Peter MOORER, Jr. b. 1720 Canton Zurich, Switzerland d. 1790 Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina or Manning, South Carolina: Our Family History

1720 - 1790 (70 years)

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Name	Peter MOORER
Suffix	Jr.
Birth	1720	Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Gender	Male
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Death	1790	Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina or Manning, South Carolina
Burial	1790	Moorer Cem., Orangeburg, South Carolina
Person ID	I13279	Singleton and Related Families
Last Modified	23 May 2000

Father	Peter MURER, Sr., b. 4 Mar 1670, Buchsh Parish, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d. 21 Dec 1758, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina or Manning, South Carolina (Age 88 years)
Mother	Missy MURER d. 1734
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_UID	2BDB1F5ADF334C649EBCA4872C265C229675
Family ID	F4726	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Margaret Dorothy LARRY d. 25 Feb 1749
Marriage	Jun 1740	Orangeburg District, South Carolina
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_UID	08FCE9FF6ED3426782493944A0CD4A764B0B
Family ID	F4980	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

Family 2 Magdalene HORGER, b. 1730, Orangeburg, Orangeburg District, South Carolina d. Orangeburg, Orangeburg District, South Carolina

Marriage 2 Apr 1751 Four Holes, Orangeburg, South Carolina

_UID 8F1FAB52C1DE478A9FFFFFE75835FF2B5611

Children

	1. John MOORER, b. 4 Aug 1754, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina or Manning, South Carolina d. 1814, St. George, Colleton Dist., South Carolina (Age 59 years)
	2. John Henry "Henry" MOORER, b. 26 Dec 1756, Jamison, Orangeburg Dist., South Carolina d. 1798, Orangeburg District, South Carolina (Age 41 years)
	3. Frederick Peter MOORER, b. 5 Apr 1759, Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina d. 1824 (Age 64 years)

Family ID F4724 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Mar 2026

Notes

He was a planter, Township Commissioner and Innkeeper.He was an Orangeburg Township Commissioner from Mar 16, 1778 until his death. As such he was responsible to "keep in repair the public roads".In his later years, he bought the Orangeburg Inn from Luke Patrick for 180 lbs Sterling. He had granted to him, in Orangeburg and Berkeley counties, approx 1500 acs. He arrived with his fam in 13 Jul 1735, Charleston, South Carolina.

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