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Moore - Landman Cemetery, 46-1 Summary Report, page 23
3. Martha L. PATTON* was born ABT 1812 in VA, and died 7 NOV 1881.
Children of Martha L. PATTON* and David MOORE , Dr. are:
i. Harriett M. MOORE. She married R. B. RHETT.
ii. David L. MOORE was born ABT 1838 in AL.
1. iii. Samuel H. MOORE was born ABT 1845 in AL.
iv. Kate MOORE was born ABT 1847 in AL.
The Ahnentafel implies that Martha Patton was a maiden name, but the census shows her as a likely widow with children (assumed relationship) having the surname of Moore. If these are indeed her children, then it is more likely that Patton was not her maiden name, but it was probably a surname from a second marriage. If so, then Martha's second husband (stepfather of her children) had also died by 1870. (That would not be uncommon during the Civil War era.) Patton is a name often found on early arsenal land records, as the Patton family bought considerable land in that area, and many former slaves kept the name after emancipation.
The 1860 census has no entry that was found for either Martha Patton or Martha L. Moore. The 1860 data found for Samuel H. Moore at first glance further complicates the conclusiveness of the relationships between Martha Patton and the Moore children in that the children are found in a Barnard household:
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