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_FIELD: TX-AUTHOR
Text: Marion J. "Jim" Laughlin and Julia Laughlin
_FIELD: DT-PUBLICATION_DATE
Date: 1992
_FIELD: TX-TITLE
Text: Descendants of John Laughlin and Tabitha Trimble
_FIELD: TX-PUBLISHER
Text: self-published
_FIELD: TX-REFERENCE
Text: Morton 5
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[S1369] Laughlin/Trimble Book page Morton 5
Parents of Warren C. Morton
James Morton • m 17 March 1807 Madison Co. Ky. • Duranda Quinn
b 3 May 1787 Va. • • b 14 May 1788 Va.
d. 21 July 1846 Shelby Co. Ky age 59 • • d 19 July 1851 Shelby Co. Ky. Age 63
bur. Beech Creek Baptist Church Cemetery • • bur. Beech Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
• • parents: John Quinn Frances Watts
• ch: Cornelia, Mariah, George, Lavinia, Frances, Benjamine Q., Hyram B., Warren C., Robert T. •
James Morton was the son of Benjamine Morton and Lavinia (Viney) Anderson who settled in Madison Co. Ky. around 1800. Many children of this ancestor are found on Land Records and lists of marriages show the names of brothers and sisters, some in Woodford and neighboring counties.
James is first found on records in Shelby Co. Ky. as a taxpayer about 1810, shortly after being married in Madison Co. to Duranda Quinn. Shelby Co. Ky. was formed 1792 from Jefferson Co. (Louisville). Jefferson Co. was formed 1780 from Kentucky Co. Virginia. Madison Co. was formed 1786 from Lincoln Co. Ky. and Lincoln Co. was formed 1780 from Kentucky Co. Va By 1790 three original counties were divided into 9: Mason, Bourbon, Woodford, Fayette, Madison, Jefferson, Mercer, Nelson, & Lincoln. Kentucky became the 15th state in 1792. Thus our ancestors Morton, Quinn, joined the Laughlin, Githen, Trimble pioneers who settled the West after the Revolutionary War.
Today, Shelby Co. is bisected by Interstate #64 between Louisville and Frankfort, the State Capitol. The area that our James Morton settled is just south of Highway 64 on Ky. 53 to 714, Beech Creek Road.
There is a cemetery where Beech Creek Baptist Church once stood. It was abandoned for many years and burned in 1944. The Historical Society of Shelby County has surviving records of many churches and cemeteries and the County Courthouse has set up an "Old Records Department". Researchers of both have been most helpful on our search in Shelby County Kentucky.
1810 census Shelby Co. Ky. shows James Morton #214
1820 census Shelby Co. Ky. shows James Morton #118
1830 does not show James Morton but some of his children are listed
1840 census Beech Creek dist. #2 #165
Morton James • 1 male 50-60 • 1 female 60-70
• 1 male 30-40 •
• 1 male 20-30 •
• 1 male 15-20 • 1 female 15-20 (Frances)
• 1 male 10-15 •
• 1 male 5-10 •
1850 James had died and daughter, Cornelia, most of the other children, married, some living nearby
Shelby Co. Ky. Dist. #2
line 366-379 • Morton, Duranda • age 62 (1788) • born Virginia
• Morton, Warren • age 20 (1830) • born Ky
• Morton, Robert • age 17 (1833) • born Ky
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line 365-380 • Morton, Hyram B. • age 28 (1822) • born Ky
• Morton, Martha (nee Robertson) • age 23 • born Ky
• Morton, Marcella • age 1 •
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line 366-381 • Morton, Ben Q. • age 37 (1813) • born Ky
• Morton, Catherine (nee Hedden) • age 37 (1813) • born Ky
• Morton, Sarah • age 6 •
• Morton, Charity • age 4 •
• Morton, Joseph • age 3 •
• Morton, Duranda • age 2 •
• Morton, Ruthy • age 9 mo •
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