Individual Details
Marshall Morton
(September 29, 1792 - July 27, 1883)
1850 Marshall County, Alabama census, District 22, taken 12 December 1850, Dwelling/Family #275/284: Marshall MORTON, 56, male, farmer, real estate, $200, South Carolina, Elizabeth MORTON, 53, female, South Carolina, James MORTON, 19, male, farmer, Alabama; Joel MORTON, 13, male, Alabama, attended school within the year; Mary MORTON, 21, female, Alabama, idiotic.
1860 Marshall County, Alabama census.
1880 Marshall County, Alabama census, taken 19 June 1800, Beat #16, Dwelling #207: Marshall MORTON, white, male, 87, at home, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina; Elizabeth MORTON, white, female, 86, wife, housekeeping, South Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina; Polley MORTON, white, female, 55, daughter, idiotic, Alabama, South Carolina, South Carolina.
"Marshall Morton was the fifth son of Marshall Morton (born about 1760 - 1765) of Pendleton District. Like his brothers, he served in the War of 1812 in Col. Nash's Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. In the 1820's , he settled in Blount County, Alabama. It is probable that without moving his residence he was in Marshall County, Alabama, beginning in 1836 when that county was formed in part from Blount County, and in Etowah County after 1868 when that county was formed in part from Marshall County. After he became a Methodist minister, he no doubt moved about according to his church appointments." (DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND JOSEPH McCLESKEY, THE TEXAS GROUP, compiled by Charles S. McCleskey, 1978, page 393.)
1860 Marshall County, Alabama census.
1880 Marshall County, Alabama census, taken 19 June 1800, Beat #16, Dwelling #207: Marshall MORTON, white, male, 87, at home, South Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina; Elizabeth MORTON, white, female, 86, wife, housekeeping, South Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina; Polley MORTON, white, female, 55, daughter, idiotic, Alabama, South Carolina, South Carolina.
"Marshall Morton was the fifth son of Marshall Morton (born about 1760 - 1765) of Pendleton District. Like his brothers, he served in the War of 1812 in Col. Nash's Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. In the 1820's , he settled in Blount County, Alabama. It is probable that without moving his residence he was in Marshall County, Alabama, beginning in 1836 when that county was formed in part from Blount County, and in Etowah County after 1868 when that county was formed in part from Marshall County. After he became a Methodist minister, he no doubt moved about according to his church appointments." (DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND JOSEPH McCLESKEY, THE TEXAS GROUP, compiled by Charles S. McCleskey, 1978, page 393.)
Events
| Birth | September 29, 1792 | probably Newberry District, South Carolina | |||
| Marriage | July 11, 1813 | Pendleton District, South Carolina - Elizabeth Durham | |||
| Death | July 27, 1883 | ||||
| Burial | Forest Home Cemetery, near Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Durham (1796 - 1884) |
| Child | Jonathan Morton (1814 - ) |
| Child | Allen Morton (1816 - 1909) |
| Child | Marshall John Morton (1818 - ) |
| Child | Joshua Nathaniel Morton (1820 - 1894) |
| Child | William M. Morton (1823 - 1905) |
| Child | Sarah Morton (1825 - ) |
| Child | Polley Ann Morton (1826 - ) |
| Child | Mary Morton (1829 - ) |
| Child | Winney Morton (1829 - 1903) |
| Child | James Morton (1831 - 1913) |
| Child | Joel Morton (1837 - 1928) |
| Father | Marshall Morton (1756 - 1835) |
| Mother | Winifred "Winnie" Ashcraft (or Ashcroft) ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Morton (1783 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonothan "Joel" Morton (1786 - 1862) |
| Sibling | William Morton (1788 - ) |
| Sibling | James Morton (1792 - ) |
| Sibling | Drury Ashcraft Morton (1800 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Morton (1805 - ) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah Morton (1805 - ) |
| Sibling | Joshua Morton (1811 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Eleanor "Nelly" Morton (1874 - ) |