John "Scotch Johnny" Moore

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Husband John "Scotch Johnny" Moore ¹

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1 F Margaret Moore ¹

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         Spouse: Robert Vance (1788-      ) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - John "Scotch Johnny" Moore

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When nineteen years of age, he left his home in Scotland and joined the British Army to fight in America. He was taken prisoner by the Continental troops, and when an exchange of prisoners was to be made he refused to be exchanged, joined the Continental Army and served until the end of the war. He then received as bounty from the Government, two hundred acres of land near Wampum, Pennsylvania.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 540.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 598.