Armistead Morehead (1767 - 1826)

Born 4 Jun 1767 in Fauquier, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Lucy (Latham) Morehead — married 16 Oct 1793 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1826 at age 59 in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

• Armistead Morehead was born in 1767. He was the son of Charles Morehead and Mary (Turner) Morehead.
• Armistead Morehead MyHeritage Family Trees
• Birth: June 4 1767 - Virginia Death: Aug 26 1826 - Warren Co., KY
• Parents: Charles R Ii Capt Captain Morehead, Mary Morehead (born Turner)
• Before his marriage to Elizabeth Latham on 16 Oct 1793, Armistead Morehead was married to Anne Morgan, daughter of Charles Morgan and Susanna Doggett.

• http://www.kykinfolk.com/muhlenberg/estate-records/morehead armistead.htm
• Estate Records
• Will: Armistead Morehead, 1826
• Contributed by Rick Girtman
• Source: Muhlenberg Will Book 2 Page 363
• In the name of God Amen. I Armistead Morehead of the County of Muhlenberg & Commonwealth of Kentucky being weak in body & being also in my perfect mind & memory, but calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing & believing that it is appointed for all mankind once to die, I have thought proper while in my perfect mind to make this my Last Will & Testament. In the first place my will is that my just debts be paid. Secondly I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Polly Morehead one feather bed & furniture, three cows to her and her heirs forever. It is also my will that my said wife have the use of the farm whereon I now live until my son Armstead Morehead arrives to the age of twenty one years. I also give my said wife one horse creature to be Valued to fifty dollars to her and her heirs forever. Also twenty dollars in money that she may have an opportunity of buying such farming tools and household furniture as she may think proper. I give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Watkins five Shillings to her & her heirs forever. I give & bequeath to my Grandchildren Cynthia An Hughs & Charles Hughs, children & heirs of my deceased daughter Polly Hughs one shilling each to them & their heirs forever. I give & bequeath to my daughter Julia Edwards five Shillings to her & her heirs forever. I give & bequeath to my son Armistead when he arrives to the age of twenty one years one hundred and sixty four acres of land including the farm whereon I now live to him and his heirs forever. The balance of my land I leave to my two sons William & Henry being one hundred and sixty three acres each. My will is that all my stock of horses(?), Cattle, Sheep, hogs &c. of every description that is not before willed, my farming utensils, household & kitchen furniture be sold on a credit of twelve month and the proceeds thereof be equally divided between my six sons, Charles, Alfred, John, William, Henry & Armistead as they severally come of age. To them & and their heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my son William my Lot of Blacksmith tools. To him & his heirs forever. At my death my will is that my Negro man Sam & my negro Girl Lear be hired out yearly until my youngest Son comes of age. At which time it is my will that they be sold at a credit of twelve months and the money arising from this hire and sale be equally divided among my three youngest sons William, Henry & Armistead & their heirs forever. It is my will that my three youngest sons William, Henry and Armistead pay one hundred & ten dollars cash an equal portion out of their part of my estate for the said negro girl. Whereas I have heretofore given to my son Alfred sixty Eight acres of land where he now lives & having never made him a title to the same, I now give & bequeath the same to him & his heirs forever. And should either of my three youngest sons, to wit, William, Henry & Armistead die before coming to the age of twenty one, it is my will that the survivor of them enjoy the property hereby willed to the one that so dies. I do hereby appoint my son Alfred Morehead & John Redman to be executors of this my last will & testament, requiring them to have my body buried decently in a Christian like manner to be paid for out of the proceeds of the first sale of my property named in this will. I do hereby revoke & make void all former wills by me made & declare this & no other to be my last will & testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of August in the year of our Lord 1826.
• Armistead Morehead (Seal)
• Teste:Charles Redman, Isaac Ingram
• Muhlenberg County Sct., September County Court 1826
• The foregoing last will & testament of Armitead Morehead deceased was exhibited into court & proven by the oaths of Charles Redman & Isaac Ingram two subscribing witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.
• Att. Chs. F. Wing Clk

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9023976

• Before his marriage to Elizabeth Latham on 16 Oct 1793, Armistead Morehead was married to Anne Morgan, daughter of Charles Morgan and Susanna Doggett.

• Armistead Morehead
• BIRTH 4 Jun 1767
• Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
• DEATH 26 Aug 1826 (aged 59) Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
• BURIAL Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 9023976 · View Source

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8J6-FSR

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Leslie Williamson.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-6XT2 : 22 July 2021), Armstead Morehead and Latham, 16 Oct 1793; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,664.

• "Deeds (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky), 1798-1913; index to deeks, 1798-1967; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTN-KSX2-H

• Note: Armistead Morehead owned two properties in 1810. One was in Russellville, where his family lived and another in Greenville in the nearby Muhlenberg County. He appears in the census of both places.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-CLB : accessed 23 September 2021), Armistead Morehead, Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 183, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 181,352.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-J5Q : accessed 23 September 2021), Armstead Moorchea, Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 388, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 181,352.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-8BZ : accessed 23 September 2021), Armstead Moorehead, Lewisburg, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 20; FHL microfilm 186,180.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9023976/armistead-morehead : accessed 23 September 2021), memorial page for Armistead Morehead (4 Jun 1767–26 Aug 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9023976, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by TColley (contributor 47285774) .

• Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Will Book 2:363-365. Digital images at FamilySearch, Armistead Morehead, 1826; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3G-F4L?cc=1875188&wc=MMY3-M6Z%3A1279067094
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9023976/armistead-morehead