Morton Genealogy Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Morton Genealogy Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
2.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Morton, Margaret H., Morton, Estelle, and Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Morton Genealogy Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Genealogy material compiled by Mr. William S. Morton and his wife, Mrs. Margaret H. Morton of Farmville, Virginia which trace the descendants of Joseph Morton of Prince Edward County, Virginia and allied families. Includes primary source material, such as the 1830 daybook of the J. J. Dupuy Company of Charlotte Court House. Also, contains typescript of Richard Lee Morton's copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's notes on the Robert Rose Diary and of William Cryer's transcript of the Charles Campbell diaries.

Includes 82.7 Addition.

The genealogical chart of Sir Thomas West is filed in the oversize file (Accession 90 M85, addition 1980.19).

Biographical / historical:

Margaret H. Morton was a genealogist who lived in Farmville, Virginia. She was married to William H. Morton and usually signed her correspondence "Mrs. William H. Morton."

Acquisition information:
Gifts, 1980 - 1986.
Processing information:

Processed by Phyllis LeGrand in 1990 and Anne Johnson in 2009.

Arrangement:

Original Accession and addition physically and intellectually combined in 2009.