Born about in Blount, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Ellis Morton
and Susan (Carlton) Morton
Sister of
James Morton, Elizabeth (Morton) Smith, Jesse A Morton, Sarah Ann (Morton) Cornelius, Martha Jane (Morton) Bentley [half], John Wesley Morton [half], Malinda Adaline Morton [half] and Bernice Diana (Morton) Staton [half]
Wife of
Wiley Parks Owen
— married
11 Jun 1868 in Blount County, Alabama, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
James Wiley Owen
Died
at about age 41
in Marshall County, AL
Profile last modified
| Created 27 May 2011
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Biography
- Name: Dorcas (Darcas) /Morton/[1]
- Birth Date: abt 1843 in Blount County, Alabama, USA[2]
- Residence in 1860: Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama[3]
- Marriage in Blount County, AL to Faris Owen ("Darcas Morton")
- Married: June 7, 1868[4]
Dorcas was born about 1843. She passed away in 1884. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S2154530373 Year: 1860; Census Place: Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: ; Page: 833; Image: 359. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=11918785&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: abt 1843; Birth place: Alabama; Residence date: 1860; Residence place: Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama
- ↑ Source: #S2154530373 Year: 1860; Census Place: Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: ; Page: 833; Image: 359. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=11918785&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: abt 1843; Birth place: Alabama; Residence date: 1860; Residence place: Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama
- ↑ Source: #S2154530373 Year: 1860; Census; Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: ; Page: 833; Image: 359. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=11918785&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: abt 1843; Birth place: Alabama; Residence date: 1860 in Eastern Division, Marshall, Alabama, United States
- ↑ American Threads on RootsWeb - Dorcas Morton
- ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Charlene Blackwood as remembered 4 Apr 2018.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Q-TBJ : 19 December 2020), Darcus Mortin in household of William E Mortin, Marshall, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Source: S2154530373 Repository: #R3198678162 1860 United States Federal Census: Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. From NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
- Repository: R3198678162 http://www.Ancestry.com
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Morton-1537 was created through the import of Foster Family Tree.ged on May 27, 2011 by Ferrell Foster. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ferrell and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Dorcas:
-
~6.25%
Charlene Blackwood
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A568346 [compare], Ancestry member Ch_Hallman
-
~1.56%
Brad Baker :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Linda Vaughan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UC450543C1 [compare], yourDNAportal LINa490b0ac, Ancestry member rowntree
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UC450543C1 [compare], yourDNAportal LINa490b0ac, FTDNA kit #B431143
-
~1.56%
Alvin Alexander :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T133123 [compare], Ancestry member zander570
-
~1.17%
Mab Blue :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Michelle (Bowlin) Kilpatrick :
23andMe, GEDmatch CE9632130 [compare], yourDNAportal MIC2c2dab09
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H439347 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~0.78%
Lisa (Rowlee) Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A972238 [compare], Ancestry member Backroadsgen
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A972238 [compare], FTDNA kit #B94320
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Lana (Griggs) x :
AncestryDNA
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