Person:James Morrow (73)

James McKnight Morrow II, 1831-1880, son of Allen Morrow & Nancy ìAgnesî Houston Potts, married Margaret Elizabeth Potts

Lancaster Ledger Ad, Apr 19, 1854: ìMorrow and Potts, Fort Mill, Clothes, Groceries and Hardware. J. M. Morrow, Robert C. Potts.î

Fort Mill Times, Feb 12, 1914: One of first Fort Mill businesses opened as Morrow and Potts, then Patterson, Morrow & Potts, burned in 1854.

Lancaster Co. Deeds, Book R, p. 526-27, October 1858. James M. Morrow from R. C. Potts. Witness H. L. Hall, J. J. D. Carnes. James M. Morrow of Union Co, NC. bought 10 acres for $50 on Sugar Creek on west side of Charlotte and Lancaster Road from R. C. Potts. Bought 63 acres on E. side of main road from Lancaster to Charlotte from Wm. McIlwaine. Witness: Allen Morrow & R. C. Potts.

Lancaster Co. Sheriffís Sale, Aug 17, 1859. James Morrow had 600 acres on w. side of Six Mile Creek adj. A. A. Coffee, J. A. Davis & others, land formerly known as Geo. D. Beckham land. Levied on and to be sold as property of James M. Morrow at the suit of J. T. Withers, against defendants James M. Morrow and Potts. Also about 100 acres or less adj, lands of John H. Hood, lands formerly owned by G. D. Beckham and others. Levied on and to be sold as the property of James M. Morrow to satisfy Williams & Wilcox against Jas. Morrow & Potts, defendants.

Lancaster Co. Clerk of Court as Register of Mesne Conveyance, Book S, p. 727, 17 Feb 1860. R. C. Potts & J. M. Morrow, Deed. For $100 one lot of land in York District bounded by J. D. White & Owen Matthews lot . . . Potts & Morrowís lot ... containing one-half acre . . . to Seth Hotchkiss. Dower: Louisa Potts, Margaret E. Morrow. Delivered to Seth Hotchkiss, Nov 18, 1862.

Sheriffís Title to Real Estate, 14 June 1869, sale of property of James M. Morrow and Allen Morrow “to levy the sum of one thousand one hundred and eighty four dollars and ninety five cents Debt and Costs which C. R. Smith by the judgment of the said Court at Lancaster lately recovered against the said James M. Morrow and Allen Morrow.” Sold on court house steps to James T. Kell for $1250.00: 1200 acres lying on the waters of Six and Twelve Mile Creeks in Lancaster Co., adjoining lands of N. Gordon, H. Gordon, T. Anderson, Jane Hagins, A. Ivy, F. Barber, Jas Steele, M. Heath, Robert Delany, Wm. Winchester and Wm. Crow.

Lancaster Ledger, Feb 11, 1863. James Morrow appointed to Lancaster County Soldierís Board of Relief.

Southern Home newspaper, Charlotte, NC, Sept 15, 1873: “At the residence of her grandfather, Allen Morrow in Lancaster County, SC on the 8th inst of brain fever, Mary Blanche, youngest daughter of J. M. and Margaret E. Morrow of Charlotte, NC. Aged 3 years and 2 months.”

Census

• 1860 Lancaster Co, SC: James M. Morrow 29 SC, Margret E. 22 NC; Susan Porter 22 SC; A. S. Coffer 30 (Bellair, p. 154, 6/19/1860) [Note: Susan Porter was a cousin of James M. Morrow, the daughter of Benjamin Porter and Cynthia Morrow. Two of Susan’s sisters lived with Allen Morrow’s family. Susan’s dates: 16 Feb 1838-14 Feb 1905. Buried Laurelwood Cemetery Rock Hill

beside husband, David Marion Hagins, 11 June 1836-14 Oct 1920.]

• 1870 Lancaster Co, SC: Margret Morrow 33 NC; Robert A. 8 SC; James M. 5; Anna L. 2, Susan M. Porter 20 SC (Bellair, Indian Land Twp, p. 402, 8/13/1870)
• 1880 Mecklenburg Co., NC: Jos. M. MORROW 49 NC Bookeeper par NC/NC; Margaret 43 NC; Robt. A. 18 NC Clerk; Annie 12 NC.