While his pioneering was relatively late in the settlement of the Ohio River Valley area, his life exploits have made him a particularly memorable character in the history of the region.
"[2] Finding the Northern Kentucky area to his liking, he wandered through various towns and over a period of five years was run out of nearly fifteen communities over incidents attributed to his hard drinking and extreme, even for the time, racism.
"[4] Over the next few months, Moore built a large cabin on the highest hill in the area and declared this to be the center of his new town which he subsequently christened Russell.
The most widely accepted explanation of his receiving this injury comes from The Annals of Northern Kentucky 1800–1850: A Concise Yet Incomplete History: Concerning the events that lead to the death of Russell town founder Jeff Moore, local resident Biddy Harper reported the following that on or around the midnight hour of September 17th she was awakened by what she described as "a ruckus a-coming from around the back of the house."
Upon going to investigate, she reported seeing the following scene: "I first saw two men I didn't recognize yelling and carrying on with each other who I surmised from the slur of their speech and seeming little control of their movement were heavily intoxicated.