Thomas Moreland (abt. 1735 - 1793)

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Died 1793 at about age 58 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Thomas Moreland was born 1735 in Guilford Co., NC. He married Jane Baugh. He died 1 Feb 1793.

Will

Will of Thomas Moreland. Guilford Co., NC, WB A, p. 275, w. 31 Aug 1792, p. Feb Sessions 1793. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://ancstry.me/2n5tnqk

A note at the top of the will says File #0275

wife Jane Moreland
son William Moreland
son Francis Moreland
daughter Elizabeth
daughter Mary Ashley
Joseph (Baugh?) (no relationship given)
Exrs: son William Moreland, Hezekiah (Berill?)
Wit: Thomes Reeves, William Williams, William Simpson

Sources

• 15. Thomas Moreland [son of Francis Moreland and Anne Hubbard] born 1735 and died Feb. 1793 in Guilford Co., NC. Married Jane Baugh.
  

1789 Thomas Moreland of Orange Co., NC bought 160 acres in Guilford Co. Guilford Co. Deed Book 5E page 98. LDS 19048.
1793 Thomas Morland of Guilford Co. will mentions sons William, Francis, daughters Elizabeth, Mary Ashley, Joseph Paugh. Will Book A, page 275. LDS 19058.
Children of Thomas Moreland and Jane Baugh:
26. William Moreland
27. Francis Moreland married Phebe Tucker died 1797 Green Co., GA [Note, 2 Oct 2019 - I adopted this abandoned profile. There's no proof, yet, that Francis Moreland of Greene Co., GA, is the son of this Thomas Moreland of Guilford Co., NC.
28. Elizabeth Moreland was born 1753 and married Hezekiah Rhodes.
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• WikiTree profile Moreland-265 created through the import of JosephFletcherMoreland.ged on Apr 24, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Curtis and others.
• Source: S00072 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Land Grants to Georgia Revolutionary War Veterans Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Hitz, Alex M., comp. Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia. Atlanta, GA, USA: n.p., 1955.Original d; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, Land Grants to Georgia Revolutionary War Veterans (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Hitz, Alex M., comp. Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia. Atlanta, GA, USA: n.p., 1955.Original d), Source Medium: (null) CONT _APID: 1,7186::0 CONT .
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(Note - The information below was included when I adopted this profile. It concerns Francis Moreland of Greene Co., GA.]

• Note N02499Children of Francis Moreland:

1. Robert Moreland born ca 1767 in VA.

2. John Moreland born ca 1758 in VA.

3. Joseph Thomas Moreland born ca 1755 in VA. 4. Francis Moreland, Jr. born ca 1765 in VA

5. Wood Moreland born ca 1780 in VA.

6. Lucretia Moreland who married Mr. Hill.

7. Phebe Moreland who married Arthur Harrup. 8. Mary Moreland.

Generation 2

1. Robert Moreland [son of Francis Moreland] born ca 1767 in VA.

Dinwiddie Co., VA Surveyor's Platt Book

1789 Robert Moreland 1790 Robert Moreland

1793 Robert Moreland on Greene Co., GA Tax list with 143 acres and 5 slaves. LDS 1018450.

Index to Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia

1795 Robert Moreland 495 acres in Greene Co.

March 23, 1815 R. Moreland bought Lot 30 from E. Crew. Putnam Deed Book D page

149.

Feb. 9, 1816 Robert Moreland sold 15 acres in Putnam Co., GA to Reuben Monday. Deed book F page 139.

Sept. 15, 1817 Robert Moreland sold 202 1/2 acres in Jasper Co., GA to Francis Moreland. No wife signed off on dower. John Moreland was witness. LDS 158496 Deed Book 8, page 102.

2. John Moreland [son of Francis Moreland] born 1758 Dinwiddie Co., VA. Died 1826 Putnam Co., GA. He married Sarah Mary Tucker. She died before 1826.

Dinwiddie Co., VA Personal Property Tax, Reel 96 Lib. of VA

1782

John Moreland, Patt, Sarah 1 white male 2 negro, 2 horses

1783

John Moreland, Sam, Sarah, Dick 1 white male 3 negro 2 horses

1785

John Moreland, Patt, Edy, Grace, Sarah, Dick 1 white male 5 negro, 3 horses 1 cattle. 1786

John Moreland, Patt, Will, Grace, Sarah, Dick 1 white male 5 negro 3 horses 2 cattle 1787

John Moreland 5 negro 3 horses 3 cattle

1788

John Moreland 2 black 4 horses

1789

John Moreland 2 black 3 horses

1790

John Moreland 1 black 3 horses

Dinwiddie Co., VA Surveyor's Platt Book 1790 John Moreland

1795 John Moreland on Greene Co., GA Tax List with 105 acres. LDS 1018450

1796 John Moreland on Greene Co., GA Tax List. Ibid

1797 John Moreland on Greene Co., GA Tax List. Ibid

Feb. 1801 John Moreland of Greene Co., GA purchased land in Greene Co. on the waters of Richland Creek. Greene Co., GA Deed Book 2 page 626. LDS 158294.

Feb. 1803 John Moreland and Mary his wife, of Hancock Co., GA sold 100 acres in Greene Co. on the waters of the Richland Creek. Greene Co., GA Deed Book 4 page 38. LDS 158295.

March 24, 1808 John Moreland bought 202 acres from R. McGehen in Putnam Co., GA.

Putnam Co. Deed Book A page 158.

May 10, 1808 John Moreland bought 203 acres in Putnam Co. from Jesse Moreland. Putnam Deed Book A page 158. Who is Jesse?

March 9, 1809 John Moreland sold land in Putnam Co. to D. Cardell. Putnam Co. Deed Book B.

Jan. 16, 1811 John Moreland bought 134 acres in Putnam Co. from D. Carroll. Putname Co. Deed Book B page 110.

April 29, 1812 John Moreland bought 70 acres and Lot 155 from Stephen Hall. No wife signed off on dower. Isaac T. Moreland, JP witness Putnam Co. Deed Book C page 206. LDS 400936.

April 30, 1812 John Moreland sold 18 acres of 134 to Stephen Hall. Putnam Deed Book B page 145.

Oct. 6, 1813 John Moreland bought 3 acres of 166 from S.J. Whatley. Deed Book D page 98.

Dec. 10 1819 John Moreland purchased lot 154 from I.T. Moreland. Putnam Co. Deed Book I page 46.

July 4, 1821 John Moreland sold 9 of 154 acres to James Wilkinson. Putnam Co. Deed Book J page 60.

1820 Putnam Co., GA Census Moreland, John

1 male 16-26

1 male 45+

1 female 45+

July 1827 Putnam Co., GA. Will of John Moreland was probated. Gave son Isaac T. Moreland a negro man named March; son Colson a negro man named Joham; son Wood a negro named Leroy; son John a negro man named Dick and 200 acres where he now lives; daughter Lucy Wilkenson's children 0; daughter Patsey Ashunt a negro man named Coy and a bay filly ; daughter Francis Jones Farley 0 to buy two negros Amy and Frank. Plantation where I now live be sold. Old cook woman Pat be set free and the balance of my negroes not named in the will should be sold; namely Will, Peter, Charley, Warren, Harriet, Edith, Rose and Mariah. 250 acres in Early Co. should be sold. Personal property divided between Isaac T., Colson, Wood, John Patsey and Frances. Isaac T. and Colson Moreland are executors. Witnessed by John Moreland, Jesse Edwards, Jonathan Taylor. Putnam Co., GA Will Book B, page 69; LDS 394045.

Children of John Moreland and Sarah Mary Tucker:

9. Isaac Tucker Moreland born 1788 Prince George Co., VA.

Jan. 19, 1811 Isaac T. Moreland bought Lot 154 from Holloway & James. Putnam Co. Deed Book B page 147.

Dec. 10, 1818 Isaac T. Moreland sold Lot 154 to John Moreland. Putnam Deed Book I page 46.

Dec. 19, 1827 I.T. and C. Moreland Exec. sold 250, 24, and 155 acres to William Stephens. Putnam Co. Deed Book M page 111.

10. Colson Moreland born ca 1788. 11. John Moreland, Jr. born ca 1794.

1820, 1824, 1826, 1828 John Moreland, Jr. was on the Putnam Co., GA Tax List. LDS 401837

Nov. 12, 1822 John Moreland, Jr. of Jasper Co. purchaed 198 acres from Colson Moreland in Putnam Co. Putnam Co. Deed Book K, page 332.

1820 Putnam Co., GA Census John Moreland, Jr.

1 male 16-26

1 female 16-26

12. Wood Moreland born before 1780.

13. Lucy Moreland married Mr. Wilkinson. She died before 1826. 14. Patty Ashurst Moreland.

15. Frances Jones Moreland married Mr. Farley.

3. Joseph Thomas Moreland [son of Francis Moreland] born ca 1755 Dinwiddie Co., VA; married Martha Turner. Died 1789 Lincoln Co., NC.

Dinwiddie Co., VA Personal Property Tax, Reel 96 Lib. of VA

1783

Joseph Moreland, Phebi, Becke, Amy, Lucky [?], Sarah, Isaac, George Ben, Pegg. 1 white male 2 negro 1 horse 2 cattle

1785

Joseph Moreland, Phebe, Amy, Isaac, Sarah, Faney, George, Ben, Peg 1 white male, 8 negro, 3 horses 9 cattle.

1786

Joseph Moreland, Phebe, Becky, Amy, Isaac, Sarah, George, Fanny, Ben, Peg 1 white male, 9 negro 2 horses 10 cattle.

1787

Joseph Moreland 8 negro 3 horses 11 cattle

Dinwiddie Co., VA Surveyor's Platt Book 1790 Joseph Moreland.

1789 Will of Joseph Moreland, Lincoln Co. Mentions land in Dinwiddie Co., VA should be sold at the descretion of brother Francis Moreland to purchase land for my sons. Three oldest children Nancy, Isaac and Phebe T. Youngest son Turner. Witnessed by Robert Moreland. LDS 1572062.

Children of Joseph Morland and Martha Turner:

16. Nancy Moreland, born ca 1770 Dinwiddie Co., VA, married William Sadler, Lincoln Co., NC 1791.

17. Isaac Moreland born ca 1778 Dinwiddie Co., VA.

18. Phebe Tucker Moreland, born ca 1775 Dinwiddie Co., VA, married Nathaniel Sadler 1796 Lincoln Co., NC.

19. Turner Moreland born Nov. 24, 1784 Dinwiddie Co., VA. Married Rebecca Sledge.

4. Francis Moreland, Jr. born ca 1765. [son of Francis Moreland] died ca 1834-35 Jasper Co., GA.

Dinwiddie Co., VA Personal Property Tax, Reel 96 Lib. of VA

1785

Francis Moreland 1 white male 2 horses. 1786

Francis Moreland 1 white male 2 horses 1787

Francis Moreland, Jr. 1 horse

1793 Francis Moreland, Jr. on Greene Co., GA Tax List with 4 slaves. LDS 1018450. Sept. 15, 1817 Francis Moreland purchased land in Jasper Co., GA from Robert Moreland.

LSD 158490.

Jan. 4, 1832 Francis Moreland purchased land from Asa Runds in Jasper Co., GA. LDS 158490.

April 30, 1833 Francis Moreland Sr. sold land to Thomas Moreland in Jasper Co., GA. LDS 158490.

Comment: I believe the older people in the census below are this Francis and wife living with his son Francis and family.

Child of Francis Moreland:

20. Francis Moreland born ca 1790; died ca 1834-35 Jasper Co., GA.

1820 Jasper Co., GA Census Frank Moreland

1 male 16-26

1 male 26-45

1 male 45+ This must be Francis Sr. 2 females under 10

1 female 10-16

2 females 16-26

1 female 45+

1830 Jasper Co., GA Census Francis Moreland

1 male 5-10

1 male 30-40

1 male 60-70 This must be Francis Sr. 1 female 10-15

1 female 20-30

1 female 40-50

Comment: There are TWO Francis Morelands who died in Jasper Co. with wills probated about a year apart:

March 4, 1834 Will of Francis Moreland probated. Mentions nephew Nathaniel G.

Slaughter and Frances R. Bowdin, daughter of Willis and Sarah Bowdin. Jasper Co. Will Book 10, page 390. Less Clayton has recently - May 2011 - found proof that this Francis is a female. She was the daughter of John Slaughter and Mary Frances Brothers. She was married to Thomas Kimbrough and then to a Moreland. She left her property to Nthaniel Garret Slaughter. He was the son of her brother, Martin Slaughter. She also left itms to Frances R. Bowdin, duaghter of Willie Bowden and Sarah Mae Slaughter BHowdin. Sarah was also the child of Martin Slaughter. We don't yet know which Moreland Frances was married to.

Nov. 1835 Will of Francis Moreland probated. Estate equally divided among my children [not named] except daughter Mary R. Weeks. Jasper Co. Will Book 11, page 30.

5. Wood Moreland [son of Francis Moreland] born ca 1775 Dinwiddie Co., VA. April 11, 1796 Warren Co. Wood Moreland married Sally Heath.

July 1795 Wood Moreland of Hancock Co., GA purchased a tract of land in Greene Co., GA on the waters of Richland Creek. Isaac Moreland was a witness. Greene Co. GA Deed Book 3 page 379. LDS 158295.

1797 Woody Moreland on Greene Co., GA tax list. LDS 1018450

Nov. 1798 Wood Moreland of Hancock Co., GA sold the tract of land in Greene Co., GA on the waters of Richland Creek. John Moreland was a witness. No wife signed off on dower. Greene Co., GA Deed Book 3 page 648. LDS 158295.

Jan. 1804 Wood Moreland of Hancock Co., GA sold a tract of land in Greene Co., GA. No wife signed off on dower. Isaac T. Moreland was witness. Greene Co., GA Deed Bk. 4, page 261. LDS 158295.

Dec. 28, 1815 Wood Moreland bought land from J. Marshall. Putnam Co. Deed Book E page 64.

June 1824 Wood Moreland sold 202 1/2 acres in Jasper Co. Wife, Sally signed off on dower. LDS 158497. Jasper Co. Deed Book A page 285.

1828 Wood Moreland on Putnam Co., GA Tax List. LDS 401836

1820 Jasper Co., GA Census Wood Moreland

1 male 10-16

3 males 16-26

1 male 45+

2 females under 10 3 females 10-16

1 female 26-45

or?

1820 Putnam Co., GA Census [next door to Turner] Wood Moreland

1 male under 10

1 male 26-45

1 female 26-45

1830 Putnam Co., GA Census 1 male under 5

2 males 5-10

1 male 10-15

1 male 20-30

1 male 30-40

1 female under 5 1 female 20-30

1840 Benton Co., Alabama Census Moreland, Wood

1 male 10-15

1 male 15-20

1 male 50-60

1 female 40-50

Generation 3

10. Colson Moreland born ca 1788 [son of John Moreland and Sarah Mary Tucker]. He married Elizabeth [Sally] Wouldridge Nov. 9, 1813 in Putnam Co., GA. She was born 1795 in GA.

Feb. 3, 1815 C. Moreland bought 198 acres from William Reind. Putnam Co. Deed Book D page 64.

Nov. 12, 1822 Colson Moreland of Putnam Co. sold 198 acres to John Moreland Jr. of Jasper Co. No wife signed off on dower. Putnam Co. Deed Book K page 212. LDS 400939.

Oct. 9, 1823 Colson Moreland sold 50 acres of 187 to Wm. Thomas. Putnam Co. Deed Book K page 332.

1824, 1825 Colson Moreland on list of first land owners in Upson Co., GA.

1820 Putnam Co., GA Census Colson Moreland

1 male under 10

1 male 26-46

1 female under 10 1 female 16-26

1830 Upson Co., GA Census Colson Moreland

1 male 5-10

1 male 10-15

1 male 40-50

2 females under 5 2 females 5-1-

1 female 30-40

1840 Upson Co., GA Census Colson Moreland

1 male under 5

1 male 5-10

2 males 10-15

2 males 20-30

1 male 50-60

1 female under 5 1 female 5-10

1 female 10-15 1 female 15-20 1 female 40-50

1850 Upson Co., GA Census Moreland, Colson 62 farmer VA Elizabeth 55 GA

Cyntha A. 21 GA

Sarah 19 GA Colson F. 18 student Martha 15 GA William 14

Children of Colson Moreland and Elizabeth Wouldridge:

21. Cyntha A. Moreland born 1829 GA. 22. Sarah Moreland born 1831 GA.

23. Colson F. Moreland born 1832 GA 24. Martha Moreland born 1835 GA. 25. William Moreland born 1836 GA.

17. Isaac Moreland [son of Joseph Thomas Moreland and Martha Turner] born ca 1778. Isaac died ca 1824 in Putnam Co., GA.

June 3, 1806 Isaac Moreland purchased 202 acres from George Peterman. Putnam Co. Deed Book A page 34.

Jan. 23 1811 Isaac Moreland bought 24 acres from Hodge Taylor. Putnam Co. Deed Book B page 147.

Jan. 23, 1811 Isaac Moreland sold 3 acres on Glady Creek to Hodge Taylor. Putnam Co. Deed Book C page 259.

Jan. 23, 1811 Isaac Moreland bought 150 acres from William White. Putnam Co. Deed Book C page 278.

May 11, 1811 Isaac Moreland bought 165 acres from G. Carrel. Putnam Co. Deed Book B page 185.

Nov. 1, 1814 Isaac Moreland purchased 60 acres from John Calloway. Putnam Co. Deed Book F page 277.

Sept. 29, 1815 Isaac Moreland bought Lot 6 from John White. Putnam Co. Deed Book E page 25.

Feb. 21, 1814 I. Moreland sold a town lot to William Wilkins. Putnam Co. Deed Book F page 205.

Jan. 20, 1818 Isaac Moreland purchased 1/2 of 117 acres from Henry Trippe. Putnam Co. Deed Book H page 14.

Nov. 19, 1821 Isaac Moreland sold 1/2 of 137 acres to Thomas Sadler.

June 23, 1824 Isaac Moreland sold 234 acres to John Trippe. Putnam Co. Deed Book K

page 343.

1820 Putnam Co., GA Census Isaac Moreland

2 males under10

1 male 26-45

2 females under 10 2 females 10-16

2 females 16-26

1 female 45+

1824 Joseph and Turner Moreland and Samuel Reid were administrators of Isaac's estate. Minor children and guardians: Amelia to Turner Moreland; Isaac N. to Turner H. Trippe; Jane to Thomas Hightower; Mary A.P. to Turner Moreland; William F. to Joseph T. Moreland. Putnam Co., GA Estate Records LDS 394042.

Children of Isaac Moreland

26. Joseph Tucker Moreland born Feb. 7, 1798 Putnam Co., GA.

27. Nancy Steinbach Moreland born ca 1795 Putnam Co., GA. She married Samuel Reid.

28. Martha Moreland born in Putnam Co., GA. She married Charnold Hightower. 29. Elizabeth Tucker Moreland born ca 1805 Putnam Co., GA. She married Thomas Hightower.

30. Sarah Moreland born Putnam Co., GA. She married Henry West.

31. Susan Turner Moreland. She married Thomas Bustin.

32. Isaac Newton Moreland. Born GA. Died 1842 Houston, TX.

33. Jane Briden Moreland. She married Seaborn J. Thompson.

34. William Fletcher Moreland. Married Elizabeth White.

35. Mary Bosanquet Moreland. She married John Carter Henderson. 36. Amelia Hollandberry Moreland. Married Thomas C. Miller.

19. Turner Moreland [son of Joseph Thomas Moreland and Martha Turner] born Nov. 24, 1784 Dinwiddie Co., VA; died Oct. 29, 1857 Russell Co., Alabama. Married Rebecca Sledge Oct. 8, 1806 in Dinwiddie Co., VA. He married Catherine Unknown born 1796 SC.

Nov. 26, 1816 Turner Moreland purchased land from T. Woodbridge. Putnam Co. Deed Book E page 287 and 288.

Jan. 19, 1819 Turner Moreland purchased 135 acres from James Calhoun. Putnam Co. Deed Book I page 2.

Dec. 24, 1823 Turner Moreland purchased land from James McNeil. Putnam Co. Deed Book K page 86.

1820, 1824, Turner Moreland on Putnam Co., GA Tax List. LDS 401836

1826, 1828 Turner Moreland on Putnam Co., GA Tax List as guardian of Mary and

Amelia Moreland. Ibid

1820 Putnam Co., GA Census Turner Moreland

1 male under 10

1 male 26-45

1 female 26-45

1830 Putnam Co., GA Census Turner Moreland

1 male under 5

1 male 5-10

1 male 15-20

2 males 20-30 1 male 40-50

1 female 10-15 1 female 30-40

1840 Russell Co., Alabama Census Turner Moreland

1 male 5-10

1 male 10-15

1 male 15-20

1 male 30-40

1 male 50-60

1 female 10-15 1 female 40-50

1850 Russell Co., Alabama Census Turner Moreland 66 farmer VA Catherine 54 SC

Augustus 17 GA

Children of Turner Moreland and Rebecca Sledge:

37. Elizabeth Moreland

38. Ashbury Fletcher Moreland

39. Jefferson Chappel Moreland

40. Nathanial T. Moreland born 1823 GA. 41. Joseph Moreland. [per Bill Moreland] 42. Augustus Moreland born 1833 GA.

Generation 4

26. Joseph Tucker Moreland [son of Isaac Moreland] born Feb. 7, 1798 Putnam Co., GA married Martha H. Trippe in Jasper Co., GA Feb. 8, 1816. She was born Dec. 9, 1797. Joseph died Oct. 7, 1852.

Nov. 13, 1821 Joseph Moreland purchased 108 acres from Thomas Cowles. Putnam Co. Deed Book J page 269.

Nov. 24, 1823 Joseph T. Moreland sold 108 acres to William Glass. Putnam Co. Deed Book K page 241.

Joseph Tucker Moreland and his brother William Fletcher Moreland moved to Claiborne Parish, LA.

Children of Joseph Tucker Moreland and Martha Trippe:

43. William Moreland born Dec. 16, 1816. Died Feb. 4, 1817.

44. Thomas C. Moreland born Sept. 19, 1819.

45. Isaac W. Moreland born May 22, 1821.

46. James W. Moreland born Nov. 11, 1822 married Elizabeth Witherspoon. 47. Turner Hunt Moreland born Oct. 15, 1824.

48. Sarah Jane Moreland born May 25, 1826.

49. Martha Ann Moreland born Aug. 13, 1828.

50. Joseph Benson Moreland born March 24, 1831. He married Mary Amanda Phillips.

51. Nancy Standback Moreland born Dec. 20, 1835.

Comment: Information on birthdates and children of Isaac Moreland's descendants was from a transcription of a Moreland Family Bible that moved with Joseph Tucker Moreland to Claiborne Parish LA in 1852 and transcribed by Patricia H. Moreland Feb. 2004.

32. Isaac Newton Moreland [son of Isaac Moreland]. Born GA, died June 9, 1942 Texas. From The Handbook of Texas History Online:

MORELAND, ISAAC N. (?-1842). Isaac N. (J. N.) Moreland (Mourland), soldier and jurist of the Republic of Texas,qv was born in Georgia. He moved in the fall of 1834 to Texas and established himself at Anahuac. Soon thereafter he moved to Liberty, where he served as secretary of the ayuntamiento.qv On April 17, 1835, he became one of the four signers of the Liberty Resolutions, which called on Texans to respect the laws of Mexico and to refrain from resisting the payment of customs duties. However, Moreland was the author of the Anahuac Resolutions, signed on May 4, 1835 (see ANAHUAC DISTURBANCES). These protested what the citizens of the area considered to be unjust and arbitrary taxation by customs officials. This document was forwarded to the political chief of the jurisdiction and to the governor of Coahuila. Andrew Janeway Yates, Augustus Chapman Allen,qqv and Moreland wrote a letter of protest against the seizure by Mexican navy captain Thomas M. (Mexico) Thompsonqv of a sloop that they had chartered to transport freight to Velasco and Thompson's apparently arbitrary blockade of the mouth of the Brazos River. In October 1835 Moreland joined the Texas army. In a letter to Governor Henry Smithqv dated November 31, 1835, Col. James W. Fannin, Jr.,qv recommended Moreland for a commission in the Texas army. On December 20, 1835, Gen. Sam Houstonqv appointed Moreland a captain of the First Regiment of Infantry in the regular army and ordered him to Harrisburg to establish a recruiting station. His appointment was approved by the General Councilqv on March 10, 1836. At the battle of San Jacinto,qv Moreland served with the "Twin Sisters"qv under Lt. Col. George Washington Hockley,qv although Moreland later wrote to Mirabeau B. Lamarqv that he had been "the oldest officer in rank of the Artillery for duty, at the Battle of San Jacinto." A man named Haskell, who signed himself as an army surgeon, wrote from the field that

"Capt. Moreland commanded a cannon, and the duty was well performed; the first shot carried away the enemies powder box, and wounded the adjutant general and several others." After San Jacinto, Moreland was assigned to command Fort Travis at Galveston. On July 20, 1836, he was promoted to major, and on October 29, 1836, Sam Houston appointed him commandant of the garrison at Galveston. Moreland was discharged from the army on April 27, 1837, and moved to Houston, where, on May 29, he announced his partnership in the practice of law with David G. Burnet.qv By 1840 he owned two Houston city lots, a slave, and a gold watch, in addition to 600 acres in Harrisburg County. On January 30, 1840, President Lamar appointed him chief justice of the Second Judicial District, then Harrisburg County, to succeed Benjamin Cromwell Franklin.qv He held the post until his death, on June 9, 1842. He is buried in an unmarked grave in City Cemetery on West Dallas Avenue, Houston. He was a Mason.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846 (Austin: State Archives, Texas State Library, 1981). Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Defenders of the Republic of Texas (Austin: Laurel House, 1989). Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin, 1986). Sam Houston Dixon and Louis Wiltz Kemp, The Heroes of San Jacinto (Houston: Anson Jones, 1932). Michael R. Green, comp. and ed., Calendar of the Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (Austin: Texas State Library, 1982). Charles Adams Gulick, Jr., Harriet Smither, et al., eds., The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (6 vols., Austin: Texas State Library, 1920-27; rpt., Austin: Pemberton Press, 1968). John H. Jenkins, ed., The Papers of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 (10 vols., Austin: Presidial Press, 1973). Telegraph and Texas Register, June 24, 1837, June 15, 1842. Amelia W. Williams and Eugene C. Barker, eds., The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863 (8 vols., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1938-43; rpt., Austin and New York: Pemberton Press, 1970).

Thomas W. Cutrer

The San Jacinto Museum of History also has a biography of Isaac which says that he was born in Georgia and also that the Telegraph and Texas Register, Houston of June 15, 1842 carried the following notice regarding his death:

"Another Hero of San Jacinto gone - The Hon. Isaac N. Moreland, late Chief Justice of Harris County, and the commander of the Artillery Company in the Battle of San Jacinto, died in this city Thursday morning [June 9]. His remains were followed to the grave by a very large and respectable concourse of citizens, including the Masonic and other fraternities, and the independent military companies of the city; and many of his companions in arms, who had stood by him in the field of battle, assembled around his grave, to pay the last tribute of respect to their beloved comrade."