The Palisades in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Joseph Moor, Grocer
Georgetown African American Historic Landmark
2020
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2023
1. Joseph Moor, Grocer Marker
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Joseph Moor, Grocer. Georgetown African American Historic Landmark. Joseph Moor, a manumitted African American, lived on this tract of land, known as Whitehaven and later as Vineyard Hills, for several years in the early 1800s. Moor worked in Thomas Main's nursery and learned to cultivate honey locusts, firethorns, fruit trees, and other plants. Main, an immigrant from Scotland, employed five or six African Americans to tend his nursery, which supplied plants for Thomas Jefferson and other landowners. Main not only paid his workers but also taught them to read and write. By 1816 Joseph Moor was a respected grocer in Georgetown, where he enjoyed a long friendship with Yarrow Mamout, a fellow manumitted African American. Behind Dumbarton House lies Mt. Zion and Female Union Band Cemetery, established 1808 and 1842. It was historically called the Old Methodist Burying Ground. Enter from 27th Street NW.
Joseph Moor, a manumitted African American, lived on this tract of land, known as Whitehaven and later as Vineyard Hills, for several years in the early 1800s. Moor worked in Thomas Main's nursery and learned to cultivate honey locusts, firethorns, fruit trees, and other plants. Main, an immigrant from Scotland, employed five or six African Americans to tend his nursery, which supplied plants for Thomas Jefferson and other landowners. Main not only paid his workers but also taught them to read and write. By 1816 Joseph Moor was a respected grocer in Georgetown, where he enjoyed a long friendship with Yarrow Mamout, a fellow manumitted African American. Behind Dumbarton House lies Mt. Zion and Female Union Band Cemetery, established 1808 and 1842. It was historically called the Old Methodist Burying Ground. Enter from 27th Street NW.
Erected 2020 by Georgetown African American Historic Landmark Project.
Location. 38° 54.998′ N, 77° 5.887′ W. Marker is in Northwest Washington in Washington
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, District of Columbia. It is in The Palisades. It is on Reservoir Road Northwest east of V Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4920 Reservoir Road Northwest, Washington DC 20007, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other markers no longer nearby. Abner Cloud House (was approx. Ό mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Abner Cloud Mill (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Regarding Joseph Moor, Grocer. A manumitted African American is a freed slave.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 10, 2023
2. Joseph Moor, Grocer Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 10, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
