parcel number 19-03-31-00-01400
township, 19
range 03
section 31
1400, our part
James Moore (Quite a bit of info here) 1865 SW1/4 of SE1/4, 40 acres.
2) Capt. Jordan Sawyer: left from St. Joseph, MO; party consisted of 27 wagons including James Moore; Larkins; Fudge; Marck Sawyer; Mr. Smith; Elijah Bird; Robert Bird; William Blair; William Larkin; Sol Allen and Robert Kinney, Rev. Samuel Allen, John Bird and others, making 35 able-bodied men accompanied by their wives and children. They had numerous encounters with Indian along the way and one incident where the wagon of Mrs. Fudge stampeded. They crossed the Cascade mountains over the Barlow road and arrived at Foster’s Oct 1, 1847. At some point this train may have linked with that of Capt. William Vaughn as the Bird family is mentioned by Callaway Hodges as a member of his train Captained by Vaughn. Both Capt. Sawyer and Vaughn are listed as Captains that led a party over the Barlow Road.
James was the son of Robert Moore, a Methodist missionary who arrived in Oregon in 1839. James followed his father in 1847.