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Jordans Chapel Cemetery Summary Report, page 29
40 to 50 age bracket in 1830. Henry was given as age 37, born in Alabama, in the 1850 census. The 1830 census shows Henry Moore [senior] on page 136 in the 40 - 50 age bracket. The 1840 census gives both Henry Moore Sr. and Jr. on page 184, with Stephen Tribble living between them. [One of Henry's daughters married a Tribble, and in 1847 Henry and his wife Rebecca sold land to John P. Tribble, per Deed Book W, page 428.] In the 1840 census, Henry Sr. was shown as age 50 - 60, and Henry Jr. was 20 -30. Henry Moore and his wife Rebecca M. sold land to Henry H. Moore in 1842 per Deed Book T, page 229. The land was in Section 32 of Township 3, Range 2W. Of the 5 parcels of land recorded as sold by Henry Moore and Rebecca, 4 are in Sections 29, 32, and 33 of T3-R2W. Only the parcel sold to John P. Tribble was in Section 4 of Township 4 and Range 2W. Apparently the Moores lived west of Bartholomew Jordan, in the area where the town of Madison is now located. If Henry Moore Sr. ever owned land in the area of Bartholomew Jordan's known holdings and sold some of it to Batt, that record is not known to be available in Madison County today. However, it could be in existence at other locations - such as the state archives in Montgomery, the office of the Alabama Secretary of State, the Mississippi state archives, or even the Nashville land office archives in Tennessee. For now, this aspect will be left as an open mystery that should not preclude arriving at a conclusion regarding the location of the site of Jordan's Chapel. It is very likely that David Moore and Robert C. Moore were living on land that Henry Moore may have bought before the time of the 1830 census, either in Section 9 or Section 10. CLUE 6, MEETING HOUSE TRACT - “... bounded by the lands of Samuel Ward..” [adjacent to lands owned by Batt Jordan in 1826]. Samuel Ward purchased 8 parcels of land, according to the records found in the Madison County courthouse. Of these 8 tracts, only 2 were adjacent to any of the lands known to have been owned by Bartholomew Jordan. In 1813, Samuel Ward obtained from the U.S. government the SE/4 of Section 5, Township 4, Range 1W. That land is immediately west of the land Bartholomew Jordan owned in the SW/4 of Section 4, same range and township. 29 - (3183)