The Moore family was a prominent political family, who claimed direct descent from the Gaelic nobility of Ireland, in North and South Carolina during the 18th and 19th centuries. They claimed descent from Rory O'Moore, leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and by extension his grandfather Rory Caoch O'More, Chief of the Name of the Clan O'More, Lord of Laois.[1]
The family is most closely associated with the Cape Fear coastal region around Wilmington. Several members of the family held prominent political positions in colonial North and South Carolina, were senior officers in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, or held high positions in the United States Federal Government during the early years of the republic.
- ^ Heitzler, Michael James (2005). Goose Creek, A Definitive History: Volume One, Planters, Politicians and Patriots. The History Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-59629-055-6. Retrieved 8 October 2011.