Lawrence & Tabitha Moore Family Cemetery in North Carolina

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Get directions Old Camden Rd now Prison Camp Rd Area SW of Wadesboro
Anson County, North Carolina, USA

Coordinates: 34.95314, -80.17891
This cemetery is marked as private and may not be accessible.
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It is located on private property and the owners do not want visitors going directly to the cemetery. The access drive is gated. Visitors can contact the owner at 2712 Prison Camp Road to request access.

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In Polkton,Anson Co NC going east on 74, turn right southeast on 1249 Prison Camp Road. Go one half mile turn right south on 1121 Camden Church Road. (Note: Camden Church Road is now Prison Camp Road). Go 2.8 miles. On the right, west, is a road into the woods. Three tenths of a mile is a pile of trash. Go right 200 feet in the woods to the cemetery near Little Brown Creek /You are now South west of Wadesboro,N. C. From Wadesboro you travel White Store Rd to it's intersection with RP State Rd 1121(Prison Camp Rd).

A Memorial Ledger is there and reads as Follows :

Laurence Moore Circa 1764 - March 7, 1817

Laurence Moore & Tabitha Lockhart Married in Bertie County 2 Dec 1798 . They were Cousins whose family settled Originally in Nansmond County ,Virginia before migrating into Bertie ,Hertford and Nash Counties of NC.

He was a devoted husband and parent who left an inspiring and fruitful legacy. He is buried next to his third wife, Tabitha Lockhart Moore (1771 - 1845). Two previous wives, Elizabeth and Martha Dickinson were sisters and both preceded him in death. Altogether he had no fewer than ten children -- eight boys and two girls. By 1997 his direct descendants numbered more than 2,400. he served six years in the North Carolina Assembly -- three in the House of Commons (1807 - 1809) and three in the Senate (1814 - 1816) BEtween 1795 and 1807 he made large purchased of land in Anson County. He was a trustee of the Sneedsborough Acadamy, chartered in 1806, and was a charter member of Kilwinning Masonic Lodge No 64, chartered in 1813.

A Memorial Ledger is there and reads as Follows :

Laurence Moore Circa 1764 - March 7, 1817