Charles Morehead
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Charles Morehead (1728 - bef. 1783)

Capt. Charles Morehead aka Moorehead
Born in King George, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1756 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 55 in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., Virginiamap
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Biography

Charles Morehead was said to be the oldest son of John Morehead of Fauquier Co. Virginia. His will was probated in Fauquier on 30 Sep 1783, which approximately gives the date of his death and identifies several of his children. A biography of his son Turner states that Charles was a captain in the revolutionary army.[1]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 19 JAN 1732/33
Place: Prince William Co, Virginia[2]

Death

Death:
Date: BEF 30 SEP 1783
Place: Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., Virginia[3]

Will

Will of Charles Morehead, parish of Leeds, Fauquier, dated 19 January 1783, probated 30 September 1783.

Son Turner Morehead 127 acres whereon he now resides; daughter Mary Ransdell; son Charles 127 acres of land purchased from Joseph Hudnall; daughter Kerenhappeck Morehead; sons Armistead, James and Presley Morehead, 300 acres to be divided equally; daughter Elizabeth Morehead; my beloved wife Mary Morehead; to Ann Butler ofr extraordinary services. Exors., wife Mary, Charles Chilton and my sons Turner and Charles. [4]

Research Notes

Most of the information on this family is known from a document apparently created by the present Charles Morehead's grandson, Charles R. Morehead Sr. and based on his personal knowledge and family tradition, excerpted below.[5]

My great-great-grandfather, Charles Morehead, emigrated from Scotland and settled in the Northern Neck of Virginia about the year 1630. Of the descendants of the first Charles Morehead, I only know the name of John. My grandfather, Charles Morehead, was the oldest son of John Morehead, who lived in Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Miss Mary Turner of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who was the daughter of James Turner and his wife Kerenhappuck Norman Turner.
The children of John Morehead will be found later on in the Records of Fauquier County, Virginia.
I know all my uncles and aunts on my father’s side, except my uncle James, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Ransdell. Mrs. Clark died leaving no children. Mrs. Ransdell died in Virginia, also her husband, leaving two children, Charles and Wharton.
After the Revolutionary War my grandmother, Mary Turner Morehead, and all her children then living — except my father, Mrs. Clark and her two grandchildren — migrated to Kentucky in 1807. Mrs. Donaldson was the only child then married, who migrated. My father remained in Virginia until 1811.
The migrating party embarked at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, (then called Redstone) on a flat-bottomed boat. A Capt. Brisco commanding. They descended the Monongahela to Pittsburg and the Ohio to the Falls (Now Louisville, Ky.) from thence to Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky. Here my grandmother died; subsequently the surviving members of the family moved to Southern Kentucky, then called the Green River country and settled in what is now Warren and Logan Counties. The whole country south of Green River was then Logan County and Russelville the county seat. My uncle Armistead was the first clerk of the Courts of that county, in which capacity he served many years.
When my father moved to Kentucky in 1811, his two sisters, Mrs. Donaldson and Mrs. Briggs, were living in Warren County and his three brothers, Charles, Armistead and Presley were living in Logan County. My father after remaining in Bowling Green one year settled in Barron County, Kentucky, where he died February 23rd, 1820.
Much of what I state regarding the migration of the family from Virginia to Kentucky was gathered from my beloved Aunt Kerenhappuck Donaldson, with whom I boarded several years, when a storeboy at Bowling Green. She was a model woman of her day, beloved and respected not only by connections, but by all who knew her, the same may be said of her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs. They were both idolized by all the connections.
Charles Morehead, the second, married a Miss Mary Norman of Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Charles was born in 1733. He passed away in 1783. [6]

Sources

  1. "Morehead, Turner", The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, J.T. White, 1906, p. 207, see Google Books
  2. Source: #S171
  3. Probate of will, see William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records Vol. 1, The Genealogical Association, 1910, p. 128 Internet Archive
  4. Virginia County Records
  5. C. R. Morehead, Family records of the "Morehead", Turner, Elliott, Warder, Morris, Hooe, Shotwell, Nebeker, Russell families Los Angeles: Press of the Neuner Co., 1910, pp. 6-7 Internet Archive
  6. Unsourced family tree handed down to Leslie Williamson.

Source: S-465883831 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,60541::0

  • Repository: R-998365617 Name: Ancestry.com
  • Source: S-483070472 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2204::0
  • Source: S-483076659 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0
  • Source: S-483224283 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=64480265&pid=87

DAR Ancestor #: A080123 Lived in Farquier Co., Virginia. He was a Captain in the Revolution. His descendants moved to Kentucky in 1807. The following material was taken from the web site of Robert M Williams: !"Virginia Heraldica": "The first of this family was Charles Morehead, a Scottish gentleman, who settled in what is now Prince William Co., in the early part of the eighthteenth century. He is known to have had at least one son, John Morehead, whose will was probated in Fauquier Co., 24 Oct., 1768, in which he mentions sons Charles, Joseph, John, Alexander, William, Samuel and Presley Morehead, and daughters, Mary Lawrence and Elizabeth Brixtraw. His son, Charles Morehead, a captain in the Revolution, died in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., in 1783. His will mentions, son Turner, son Charles, sons Armistead, James and Presley; daughter Kerrenhappuch Morehead, and wife Mary. Joseph Morehead, grandson of Charles, the immigrant, moved to North Carolina, and married Elizabeth Turner, the daughter of James and Kerrenhappuch Turner of Maryland, whose sons and grandsons were with General Greene in the Revolution. Another daughter, Mary Turner, married Charles, the brother of Joseph Morehead, and left offspring in the West, of these, Governor Charles S. Morehead of Kentucky, and his cousin, Governor James Turner Morehead of the same State, have been eminent statesmen, serving not only as Governor, but also in the Senate of the U. S. from that State. The North Carolina branch has also produced the late Governor John M. Morehead, and his brother, Hon. James Turner Morehead, who, at one time, represented his District in Congress. Another descendant in the West is the Hon. Charles R. Morehead; some time Mayor of El Paso, Texas, who served with gallantry in the Mexican War." !"History of the Culpeper County Normans": "Their son Charles Morehead, m. Margaret Slaughter, went to Kentucky and served in the legislature. His son, Charles Slaughter Morehead, was Governor of Kentucky and four years in U. S. Senate. Armistead Morehead's son, James Turner Morehead, was also Governor of Kentucky and U. S. Senator. A great-grandson of Charles and Mary Turner Morehead was General Simon Bolivar Buckner, U. S. A." "According to Steve Norman, Charles Morehead was born 1730 in Fauquier Co., Virginia, and died January 19, 1793 in Warren Co., Kentucky." Links http://www.ronulrich.com/rfuged/nti11156.htm

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Morehead-407 and Morehead-79 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse, children, death date and location.
Morehead-391 and Morehead-197 appear to represent the same person because: Nothing conflicts.
Morehead-391 and Morehead-79 appear to represent the same person because: Nothing seems to conflict.
Morehead-391 and Morehead-197 are not ready to be merged because: There are too many conflicting details.
Morehead-391 and Morehead-197 appear to represent the same person because: Almost all the details are the same.
Peg, I hope you can look at the pending merge for Charles Morehead. 336 and 197.

Edna Wood

posted by Edna (Niblett) Wood
My Morehead 336 is open so I will wait for you to return home so we can merge if possible. Thanks!! Edna Wood.
posted by Edna (Niblett) Wood
Morehead-336 and Morehead-197 appear to represent the same person because: I have looked at all other ancestors and they match with my husband's ancestor, Henry Clay Morehead, who once lived in Cottondale Texas then moved to Wayne Okla.
posted by Edna (Niblett) Wood

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