The last known record for her is the 1880 census in Alabama.
Research Notes
There has been a conflation of Pollys in internet trees.
This Mary was born in Alabama and may well have finished her life there. She seems to have stayed single all her life and stayed with her parents in Marshall County, Alabama. Her brother Joshua did die in Greer Co., Okla. It is possible she moved there with him after the death of their parents, but it hasn't been proven.
She has been confused with Polly Ann Moulton who married a Reynolds. Dates 27 May 1826-17 May 1892 belong to Polly and have been removed. That Polly is buried with her husband in Mountain View, Kiowa Co., Oklahoma.
Sources
↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 22, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: M432_10; Page: 198A; Image: 399 Ancestry.com. District 22, Alabama, USA
Marshall Morten 56
Elizabeth Morten 53
James Morten 19
Joel Norten 13
Mary Norten 21
↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDL-7FS : 18 February 2021), Mary Morton in entry for Marshall Morton, 1860. Marshall Co, Ala.
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1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 42, Etowah, Alabama; Roll: M593_16; Page: 336B; Image: 200; Family History Library Film: 545515 Ancestry.com. Subdivision 42, Etowah, Alabama, PO Attalla
Marshall Morton 77 SC
Lizzie Morton 74
Polly Morton 42
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1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Marshall, Alabama; Roll: 24; Family History Film: 1254024; Page: 253D; Enumeration District: 257,Source Information, Ancestry.com
Marshall Motion 87 SC NC NC
Elizabeth Motion 86
Polley Motion 55
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
Minimum threshold size to be included in total = 300 SNPs Mismatch-bunching Limit = 150 SNPs Minimum segment cM to be included in total = 3.0 cM
Chr Start Location End Location Centimorgans (cM) SNPs 6 15,140,701 16,915,694 3.1 380 7 55,730,105 67,181,720 3.3 345 8 27,881,479 29,851,008 4.0 332 15 89,620,793 90,787,920 3.9 337 Largest segment = 4.0 cM Total of segments > 3 cM = 14.2 cM 4 matching segments