Mary Morris/Moritz was born May 17, 1794, Randolph County, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Christian Morris/Moritz and Mary Magdalena Fox.[1]
Mary was the wife of Nathan Swafford
Children:
Margaretta b. 1811
Barbara b. 1813
Elizabeth b. 1815
Nelly b. 1816
Lovie b. 1819
(Children christened at Richland Lutheran Church)[2]
Mary received Track #4 division of property of her father Christian Morris, on September 26, 1812, referred to as Mary Swaford[3][4]
Sources
↑ Genealogy of the Moretz (Moritz, Morris) Family by Joseph Alfred Moretz, Jr.--Source of birth from German Bible owned by Dr. E. J. Sox
↑ Vallentine, John Franklin. Fox Family History (1703-1976), Fox Family Reunion, Ashland, KS 1976. Pg 78
↑ Bk 12, p 159, Division of Christian Morris Lands
↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-M98B : 16 March 2018), Christian Morris, 1810; citing Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,078,868.
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