Person:Lewis Morford (1)

Whose Morford Was He--John's or Tom's? Enid Eleanor Adams, F. A. S. G. Transcribed from The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Volume 58, Numb er 3, Whole Number 210, May 1984, pages 78-84

59. Lewis, born 10 Dec. 1763, died after 1830, when he was listed in census of Indiana Co., Pa. His wife was Sarah; he was a shoemaker. He was very likely the Lewis Morford or Morfort who served during the Revolutionary War in the Wagonmaster General's Department, N.J. Line, and was on duty with his four-horse team in Continental service at the post Trenton 1 Mar. 1780 (N.J. Completed Service Cards and The Revolutionary Slips, at N.J. State Library). The 1800 census shows him as "Louis" Morford, living in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa. Of his ten children, only the last one's name has been learned: Stephen L., 1807-1872, m. 1st Amy Davis, 1813-1838, 2d Reuhamah Cummins, born 1825 ------------------------------