First Wife - Mary L. Kenner died 1845, daughter of Samuel Eskridge Kenner (1772? - February 2, 1844) & Lucy Goree (1783? - September 17, 1873)
Second Wife - Virginia C. Harrington (July 19, 1829 – March 17, 1861), daughter of Young John Harrington (April 5, 1784 - November 11, 1850) & Nancy Berry Calmes (August 5, 1786 - May 29, 1879).
Parents - Thomas Samuel Moorman (1775 – 1818) & Jemima Glenn Sims born 1786
Sister - Elizabeth Doctorate. Moorman born 1818, wife of Reuben Sims Chick
Child with Mary - Thomas Samuel Moorman (March 24, 1842 – August 4, 1902), lawyer and Librarian of the South Carolina Supreme Court in the 1890s
Children with Virginia:
Mary Adelaide Moorman (1853 – 1898)
Elizabeth Theresa Moorman (1855 – June 27, 1877)
Robert Glenn Moorman, Junior. (November 15, 1857 – October 10, 1896)
Nancy H. Moorman born 1858
Robert was grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (February 7, 1875 – June 28, 1936) - Colonel United States. Army
Great-grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (July 11, 1910 – December 23, 1997) – Lieutenant General United States Air Force, Superintendent United States Air Force Academy 1965 - 1970
Great-great-grandfather of Thomas South. Moorman Junior.
- General United States Air Force
South Carolina House of Representatives 1848 - 1852
South Carolina Senate 1852 - 1855, resigned due to poor health, later served 1864 - 1865
In October 1865 lost to Colonel
James H. Williams in race for State Senate representing Newberry District by vote of 401 to 369. Lieutenant Colonel on staff of South Carolina (U.S.) Government.
John Hugh Means 1852 - 1854
Signed South Carolina (U.S.) Secession document as delegate to the Ordinance of Secession Convention in December, 1860 representing Newberry County, South Carolina with Simeon Fair, John P. Kinard & Joseph Caldwell
Second Lieutenant South Carolina Volunteers, 3rd Regiment, C.S.A.
Robert Moorman owned a large plantation near Maybinton, Newberry County, South Carolina, where he also bred horses.
He was an ardent States" Rights supporter.
He was not a college graduate, liked dancing and was a devoted Christian of the Methodist faith. He also owned a grocery in Mollohon Row in Newberry. He was a Director of Newberry National Bank 1871. he died at his home in Newberry on October 5, 1873, buried Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina.
His tombstone inscription is: "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace".
Member of the South Carolina Soldier"s Board of Relief 1861 - 1864.
