Individual Details
William R Morton
(18 Dec 1753 - 30 Jan 1811)
William Morton, emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky about 1785, after selling "Soldiers' Rest" near Berryville. Va., to Gen. Daniel Morgan; m. in Virginia, Elizabeth Hite Smith, dau. of Major Charles Smith, and Rebecca Hite, daughter of John Hite, son of Joist Hite of Valley of Virginia fame. Charles Smith was an officer with Washington at Braddock's Defeat and the Great Meadows, and was wounded. Berryville, Va., stands upon his old homestead. Charles Smith was the great grandfather of William H. English, Indianapolis, Ind., Democratic candidate for Vice-President. (See the Conquest of the Northwest" by English, for an account of the public services of Charles Smith and Joist Hite.
Bk 20, p. 454 - 25 May 1785
[Lease] Between William Morton of Frederick County [to] John Milton of the same place ... consideration of Five Shillings ... Tract of Land situate in the said County on Bucks or Penningtons Marsh ... in the lane leading from Battletown to the dwelling house of him the said Morton ... Containing one hundred and fifty seven Acres which said tract of land is part of two tracts which were granted to Isaac Pennington one of which under the Crown the 3rd Oct. 1734 and the other from Lord Fairfax the 2nd April 1754 and by said Pennington conveyed to John Hite and Gabriel Jones by deeds of L & R the 30th Sept. & 1st Oct. 1754 ... the said Gabriel Jones conveyed his part thereof unto said John Hite by deeds of L & R the 6th & 7th May 1765 ... and by said John Hite conveyed unto Charles Smith by deeds of L & R the 7th & 8th May 1765 who by his last Will and Testament the 10th March 1774 directed his Exors. to Sell or divide the same among his children at the death of his wife Rebeccah and by a deed of Partition the 5th April 1785 executed by John Hite and John Hite Jun. the surviving Acting Exors. mentioned in said Will ... assigned to said Elizabeth Hite daughter and devisee of said Charles Smith dec'd. with whom the said William Morton hath intermarried ... Yielding and paying rent of one pepper corn on Lady day is same shall be demanded ...
Wit: Robt. Mackey William Morton
David Kennedy
Chas. Smith
Bk 20, p. 454 - 25 May 1785
[Lease] Between William Morton of Frederick County [to] John Milton of the same place ... consideration of Five Shillings ... Tract of Land situate in the said County on Bucks or Penningtons Marsh ... in the lane leading from Battletown to the dwelling house of him the said Morton ... Containing one hundred and fifty seven Acres which said tract of land is part of two tracts which were granted to Isaac Pennington one of which under the Crown the 3rd Oct. 1734 and the other from Lord Fairfax the 2nd April 1754 and by said Pennington conveyed to John Hite and Gabriel Jones by deeds of L & R the 30th Sept. & 1st Oct. 1754 ... the said Gabriel Jones conveyed his part thereof unto said John Hite by deeds of L & R the 6th & 7th May 1765 ... and by said John Hite conveyed unto Charles Smith by deeds of L & R the 7th & 8th May 1765 who by his last Will and Testament the 10th March 1774 directed his Exors. to Sell or divide the same among his children at the death of his wife Rebeccah and by a deed of Partition the 5th April 1785 executed by John Hite and John Hite Jun. the surviving Acting Exors. mentioned in said Will ... assigned to said Elizabeth Hite daughter and devisee of said Charles Smith dec'd. with whom the said William Morton hath intermarried ... Yielding and paying rent of one pepper corn on Lady day is same shall be demanded ...
Wit: Robt. Mackey William Morton
David Kennedy
Chas. Smith
Events
| Birth | 18 Dec 1753 | Orange, Virginia, British America | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1774 - 76 | Frederick, Virginia, British America - Elizabeth Hite Smith |  | ||
| Death | 30 Jan 1811 | Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Hite Smith (1758 - 1811) |
| Child | Frances Terrell Morton (1788 - 1862) |
| Father | Elijah Morton (1705 - 1788) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hawkins ( - ) |
| Sibling | George Morton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Morton ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Morton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sally Morton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Frankie Terrill Morton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Agnes Morton ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Morton, Daniel, Morton Data (St. Joseph, Mo.: unknown, , 1901, 20 pgs. ), p. 19.
2. Amelia C. Gilreath, Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book Series, Volume 7, Deed Books 19 and 20 1780-1785 (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 130; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 23 November 2009.