Capt. James Moore Homestead

Capt. James Moore Homestead
Site of the homestead
Location VA 644, Boissevain, Virginia
Coordinates 37°16′7″N 81°23′38″W / 37.26861°N 81.39389°W / 37.26861; -81.39389Coordinates: 37°16′7″N 81°23′38″W / 37.26861°N 81.39389°W / 37.26861; -81.39389
Area 4.7 acres (1.9 ha)
Built 1772 (1772)
NRHP reference # 02001363[1]
Added to NRHP November 24, 2002

The Capt. James Moore Homestead is an archaeological site in rural Tazewell County, Virginia. The site is located near Boissevain, and has both colonial and Native American significance. There was once a palisaded Native village from the Late Woodland period on the site, and it was chosen by James Moore, a local militia captain who was one of Tazewell County's early settlers, as the site of his homestead in 1772. Six years later he was killed by a Shawnee party that also took his family prisoner.[2][3]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Notes On Virginia, Fall/Winter 2003" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  3. ↑ Leslie, Louise (ed) (1995). Tazewell County. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press. pp. 22, 381, 383. ISBN 9781570720314.
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