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Moore County was created by an act of the Tennessee legislature in December 1871 and was named in honor of Gen. William Moore. Born in Kentucky in 1786, he settled on Mulberry Creek circa 1806. A captain in the War of 1812 and the Creek Indian Wars, and later a militia major, Moore served four terms in the state legislature and was named state adjutant general in 1840. He died on 10 March 1871 and was buried in Moore Cemetery, in Lincoln County.
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Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee · United States
