Capt. James Moore Homestead

Capt. James Moore Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Site of the homestead
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Location	VA 644, Boissevain, Virginia
Coordinates	37°16′7″N 81°23′38″W
Area	4.7 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1772 (1772)
NRHP reference No.	02001363[1]
Added to NRHP	November 24, 2002

The Capt. James Moore Homestead is an archaeological site in rural Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. 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. Sixteen years later (1786) 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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Tazewell County, Virginia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register adds 84 new listings". Notes on Virginia. No. 47. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Fall 2003. p. 27. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
3. Leslie, Louise, ed. (1995). Tazewell County. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press. pp. 22, 381, 383. ISBN 9781570720314.

External links

• Captain James Moore Homestead at the Tazewell County Historical Society