Jesse MORGAN

Otros Eventos:

• Residencia: 1860, Ash Flat (Sharp co., Arkansas, USA) with Susan Walker family
• Residencia: 1870, Cedar Creek, Wayne Co, Missouri (with James & Harriet Gentry)
• Residencia: 1880, Lebanon (Sharp co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1900, Lebanon, Sharp Co, Arkansas - in home of parents-in-law
• Residencia: 1910, Lebanon (Sharp co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1920, Greene co. (Arkansas, USA)

Notas:

Was living with James L. Gentry and Harriet (Morgan) Gentry in 1870 in Wayne Co, Missouri. Jessee appears to be Harriet's younger brother.

An 8 year-old Jesse Morgan appears in the 1860 census for Lawrence Co (Jackson Twp.), Arkansas living in the household of a Susan Walker, age 56 and her two children. Are these the same Jesse Morgan?

In the same year Harriet, age 13, is living under the roof of Rodney H. and Sarah Armstrong of Lawrence Co (North Township), Arkansas.

What has happened to the parents of Harriet, Jesse and Sarah?

1880 Census: Lebanon, Sharp Co, Arkansas
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Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father's / Mother's Birthplace
Jesse MORGAN Self M Male W 25 AR Farmer NC NC
Elizabeth MORGAN Wife M Female W 25 KY Keeping House ME KY
Delpha J. MORGAN Dau S Female W 4 AR At Home AR KY
Sevilla A. MORGAN Dau S Female W 3 AR At Home AR KY
Wm. R. MORGAN Son S Male W 1 AR At Home AR KY

(Not sure this is the correct Jesse Morgan, but with a daughter named Delpha, it is very likely, despite the wrong birthplace for his mother)

If so, then we find him again listed as a widow in Sharp Co, Arkansas, living in the home of his wife's parents, Sam and Nancy Fookes, with two children, Josephine (b. Jan 1883) and Jefferson J. (b. Nov 1883).

The birth of Jefferson so close after Josephine could well have been the cause of Elizabeth's death...

However, in 1910, Jesse is living with wife "Lizzie" of the same age:
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1910 Census - Lebanon, Sharp Co, Arkansas (Ancestry.com preview)
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MORGAN Jesse 55
Lizzie 55
Svelian 30
Dennis C. 18
Hattie A . 14
Clarence D. 11
Mont 95
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1900 US Census - Washington, Boone Co, AR finds
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MORGAN Georgie A (head) aug 1847 52 Widow
Savilia A dgtr nov 1879 20 Divorced
William R. son feb 1881 19
Ida J dgtr jan 1883 17
Samuel J son feb 1885 15
Rosey L dgtr apr 1887 13
Dory A dgtr feb 1888 12
Norah dgtr jan 1890 10
Dennis K son jan 1891 9
Hattie A dgtr aug 1896 3
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These look like Jesse's children, being taken care of for him after his wife's death. 10 years later some are back with him and his new wife "Lizzie".
RESEARCH: Who is this Georgie A Morgan? Probably the widow of one of Jesse's brothers...

Otros Eventos:

• Residencia: 1828, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1830, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1840, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)
• Residencia: 1850, Myatt Twp. (Lawrence co., Arkansas, USA)

Notas:

Name: William Morgan
State: AR
County: Lawrence County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1828
Record Type: Tax List
Database: AR 1819-1829 Tax Lists Index

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1830 CENSUS -- Miatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
MORGAN, WILLIAM 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 0
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M: 0-5=1, 5-10=1, 20-30=1 // F: 30-40=1
William's 4 older children are not listed as living in this household. (They seem to appear in the 1840 census, below.)
Missing are: Allen-14, Hugh-11, William M-8 and Martha-4.
Accounted for are: James-3 and Henderson-1.
Also, William is down as being under 30, making his birthday 2nd half of 1800 (which coincides with later census records), while his wife is down as over 30, making her birthdate 1799/1800 or earlier.
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1840 CENSUS -- Miatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
MORGAN, WILLIAM 1 1 1 1 2 1 / 1 1 0 2 0 1 / 0
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males: 00-05: 1 - John (2)
05-10: 1 - Henderson (5)
10-15: 1 - James (13)
15-20: 1 - William M (18)
20-30: 2 - Allen (24) and Hugh (21)
30-40: 1 - William (40)
females:0-5: 1 - Emily (5)
5-10: 1 - Mary (7)
10-15: 0
15-20: 2 - -?- and -?- (possibly Allen's and Hugh's wives??)
20-30: 0 -
30-40: 1 - Wife
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Next Door:
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1840 CENSUS -- Miatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
NIGHTON, AMMON 0 0 0 0 1 0 ... / 0 0 0 1 0 0 ... / 0
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males: 20-35: 1 - Ammon (20yrs)
females:15-20: 1 - Martha (15yrs)
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FROM THE 1850 CENSUS -- Myatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
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Household 746: [older children of William from a previous marriage]
Morgan, James, 23
Henderson W, 21
Mary, 17

(Older married children living in separate households would include:
Allen, Hugh, Martha (Nighton), William M.)

HOUSEHOLD 747:
Morgan, William, 51
Delveny, 24
Emily, 16
John, 12
Rodney, 11
Hariett, 5 (eldest child of Delveny)
Alford, 2
Morgan, 3/12
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- Alford and Morgan do not appear again in the census and apparently died as toddlers..
- Two more children follow: Sarah Catherine in 1856, Jesse in 1854. They are found in the 1860 Census living with relatives. In 1870 they are found living in Wayne Co, MO, with their older sister, Harriet, now the wife of James Lewis Gentry.

William has apparently died by 1860 as he doesn't appear in the census that year and the children are living with other families at that time.

They lived in Myatt township, which today is in Sharp County, north west of Walnut Ridge and south of Mammoth Spring, near the Missouri border.

In the 1850 census, William and Delveny (Pearce) Morgan lived with their children (from both marriages) near the Pearces (probably Delveny's family), the Brackens (Delveny's mother's family), and the Lasiters. Hariett married a Lasiter (or Laster) who was killed during the Civil War, before she met and married James Louis Gentry.

Further research is necessary to determine if Hariett's first husband was one of the neighboring Lasiter boys
(there were several her age and older - see below).

As seen from the list below, the Morgan, Bracken, Pearce, Ferguson and Lasiter families were very intermixed, living almost communally in what was probably one very large extended family of parents, children, grandchildren, cousins and in-laws. This pattern was apparently common in Arkansas during this era. See, for example the McMillans and Kuykendalls in Faulkner County.

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FROM THE 1850 CENSUS -- Myatt Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas
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Household 746: [older children of William from a previous marriage]
Morgan, James, 23
Henderson W, 21
Mary, 17

HOUSEHOLD 747:
Morgan, William, 51
Delveny, 24
Emily, 16
John, 12
Rodney, 11
Hariett, 5
Alford, 2
Morgan, 3/12

HOUSEHOLD 752:
Ferguson, William, 30
Elizabeth, 30
Lavina, 6
Thalia, 5
Manerva, 4
William A, 2
Brewer, William, 13
Bracken,William, 6
Lasiter, John, 20

HOUSEHOLD 753:
Lasiter, Johnathan, 44
Emily, 30
George, 19
William, 18
Rachel, 14
Jane, 10
Jasper, 8
Daniel 1

HOUSEHOLD 755:
Pearce, William A, 53
Lucy, 53
Catherine, 18 (Delveny could be her older sister)
Clarinola, 13
Grimes, Jesse, 40
Bracken, Nancy, 69 ? (possibly Lucy Pearce's mother. Her age is not very legible in the census)

HOUSEHOLD 756:
Pearce, John A, 30
Hellen K, 25
William, 9
Decy J, 1 (F)
Bracken, John, 10
Sarah A., 9
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William casado Delpha "Delveny" o "Delphiny" PEARCE en 8 Jun 1845 en Lawrence co. (Arkansas, USA). Delpha nació circa 1825 en Tennessee (USA); falleció entre 1856 y 1860 en Lawrence co. (Arkansas, USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Notas:

Apparently died by 1860 as she doesn't appear in the census and the kids are living with other families.

Notas:

Lawrence Co marriages, book A-2 page 134:

William Morgan Marriage

I Elisha Ivie an acting and commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Lawrence in the state of Arkansas, do hereby certify that on the 8th day of June AD 1845 at the county of Lawrence in the state of Arkansas I did duly join in marriage William Morgan of said county aged 44 years, and Delpha Pearce of the same county in said state aged 19 years and then there declared them to be husband and wife given under my hand this 11th day of June 1845

(signed) Elisha Ivie, J.P.

Filed June 20th 1845
(signed) LBWit...th, clerk

I found this in the Lawrence Co, AR Marriage Records, Book, Vol.I - 1821-1883 Grooms list:

Morgan, William m. Pearce, Delpha BK A2- pg 134, 6-8-1845
There was no probate listed in the Book of Loose Probate Paper.