The Ebenezer Morse family genealogy has been researched by
many, many of their descendents. This paper represents facts collected over
decades of research by Larry Briggs, Debbie McArdle, Betty Dill and Colleen Norman. The name Morse has been spelled in the
documents that are referenced as Morse, Morss,
PLEASE SEND ANY CORRECTIONS AND THEIR DOCUMENTATION TO:
Colleen Norman
Debbie McArdle
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Ebenezer Morse was also known as Eb Morse. His middle initial has been reported to be “B.”, but we feel this was taken from his gravestone which reads “EB MORSE”. Because his stone was hand-chiseled, spelling EB rather than EBENEZER saved time and allowed the use of a smaller stone.
At this time there is no evidence that Ebenezer Morse was
born overseas. Circumstantial evidence
suggests he was born about 1740 in either
Ebenezer’s wife, Agness, appears to have been born in Prince
William County, VA probably about 1745.
She was the daughter of William (3)[2]
and Lucy Spiller. William (3) Spiller’s
family first appeared in
There are four candidates for the father of “our” Ebenezer (Three Ebenezers and one Obediah Morse):
1) In
2) In
3) In
Prince William County, VA, 1752, an Ebenezer and an Obediah Moss were added to
Mr. Wickliff’s list of tithables.[11][12] This suggests that they were new to the
community, perhaps coming from
4) In Prince William County, VA, 1752, an Ebenezer and an Obediah Moss were added to Mr. Wickliff’s list of tithables.[18] In Prince William County, VA, 1757, an “Obed Moss” appraised the estate of Richard Hazilrigg.[19]
The first documentation we have of what we believe to be
“our” Ebenezer and Agness is in 1761 on the ledger of Daniel Payne’s Store in
By 1770 Ebenezer, his family and Agness’ parents, William
and Lucy Spiller, had migrated to
With the opening of the Cherokee lands at the end of the French and Indian War, the first permanent settlers of Spartanburg County, SC began to arrive around 1765-1770. The coastal Virginia families we are following likely used the Upper Trail along eastern Virginia (through the area now known as Richmond) taking them into Hillsboro, Orange County, NC, slightly north of what is now Greensboro, NC. From there the pioneers traveled along the trail known as the “Big Road”, an ancient Indian trail running parallel to our modern I-85 from Charlotte to Atlanta. At the time of this mass migration, the old Indian trail was so well used it was wide enough for two wagons to pass![24]
Other families from the Northern Neck of Virginia that were
also in the Morse neighborhood in South
Carolina were: Thomas and John Farrow
who were cited in Daniel Payne’s grocery; the Foleys, also cited in Daniel
Payne’s ledger; Sampson Bobo and his brother, Spencer; the Calverts and the
Waters. Other families with whom
Ebenezer had business dealings and/or spousal exchange were the Attaways,
Penningtons, Powers, Woffords, Bucys, and Bumpasses. Ebenezer also had many land deals with the
Hendricks family. Most of these families
appear to have migrated from
Agnes and Ebenezer had 12
children that lived to adulthood that have been documented. It is also believed that Mason Morse of
In the 1790 Spartanburg 96 District, SC Census, Ebenezer and Agness had 5 males older than 16 at home, 2 males younger than 16, and 2 young females.[25] Six children were already married and in their own homes: Mason and Joanah Morse,[26] John and Sarah Pennington,[27] Benjamin Wofford Jr. and his wife,[28] Benjamin and Lucy Bucy,[29] Nathaniel and Nancy Power, and Travis Morse and his wife.[30] The two females at home with Ebenezer and Agness were probably Eunice and Fanny, who would have been about 10 and 11 years. John F. and Jarrot were probably the two males under 16. The ages of the children are unproved. We have put them in order of what we believe to be oldest to youngest and in most cases have “best guessed” their years of birth based on census records from 1790 to 1860.
Our list of the children and their approximate years of birth are:
Mason, born about 1762
Sarah, born about 1764
Unidentified Daughter, born about 1766, who married Benjamin Wofford, Jr.
Travis, born about 1767
Lucy, born about 1768
Obediah, born about 1769
James L., born
William, born about 1772*
John Foley, born about 1773
Jarrott, born about 1778
Fanny, born about 1779
Eunice, born
*In legal documents listing the names of Ebenezer’s sons, John F. is listed before William.
Mason Morse
Mason Morse married Joanah
Overby, daughter of Meshack Overby.[31] [32] At the time of the 1790
Mason had a land grant in
the northern part of Spartanburg Co. on Abner’s Creek.[36] In 1795 he was a witness in a court case
against Benjamin Wofford, and was paid for “27 days attendance and 200 miles in
coming to court, as he lives without this county”.[37] They were likely already in
In 1802 we find Mason for
one year only on the Warren County, Kentucky Tax List.[39] By November, 1803 Mason moved closer to his
family when “Mayson Moss of Laurens District” purchased 100 acres of land on
Cain Creek.[40] When Mason sold land in 1807, Joanah signed
her dower rights away.[41] Mason was apparently close to Travis in
Sarah (Morse) Pennington
Sarah, or Sally, Morse was about 26 at the time of the 1790 Spartanburg 96 District, SC Census. At that time she was already married to John Pennington and had 5 children; 1 son and 4 daughters.[48] In the 1800 census for the same county there are still 5 children enumerated.[49] Sally and John married about 1778 and their children were: Naomi Pennington who married John E. Stone; Sarah Pennington who married William D. Stewart; Cassandra Pennington who married Henry W. Stone; Jacob Pennington who married Pamela or Permelia Mitchusson; and Malinda Pennington.[50]
Sally signed the deed for the
sale of some of their land in
Because Sally died before her father Ebenezer, Ebenezer wrote his will in such a way that only his children who survived him would share in his estate. Four of his children, Sarah, Nancy, the Wofford wife, and Mason Morse, died before Ebenezer and were not mentioned in the will. John Pennington sued Ebenezer’s heirs on behalf of his children and the children of Nancy and the Wofford wife. [57]
Mrs. Benjamin Wofford,
Jr.
The greatest mystery next to
“Who are Ebenezer’s parents?” is “What is the name of the Morse daughter who
married Benjamin Wofford, Jr.?”.
Benjamin, Jr. and his wife were in
Benjamin, Jr.’s and
William’s father was Benjamin Wofford, Sr.
(There were several Benjamin Woffords in
“Our” Benjamin Wofford Sr.
and his sons and their families moved to
Travis Morse
Travis was born about 1760
to 1770 and was probably between the ages of 20 and 30 in the 1790
In
Travis did not go to
Travis died about 1838 in Caldwell County, Kentucky. We have not yet learned the location of his grave.
Lucy (Morse) Bucy
In 1790 Lucy was living in
Spartanburg County, SC with her husband, Benjamin Bucy, and three children.[81] She was about 22. They had 1 son and 6 daughters,[82]
one of whom died before Benjamin wrote his will in 1822: Nancy Bucy who married Henry Wheeler 23 July
1821[83];
Francis “Fanny” Bucy who married Jonathan Moore Gilbert 8 October 1821;[84]
Sally Bucy who married Levi Crow; Zillah Bucy who married Green Bethel; Edward
T. Bucy who married Martha Burton;[85]
Lucy Bucy who married 1) John Kirkwood,
Benjamin and Lucy lived near her brothers and sisters in Spartanburg County, SC. One land transaction that is particularly intriguing involved 675 acres of land that appears to have been granted to Benjamin Bucy after having passed through several owners. He sold the land to Benjamin Wofford for five pounds sterling. The next day Benjamin Wofford sold the same land to Daniel McKie for 500 pounds.[88] We don’t know if this was Benjamin Jr. or Benjamin Sr. however, it appears that one of the early owners had been Benjamin Senior. A possible explanation might be that Benjamin Wofford was in danger of having the land taken from him and that the land was put in Benjamin Bucy’s name for safe keeping. Then after a period of time the land was transferred back to Benjamin Wofford who sold it the next day to Daniel McKie. Witnesses were: Mason Morse, William Wofford, and John Pennington.
Ben and Lucy apparently followed
the Woffords to
Lucy and her family moved to
Obediah Morse
Obediah was born about 1769
and was about 21 years old in 1790. The
name of Obediah’s first wife is unknown.
In the 1800 census of
In August, 1801 Obediah
bought 50 acres of land on the
Nancy (Morse) Power
James L. Morse
James L. Morse’s wife was
named Polly as evidenced by relinquishment of her dower rights in 1808.[109] Her last name is unknown. He was not married to Emily Harrison in
In 1812 James was made a
constable in
Loose papers stored in the Circuit Clerk’s Office storage room in the Caldwell County, KY Courthouse reveal details of an interesting lawsuit involving James L. Morse and Spencer Calvert. The case was tried in November 1823 and was about gossip that had been spread by Spencer Calvert about James L. Morse and Mrs. Esther Love Kuykendall, a widow in the community and the mother-in-law of one of James’ daughters. James and Mrs. Kuykendall had been observed standing on the ground beside their horses on the side of the road on the evening after Ebenezer Morse’s estate sale that had taken place in 1818. Many of the Morse clan gave depositions about what they had heard, when they heard it, and from whom they heard it.[120]
Spencer Calvert said that he was present at a gathering where he heard Mrs. Kuykendall talking in a degrading way about some other women, or woman. Spencer said he told Mrs. Kuykendall that there could be lies or evil reports spoken of her as well as other women. Calvert was the defendant in the suit and was to pay all legal costs of the suit together with reasonable compensation to Morse’s lawyer for bringing the suit and to give up his author or the person from whom he heard it said that Morse and Mrs. Kuykendall were off their horses on the side of the road coming from the sale of E. Morse, deceased.
James L. Morse died in
William Morse
William Morse married Goley
Attaway, daughter of Elisha Attaway, probably in
William and Susannah were
parents of William Greenberry Clay Morse who married Lou Ellen Blackburn on
William and his
brother-in-law, John Attaway, were part of the first group to go into
In May, 1814 William was
appointed constable for
On
William wrote his will in
1851. His estate was to be equally
divided among his children less any money he had already paid them during his
lifetime. The land was left to his
youngest son, W. G. C. Morse.[139] His will was proved
William’s tombstone
reads, “William Morse, Born 1772, Died
John Foley Morse
John Foley[144]
Morse, Sr. was married to Jane “Jincy” Farrow in SC. She is the daughter of John Farrow based on
an 1814 deed, ". . . since their marriage give a Negro girl, ‘natural’
mill, a bed and furniture and bedstead, sorrel horse, saddle, bridle and all other small articles John has let them
have since their marriage".[145] This relationship is also proven in John
Farrow’s 1841 will written in Laurens District, SC. and the subsequent
renunciation of it by his children.[146]
John F. Morse and Jane, or Jincy, did not migrate to
In November, 1819 John F.
and Jane Morse joined, and may have helped form, the
John and Jincy had nine
children: Mary Morse who married Spencer
M. Calvert, 15 October 1819;[157]
Nancy Love Morse who married Jefferson G. Morse, son of James L. Morse; John
Foley Morse, Jr. who married Jane E. Fryer, 11 October 1832;[158]
James D. Morse who married Catherine Holeman, 3 August 1843; Ebenezer Morse who
married Mary Jane McChesney, 2 November 1843;[159]
Rebecca B. Morse who married Jesse Williams (who was hung for mistreatment of a
slave), 2 January 1834;[160]
Jefferson G. Morse, Jr. who married
Melissa Elmira Nichols,
In his will written in 1851
he left his estate of money and slaves to all his children. He requested that his personal propery be
sold to the highest bidder among his heirs and not be sold out of the family.[164] He was about 80 when he died. He and Jincy are buried in the
Morse/Blackburn Cemetery near the Rufus and
Jarrott Morse
Jarrott was the youngest son of Ebenezer and Agnes. His wife was named Elza; her parents are unknown. Jarrott and Elza had 7 children: William G. L. Morse who married 1) Anna Guess 3 January 1829,[167] and 2) Mary Phanney Lewis 15 February 1881;[168] Ebenezer S. Morse who married 1) Delila Ann Hobby, 7 November 1831,[169] and 2) Nancy C. Crow, 3 October 1847;[170] James W. Morse who married Elizabeth Hobby, 29 November 1836;[171] Parrisidda Morse who married William George, 30 November 1836;[172] Jarrott M. Morse who married Amanda Jane Garner, 17 January 1859;[173] Elza Catherine Morse who married Franklin Wadlington, 17 April 1851;[174] and Nicy Lucretia Morse who married John P. Morse, 9 June 1846.[175]
Jarrott was given the family
farm by Ebenezer and Agness but they were to have use of it during their
lifetime. This land is partially owned
today by Frank Morse of
Fannie (Morse) Wofford
Fannie Morse married William
Wofford, son of Benjamin Wofford, Sr., before
William was still in
Eunice (Morse) Bumpass
Eunice married Augustine
Bumpass in SC about 1797. Their children
were: Edward F. Bumpass; Mary E.
Bumpass; James M. Bumpass who married Elvira D. Morse,
In 1802 Augustine Bumpass
bought 74 acres from Benjamin Bucy in
Ebenezer’s and Agness’
Life
Ebenezer and Agness led an interesting and colorful life in their trek from Prince William County, VA to Orange County NC; on to Spartanburg County, SC; then to Caldwell County, KY. Ebenezer was a blacksmith[200] and gunsmith[201] [202] and at various times ran a publick house of entertainment.[203] This last may account for Agness being charged in 1785 with assault and battery. She pled guilty and paid her fine. [204] Ebenezer also was charged a few times with assault and paid his fines.
During this post-revolutionary period Ebenezer and his neighbors in the community spent a great deal of time in court, suing and being sued. Interestingly, Ebenezer usually won the cases in which he was involved.[205]
We know nothing of the
religious affiliation of Ebenezer and Agnes in South Carolina, although it is
fairly certain that, at least, the women went to church. There were a few churches in the area where
they lived such as the one known as
Ebenezer owned as much as
1200 acres of land in
Ebenezer was often in
attendance on court days where he was often plaintiff or defendant in a
case. Court days and estate sales
accompanied by whisky and opportunities to socialize were probably their main
forms of entertainment. Ebenezer and
several of the men in his family bought items at the estate sales of their
neighbors in the
The migration of the Morses
from
In 1809 Benjamin Wofford, Sr. and his sons and Benjamin Bucy moved from Warren County, KY to Madison County, AL. The Bucy’s were with the group in AL but returned to KY and the Woffords eventually moved on to MS and then to TX.[208]
Ebenezer appears to have been settled in SC by 1775 when the Revolutionary War began. We don’t know the complete story of the role the war played in Ebenezer’s life. There are instances of his performing blacksmith[209] and gunsmith[210] service and providing provisions[211] to Col. Elijah Clark’s Regiment of Patriots in November, 1780. Ebenezer was paid for these services and supplies after the war was over.[212] On the other hand, his name has not been found on any list of soldiers, neither Patriot nor Loyalist. He was closely associated after the war with Benjamin Wofford, Sr. and his sons. Abraham Pennington and John Spurgion, the brother-in-law of John Pennington, both fought and died on the side of the English Loyalists.[213] Ebenezer Morse and John Pennington served as administrators for John Spurgion’s November, 1783 estate.[214]
The Battles of Cowpens,
King’s Mountain, and Musgrove’s Mill all took place very near Ebenezer’s home
place. When Ebenezer provided provisions
for Col. Elijah Clark’s Regiment in November of 1780, it was just one month
after
It has been said that approximately 1/3 of the Americans during the Revolutionary War took the side of the Patriots, 1/3 the side of the Loyalists, and 1/3 remained neutral. Many of those in the last group may have been opportunists who dealt with and traded with whichever side gave them the best advantage.
In 1809 Ebenezer and Agness
first appeared on the
In 1814 Ebenezer and Agness
deeded their land to their youngest son, Jarrott, with the provision that it
not take effect until after their death. [217]
Agness died
It was only after finding
old, loose papers (quite literally loose papers stuffed into drawers in the
storage room of the Circuit Clerk’s Office) in the courthouse in Caldwell
County, KY relating to a lawsuit by John Pennington against the heirs of the
estate that we learned of the three other daughters of Ebenezer and Agness that
had not been mentioned in the will.[224] These women (Sarah Pennington, Nancy Power,
and Mrs. Benjamin Wofford, Jr.) had all died before Ebenezer and, instead of
leaving their share of his estate to their children; their share was left in
the estate to be divided among the living heirs. John Pennington sued to have the will thrown
out and the entire estate divided among all the children of Ebenezer and
Agness, the share of the deceased children then going to their children. Pennington’s lawyer tried to prove that
Ebenezer was mentally incompetent when he wrote the will three weeks before he
died. The case was dismissed at
plaintiff’s cost
Ebenezer and Agness were
buried in what has been called “
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4] William (3) was William (2)’s heir at law because William (3) was the son of Warrington Spiller who had already died.
[5]
[6] 1790 Census for Ninety Six District, Spartanburg County, SC, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p86.
[7] Stafford County VA Will Book M, p271-273.
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12] Hening,
William Walter, Hening's “Statutes at Large, [being a collection of all the Laws of
[13]
[14] Prince William Co., VA Minute Book, 1752-1753, p89.
[15] Prince William Co., VA Minute Book, 1752-1753, p152.
[16] Prince William Co., VA Minute Book, 1752-1753, p212.
[17] Prince William Co., VA Bonds (Will Book Lost, Bonds Used as Substitute).
[18]
[19]
[20] Ledger of Payne’s Store, Dumfries, Prince William County, VA, 1758-1764, Maryland Historical Society, Folio #103, as transcribed by Chuck Hamrick on CD.
[21]
[22] Orange County, NC Deed Book C, p188-189.
[23]
[24] Frank
Scott, “Migrations into Spartanburg Co.”,
[25] 1790 Ninety-Six District Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p86.
[26] 1790 Ninety-Six District Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p87.
[27] 1790 Ninety-Six District Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p87.
[28] 1790 Ninety-Six District, Laurens County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p75.
[29] 1790 Ninety-Six District Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p86.
[30] 1790 Ninety-Six District Laurens County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p75.
[31] Laurens County, SC Deed Book H, p199-200.
[32]
[33] 1790 Ninety-Six District Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p87.
[34] 1800
[35]
[36] “Land
Grant Maps”,
[37] Brent
H. Holcomb, “
[38] 1800
[39] Ford & Reid, “Early Tax Lists of Warren County, Kentucky 1797-1807”, p219.
[40] Laurens County, SC Deed Book H, p256-257
[41] Laurens County, SC Deed Book H, p199-200.
[42] South Carolina State Archives, Miscellaneous Trover File
[43] “South Carolina 1820 Census” Index by Jackson, p101.
[44]
[45]
[46]
[47]
[48] 1790 Ninety-Six District, SC Census, p87.
[49] 1800 Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p191.
[50] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across from Courthouse Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825.
[51]
[52] Livingston County, KY Deed Book A-C 1800-1817, filed 17 February 1808, recorded 3 October 1808.
[53] Original Land Records, Frankfort, KY, SGR #1119, Warrant & Survey to Robert Cook (when Sarah signs a document assigned to James Morse).
[54] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[55] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across from Courthouse Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825, Case #700.
[56]
Caldwell County, KY Probate 2 June 1826.
Recorded
[57] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across from Courthouse Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825.
[58] 1790 Ninety-Six District Laurens County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p75.
[59] Bobby
Gilmer Moss, “The Loyalists at
[60] Bobby
Gilmer Moss, “The Loyalists at
[61] “State
Records of
[62] Brent
H. Holcomb, “
[63] Warren County, KY Order Book B, p25.
[64] Ford & Reid, “Early Tax Lists of Warren County, Kentucky 1797-1807”, p219.
[65] Warren County, KY Tax Lists, 1799-1809, Microfilm Roll No. 008255, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
[66] Logan County, KY Deed Book D, p132.
[67] Warren County, KY Deed Book C, p218.
[68]
[69]
[70] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across from Courthouse Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825.
[71]
[72] 1790 Ninety-Six District Laurens County, SC Census, transcribed, p75.
[73] Laurens County, SC Deed Book C, p136-137.
[74] 1800
[75] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[76] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[77] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[78] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[79] Brent
Holcomb, “
[80]
[81] 1790 Ninety-Six District Spartanburg County, SC Census, The Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, p86.
[82] Livingston County, KY Deed Book p65, AA: 520.
[83] Joyce
Woodyard, “
[84] Joyce
Woodyard, “
[85]
[86] Joyce
Woodyard, “
[87]
[88]
[89]
[90]
[91]
[92] Weakley County, TN Entry Book, Entry #263.
[93] Weakley County, TN Tax Lists for 1829 (Lucy, with no polls) and 1831(Edward).
[94] Weakley County, TN Entry Book, Entry #512 (transferred from Randall Gilbert to Lucy Busy 12 October 1839).
[95]
[96] 1800
[97] Caldwell County, KY Will Book A, Will of John Stone, 23 November 1815.
[98]
[99] Census and tax list analysis of Obediah Morse and his children, prepared by Colleen Norman, 2001.
[100]
[101]
[102] Henry County, TN Court Minute Book A, March 1824, transcribed on p3, 4, 8, 54, 63, 64, 66.
[103]
[104] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across from Courthouse Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825, Case #700. (Unnamed children of Nathaniel Power are included in the lawsuit as heirs of Ebenezer Morse.)
[105] Albert Bruce Pruitt, “Spartanburg County / District South Carolina, Deed Abstracts Books A-T 1785-1827”, p244, as transcribed from Spartanburg County, SC Deed Book H, p323-325.
[106]
[107] “Old Land Records of Madison County, Alabama”, Warrant #103, p99.
[108] Laurens County, SC Deed Book K, p5, (Nathaniel Power to Holloway Power).
[109]
[110]
[111] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[112] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[113]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[114] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[115]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[116] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[117]
[118] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[119]
[120]
[121] Photograph of tombstone taken by Colleen Norman.
[122] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[123] Caldwell County, KY Marriages, Book 4, p479.
[124] Revolutionary
War Pension Records, Joseph Guess, File #W8878,
[125] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[126] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[127] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[128] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[129] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[130]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[131] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[132]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[133]
[134]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[135] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[136]
[137]
[138]
[139]
[140]
[141] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, County Clerk’s Office, Administrative Settlements, Grey Box 16, Estate of William Morse Sr.
[142]Photograph of Tombstone taken by Colleen Norman.
[143]Photograph of Tombstone taken by Colleen Norman.
[144] Albert Bruce Pruitt, “Spartanburg County / District South Carolina, Deed Abstracts Books A-T 1785-1827”, p228, as transcribed from Spartanburg County, SC Deed Book H, p136-137.
[145] Albert Bruce Pruitt, “Spartanburg County / District South Carolina, Deed Abstracts Books A-T 1785-1827”, p501, as transcribed from Spartanburg County, SC Deed Book O, p186-187.
[146] SC Archives From #C168, Bundle 102, pkg 3 or B – 1848; and "Executors subsequently renounce will."
[147]
[148] Caldwell County, Kentucky Power of Attorney, 16 June 1813.
[149] Livingston County, KY Marriage Records, Vol. 1, 1799-1839.
[150]
[151]
[152]
[153] Spartanburg District, SC Deed Book P, p343-44, Reel #C604.
[154]
[155]
[156]
Personal communication with Larry Briggs,
[157] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[158] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[159] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[160]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[161] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[162] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[163]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[164] Caldwell County Will Book B, p38.
[165] Gregory
Watson, “
[166]
Gregory Watson, “
[167] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[168] Personal communication with Larry Briggs.
[169] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[170] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[171] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[172] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[173]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[174] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[175] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[176] Albert
Bruce Pruitt, “
[177] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[178] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[179] Joyce
Woodyard, “
[180] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “Behind the Legends of Ford’s Ferry
[181] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[182] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[183] Brenda
Joyce Jerome, “
[184] Spartanburg County, SC Deed Book F, p444.
[185] Albert
Bruce Pruitt, “
[186] Warren County, KY Order Book B, p25.
[187]
1809 Madison County, Mississippi Territory (
[188] 1850 San Augustine County, TX Census, p352.
[189]
[190]
Brenda Joyce Jerome, “
[191] Albert
Bruce Pruitt, “
[192]
1810
[193]
1820
[194]
[195] Caldwell County, KY Order Book 4, p32-33, Jarrott Morse vs. Jefferson G. Morse, will depose Augustine Bumpass of Henry County, TN.
[196] 1830 Henry County, TN Census, transcribed, p5.
[197] 1840 Henry County, TN Census, transcribed, p489. (He was 70-80. She was 50-60.)
[198] 1850 Henry County, TN Census, transcribed, p30.
[199] 1850 Henry County, TN Census, transcribed, p30.
[200] Charleston Deeds, Vol. 5, page 501, identifies Ebenezer Moss as a blacksmith.
[201] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across from Courthouse, Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825 with Deposition of Brooks Perkins.
[202] Auditor General’s Schedule, Accts. 1778-1780, p141, SC Dept. of Archives & History Ref. #S126112IV.
[203]
[204] Brent
H. Holcomb, “
[205] Brent
H. Holcomb, “
[206] “Land Grant Maps”, Union County Historical Foundation, Union SC, Land Grant Map #15, Two Mile Creek, Spartanburg County, SC
[207] Personal communication with Marie Osborne.
[208] 1850 San Augustine County, TX Census, p352.
[209] File #1536X, SC Dept. of Archives & History.
[210] Auditor General’s Schedule, Accts. 1778-1780, p141, SC Dept. of Archives & History Ref. #S126112IV / 236Z.
[211] #RW2792 (AD0450) Reel 108, File #5374 / Z237-75. SC Dept. of Archives & History.
[212]#RW2792 (AD0450) Reel 108, File #5374 / Z237-75. SC Dept. of Archives & History.
[213] “Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, List of Enemies to the State”, Loose Papers, SC Dept of Archives & History, Box #4, Stack Z09C04.
[214]Ninety-Six
District,
[215] #RW2792 (AD0450) Reel 108, File #5374 / Z237-75. SC Dept. of Archives & History.
[216]
[217]
[218] Tombstone Photo taken by Colleen Norman.
[219] Caldwell County KY Deed Book B, page 518, dated Aug 23 1818 (year crossed out, 1817 entered).
[220] Caldwell County, KY Wills, 1818, Grey Boxes, County Clerk’s Office.
[221] Tombstone Photo taken by Colleen Norman.
[222]
[223] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, County Clerk’s Office, Grey Box #1, Administrator Settlements, 1813-1828. (“Paid Silvia for cow & calf & sow & pigs $18.50” 24 August 1818).
[224] Caldwell County, KY Loose Papers, Circuit Clerk’s Storage, 2nd Floor Across From Courthouse, Pennington/Morse Lawsuit, 1820-1825.
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