Sarah Martha (De Veaux) Morel (abt. 1780 - 1834)

Born about 1780 in South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of John Henry Morel — married 1812 in Savannah, Georgia

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1834 at about age 54 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia

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Biography

Sarah Martha DeVeaux was the daughter of William and Ann Barnwell De Veaux ^{[1] [2]} and was born in South Carolina. Her first marriage was to James Alger.

29 Aug 1811 Sarah Alger of the city of Savannah brought a petition to the Judge of the Bryan County Superior court as widow and executrix for the Will of her last husband James Alger against Richard Thorpe Keating. Richard was summoned by the sheriff to appear before the court. 23 Nov 1812 the finding was for the plaintiff in the sum of $72.36 including costs. 23 Nov 1812, John H. Morel and Sarah M. Morel case had a jury trial, recovered their damages against Richard Thorpe Keating and the judgement was signed 25 Nov 1812. ^[3]

Following James Alger’s death she married John Henry Morel (before 23 Nov 1812).

She and John had 3 children, Emily survived and two other children died in infancy.

Sarah was ill with inflammation of her lungs immediately prior to her death and was living on Perry Street in Jackson Ward of Savannah, Georgia.^[4] Sarah signed her Will on 4 Sept 1834 and signed a codicil on 6 Sept 1834. Sarah was buried on 7 Sep 1834. It is estimated she died the day prior to her burial. In her Will she specified she wanted “to be buried along side of my dear father and mother, and that the remains of my two dear deceased little children…be laid with me…. On 13 Oct 1834 a document was entered into the Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia court records sworn to by James Ker (sp?) that Sarah M. Morel signed the Will. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ A history and genealogy of the families of Bellinger and De Veaux and Other Families by J. S. Bulloch M. D. 1895 p8 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062854864&view=1up&seq=27&q1=Morel image page 28 of 238
2. ↑ A history and genealogy of the families of Bellinger and De Veaux and Other Families by J. S. Bulloch M. D. 1895 https://books.google.com/books?id=lXkxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=charles+Harris+Morel&source=bl&ots=wCRhhvR8Hw&sig=ACfU3U3krDSlJN9OsSEEclLXs4IoI0zHeg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB-9m3lrL1AhUGbc0KHQPICYYQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=John%20Henry%20morel&f=false
3. ↑ Superior Court, Bryan County, Georgia,Writs 1810-1815 image p(not listed); database with digital images, https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=2&place=393775&rmsId=TH-909-73222-19158-39&imageIndex=2&singleView=true image page 338-339 of 399
4. ↑ Register of Deaths in the City of Savannah, Georgia January 1833 to December 1847 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/211853:2209?ssrc=pt&tid=19363976&pid=342357436276
5. ↑ Chatham County, Savannah, Georgia, Estate Records, Wills, Estates, Administrations, Bonds, etc., M Box 5 Moore-Myers 1777-1852. P(not listed, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-993Y-32DP?i=137&wc=9SBH-PTL%3A267655101%2C268035501&cc=1999178 Image pages 138-151 of 772.

• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/morel/178/
• http://ghs.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/view?docId=ead/MS%201720-ead.xml
• Savannah Unit, Georgia Writers’ Project, Work Projects Administration in Georgia. (1942). WHITEHALL PLANTATION. Part II. The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 26(1), 40–64. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40576820
• Savannah Unit, Georgia Writers’ Project, Work Projects Administration in Georgia. (1942). WHITEHALL PLANTATION. Part III. The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 26(2), 129–155. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40576831
• https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014741/1796-06-21/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1784&nottext=&date2=12%2F31%2F1799&words=Harvey&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=6&region=south&proxdistance=5&sort=relevance&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=&andtext=Harvey&page=3 Names James Alger.