First African American in North Carolina Will Be Inducted Into SAR - Chaz Moore

"Another program highlight will center on Raleigh resident Chaz Moore, whose enslaved ancestor, Tobias “Toby” Gilmore, fought for the Patriots in the American Revolution. During a brief installation ceremony, Moore will be the first African American in North Carolina inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution. He is a firefighter with the Raleigh Fire Department.

Moore’s ancestor was born in coastal West Africa as Shibodee Turrey Wurry. At age 16, around 1758, this son of a chieftain was kidnapped by slave traders and sent to Rhode Island aboard the slave ship Dove. "

Read press release about the NC Museum & SAR joint event on 2/25, (which will include this induction) at http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/wgo/press_02012012.html