Individual Details

Thomas was "sold" to a family in Van Buren at age of ten. He ran off to Texas for some years - was called "Texas Tom".

1930 Census. Long Twp, Sequoyah Co OK
Thomas T. Morton, age 70, age at marriage 23, b. AR, father b. KY, mother b. AR
Lydia M. J., age 58, 21 at marriage, b. KY as were her parents
Dewey, grandson, age 16, b. OK, as were his parents
Hershel, grandson, age 13, b. OK, as were his parents
Living next door to Tom's brother Burt. The grandsons were sons of Charles Lester by his first wife.

Tom may have died in Oklahoma, but he may also have been brought back to Crawford Co for burial. History in Headstones has "Tom Morton, father of Bert Morton, no marker or dates"; Seabolt Cemetery

Birth	1857	Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	2 Jan 1886	Crawford County, Arkansas - Minerva Lydia Cooper
Death	13 Dec 1941	Short, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Minerva Lydia Cooper (1863 - 1933)
Child	Charles Lester Morton (1891 - 1950)
Child	Ada Charlotte Morton (1894 - )
Child	Burley "Burt" Morton (1895 - )
Child	Living

Father	James Morton (1827 - 1895)
Mother	Eliza Jane Baker (1827 - )
Sibling	Charlotte Morton (1849 - )
Sibling	Georgia A. Morton (1855 - )
Sibling	Nancy Morton (1860 - )
Sibling	Johnny Morton (1865 - )