Robert Moorman

Robert Moorman

Robert Glenn Moorman - South Carolina planter and legislator, born June 22, 1814 near Fish Dam, Union County, South Carolina

Family

Parents - Thomas Samuel Moorman (1775 – 1818) & Jemima Glenn Sims born 1786
Sister - Elizabeth D. Moorman born 1818, wife of Reuben Sims Chick
First Wife - Mary L. Kenner died 1845, daughter of Samuel Eskridge Kenner (1772? - February 2, 1844) & Lucy Goree (1783? - September 17, 1873)
Child with Mary - Thomas Samuel Moorman (March 24, 1842 – August 4, 1902), lawyer and Librarian of the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1890's
Second Wife - Virginia C. Harrington (July 19, 1829 – March 17, 1861), daughter of Young John Harrington (April 5, 1784 - November 11, 1850) & Nancy Berry Calmes (August 5, 1786 - May 29, 1879)
Children with Virginia:

*Mary Adelaide Moorman (1853 – 1898)
*Elizabeth Theresa Moorman (1855 – June 27, 1877)
*Robert Glenn Moorman, Jr. (November 15, 1857 – October 10, 1896)
*Nancy H. Moorman born 1858

Robert was grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (February 7, 1875 – June 28 , 1936) - Colonel U.S. Army
Great-grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (July 11, 1910 – December 23, 1997) – Lt. Gen USAF, Commandant United States Air Force Academy 1965 - 1970
Great-great-grandfather of Thomas S. Moorman Jr. - General USAF

Government and Military Service

* South Carolina House of Representatives 1848 - 1852
* South Carolina Senate 1852 - 1855, resigned due to poor health, later served 1864 - 1865
* In October 1865 lost to Col. James H. Williams in race for State Senate representing Newberry District by vote of 401 to 369. [ Thomas H. Pope, "The History of Newberry County, South Carolina, Vol. II 1860-1990" (1992), ISBN 0872497771, pp. 24.]

* Lt. Col. on staff of Gov. John Hugh Means 1852 - 1854
* Signed S.C. Secession document as delegate to the Ordinance of Secession Convention in December, 1860 representing Newberry County, South Carolina with Simeon Fair, John P. Kinard & Joseph Caldwell
* Member of the South Carolina Soldier's Board of Relief 1861 - 1864
* Second Lt. South Carolina Volunteers, 3rd Regiment, C.S.A.

General Info

* Robert owned a large plantation near Maybinton, Newberry Co. where he also bred horses.
* Ardent States' Rights supporter, not a college graduate, liked dancing & was devoted Christian, a Methodist.
* Business partner with Albert G. (Bert) Maybin and brothers Reuben Sims Chick (also Moorman's brother-in-law) and Pettus Wales Chick in Newberry, S.C. mercantile company named Moorman & Maybin.
* Owner of a grocery in Mollohon Row in Newberry, South Carolina.
* Moved to town of Newberry in 1866 from Maybinton.
* Director of Newberry National Bank 1871.
* Died at his home in Newberry on October 5, 1873, buried Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, S.C. Tombstone Inscription: "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace"

References

* Pope, Thomas H., "The History of Newberry County, South Carolina, Vol. II 1860-1990", 1992, University of South Carolina Press ISBN 0-87249-777-1
* O'Neall, John Belton "Annals of Newberry" 1858, updated by John A. Chapman 1892 ISBN 1933268-05-0

External links

* [http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/scord.htm South Carolina Ordinance of Secession]

References


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