Moore, Thomas Overton

Life Span
to
Full name
Thomas Overton Moore
Place of Birth
San Francisco County, CA
Burial Place
Pineville, LA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
10
No. of Children
5
Family
James Moore (father), Jean Overton Moore (mother), Bethiah Johnston Leonard (wife)
Occupation
Politician
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Date Event
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana militia take control of massive stocks of arms at the Federal Arsenal
Louisiana militia seize Forts Saint Philip and Jackson at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Louisiana's secession convention assembles in Baton Rouge
Louisiana secedes from the Union
Date Title
William T. Sherman to Ellen Sherman, November 29, 1860
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