1869 painting of the Friends Meeting House at New Garden by John Collins.
Jesse Poore 1770-1860 lived in Quaker country while in North Carolina, had close associates that were Quakers and even his second wife was from a Quaker family.
The person we believe to be Jesse's father based on detailed DNA research lived in Guilford County, North Carolina. Jeremiah Poer 1754-1850 appeared on the 1790 census in Guilford County, NC. He more than likely was there much earlier than 1790 but many documents were destroyed in fires from various battles.
"A midweek meeting was set up in 1753, and a preparative meeting established in 1758. The Burial Grounds records, held by Deep River record the first burial as 1800, while the first recorded death in the birth and death records was in 1761."
Jeremiah Poer (Brother of Edward Poer Jr. Below) & Elizabeth Hester
Jeremiah "Jerry" Poer II 1802–1837 (Jeremiah & Elizabeth's Son)BIRTH 25 APR 1802 • Guilford, North Carolina, United StatesDEATH AUG 1837 • Guilford, North Carolina, United States
He and his wife are listed as the parents of Franklin Poer in a monthly Quaker meeting in Indiana.
Edward Lucius Poer 1794–1880 (Jeremiah & Elizabeth's Son)
BIRTH 24 APR 1794 • Guilford, North Carolina, USADEATH 28 OCT 1880 • Lockport, Will, Illinois, USA
Edward Lucius Poer married Sarah Morris in Sullivan County, TN. This is where Jesse Poore (1770-1860) lived with his wife Mary Morris. Sarah and Mary Morris were sisters and came from a Quaker family in North Carolina. Their father Reuben Morris and grandfather Thomas Hatton Morris lived in close proximity to Jeremiah and his brother Edward Poer jr.
Edward Lucius Poer and his wife lived in Indiana and Illinois after they were married.
Edward Poer Jr. (Brother of Jeremiah Poer Above) & Sarah Thompson
Deep River where Edward Poer Jr. had around 400 acres of land is where the Deep River Meeting House (Quakers) and Friends Burial Ground are located in the western part of Guilford County, about 12 miles from Greensboro.
Sarah Thompson Poer
After her husband Edward died, Sarah placed her belongings in a one horse wagon after Edward died in North Carolina and the family left for Henry County, Indiana in 1832. Sarah lived out her later years in Shelby County, IN in the home of her grandson Patrick Moore. This is based on the story below about when she moved but there are also census records.
She is buried in a Quaker Cemetery, Blue River Chapel Cemetery.
Living to the age of 94 and being buried in a quaker cemetery more than likely means she was a quaker her entire life. Edward Poer Jr. was more than likely a quaker or lived the life after he married Sarah. Sarah Thompson's parents were also Quakers.Story about Sarah Thompson written by other family descendants.
Absalom Poer 1804-1879 (Edward & Sarah's Son)BIRTH 18 MARCH 1804 • Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina, USADEATH 3 DECEMBER 1879 • Henry County, Indiana, USA
Buried in Quaker cemetery and listed in Quaker meeting rolls.Spiceland Friends Cemetery
More of Jesse's Quaker ties:
As mentioned, Jesse Poore (1770-1860) married his wife 2nd wife Mary Morris in Sullivan County, TN. Edward Lucius Poer married Mary's sister Sarah Morris in Sullivan County, TN. They came from a Quaker family in North Carolina. Their father Reuben Morris and grandfather Thomas Hatton Morris lived in close proximity to Jeremiah and Edward Poer jr.
Some of Jesse's children ended up moving to Indiana and Illinois.
Jesse was also good friends with as well as a business acquaintance with Elijah Embree who he signed land deeds for in Tennessee as well as helped with his Iron Works. Read more about Jesse's dealings with the Embree's in Being Poore in America VOL. 2 (FREE)
Elijah Embree's father was a Quaker minister. Elijah's brother Elihu Embree published the first newspaper in the U.S. that was solely focused on abolishing slavery.
April 4, 1789 Elihu Elijah Embray is listed along with his father Thomas Embray in the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, NC. Event Type: Admittance
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3516815:2189?tid=&pid=&queryId=83b358bce7440c8b00fe82472981fb06&_phsrc=VUn11836&_phstart=successSource
In Nov. 1789 Elijah Embree is listed along with his father Thomas Embree as living in Surry, North Carolina. This is listed in the Quaker records for Westfield Monthly Meeting.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3375993:2189?tid=&pid=&queryId=83b358bce7440c8b00fe82472981fb06&_phsrc=VUn11836&_phstart=successSource
Thomas Embree (Elijah Embree's father) is listed as being a founding member of the Newhope Monthly Meeting In Greene County, Tennessee. This meeting started in 1794/95. Thomas Embree's family was originally part of the Cane Creek Snow Camp Meeting, Almance County, North Carolina. Just south east of Greensboro. NC.
When New Hope was founded, the Lost Creek Friends were also included in their membership. It was founded by direction of Westfield Monthly Meeting (Tom’s Creek) l in Surry County, North Carolina.
Beginning in 1804 some of the members migrated to Ohio and Indiana.
https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Quakers/Meeting%20NewHope.html
1795 Thomas Embree listed as striking a man.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/229805:3753?tid=&pid=&queryId=08cd9ed5e5cc3b741d94c5ce5287bef7&_phsrc=VUn11793&_phstart=successSource
Birth listings for Elijah and Elihu in the New Hope Meeting in Greene County, TN
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/229209:3753?tid=&pid=&queryId=7a1e0dd143dc82b712428e7e0834c7d8&_phsrc=VUn11798&_phstart=successSource
This Quaker Genealogy listing for the New Hope meeting lists Elihu Embree (Elijah's brother) and one of the care providers to Henry Powell's children in 1816.
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/229805:3753?tid=&pid=&queryId=08cd9ed5e5cc3b741d94c5ce5287bef7&_phsrc=VUn11793&_phstart=successSource
Company name: E & E Embree Assignees
Elihu's grandfather, Moses Embree III established an iron business in the 1770s in what was to become Washington County. His eldest son, Thomas, expanded the business.
https://www.heraldandtribune.com/living/surprising-details-emerge-about-elihu-embree/article_e18869d6-1d45-5d6f-8f3a-bda6e7827258.html
My guess is their middle names are Elijah and Elihu and this is who Jesse is listed as signing for in the late 1790's land document in Sullivan County.
Moses Embree & Family Bio
In 1725 Moses Embree, II resided in Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
His son, Moses Embree, III, born in 1719, grew to manhood in Oxford Township and moved to Oley Valley, Pennsylvania, in 1745.
In 1752, he married Margaret Elleman, and in 1753 Moses Embree, III, his wife, and young family moved to Alamance County, North Carolina.
Thomas Embree (Father of Elijah & Elihu) was born in Alamance County, North Carolina in 1755.
New Garden Monthly Meeting
Chester County, Pennsylvania: In the 1750s about 40 families moved to Guilford, NC and set up the New Garden Meeting there.
Early meetings of New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania were held John Miller's home starting in 1713. Early trustees included Simon Hadley, James Starr, Thomas Jackson, and Michael Lightfoot. In 1715, the members built log meeting house.
In 1743 a red brick addition was added to the south end of the New Garden Friends Meetinghouse.
During the 1750's about forty families from New Garden moved to Guilford County, North Carolina and took the New Garden name with them.
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