"Richard Channing Moore was born on August 21, 1762 in New York City. At the outset of the Revolutionary War the family removed from the city to the family estate called "Moore's Folly" on the Hudson River at West Point.
usslovelace you got it! Used to own the site that West Point now sits. It was finally purchased in 1790 through a resolution of congress.
Does my DS get any WCs points for that?