Thomas Morrow (bef. 1755 - abt. 1810)

Born before 1755 in Lurgan Township (old Cumberland County), Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1810 after about age 55 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Thomas can be found in Pendleton, SC in 1790 and 1800, but not in 1810, so it is assumed he died before then.

• 1790 Pendleton, SC: three males over 16, five males under 16, two females. (p. 5)
• 1800 Pendleton, SC: Thomas: one male 10-16; three males 16-26; one male 45 & over;

one female 10-16; one female 45 & over. (pg 157b)

In 1795, Thomas Morrow owned land along the Big Generostee Creek, Ninety Six District, Pendleton County (near the Savannah River). See plat drawn 6 Aug 1795 for Daniel Stringer's 55 Acre plot.^[1]

NOTE

I have seen no evidence that Thomas married a woman named Elizabeth Baird. Richard Sears

DNA

Five lines descended from Thomas have tested Y-DNA (descendants of 3 of his son Thomas's sons, and two descendants of his son William's son Samuel).

These testers also match a descendant of Ephraim Morrow, b. 1822 Georgia, with parents born in South Carolina. His father is believed to be James, and the timing works for James to be the son of one of Thomas's brothers. (The line on Wikitree appears to merge several lines, but it is unclear what the evidence is for each connect. Based on DNA testing, there is no connection between this line and Samuel Morrow, listed as the ancestor of Ephraim as of this writing.)

THOMAS MORROW, SR., son of John Morrow and Mary ______ [Little?]; born before 1755, ca. 1748, in Lurgan Township (old Cumberland County), Franklin County, Pennsylvania. His wife’s name is unknown. On the 1790 census Thomas, Sr., had seven young men, presumably his sons, living in his household; Thomas was associated with Richard, James, and John Morrow in Pendleton District, South Carolina records; he was [possibly] the Thomas Morrow who served under Col. Roebuck in the militia before and after the fall of Charleston; during 1781 and 1782 he served 92 days in militia; between 1783 and 1786, a Thomas Morrow filed claims in South Carolina at the same times as Samuel, Robert, William, James, Arthur, and John Morrow (Copy 248); Thomas Morrow was awarded £20 4s. and 3d, for days of militia duty in South Carolina “before & since the reduction of Charleston,” 16 April 1785—on the same date the estate of William Morrow was awarded £26 5sh. 8 1/2d. for duty since the reduction of Charleston, and James and William Morrow both placed claims for militia duty;^[2] fl. 1800, Pendleton Dist., S.C. [in his hh., besides himself, 3 males b. 1774-84, 1 male b. 1784-90, 1 female b. bef. 1755, 1 female b. 1784-90]

CALENDAR OF DEEDS, ETC.

25 Apr. 1791: witnessed sale of land by Francis Miller to Moses Liddle in Pendleton Dist.^[3]

25 Oct. 1792: witn. sale by Moses Liddle to John Simpson.^[4]

7 Oct. 1797: sold half privilege of mill & still seat to Leonard Morrow in Pendleton Dist.^[5]

8 Sept. 1796: he deeded land, all on Great Generostee Creek, to Leonard Morrow [138 a.], James Morrow [120 acres, bounded by John Ferguson] & Thomas Morrow, Jr. [111 acres]:^[6] probably Thomas Morrow, Jr. is his son: the other two, deeded land in the same place on the same day, might also be his children.

5 Feb. 1796: one of appraisers of estate of Jonathan Thomson, Pendleton Dist.^[7]

10 Feb. 1798: witn. will of John Verner [with William Stevenson];^[8]

CENSUSES

Thomas Morrow household, 1790 U.S. census, Pendleton Dist., S.C., Capt. James Henderson’s “territory, p. 5 [also this census: Richard & John Morrow and these interesting names: Phillip Mulkey, Frederick Starns, Margaret Starns, Samuel Glen, Moses Liddle, Daniel Kieth, James Long (1-3-4), Jesse Rush, Benjamin Lawrence, Barnet Putman, Daniel Putman, Benjamin Guest]; (NARA M637, roll 11). Selected census neighbors (within 20 households in either direction): James Morrow, James Stephenson, William Stephenson, William Lennard, Richard York (at 22); Thomas Morrow with—3 free white males over 16, 5 fwm under 16, 2 free white females.

Thomas Morrow (#190) household, 1800 U.S. census, Pendleton District, South Carolina, p. 44 handwritten, p. 147 [in the same District: two Johns, Richard, another Thomas & James Morrow]; (NARA M32, roll 50. Selected census neighbors (within 20 households on either side): Daniel Keith, gent., Daniel Keith, Jr.; Thomas Morrow with—1 free white male 10-16, 3 fwm 16-26, 1 fwm 45 & up (Thomas); 3 free white females under 10, 1 fwf 16-26, 2 fwf 45 & up.

POSSIBLE CHILDREN

Children of Thomas MORROW, Sr., and his unknown wife:^[9]

• i. possibly ALEXANDER MORROW, b. S.C.; | possibly identical with: Alexander—b. bet. 1760-70; m. _______ (b. 1760-70; fl. 1840 aet 70/80); prob. f. of Alexander, Sr., William (maybe m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Morrow & Elizabeth Keith; b. ca. 1793), Robert (b. ca. 1795), Richard (m. Betsy Stevenson; m. 24 Oct. 1817), James, John (m. Elizabeth Randal; b. 1803 S.C.; m. 18 July 1823; d. aft. 1860), George (b. 1798 NC; m. 6 Feb. 1828, Maury Co., Tenn.; d. aft. 1850, Obion Co., Tenn.) & Allen Morrow (m. Edney Ray; m. 24 Jan. 1831, Maury Co., Tenn.) [all in Maury Co., Tenn., records]; fl. 1830, Maury Co., Tenn. [in his hh., besides himself, 1 male b. 1790-1800, 2 males b. 1810-15, 1 male b. 1815-20, 1 female b. 1760-70]; d. bet. 1840-50; Cs. 1830: Maury Co., Tenn.; Cs. 1840: Maury Co.
• ii. THOMAS MORROW, JR., b. 1770–75, S.C.; m. ELIZABETH KEITH.
• iii. LEONARD MORROW, b. bef. 1775; bought 1381 acres from Thomas Morrow, 8 Sept. 1796, Pendleton Co., S.C.; bought half privilege in mill & still from Thomas Morrow, 30 Sept. 1797, Pendleton Dist., S.C.; witn. deeds for Thomas, Jr. & James Morrow, Moses Liddell & Zachariah Walker in Pendleton Co.; acquired 640 acre tract on Big Salt Lick Creek nr. where Little Salt Lick empties, approx. three & one-half miles n.w. and downstream from Red Boiling Springs, Smith [now Macon] Co., Tenn. [tract bordered land of William Ferguson]; bought 212 acres on Salt Lick Fork of Big Barren River from John Ervin of Davidson Co., Tenn., 11 Feb. 1805, Smith Co., Tenn.;^[10] Leonard Morrow of Smith County sold 70 acres on Salt Lick Fork for $100 to William Ferguson, 3 Nov. 1809, Smith Co. [the tract bounded the piece of land granted to Leonard Morrow by John Erwin]—James Ferguson, Jr., witnessed the transaction, which was recorded in May Term 1821;^[11] Leonard Morrow sold 142 acres to John Scott of Barren Co., Ky., 28 Feb. 1810, Smith Co.;^[12] Cs. 1820: Wayne Co., Tenn.
• iv. JAMES MORROW, m. ELEANOR FERGUSON.
• v. WILLIAM MORROW, b. bef. 1775; m. MARY “POLLY” MARTIN.

MAYBE AMONG THE [POSSIBLY] SEVEN SONS OF THOMAS MORROW, SR. & ______

• DAVID MORROW, b. bet. 1770–80; fl. 1830, Smith Co. Tenn. [in his hh., besides himself, 1 male b. 1800-10, 2 males b. 1820-25, 1 female b. 1780-90, 1 female b. 1815-20, 1 female b. 1820-5]; Cs. 1830: Smith Co., p. 109.
• DANIEL MORROW, poss. son of Thomas Morrow, Sr.; m. FANNY _______ (fl. 1815, Smith Co., Tenn.); dead by May 1815, Little B. Hughes, Isaac Moore & John Hill, commissioners, to set apart one year’s provision for the widow of Daniel Morrow, decd., and report to next court. His widow returned inventory account of his estate in 1815, Smith Co., Tenn.; inventory dated, 12 Aug. 1815, recd. Aug. Term 1815, signed by John Hill, John Morrow, Betsey Hall, Lewis Washburn, Seth Russell, John Hall, David Hall; support was requested for his widow by Littleberry Hughes, Isaac Moore & John Hill, 12 July 1815.^[13]
• GEORGE MORROW, possibly s. of Thomas Morrow, Sr. & ________; he & James Wallis bought 218 acres from Henry Moore, 16 Feb. 1811, Smith Co., Tenn.;^[14] fl. 1813, Smith Co. [he was a juror, along with John Ferguson];^[15] proved will of James Burnett as subscribing witness, 1816, Smith Co.;^[16] sold 119 acres to James Malone, 21 July 1819, Smith Co. [witn: Joel W.J. Carter, James Wallace & William Wallace].^[17] George Morrow looks like he might be a son of Thomas Morrow, because of his connections with members of the Wallace/Wallis family.
• JOHN MORROW, b. bef. 1775; possibly a son of Thomas Morrow, Sr.; mentioned in a land grant to William Morrow, who recd. land bordering Thomas Morrow “beginning at the field cleared by John Morrow”;^[18] one of the signers of inventory of Daniel Morrow est., 12 Aug. 1815, Smith Co., Tenn.; Cs. 1820: Smith Co., Tenn. [p. 74; 2 males 18 to 26, 1 male over 45; 1 female under 10, 2 females 10 to 16, 1 female 26 to 45, 1 female over 45].

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Department of Archives and History, (Search Morrow, Thomas) Archives ID: Series: S213190 Volume: 0032 Page: 00452 Item: 001
2. ↑ A.S. Salley, Sr., ed., Stub Entries to Indents issued in Payment of Claims against South Carolina Growing out of the Revolution (Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1910), Vol. (O-Q): 152-53; in originals: Book P, nos. 253-256.
3. ↑ Willie, Pendleton Co. S.C. Deeds, 18, citing Pendleton Co. Conveyance Book A (1790-1792): 335-39.
4. ↑ Willie, Pendleton District, S.C. Deeds, 34, citing Pendleton Co. Conveyance Book B (1791-1795): 74-75.
5. ↑ Willie, Pendleton District, S.C. Deeds, 155, citing Pendleton Co. Conveyance Book C-D (1795-1799): 365.
6. ↑ Willie, Pendleton District, S.C. Deeds, 155, citing Pendleton Co. Conveyance Book C-D (1795-1799): 365.
7. ↑ Alexander, Ellcott & Willie, Pendleton District, 10.
8. ↑ Alexander, Ellcott & Willie, Pendleton District, 21.
9. ↑ Anneda Morrow Sawyer claimed that Alexander, Thomas, James, William, and Leonard Morrow were brothers, although she apparently did not know the name of their father. According to her account, the five brothers came through the Cumberland Gap from Pendleton District, South Carolina, to settle in Tennessee. They went into Logan County, Kentucky—Thomas and Alexander then settled in Giles County, Tennessee, while James, William, and Leonard settled in Smith County [her article on the Morrow family, Macon Co., Tenn.: History and Families, 351].
10. ↑ Smith Co. Deed Book B, 336.
11. ↑ Smith Co. Deed Book G, 481.
12. ↑ Smith Co. Deed Book D 2,32.
13. ↑ Smith Co. Minute Book (1813-1815): 311, 353; Will Book B—Part 2, 89, 97, 109.
14. ↑ Smith Co. Deed Book D: 32-33.
15. ↑ Smith Co. Minute Book (1813-1815): 56.
16. ↑ Smith Co. Minute Book (1815-1817): 58.
17. ↑ Smith Co. Minute Book (1819-1820): 56; Deed Book G: 139-40.
18. ↑ General Grant Book 2, 594.

• WikiTree profile Morrow-291 created through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on Jul 28, 2011 by Bob Carson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.

• Source: S-2050775427 Title: Ancestry Family Trees

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L5XJ?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RSH%3A1597372313 : 29 August 2019), South Carolina, Stub entries to indents, books U-W > image 122 of 318; citing various published state rosters, United States.

• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana.