Moore County, NC has long been a challenging place to do genealogical research due to the immense loss of records in the 1889 Moore County courthouse fire. Genealogical and historical research on these families generally leaves researchers with no shortage of dead ends, brick walls and ancestors who disappear into genealogical black holes. This volume reproduces the first sixty years of census records of Moore County and the surviving tax lists from 1777-1823 to help researchers have a comprehensive view of their ancestors over time. A full name index includes over 8,000 names