee with a big family.  Living in this 
household was Mary Ann Glover.  Her 
relationship is not mentioned. All other 
family members were Lee. Phillip Moore would
later marry Mary Ann Glover and they would
become the parents of India Shirley Moore. 

Also living a few houses away was Zach Worley
and Elizabeth Barlow. Only one child would 
survive Zach and Elizabeth. His name was 
Charles Alexander Worley. 

Charles Alexander Worley would have two 
relationships with the family of Rebecca
Moore. Following the death of his first wife,
Laura Donovan, Charles Alexander Worley’s 
second wife would be Phillip Moore’s daughter,
India Shirley Moore. Three years later, 
Charles Alexander Worley’s oldest daughter 
by his first marriage, Rena Narcissis Worley,
would marry David King Moore’s youngest son,
William Joseph Moore. 

In effect, a father and daughter married two
first cousins. This creates quite an interesting
relationship among the descendants of Charles
Alexander Worley and Rebecca Moore. Charles
Alexander Worley's grandchildren by his oldest
daughter and his childen by his second wife
were all the grandchildren of David King Moore
and his brother, Phillip Moore - the two
oldest sons of Rebecca Moore. 

Looking backward from today, I am descended
from the marriage between Rena Worley and
William Joseph Moore. Ann is descended from
the marriage of Charles Alexander Worley and
India Shirley Moore. Therefore, my g-grandmother
and her grandfather were half brother and half
sister on our Worley side, and my 
g-g-grandfather and her g-grandfather were 
brothers on our Moore side. 

1860

By 1860, Joseph was the only child left at
home. From that point forward, Rebecca is
found in the same household with Eliza and
her husband, William Henry Neiman. It is 
unclear whether Rebecca and Joseph went to
live with Eliza and her family, or whether
William Henry Neiman simply moved in with the
family when he and Eliza married. Further
investigation of land records will answer
this question.



If you are descended from the Moore Family 
of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, please e-mail
me. This web site belongs to all of us and I 
would love to be able to include your 
descendency here too.




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The music throughout this site is
dedicated to the memory of Lawrence 
and Lola (Moore) Harrison, and for the
enjoyment of Dorothy Worley Martin.

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Webmaster:  Carol Ann Dykes Scott
3-g-granddaughter of Rebecca Moore