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The following is from AHISTORY of the DESCENDANTS OF SHILDE S MOORE I N AMERICA "In 1777 Elijah went to North Carolina where he enliste d a s a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was patrioticall y devot ed to the Whig cause, and served as a guide to Gener al Greene's arm y through North Carolina. Besides losing al l of his property, he wen t through a hair-breadth escape th at thus occurred: Taken unexpecte d in his own house by Tor ies, who, in their haste to dispatch him, qu ickly mounted h im on a chair, where, with his neck haltered to a jois t, on ly a kick was neded to complete the job, when fortunatel y a pos se of Whigs chanced along, and, after a fierce confl ict, rescued hi m and gave his captors a speedy, unceremonio us exit to the "unknown h ome". Thus his earthly career wa s lengthened out, and, after spendin g some years after th e close of the war and the concession of America n Independe nce in North Carolina, he went to Hancock County, Georgi a , and from there in 1818 to St. Clair County, Illinois, an d settle d near Belleville, where he died in 1830, aged 79 y ears; and Aunt Ibb y, his wife, in 1845, aged 84 years; an d now as mortal yet speaking t hrough the ceaseless tongue o f immortal virtues to the yet living, th ey are side by sid e in a private cemetery, some five miles east of Be lleville ."

Birth	Dec 17, 1751	Dorchester, MD, USA
Marriage	Jun 7, 1774	Third Haven Meeting House, MD, USA - Isabella "Ibby" Moore
Death	Nov, 1830	St. Clair, IL, USA

Spouse	Isabella "Ibby" Moore (1759 - 1843)
Child	Rebecca Charles (1779 - 1842)
Child	Levin Charles (1781 - )
Child	Mary Charles (1795 - )
Child	Elizabeth Charles ( - )
Child	Risdon Charles ( - )
Child	Isabella Charles ( - )
Child	Cynthia Charles ( - )
Child	Phoebe Charles ( - )
Child	John Charles ( - )
Child	Elijah Charles ( - )