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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."
Gifts, 1980 - 1986.
Processed by Phyllis LeGrand in 1990 and Anne Johnson in 2009.
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Morton Genealogy Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Mss. 90 M84, Richard Lee Morton Papers.
Mss. 1986.29 Morton Genealogical Inquiries
Original Accession and addition physically and intellectually combined in 2009.
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).
297 pp. (MSV I)
1 p. DS.
1 p. ALS. Requests payments of money owed to him. Sends respects to Anderson and Venable.
Thanks him for his letter; describes weekly routine of medical school; mentions a "Rev. Mr. Blunt, formerly of Va, now of Carolina" who spoke on temperance; cold weather; sleighs on the Delaware; small pox in the city (patients in the almshouse). Refers to people of Philadelphia as "cool and calculating people," "highly enterprising"- true blue Yankees. Mentions a "great number of negroes here... [who he feels] are no better than" the slaves of the South. Begs to be remembered to Aunt Dupuy and cousin Adelaid. 2 pp. ALS.
Relates how his father, Patrick Calhoun, emigrated from Wythe County, Va. and, with his relatives, formed a community in 1756. Mentions hostility of the Cherokes and some genealogical material. 2 pp. TCy of L.
Cralle, Richardson, Holman, Branch, Rives, Edmund, Robards, Lancaster, Flournoy, Blanton, Eldridge, Browne, Aston, Buckner, Kennon, Stokes, Venable, Blunt, Garland, Chappell, and Crawley families. 81 items. NwsCl, TCys and XCys of Ds.
1 item. Cy of D. (See oversize folder)
Jackson, Hamblen, Cox, Miles, Dupuy, Currie, Daniel, Lucas, Worth, London, Daniels, Sprunt, Anderson, Hodges, Langford, and Smith families. 58 items. Cys and TCys of Ds.
1 item. Cy. (See Medium oversize file)
Jennings, Pulliam, Fowlkes, Billups, Collier, Penick, Knight, Jackson, Watkins, Bouldin, Morris and Fore Families. 75 items. NwsCl, Cys, TCys of D and XCy of Ds.
Relating his several drafts into service during the Revolution. Moss was in battle in Gullford, N.C., and at Yorktown, Va. He was a resident of Cumberland County, Va. 2 pp. Cy.
255 pp. TCy of MsV
253 pp. TCy of MsV.
Includes unorganized material with no pages indicated. 58 items. TCy.
Morton, Price, Booker, Venable, Gilliam, Daniel, Fair, Davis, Madison, Glenn, Rudisill, Watkins and Flournoy families. 14 items. TCys.
He died in 1753 in Halifax County. 1 item. Cy. (See medium oversize file).
Gives genealogical material on descendants for David Morton of Stockholm, Sweden. 1 item. Cy. (See Medium oversize file).
1 item, Cy. (See Medium oversize file).
1 item. Cy (See Medium oversize file)
1 item. Cy. (See Medium oversize file)
1 item. Cy. (See Medium oversize file).
2 items. TCy. (See Medium oversize file).
1 item. Cy. (See medium oversize file).
Morton, Watkins and allied families (also Anderson, Brunskill, Allen, Redd, Worley, Mosby, Coleman, Duncan, James, Jenkins, Alderson, Ligion, Michaux, Smith, Martin, Moss, Brown, Page, Perrow, Davis, Bernard, Deane, Forsee, Walton, Lawless, Hubbard, Maxey, Hobson, Tyree, Wade, Winfrey, Haggatt, Cruse, Mason, Isbell, Oakley, Robinson, Cox, Spears, Bryant, McLaurine, Woodson, Fore, Macon, Venable, Robinson, Roberson, Wright, Bradley, Taylor, Carter, Lockett, Meador, Cooke, Boatright, Pearce, Booker, Womack, Hughes, Williams, Hobson, Frazer, and Williamson families.) 84 items. TCys and Cys of DS.
Reference to William Morton. 1 item. Cy (See Medium oversize file.)
Morton, Watkins, Venable, Booker and Buckner families. Briery Presbyterian Church Manual is mentioned. 22 items. Cy, TCy, TDS, PsT and Cy of DS.
Morton, Watkins, Woodson, Venable, Glenn, Cunningham, Madison, Michaux, Daniel, Carrington and Chappell families. 41 items. Cy, TCy, TDS and PD.
2 pp. 1 item. TCy.
Lists 11 members of that family in North Carolina and 5 members of Nelson family in Virginia. Sites pages numbers in U.S. Census of 1790. 1 item. Cy of D.
29 items. TCys and Cys of DS.
Also mentions families of Dandridge, Aylett, Payne, Henry, Watkins, Claiborne, Spotswood, Gregory, Taylor, Anderson, Morriss, Harrison, Jones, Cocke, Peterson, Fox, Richerson, Phillips, and Meredith. 1 item. PM and Cy.
1 item. TCy. (See Medium oversize file)
1 item. Cy. (See Medium oversize file).
25 items. TCy and Cy.
1 item. Cy of D.
Found in Clerk's Office, Prince Edward County, Va. 3 items. Cys and TCys of DS.