Moore, John, 1788-1867.

John Moore, a judge, and politician of Saint Mary, Saint Landry and Iberia Parishes of Louisiana, served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1825-1834. He was a member of the 26th and 27th Congresses of Louisiana (1840-1843), was elected to the 32nd Congress, and was a delegate to the State Secession Convention, 1861, where he introduced the Louisiana Secession Ordinance. He was a sugar planter at Magnolia Ridge Plantation (also called Oakland Plantation), which he built in 1830 in Washington, Louisiana. He moved to the Shadows Plantation in 1841, when he married Mary Clara Conrad, the widow of David Weeks.

From the description of John Moore letter, 1823 Aug. 23. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467778

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