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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1868 - 1937 (69 years)
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| Name |
Moorefield, Elijah Johnson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Birth |
17 Oct 1868 |
Bedford County, Virginia  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
John |
| Residence |
1910 |
Olive Hill, Person County, North Carolina [6] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
1920 |
Dan River Township, Caswell County, North Carolina [4] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head |
| Occupation |
1930 |
| Farmer |
| Reference Number |
57 |
| Residence |
1930 |
Dan River Township, Caswell County, North Carolina [3] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head |
| Death |
16 Dec 1937 |
Danville, Virginia [1, 2] |
| Cause: Automobile Accident |
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| Burial |
First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina [1] |
| Person ID |
I57 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Father |
Moorefield, Joseph Henry, b. Abt 1843, Halifax County, Virginia d. 4 Apr 1873, Halifax County, Virginia (Age ~ 30 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Redd, Ann Eliza, b. 1845, Halifax County, Virginia |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
27 Apr 1867 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
| Reference Number |
9092 |
| Notes |
- See Moorefield Message #3361. The statement there is that Ann Eliza Redd was 22 when she married, which would place her date of birth c. 1845.
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Virginia Select Marriages
Name: Eliza Redd
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1845
Birth Place: Halifax, VA
Marriage Date: 27 Apr 1867
Marriage Place: Halifax, Virginia
Father: John
Mother: Martha
Spouse: Joseph Moorefield
FHL Film Number: 2048454
Reference ID: 147
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| Family ID |
F51 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
James, Ada Belle, b. 20 Dec 1870, Orange County, North Carolina d. 18 Sep 1955, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Feb 1891 |
Person County, North Carolina [5] |
| Reference Number |
2200 |
| Children |
| | 1. Moorefield, Minnie B., b. 25 Nov 1891, North Carolina d. 2 Dec 1987, Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 96 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Moorefield, Arthur William, b. 11 Aug 1893, Person County, North Carolina d. 29 May 1976, Danville, Virginia (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Moorefield, Leona, b. 16 Mar 1895, Person County, North Carolina d. 27 Oct 1940, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Moorefield, Lula May, b. 11 Mar 1897, Person County, North Carolina d. 14 May 1988 (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Moorefield, Baby, b. Feb 1899, North Carolina d. Bef 1910 (Age ~ 10 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Moorefield, Virginia Inez, b. 7 Nov 1901, Person County, North Carolina d. 18 Mar 1981, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Moorefield, Violet Bye, b. 8 Nov 1903, Person County, North Carolina d. 2 Aug 1993, Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Moorefield, Jasper, b. Abt 1906 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. Moorefield, Esther True, b. 4 Apr 1906, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina d. 14 Mar 1999, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 10. Moorefield, Sadie, b. Abt 1908 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 11. Moorefield, Verna Brent, b. 10 Apr 1908, Person County, North Carolina d. 28 Apr 1996, Salisbury, Maryland (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 12. Moorefield, Alice Velma, b. 7 Feb 1911, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina d. 16 Mar 1997, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 13. Moorefield, Naomi Ethel, b. 9 Sep 1913, Yanceyville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 14 Jan 2017 (Age 103 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F49 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 17 Oct 1868 - Bedford County, Virginia |
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 | Marriage - 18 Feb 1891 - Person County, North Carolina |
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 | Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1910 - Olive Hill, Person County, North Carolina |
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 | Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1920 - Dan River Township, Caswell County, North Carolina |
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| Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Dan River Township, Caswell County, North Carolina |
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 | Death - Cause: Automobile Accident - 16 Dec 1937 - Danville, Virginia |
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 | Burial - - First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
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| Notes |
- Elijah Johnson Moorefield (1868-1937)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Last Photograph is the Elijah Johnson Moorefield Family at Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina (c.1940). Left-to-Right:
Back Row: Alice Velma Moorefield, Lula May Moorefield, Elijah Johnson Moorefield (father), Ada Belle James Moorefield (mother), Minnie B. Moorefield, Leona Moorefield, Verna Brent Moorefield.
Front Row: Violet Bye Moorefield, Arthur William Moorefield, Virginia Inez Moorefield, Naomi Ethel Moorefield, Esther True Moorefield.
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Apparently died of shock as a result of injuries sustained in car accident. The attending physician's handwriting on the death certificate is terrible.
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Glazed Roads Thaw Out But Snow May Fall. One Victim of Sleet Storm Gravely Ill; Repair Shops Busy
"The condition of E. J. Moorefield, of Purley, was considered grave today. He suffered posibly a punctured lung and several broken ribs when his car slid into a truck near Prospect on the Yanceyville road. He is in Memorial hospital."
The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 15 December 1937, Wednesday, Page 1.
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Victim of Icy Roads Dies From Wreck Injuries: E. J. Moorefield of Purley, N. C., died at Memorial hospital shortly before eleven o'clock this morning from the injuries he sustained on Sunday night during the sleet storm when his automobile was in collision with a truck near Prospect. He had been in grave plight ever since being admitted to the hospital with several ribs fractured and one lung punctured."
The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 16 December 1937, Thursday, Page 1.
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The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows. Date of onset: 12-13-37:
"Considerable abrasion of head, __________ factures, internal injury of __________, fracture of right ulna and head of femur near __________. Died of shock."
Where did injury occur: "R14, leading from Danville to Yanceyville."*
Specify whether injury occurred in industry, in home, or i public place: "R14, public road."
Manner of injury: "Automobile he was driving ____ skidded and ran off road."
Source: Virginia Death Certificate.
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*In 1940 this "R14" was renamed NC Highway 86.
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Elijah Johnson (John) Moorefield and Ada Belle James lived in Person County, North Carolina, until around 1911 when they moved to Yanceyville, North Carolina. Eventually, they purchased a substantial farm in the Purley community of Caswell County very near the Purley United Methodist Church. How Elijah Johnson Moorefield went from being a farm laborer living in rented property in 1900 to a substantial land owner in Purley, North Carolina, is unknown. Elijah sometimes is incorrectly seen as Elija or Eliga.
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George Spears Smith (1868-1927) and Elijah Johnson Moorefield (1868-1937) owned adjoining farms in Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina. When the properties were finally surveyed, Elijah Johnson Moorefield boasted that he got the better of the survey, ending up with more land. However, George Spears Smith may have bested his neighbor. He told his descendants: "I carried the chain."
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Family Bible Record
Elija Johnson Moorefield (Halifax County, Virginia) married Ada James (Durham County, North Carolina). Source: Moorefield Family Bible
The records relating to the birth date of Elijah Johnson Moorefield are confusing, showing him born: 1868; or Jan 1860; or Jan 1868; or c.Oct 1867. However, his head stone in the cemetery of the First Baptist Church in Yanceyville, North Carolina, gives the following: 1868-1937. LDS records show an Elijah Johnson Moorefield born 17 Oct 1868 in Virginia or North Carolina and died 13 Dec 1937. Father: Joseph Moorefield. Mother: Ann Eliza Redd. The possible Virginia birth place is Daneville, Caladonia, Virginia. Those records also show this Elijah Johnson Moorefield married Ada B. James on 18 February 1891. This is sufficient cross reference to give the record facial reliability. The only remaining concern is the spelling of Moorefield as Moorehead, which is not a major issue given the other corroborating facts. Accordingly, until more is uncovered, his life years are assumed to be 17 October 1868 to 13 December 1937.
Elijah Johnson Moorefield apparently served during World War I in Company Fifty-One, North Carolina Reserve Militia. Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson, Compiler (1921) at 24 (where he is listed as J. E. Moorefield).
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1900 US Census
Name: John Mofield [Moorefield]
Home in 1900: Flat River, Person, North Carolina
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1860
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: John Mofield [John Moorefield]
Age: 40
Birth Date: Jan 1860
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1900: Flat River, Person, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Owned or Rent: House Rented
Literacy: Read, Write, Speak English
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Aid* Mofield
Marriage Year: 1890
Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
John Mofield 40
Aid* Mofield 30 (had five children, five living)
Minnie Mofield 8
Arthur Mofield 6
Leona Mofield 4
Lula Mofield 2
Bobsy Mofield 1 [possibly "Baby" Moorefield]
1900 US Census [Family Details]
Person county, Flat River Township fam. 167 (all NCNCNC)
John Morfield head Jan 1860 40 m. 10 yr.
Aida wife Feb 1870 30 m. 10 yr. 5 children, 5 alive
Minnie dau May 1892 8
Arthur son Feb 1896 6
Leona dau Mar 1896 4
Lula dau June 1898 2
Baby son Feb 1899 1
Note: Census enumerator used the name "John." Is this from the middle name "Johnson"? See the spelling of the surname: Morfield. The Baby son must have died young for he does not appear in the next census? Also note that this census reported the parents of Elihah Johnson Moorefield being born in North Carolina. Other records indicated they were born in Halifax County, Virginia.
1910 US Census
Name: Eliza J Moorefield [Eliga J Moorefield]
Age in 1910: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Olive Hill, Person, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Occupation: Farmer (General Farming), Employee
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Eliza J Moorefield 43 [Elijah J. Moorefield]
Ada B Moorefield 40
Minnie B Moorefield 18
Arther W Moorefield 16
Leoner Moorefield 15
Lula M Moorefield 12
Jennie L Moorefield 8
Violet B Moorefield 6
Ester L Moorefield 4
Sadie Moorefield 2
1910 US Census [Earlier Transcript]
Name: Eliga J Moorefield
Age in 1910: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Olive Hill Township, Person, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year: 1910
1910 US Census [Family Details]
Olive Hill Township, Person County, North Carolina: Here Elijah shows that he and both his parents were born in North Carolina.
Elija J. 43
Ada B. 40
Minnie B. 18
Arthur W. 16
Leona 15
Lula M. 12
Jennie 8
Violet B. 6
Ester 4
Sadie 2
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: E F Moorefield [E J Moorefield]
Home in 1920: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Ada Moorefield
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
E F Moorefield 54
Ada Moorefield 50
Jennie Moorefield 18
Violett Moorefield 16
Jasper Moorefield 14
Verna Moorefield 11
Allice Moorefield 8
Naoma Moorefield 6
1930 US Census
Name: Elijah A Moorefield
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to head-of-house: Head
Spouse's Name: Ada B Moorefield
Race: White
Home in 1930: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Image source:Year: 1930; Census Place: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina; Roll: 1679; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 548.0.
1930 US Census [Family Details]
Dan River Township, Caswell County, North Carolina: Clearly shows the name as Elijah J. Moorefield. Ada B., Alice, and Namoni (Naomi) are in the household. Elijah stated that he and both his parents were born in Virginia.
Elijah J. 62 23 When Married (born c. 1868)
Ada B. 59 20 When Married (born c. 1871)
Alice 19 (born c. 1911)
Naomi 16 (born c. 1914)
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Elijah J Moorefield
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: Virginia
Race: White
Home in 1930: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Ada B Moorefield
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
Elijah J Moorefield 62
Ada B Moorefield 59
Alice Moorefield 19
Namoni Moorefield 16
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- Details: Find A Grave.
- [S43] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.
- [S36] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 2341413.
- [S34] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina; Roll: T625_1282; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 24.
- [S40] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
- [S39] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Olive Hill, Person, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1106; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1375119.
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