John Trotwood Moore (1858–1929) was an American journalist, writer and local historian. He was the author of many poems, short stories and novels. He served as the State Librarian and Archivist of Tennessee from 1919 to 1929. He was "an apologist for the Old South",[1] and a proponent of lynching.John Moore, Jr., was born on August 26, 1858 in Marion, Alabama.[2] He was of Scotch-Irish descent.[1] His father, John Moore, was a lawyer and Confederate veteran.[1] His mother was named Emily.[3] He had a sister, who later married a professor[who?] at Vanderbilt University.[1] Moore graduated from Howard College, now known as Samford University, where he studied the classics.[3] While in college, he wrote The Howard College Magazine.[3] Later, he read law with Hilary A. Herbert Less