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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1920 - 1973 (53 years)
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| Name |
Moorefield, Jesse James [1] |
| Born |
10 Apr 1920 |
Caswell County, North Carolina  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
World War II (PFC US Army) |
| Reference Number |
72 |
| Died |
30 Aug 1973 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [1, 2] |
| Cause: Drowning |
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| Buried |
1 Sep 1973 |
First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina [2] |
| Person ID |
I72 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Father |
Moorefield, Arthur William, b. 11 Aug 1893, Person County, North Carolina , d. 29 May 1976, Danville, Virginia (Age 82 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Smith, Pearl Virginia, b. 5 Apr 1895, d. 23 Jun 1969, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 74 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
14 Dec 1916 |
Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
2187 |
| Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Philpot, Mary Alice, b. 3 Sep 1920, Smith County, Texas , d. 21 Jun 1978, Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 57 years) |
| Married |
Aft 1940 |
| Reference Number |
2833 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Living |
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| + | 3. Moorefield, June Marie, b. 12 Mar 1958, Danville, Virginia , d. 9 Feb 1994, California (Age 35 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Moorefield, Jack William, b. 29 Feb 1960, Danville, Virginia , d. 10 Dec 2016 (Age 56 years) [natural] |
| + | 5. Living |
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| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Family ID |
F67 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Jesse James Moorefield (1920-1973)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Third photograph: Violet Moorefield Smith (aunt) and Jesse James Moorefield (nephew).
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Newspaper Death Articles:
The Danville Register (Danville, Virginia) · 31 Aug 1973, Fri · Page 13
The Bee (Danville, Virginia) · 31 Aug 1973, Fri · Page 13
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Jesse James Moorefield is believed to have married Mary Alice Philpot when he was serving in the Army in Texas during WWII. Mary Alice Philpot was from Tyler, Texas. He drowned while taking a bath in Country Line Creek, Caswell County, North Carolina, which was near his home south of Yanceyville, North Carolina. The death certificate states: "While taking a bath in creek, stepped into a hole." North Carolina Death Certificate of Jesse James Moorefield (1920-1973).
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In 1948 and 1949, the owners of land inherited from Sallie Henry Womack Wiggins deeded two parcels for the Caswell County Training School. Below are excerpts describing how Sallie Henry Womack Wiggins obtained the land and how it was passed on to the children of Arthur William Moorefield:
" . . . and containing 3.15 acres and being a tract of land out of that certain tract or parcel of land conveyed by J. Archie Long to Sallie W. Wiggins by Warranty Deed dated December 24th, 1900, and duly recorded in Book 55, page 460 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Caswell County. The said Long Tract or parcel of land was devised to Arthur Moorefield, Jr. a one-half undivided interest; to Jesse James Moorefield a one-fourth undivided interest; to Sallie W. Moorefield a one-fourth undivided interest by the Last Will and Testament of Sallie W. Wiggins, said Will bearing date of December 13th, 1928, probated February 20th, 1929, and recorded in Will Book D, page 272, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for Caswell County. Also reference is made to a Warranty Deed from Arthur Moorefield, Jr., single to Arthur Moorefield, Sr., and Pearl Moorefield, his wife, dated December 12th, 1938, and recorded in Book 85, page 230 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Caswell County, conveying the same one-half undivided interest devised to the said Arthur Moorefield, Jr., by the Last Will and Testament of Sallie W. Wiggins. . . .
". . . containing 9.11 acres, more or less, in the Town of Yanceyville, on the East side of South Montgomery Street, and particularly described as Tract No. 2, according to a Survey and Plat of the campus of the Caswell Training School as made by J. Frank Moorefield, Surveyor, in June, 1949, of record in Plat Book No. 2, at page 389, Caswell County Registry, and being a part of the lands devised to Arthur Moorefield, Jr., et al by Sallie W. Wiggins, by Will dated December 13, 1928, of record in Will Book "D", at page 272, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Caswell County, and as conveyed to Sallie W. Wiggins by J. Arch Long by deed of record in Book 55, page 460, Caswell County Registry, and described by metes and bounds according to the aforesaid Map and Survey of J. Frank Moorefield, as follows: . . . ."
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J. J. Moorefield Drowning Victim; Funeral Tomorrow
Yanceyville, N.C. -- The funeral of Jessie [sic] James Moorefield, Sr., 53, of Yanceyville will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Yanceyville's First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. His death yesterday afternoon while swimming in County [sic] line Creek was listed by authorities as accidental drowning. His body was recovered about 6 p.m. by the Caswell County Rescue Squat.
A farmer and veteran of World War II, he was born in Caswell County April 10, 1920, a son of A. W. Moorefield Sr. and the late Pearl Smith Moorefield.
In addition to his father, he leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Philpott Moorefield of White Oak, Tex.; three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Mary Jane Rowland and Miss June Moorefield of Blanch Rt. 1, Mrs. Jessica Hall of Reidsville, and Jack W. and Jessie [sic] J. Moorefield Jr. of Providence Rt. 1; and two brothers, Frank J. and A. W. Moorefield Jr. of Yanceyville Rt. 1.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7:30 to 9 o'clock at Hooper Funeral Home in Yanceyville, and at other times will be at the Rowland residence on Blanch Rt. 1.
The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 31 August 1973, Friday, Page 13.
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Caswell Co. Negress Left Big Estate: Will of Mrs. Sallie Wiggins Presented at Yanceyville for Probate (Special to The Bee)
Yanceyville, N.C., Feb 23. -- The last will and testament of Mrs. Sallie W. Wiggins, widely known Caswell county resident and a descendant of the Bartlett Yancey family who died recently in a Baltimore hospital was admitted to probate here yesterday. It disposes of an estate which is given a value of about $100,000 and reveals a striking instance in which a colored woman, the daughter of an ante-bellum slave, receives most of the estate for enjoyment during her life time.
There is unusual interest in the will in Caswell county for in the Wiggins home are antiques which are probably without their peer in this section of the country. They consist of old family furniture imported from abroad during the early pioneering days of Caswell county rich in quality, well preserved and in substantial quantity. All of these valuable antiques have been deeded to five cousins.
Mrs Wiggins also had fine jewelry, the will listing specific bequests of seven diamond rings and bracelets some of the rings being fine solitaires, which in the aggregate represent a large sum to say nothing of other precious stones. There is no appraisal of the estate but $100,000 is considered a fair figure.
Mrs. Wiggins also remembered a faithful tenant, Arthur Moorefield, whom she characterized as "sober and industrious." To him goes the farm "Inglewood" to enjoy as long as he lives. He can cultivate it and enjoy all the proceeds that come from it. When his son, Arthur Moorefield, Jr., becomes of age, he will step into a tidy competence for under the will he will get half the estate. One quarter of the estate will then go to Jesse James Moorefield, another son of the original beneficiary and the remaining quarter goes to his sister, Sallie Womack Moorefield who is still in her minority.
The rest and residue of her estate Mrs. Wiggins left to Sam M. Bason, of Yanceyville, to be held in trust for her colored servant. "For years there has lived with me," she wrote in the will dated December 13, 1928, "a colored woman named Sallie Fannie Graves. She has been a faithful servant and in gratitude for her faithful service I direct that the trustee shall keep this residue of my estate invested in safe, income-bearing securities and the entire income therefrom shall be paid to Sallie Fannie Graves as long as she shall live."
Mrs. Wiggins further provided that the payments should be made to the colored woman who had tended her through her long final illness in monthly installments. Provision also is made for the distribution of this part of the estate at the time of the colored woman's death. She ordered that the following sums be paid.
Yanceyville Presbyterian church, $2,500; Barium Springs orphanage, $100; Mrs. Mattie Allison, $2,500; May Mebane Donoho, $1,000; Caroline Mebane Parker, $1,000; Mrs. Nannie Mebane Donoho, $2,500; Mrs. S. E. Gwynn, $1,000; Glade Valley Mission school (Presbyterian), $1,000; S. M. Bason, $500; Arthur Moorefield, Sr., $100; Pearl Smith Moorefield, $100; Woman's auxiliary of the Yanceyville Presbyterian church, $100; the remainder to be divided between Nannie Donoho and Nannie Mebane Parker.
All of the family silver, understood to be of considerable value, was left to Mr. Bason, who is named executor of the estate. The diamond rings and jewelry, as well as the household effects including the valuable antiques, are to be divided between her following cousins: Nannie Donoho, Mary Parker, Mrs. Mattie Allison, Mrs. S. E. Gwynn and children, and Mrs. Mollie Turner and children. The whole estate is represented by land, securities and jewelry. The will was drawn by Harris, Harvey and Brown, in Danville, prior to Mrs. Wiggins' removal to a Baltimore hospital.
Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 23 February 1929, Saturday, Page 1.
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Name: Jesse Moorefield
SSN: 226-44-4554
Born: 10 Apr 1920
Died: Aug 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (1952 )
Source: Ancestry.com; Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.
World War II Service Record
Name: Jesse James Moorefield
Date of Entrance in Service: December 2, 1942
Branch of Service: 9201 T.S.U., T.C. Detachment
Parents' Name: Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moorefield
Medals Earned: American Theater, Good Conduct, World War II Victory
Discharged: Fort Bragg, North Carolina, February 6, 1946
Rank: Private First Class
Source: Service Record Book of Men and Women of Yanceyville, N.C., and Community, Sponsored by the V.F.W. Post No. 7316 (1947-1949)
1930 US Census
Name: Jessie James Morefield
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: abt 1920
Relation to head-of-house: Son
Father's Name: Arthur W Morefield
Mother's Name: Pearl V Morefield
Home in 1930: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: Jessie James Moorefield Sr.
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 53
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1920
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 30 Aug 1973
Death Location: Yanceyville, Caswell
Spouse's Name: Mary Philpot
Father's Name: A W Moorefield Sr.
Mother's Name: Pearl Smith
Residence: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
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- Details: Gravestone at First Baptist Church of Yanceyville (Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina).
- Details: North Carolina Death Certificate of Jesse James Moorefield (1920-1973).
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