{"nrhp_refnum":"02001363","name":"Moore, Capt. James, Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"VA 644","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boissevain","county":"Tazewell County","state":"VA","lat":37.26881891200003,"lon":-81.39383930799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An archaeological site on Route 644 in Abbs Valley near Boissevain, Tazewell County, Virginia, where Captain James Moore's frontier farmstead stood from 1772, followed by the house of his son James Moore Jr. A 1928 monument and a family grave marker are on the property.","why_significant":"The site holds buried deposits from two phases of frontier settlement in southwest Virginia: the original Moore cabin occupation (1772 to the 1786 Shawnee attack and burning) and the later house of James Moore Jr. (1798-1822). Excavation found period ceramics, wrought nails, lead shot and a brass coin button, which indicate a site with a high degree of integrity. A Late Woodland occupation and probable Late Archaic use lie beneath it.","narrative":"Captain James Moore Homestead is an archaeological site in Abbs Valley, near Boissevain in Tazewell County, Virginia. Captain Moore moved his family there in 1772 to raise livestock, and the farm prospered despite its position near a Shawnee trail. In 1786 Shawnee attackers burned the cabin, an episode well known in local history and marked by a highway marker and a monument erected by descendants in 1928. His son James Moore Jr. later lived on the spot from 1798 to 1822. Archaeological testing in 2000 found two stacked layers of refuse separated by clay fill, containing creamware, pearlware, redware, wrought nails, daub, a brass coin button and fired lead balls. These finds match the Moore occupations and show the site is well preserved. Earlier Native American deposits from the Late Woodland and probably Late Archaic periods lie beneath. The site is listed for its history and its research value on early and late frontier settlement in southwest Virginia.","period_of_significance":"1772-1822","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","D"],"status_note":"Private land with a commemorative monument and markers; archaeological testing in 2000 found no architectural features from either the cabin or the later house.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.743668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6839/41683940/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02001363.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001363/ca4eb7c37f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001363/ca4eb7c37f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Moore_Homestead_site.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Moore_Homestead_site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683940","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capt._James_Moore_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16851954"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/tazewell-county/moore-capt-james-homestead-02001363/"}