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Excerpt from Biographical History of North Carolina From Colonial Times to the Present, Vol. 5
In 1723 Colonel Maurice Moore determined on making the set tlement of the Cape Fear, and sought to interest his connections in South Carolina, as well as those in the Albemarle region, in this enterprise. Roger Moore and his family were among the first to move, and Mr. Allen agreed to join them in their new home. In 1725 he Obtained a grant for land on the Cape Fear adjoining the Orton plantation, Where Roger Moore built, and there later he made his residence, calling his plantation Lilliput.
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