Alice Moore

Location: Montgomery Hall, Augusta County, Virginia

Alice Moore was appraised in 1847, $125.00. She was sold to John Brown Baldwin by John Howe Peyton’s estate in January, 1856, $450.00. Baldwin was married to John Howe Peyton’s daughter, Susan Madison Peyton, in 1842 at Montgomery Hall. Baldwin and his wife lived at Spring Farm in Augusta County, Virginia early in their marriage, later lived at “Stone House,” in Staunton, owned by her father, and later lived at “Lavoir” in Staunton.

Ellen, Jane, and Serena were advanced to Susan Madison Peyton by her father at the time of her marriage. Ellen and Serena continued to live at “Lavoir” after the Civil War. Aaron was also advanced to Susan Madison Peyton at the time of her marriage by her father, but Aaron was resold to him by John Brown Baldwin in 1844. Aaron was appraised in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1847, $500.00, and was sold together with William “Bill” Moore, Andrew, Alexander, Madison, Bill Cole, and Richard in 1847 to William Madison Peyton. Peyton lived in Roanoke County at “Elmwood,” now Elmwood Park in Roanoke, Virginia.

John Brown Baldwin owned other enslaved men, women, and children.