Thomas A Morrow (1834 - 1897)

Born 1834 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1897 at about age 63 in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama

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Biography

Thomas' surname also appears in various records as "Marrow". His exact middle name is unknown but appears to be "Amison" or "Amisare". All census and military records report him as having been born in South Carolina. All census records report that both of Thomas' parents were born in South Carolina.

Thomas may be, but not yet proven with certainty, the same Thomas A. Morrow who married an Elizabeth Jackson in Sumter Co., Georgia in 1851. A marriage certificate documenting that event exists and is attached in this profile. The Elizabeth Jackson who appears in the 1850 U.S. Census, Sumter Co. Georgia, is likely the same person. Thomas A. Morrow and Elizabeth Jackson were very close in age in 1851. We don't know what became of Elizabeth Jackson after 1851 but she is no longer in her father's household in Sumter Co., Georgia in 1860. We have not been able to locate her in records elsewhere.

Some believe, and it is very plausible, that the Cynthia (Cyntha) Morrow, age 17, who appears for the first time in Thomas A. Morrow's household in the 1870 U.S. Census, Pike Co., Alabama, may have been the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jackson.

Interestingly, a 50 year old Cynthia Morrow appears in the household of John T. Morrow in the 1860 U.S. Census , Rose Hill, Covington Co, Alabama. It is believed, based on DNA evidence, age, birthplace, parent's birthplace, proximity, surname, etc. that Thomas A. Morrow and John T. Morrow were brothers. The elder Cynthia Morrow in John T. Morrow's household in 1860 was likely the mother of both men.

It is also believed, based on DNA evidence, age, birthplace, parent's birthplace, proximity, surname, etc., that the James R. Morrow who appears residing next door to Thomas A. Morrow in the 1860 U.S. Census, Rose Hill, Covington Co., Alabama, was also a brother of Thomas. James is believed to have been the same James Morrow who married a Nancy Richey in Marion Co. Georgia in 1853. Marion Co., Sumter Co. and Stewart Co., Georgia share common borders. It is believed that the Morrow men were in that area during the early 1850's and then joined the migration of large numbers of people from southwest Georgia into southeast Alabama in the years prior to 1860.

Thomas was inducted into the C.S.A. in 1862 at Clay Hill, Coffee Co. Ala. He served with Hilliard's Alabama Legion, later reorganized as the 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment, 1862-1865. Thomas served as a private in Co. A. He was present in the battles at Chickamauga, Knoxville Siege, Drewry's Bluff, Petersburg Siege, Hatcher's Run, White Oak Rd., and Appomattox Ct. House. After the Knoxville Siege, the 60th Alabama guarded the approaches to the Cumberland Gap until it was ordered east to assist with the defense of Richmond during the summer of 1864. Thomas' unit went into the trenches at Petersburg during July 1864 and remained there until the Rebel line collapsed during the first week of April 1865. Thomas surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox and was paroled to return home a few days later. After the war he worked as a farmer, leasing or sharecropping land. His burial place is unknown. Family oral history has indicated that Thomas was buried in the public cemetery at Enterprise, Ala. However, there is no physical or written record of him having been buried there.

Thomas A. Morrow is believed (but not proven with certainty) to be a brother of James R. Morrow and/or John T. Morrow, both of whom lived near Thomas in Covington County, Alabama at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census. Direct lineal male descendants of all three men have conducted Y-DNA testing and have obtained perfect or nearly perfect matches. The results indicate the Morrow men were members of Haplogroup R-(M269) and further downstream in the genetic line, R-(DF21).

If anyone has additional or more accurate information about Thomas and his family please amend this profile. Please document if possible.

• • • If you are a male, lineal descendant of Thomas A. Morrow or any of his male siblings please consider doing Y-DNA testing (at least 37 marker kit) so that the genetic line of Thomas A. Morrow and his progeny may be consolidated and confirmed. It would be helpful if DNA testing be done by Family Tree DNA.

Google: Morrow Family Y-DNA Project

Sources

• 1860 U.S. Census, Rose Hill, Covington Co., Alabama
• 1870 U.S.Census, Henderson, Pike Co., Alabama
• 1880 U.S. Census, Crenshaw Co. Alabama
• CSA service records, Alabama Dept. of Archives & History
• Morrow Y-DNA Project