Near Boiling Spring Lakes in Brunswick County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Alfred Moore
1755-1810
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 25, 2024
1. Alfred Moore Marker
Erected 2018 by North Carolina Office of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-25.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Law Enforcement • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1799.
Location. 34° 3.795′ N, 77° 57.897′ W. Marker is near Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, in Brunswick County. It is on River Road Southeast (North Carolina Route 133) south of Orton Road Southeast (County Route 1530), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Southport NC 28461, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stamp Act (a few steps from this marker); St. Philips Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Orton Plantation (approx. 0.3 miles away); Spanish Attack (approx. 0.6 miles away); Arthur Dobbs (approx. 0.6 miles away); Brunswick (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fort Anderson (approx. Ύ mile away); Russellborough (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Also see . . . Alfred Moore, Sr. Find a Grave entry on the jurist's grave in St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery. (Submitted on March 5, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
C. Gregory Stapko; The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, via Oyez (Public Domain)
2. Alfred Moore
North Carolina History project website entry:
At 4'5", he was the shortest justice to ever sit on the Supreme Court. He wrote only one opinion during his five years on the high court, when he was plagued by health problems.
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At 4'5", he was the shortest justice to ever sit on the Supreme Court. He wrote only one opinion during his five years on the high court, when he was plagued by health problems.
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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 25, 2024
3. Alfred Moore Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 5, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 147 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 5, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
