Served in the Confederate Army (CSA) - He enlisted in the company organized by his brother-in-law, Captain Benjamin Toomer. He was wounded in the battle of Murphreesboro, TN and returned home for recuperation. He did not return to the war but was not listed as a deserter.
He was ordained late in life, Sept. 16, 1897, as a Freewill Babtist Minister. and he was also a faith healer.
1870 Pontotoc, MS Township 9 (Tocopola) pg 7
Moore, George 34 Farmer 200
Martha 22
James 5
Burton 3
Luella 1
1880 Itawamba, MS Fifth Supervisors District pg 30 (June 17, 1880)Moore George 44 widowed Farmer broken arm
James 15
Burt 13
Louella 12
Leona 9
Elmina 6
William 5
Walter 1
1910 Itawamba, MS, Beat 4 pg13Moore George W. 74 M2 20 Farmer
Malinda J. 73 M2 20
Served in the Confederate Army (CSA) - He enlisted in the company organized by his brother-in-law, Captain Benjamin Toomer. He was wounded in the battle of Murphreesboro, TN and returned home for recuperation. He did not return to the war but was not listed as a deserter.
He was ordained late in life, Sept. 16, 1897, as a Freewill Babtist Minister. and he was also a faith healer.
1870 Pontotoc, MS Township 9 (Tocopola) pg 7
Moore, George 34 Farmer 200
Martha 22
James 5
Burton 3
Luella 1
1880 Itawamba, MS Fifth Supervisors District pg 30 (June 17, 1880)Moore George 44 widowed Farmer broken arm
James 15
Burt 13
Louella 12
Leona 9
Elmina 6
William 5
Walter 1
1910 Itawamba, MS, Beat 4 pg13Moore George W. 74 M2 20 Farmer
Malinda J. 73 M2 20
Burt was a veteran of the War of 1812 and fought at the Battle of New Orleans. He was a lieutenent in Dodd's Company of the Kentucky Militia. He applied for a pension shortly before he died.
Burt G. Moore was one of the first settlers in Itawamba Co., which was established in 1836.
1836 Tax List for Itawamba Co., MS (1st people in Itawamba Co to pay personal property taxes)
Andy McWilliams
Jesy McWilliams
William McWilliams ( Elizabeth's father)
Thomas Maddox
Burt G. Moore
John Moore
Stephen R. MooreAbstract of Deed Book 1 - Itawamba Co., MS
Malcolm McCranie of Noxubee Co., MS sold to Burt G. Moore of Itawamba co. the southwest quarter of Section 20 in Township 10, Range 9 on 3 January 1838 for $300: page 186
1840 Federal Census for Itawamba Co., MS
William Medley pg 3 (Martha A. Medley's father)
B.G. Moore pg 5 (George W. Moore's father)
John Medley pg 5 (Martha's grandfather)
William McWilliams pg 5 (Elizabeth McWilliams' father)
William H. Moore pg 6
Andrew McWilliams pg 6
John Moore pg 13 (could be Burt's brother)
James Moore pg 22
1850 Federal Census index for Itawamba coMoore Alexander H. pg 404 7th dist (Burt G.'s son Alexander Hamilton)
Moore Burt G. 404 7th dist (himself)
Moore Candace 425 7th dist
Moore Henry 359 6th dist
Moore James 356 6th dist
Moore John 325 6th dist
Moore John 404 7th dist
Moore John 425 7th dist
Moore John A. 335 6th dist
Moore John M. 438 Fulton 7
Moore John M. 398 7th dist (could be Burt G's brother John Major)
Moore Joseph E. 302 6th dist
Moore Patrick 359 6th dist
Moore Robert 434 7th dist
Moore Sebbu 359 6th dist
Moore Wetham 315 6th dist
Moore William 320 6th dist
Moore William H. 435 7th dist (Burt G.'s son William Hugh)1850 Census, Itawamba Co., MS, District 7
362 Alexander H. Moore 29 Farmer
Susan 21
Wm. B. 2
James 29 ?363 Burt G. Moore 57 Farmer NC
Mary 47
James 20
Mary 18
George 16
Sarah 13
Joseph 10
John 8
Albert 2
1860 Census, Itawamba Co., MS Pleaston1952 Burt G. Moore 68 m Farmer 8000 23,730
Mary R.B. 59
Ja? M. 27 Farm labor
George W. 24 Farm labor
Jos. B. 21 Farm labor
John C. 18 Farm labor
Albert 12
1870 Census, Itawamba Co., MS Township 10 (p22)154 Moore James 40 Farmer
Mary 60 ?155 Moore Burt 81 Farmer
Mary 60 Keeping house
John 28 Farm labor
Frances 35 (John's wife? if so 2 older children must be
Adam 12 Farm labor from a previous marriage. Youngest, Dorah,
Katy 10 probably belongs to John)
Dorah 2156 Moore Albert 22 Farmer
Fanny 20 (Truelove)
Burt 8/12 (Virgil Burt)
Truelove Mattie 17 (Fanny's sister?)
Forrister, John 21 (?)A story written by a Rev. Gilderoy in 1891 tells of "Uncle Burt" who was a peculiar man, physicially, mentally and morally. He was less than five feet tall, stoop-shouldered, and when on foot moved in a kind of dog-trot and on horseback in a gallop. The story says that Uncle Burt came up in the midst of hard conditions among the mountains of North Carolina. This minister also said that he was a hard drinking, profane man although he went to Church every Sunday and loved having ministers visit in his home. "He acknowledged his sins, confessed his weaknesses and abused himself without stint for profanity and drunkenness, and in two minutes he would be in the horse lot among the negroes, cursing like a sailor." He has also been described as a small man with a hunchback who stood on a hitching post to whip his children and slaves. According to this minister, he repented of his sins, professed his belief in Jesus Christ and was saved before his death.
William Medley was said to have operated, with the aid of his father, a spa. He had supposedly discovered some miraculous mineral springs on his property with great healing powers. He advertised in the Itawamba County newspaper in 1860 with many testimonials to the great curative power of this water. They were especially recommended for eye cures and "woman's ailments"