Serena was born about 1833 in Alabama to Joshua Morton and Eda Bynum.[1]
In 1850 she and her brother, Elijah, were living with their maternal uncle, Daniel. She hasn't been located after that.[2][3]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB4-V5K : 19 December 2020), Joshua Morton, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing p. 92, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . 1 m 30-40, 1 m 5-10, 1 m <10, 1 f 20-30, 1 f 5-10 (Serena).
↑ "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNTV-3LP : 13 March 2018), Joshua Morton, 1847; citing Marshall County courthouse, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,183,820. Guardian.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPR-V5N : 19 December 2020), Elijah Morton in household of Daniel Bynum, Blount, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Daniel Bynum Male 40 South Carolina
Elisabeth Bynum Female 33 South Carolina
Elias Bynum Male 12 Alabama
Elloch Bynum Male 10 Alabama
James Bynum Male 7 Alabama
Sarah Bynum Female 4 Alabama
Uriah Bynum Male 3 Alabama
Elijah Morton Male 18 Alabama
Jerenne Morton [Serena] Female 16 Alabama
Acknowledgements
Bruce Jordan, 7/16/1998, Route 1, Box 59,Prairie Hill, TX 76678 from his booklet "Solomon Murphree, Son of Daniel Murphree and Sarah Dempsey of Blount Co., AL, page 14. Bruce was the historian for the Murphree Genealogical Association.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Serena by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Serena: