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- Revolution and early republic · 1775–1799
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Alfred Moore of Wilmington builds Moorefields near Hillsborough as a summer home
Moore, whom President John Adams later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, built Moorefields as his summer place. Local tradition held that Senator Thomas Hart Benton and Mrs. Henry Clay were born there, but both were born before the house was built, on Hart and Benton family land somewhat to the north.
Subject: Moorefields
- Antebellum and Civil War · 1800–1865
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Justice Alfred Moore dies and leaves Moorefields to his son
Former U.S. Supreme Court justice Alfred Moore, builder of Moorefields, died and willed the house to his son Alfred, a lawyer who went on to serve in the House of Commons and as its speaker in 1823-1824.
Subject: Moorefields
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Alfred Moore the younger dies and leaves Moorefields to Francis Nash Waddell
On the death of Alfred Moore the younger, Moorefields passed to his son-in-law, Francis Nash Waddell.
Subject: Moorefields
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The Moorefields estate is divided and the house goes to Augusta Moore
The Moorefields lands were divided, and the tract with the house went to Augusta, a daughter of Alfred Moore the younger. The family kept it until 1913.
Subject: Moorefields
- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Moorefields is advertised for public sale and leaves the Moore family
After more than a century with Alfred Moore's descendants, Moorefields was advertised for public sale, and its later owners were not Moore relatives until 1949.
Subject: Moorefields
- Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Edward T. Draper-Savage buys Moorefields and begins restoring it
Edward T. Draper-Savage, related to the Moore family by marriage, acquired Moorefields and began its restoration. The 1972 nomination found the house in excellent condition.
Subject: Moorefields
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Moorefields is listed in the National Register
Moorefields was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It was the earliest listing among the six rural Orange County properties the 1993 county survey found on the Register.
Subject: Moorefields
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