Person:Jonathon Morehead (1)

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Jonathon MOREHEAD
d.16 Apr 1890 Pontiac, Huron, Ohio
m. 23 Apr 1793
  1. Emma_or_Rhuema MOREHEAD
  2. Philip MOREHEAD
  3. Polly MOREHEAD
  4. George MOREHEAD, III1795 - 1873
  5. Jedediah Morehead1798 - 1877
  6. Ephraim L Muirhead1800 - Abt 1849
  7. Evan MOREHEAD1802 - 1877
  8. Jonathon MOREHEAD1809 - 1890
  9. Joseph MUIRHEID1811 - 1850
m. 19 Apr 1829
  1. Mary Ann Morehead1830 - 1857
  2. Ephraim S. Morehead1832 - 1918
  3. John or Jonathan MOREHEAD1835 - 1913
  4. Harriet Amelia MOREHEAD1837 - 1862
  5. Louisa E. MOREHEAD1841 - 1925
  6. William Riley MOREHEAD1844 - 1864
  7. Alfred Roscoe MOREHEAD1851 - 1877
  8. Oscar MOREHEAD1854 - 1914
  9. Lucy MOREHEADAbt 1856 - Bef 1870
Facts and Events
Name Jonathon MOREHEAD
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4][5][6] 9 Jan 1809 , Harrison, Virginia
Marriage 19 Apr 1829 to Nancy EVERINGIM
Death? 16 Apr 1890 Pontiac, Huron, Ohio
Burial? Sherman, Huron, Ohio


Birthplace listed as Ohio on son Ephriam's death certificate. Probably in error. Listed as 1805 by Michael James Miller. phantom-apt@juno.com, Updated: Sun Sep 8 12:16:43 2002

Marriage: Date, but no place given in records referred to above. Search for marriage place has as yet been unfruitful; possibility couple were married in Richland County, Ohio. Aunt Frances has date as 1830.

Death: Newspaper notice in "Weekly Reflector" of Norwalk, Ohio 22 April 1890.

Named as "John Morehead" on son Ephriam's death certificate.

Aunt Frances thought Jonathan Morehead married Lucile Hyman, born 1806 in West Virginia, died 1877 in Huron Co. Ohio, and that Jonathon Morehead's (1804) father was John Morehead of Roanoke Virginia? Descendent of Charles Morehead who settled Kent Island, Chesapeake Bay in 1630. She also has death of Jonathan as 1893 in Morehead, Huron Co., Ohio. (Now called Hunt's Corners in Lyme Twp.) Viola Call had a note from someone that Jonathan had 2 families of 12 each.

Ohio Land Records (Ancestry.com)

Name: JONATHAN MOREHEAD Land Office: WOOSTER Document Number: 2979 Total Acres: 40 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: August 06, 1834 Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1SWNW

References
  1. recorded by Lucinda Justina Best Morse. Family record original dated May 14, 1852
    Jonathan Morehead born Jan 9, 1809.
  2. 1840 Census, Lyme, Huron, Ohio
    Jona Morehead, Males: Under 5:1, 5-9:1, 20-29:1, Females: under 5:2, 15-19:1, 20-29:1.
  3. 1850 Census, Sherman, Huron, Ohio
    Jonathan Morehead, age 44, farmer, born Va.
  4. 1830 Census, Plymouth, Richland, Ohio
    Mr. Jonathan Morehead, Males: 20-29 Females: 1 under 5, 1 15-19.
  5. 1860 Census, Perkins, Erie, Ohio
    J. Morehead, age 49, farmer, born Va.
  6. 1870 Census, Fairfield, Huron, Ohio
    Johathan Moorehead (transcribed Moonhead) age 54, farming, born Virginia.