MOORE - STONE FAMILY HISTORY Including the memories of Lilly Lievsay [email protected] Including the research of Judith Welles [email protected] Ben Ritter Winchester, VA Written by William Bauman [email protected] Revised NOVEMBER 2013 1 2 PREFACE This MOORE - STONE FAMILY HISTORY was built upon the family records compiled by Lilly Lievsay. Her collection forms the basic structure of this family history. An effort was undertaken to verify and amplify the family history as regards their involvement with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. After the story was first drafted, Judith Welles published her book Lilly Stone (ISBN: 978-0- 615-66983-0) which also drew from the Lilly Lievsay Collection. Mrs. Lievsay gave my contact information to Ms. Welles, who subsequently contacted me and the three of us have been working on the story ever since. Of course if another person has the interest and resources to develop this family history before or after their Chesapeake and Ohio Canal days, that information would be welcome. A family history may have many authors. All photographs are from the Lilly Lievsay Collection, unless otherwise footnoted. The table of vital statistics for the two families at the end of this Report was initially built from the Lilly Lievsay Collection. When obituaries, wills, family bibles, birth announcements, obituaries or tombstones were found, the data was refined. Thus the data in the table is believed to be the most accurate. We hope the readers will find the story interesting and contact either of us with additional information or corrections. Lilly Lievsay [email protected] Judith Welles [email protected] William Bauman C. & O. Canal Association Volunteer [email protected] 3 4 PRE-1850 John Moore, the patriarch of the family, was born in England, the son of a printer. He ran away from home at about the age of 16 and came to America where he signed up for the Revolutionary War. Family lore has it that he returned home from the Revolutionary War with little except a pocket Bible which had a bullet hole in it, said to have saved his life. The location of the Bible today is unknown. After that war, he married Elizabeth Keadle on March 3, 1783 and they settled in Prince George's County, MD. They had five children together. He died in 1799 and is buried in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md. About 1802, Elizabeth remarried, a Major Stansberry, and that branch of the family remains without research. Sons John and Benjamin left home and went to Virginia. Their oldest son, John Moore married Mary Catherine Mann on April 22, 1815, and they had five children together prior to ca. 1850 or 1860 when the following paintings were made. That was Capt. John Moore on the left above and Mary Catherine Mann Moore on the right. Charles Henry Stone, the patriarch of that family, was also born in England. Family lore has it that he was a midshipman in the British Navy, served with the British in the Revolutionary War and came to America after the war. He first settled in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey where he had a cotton mill, which burned down; he re-built the cotton mill and it too burned down. He married twice. Little is known about the first marriage except that there were two sons: William James, who subsequently became an engraver; and Henry, who subsequently became a lithographer in Washington, D.C. The second marriage occurred on Jan. 1, 1804 to Anna Marie Garnett at White House Farm (now Buccleuch Mansion Museum, New Brunswick, NJ) and their first five children were born in Somerset County, New Jersey. On February 10th, 1817, Congressman Lewis Condist, from New Jersey, wrote a letter to then acting Secretary of War, Mr. George Graham, requesting the appointment of John Garnett Stone, oldest son of Charles H. and Anna Marie Stone, to the Military Academy at West Point. John Garnett Stone was twelve years old at the time [a transcript of the letter is appended at the back of this report.] 5 Charles Henry Stone moved most of his family to Washington, D.C. sometime between 1817 and 1819 where his last two children were born; on July 19th 1819 Anna Marie Stone wrote a second letter to the Secretary of War, now that John G. Stone was then fourteen years of age, and asked that the Cadet warrant be sent to her. Her son had remained in New Jersey with her father to further John's education. On August 28th 1819, John Garnett Stone accepted the appointment of a Cadet in the service of the United States. His academic records have not been found. We do know that in July 1821 he was on furlough till 1 Sept. 1821. By August 1821 he had joined from furlough. And then in October 1821 he had resigned. His whereabouts between Oct. 1821 and Jan. 1839 remain to be found. On May 12, 1833, by the Rev. Mr. Reck, Mr. John G. Stone was married to Miss Amelia A. Reitz, both of Washington County.1 A local newspaper recorded among the several appointments by the Governor and Council, John G. Stone - Justice of the Peace & Coroner - District No. 1.2 The following March he was again appointed a Justice of the Peace & Corner - District No. 4.3 John Moore was involved in the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; on or about February 10, 1836 he was awarded contracts to build Section Nos. 212 and 218.4 Contracts for 34 sections were let, which comprehended the whole line of 27 miles from Dam No. 5 to the Cacapon, a point 10 miles above the town of Hancock. The work was to be completed by the 1st of January next. And on June 20, 1836 he was awarded contracts to build Culverts Nos. 147-148 and 151-152.5 Culvert No 147 was located near McCoy's Ferry Drive-in Campground at Mile Post (M.P.) 112.05 (4' span , built 1837-1838) and No. 148 was located at M.P. 112.23 (6' span, built 1837-1838).6 The other two are located near Big Pool at M.P. 114.83 for Culvert 151 (4' high sidewalls, 6' span) and M.P. 115.02 for Culvert 151 (4' span, built 1836-1837).7 In March of 1837 John G. Stone was appointed one of the Coroners of Washington County.8 The following year he was reappointed to the office.9 The two Coroner's Commissions are provided at the end of this report. The same year, 1838, John G. Stone and Amelia A. Stone, his wife, sold a 188 acre parcel of land on the road leading from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown to Jacob H. Grove for $9,410.10 Apparently Jacob H. Grove put $4,000 down and took a mortgage for the balance due, $5,410, to be paid in five 1 The Mail, Hagerstown, MD, newspaper, Friday, 5/17/1833, p. 3. 2 Hagerstown Mail, Hagerstown, MD, newspaper, Friday, 3/13/1835, p. 3 and Torch Light, Hagerstown, Md., newspaper, Thursday, 3/12/1835, p. 3. 3 Hagerstown Mail, Hagerstown, MD, newspaper, Friday, 3/18/1836, p. 3 and Torch Light, Hagerstown, Md., newspaper, Thursday, 3/17/1836, p. 3. 4 Unrau, Harlan D., History of the C & O Canal, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Hagerstown, Md. August 2007, p. 265 and Phoenix Civilian, Cumberland, Md., newspaper, Tuesday, 2/16/1836, p. 3. 5 Ibid., p. 211. 6 Hahn, Thomas, F., Towpath Guide to the C & O Canal, published by the American Canal and Transportation Center, © 1992, p. 161, 7 Ibid, p. 165. 8 Washington County Courthouse, Hagerstown, MD, Liber SS, folio 646, recorded 3/25/1837 and Hagerstown Mail, Hagerstown, MD, newspaper, Friday, 3/31/1837, p. 3. 9 Washington County Courthouse, Hagerstown, MD, Liber TT, folio 253, recorded 2/19/1838 and Hagerstown Mail, Hagerstown, MD, newspaper, Friday, 2/23/1838, p. 3. 10 Washington County Courthouse, Hagerstown, MD, Liber TT, folio 556, recorded 8/7/1838. 6 annual installments of $1,082 each, plus interest.11 Looking at the Washington County Land Records, it is not obvious when John & Amelia Stone purchased the parcel of land. John G. Stone was also involved in the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. On January 5, 1839, "Chief Engineer Fisk informed the board that the line of the canal between Dams Nos. 5 and 6 was nearly ready to be watered. Accordingly, the board appointed John G. Stone to be superintendent of the new division."12 His compensation was $1,200 per annum in 1839 and $800 per annum in 1840.13 He remained superintendent of 4th Division through May 7, 1840 when Joseph Hollman replaced him.14 The 1840 census listed John G. Stone, age 20-30 [Sic 35]; his wife, age 20-30 [22]; and one male child, age 5-10.15 The identity of that male child is unknown. The 1840 census listed Philip Stone, a free white person - male - 20 thru 29 [he was 24 years of age] farming in Rockville.16 He had three slaves. In April of 1841 John G. Stone bought a Lot, with a house, in the Town of Clearspring.17 Then on June 1, 1841 John G. Stone was returned to Superintendent 4th Division.18 His compensation was $800 per annum.19 Later that summer, on August 12th, 1841 he bought an additional piece of land within "The Resurvey on Hazard and Locust Thicket."20 In 1842, the yearly compensation for all Superintendents was reduced to $700.21 On Oct.