Person:Peter Morrow (3)

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Peter Gilliam Morrow, Sr.
b.Abt 1795 Georgia
m. Abt 1792
  1. Margaret E. 'Peggy' Morrow1793 - 1884
  2. Peter Gilliam Morrow, Sr.Abt 1795 - Bef 1860
  3. Anna C. Morrow1796 -
  4. John T. MorrowAbt 1802 - Bef 1880
  5. Sarah T. MorrowAbt 1803 - 1860
  6. Richard W. Morrow1810 - Aft 1880
  • HPeter Gilliam Morrow, Sr.Abt 1795 - Bef 1860
  • WMary Wood
m. 26 Jan 1824
Facts and Events
Name Peter Gilliam Morrow, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1795 Georgia
Marriage 26 Jan 1824 Morgan Co, GAto Mary Wood
Death? Bef 7 Aug 1860 Pike, Alabama, United States

Which Peter G. is which?

There were two Peter Gilliam Morrows who were roughly the same age in Morgan and Walton County between 1820 and 1840. They are both grandsons of Peter Gilliam through his daughters Elizabeth (m. Joseph Morrow) and Sarah (m. Ewing Morrow).

One Peter was the administrator of John E. Morrow's estate in 1829; John E. died when his son Ewing was only 6, so the estate stayed open until he was of age. But then Ewing died in 1845, so one estate was immediately distributed to the other. Ewing's estate was distributed to his first cousins, and the distribution record confirms that Peter G., father of James W. and Sarah, was the brother of John and the uncle of Ewing. The 1850 census in turn confirms that the Peter G. who married Julia Ann Smith is the father of James W. and Sarah.

Tracing backward from 1850, the two Peter's both appear in tax lists from 1823 to 1831, and both appear in the 1830 census.

  • The other family has no children in 1830, but 11 slaves. The corresponding 1831 tax list entry has 650 acres, 11 slaves, and an additional entry as administrator of John E Morrow's estate. This is is obviously Ewing's son Peter.
  • One family has 3 daughters in the 1830 census, and no slaves. The matching entry on the 1831 Walton County tax list shows Peter G. on a 120 acre tract identified as 2 Walton 95, with no slaves. This is this Peter.

Peter appears on the same tract 2 Walton 95 in 1823, 1826, 1831, and 1834. He moves to Pike County, Alabama by 1840, and appears there in 1850 with two daughters Susan and Mary.


Estate

Pike Co, AL probate file opened 17 Sep 1860. He died before wife Mary was enumerated as a widow in the 1860 census on August 7 (but probably after the mortality schedule close on June 1, since he is not on it).

  • Heirs Mary Morrow, Susan A. Jones, Jesse Jones, Frances M. Bean, James Bean.
  • Susan A. Jones and Frances M. Bean received equal shares of $1854.66 on 10 May 1865.
  • Mary Morrow (who cannot write) rec'd $50 as her part share in 1863, $100 in 1864
References
  1.   Index to Alabama Wills, 1808-1870
    [1].
  2.   Walton, Georgia, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1830 Walton Co, GA: 1m 30-40, 2f u5, 1f 5-10, 1f 30-40 (p. 162)

  3.   Pike, Alabama, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1850 Pike Co, AL: Peter Morrow 52 GA, Mary 54 NC, Susan 23 GA, Mary 21 GA (p. 193, 11/6/1850)

  4.   Pike, Alabama, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Peter G. Morrow, 1m 40-49, 2f 10-14, 1f 15-19, 1f 40-49, 2 slave (f, 10-23) (p. 394)