William Morton (abt. 1773 - 1850)

Born about 1773 in Chester County, Province of South Carolina

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Died 1850 at about age 77 in Fayette County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

James was the first born after the crossing, William was b. after James.

Since William was not listed on the Ships passenger list on the 1767 crossing, he was born after arriving.

"United States Census, 1840," Fayette, Alabama^[1]

One this census page, are two Williams, one the age to be this William, a younger William, Isabella Morton, and James M. Morrow.

Chester Co. Courthouse, in Record Book J, March 1822-1826, p. 66

Thomas Stanford Vs. Mrs. Ann Brown.

Whereas George Brown, deceased, of Chester District, State of SC, at the time of his death was possessed of a tract of land containing two hundred and eleven acres, being part of a tract originally grandted to John Bond.

George Brown died intestate, leaving at the time of his death:

Ann Brown, his widow and the following next of kin:

John Brown, James Brown, William Brown, Thomas Brown, brothers of the said George Brown dec'd;

James Hamilton surviving husband of Jane Hamilton, formerly Jane Brown, sister of the said George Brown, dec'd, Thomas Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Eby Hamilton, Jane Hamilton, Willima Hamilton, Moses Hamilton, Matty McDaniel, formerly Matty Hamilton, and John McDaniel her husband, the children, the children of the said James and Jane Hamilton;

and Thomas Stanford, Senr., surviving husband of Martha Stanford, formerly Martha Brown, sister of the said George Brown dec'd, Thomas Stanford, Junr., William Stanford, George Stanford, James Stanford, John Stanford, Mary Morton, formerly Mary Stanford, and Willie Morton her husband,

and Jennet Lamb, formerly Jennet Stanford and Isaac Lamp her husband,

Martha Mobley, formerly Martha Stanford, and Daniel Mobley her husband,

Peggy Bennett, formerly Peggy Stanford and John Bennett her husband,

Jane Perry, formerly Jane Stanford and William Perry her husband,

and Rebecca Almon, formerly Rebecca Stanford and Jacob Almon her husband, the children of the said Thomas Stanford, Senr., and Martha Stanford dec'd., heirs of the said George Brown, deceased. Whereupon the said Ann Brown widow of the said George Brown dec'd became entitled to one half of the said tract of land and the aforesaid Heirs to a distributive share of the remaining half. Jester-173 18:04, 20 July 2016 (EDT)

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-K5L : 27 August 2017), Wm Morton, Fayette, Alabama, United States; citing p. 217, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 2,332.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Morton-1442 created through the import of Foster Family Tree.ged on May 27, 2011 by Ferrell Foster.

• WikiTree profile Morton-2420 created through the import of Allen_Nauman_Achey_Jahr.ged on Oct 11, 2012 by Michael Allen

See also:

Pedens of South Carolina Vol. 1 2013
House of Jane pages 129-157
4.6 William pages 131, 133-134, 137-138
James Mark Paden (House of John), editor
Warren and Carmack Publishing; Salt Lake City, UT 84102
ISBN 978-0-9837262-5-8