SARAH ROBERTA MOORES-GOVER was born on 17 September 1826 in Harford County Maryland to Aquila Paca Moores and Apphia Bryarly-Moores.

Sarah married Phillip Gover on 23 February 1854 in Harford County, Maryland, and they had SIX children that are known of:

Ella Gover-Munnikhuysen (1858-1932),
Anna "Annie" Gover-Baker (1860-?),
Mary Priscilla Gover (1862-1915),
Phillip Gover (1864-?),
Agnes Courtnay Langdon Gover (1868-1951), and
Paca Moores Gover (1872-1927).

Sarah passed away on 8 January 1896 in Harford County Maryland, and she was laid to rest next to her husband, Phillip, at Christ Church Cemetery in Forest Hill, Harford County, Maryland.

REFERENCES:

1. Stampp, Kenneth M., 1999, "Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War: Series F, Selections from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Part 4: North Carolina and Virginia Plantations: Samuel Bryarly Papers, 1787-1884, Frederick County, Virginia," Duke University: Bethesda, MD, pp. 00730-01412.

1 December 1827 Letter from Thomas Fitzhugh Bryarly to his Father, Samuel Bryarly; states that cousin Apphia is the mother of a fine daughter named Sarah. The letter is postmarked from Thomas F. Bryarly in Bel Air, MD to Mr. Samuel Bryarly at Millwood, VA post office.

2. rootsweb.com message board, posted by Jim Lyon, [email protected], on 18 March 2000:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.moores/31/mb.ashx

3. 25 August 1860 Halls XRoads, District 2, Harford County, Maryland Census, (Sheet 259, Family #1793, Line 12), Husband's Household, Phillip Gover.

4. 11 June 1870, Harvey De Grace, District 2, Harford County, Maryland Census, (Stamped 37, Sheet 3, Family #15, Line 4), Husband's Household, Phillip Gover.

5. 21 June 1880 Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland Census, (ED: 39, Stamped 133, Sheet 46B, Family #372, Line 46), Husband's Household, Phillip Gover.

6. Obituary: 9 January 1896, The Sun, Vol. CXVIII, Issue 46, Page 4, Column 3.