Denise, Good luck with your search. I wanted to give you a little bit of my families Morton History, I say my Morton history but in fact it's my mother- in- laws family. I just married into it :-). Maybe it will be of some use to you. My Morton line is documented back to Scotland where on 6-14-1819 John and Susan Morton arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Alexander" from Scotland. The copy of the ships manifest which is hard to read shows 11 Morton family members. Susan and John Morton had 5 children: Andrew b. abt. 1790 in Scotland, Jane b. abt. 1793 Scotland, *John Jr. b. abt. 1796 Scotland, James b. abt. 1797 and William b. 1800 Scotland. Andrew married a woman named Susan they had 5 children: Leah b. 1834, John b. 1836, Katherine b. 1838, Jane b. 1841 and Ann b. 1842. Jane married Robert Gray also b. in Scotland and had 5 children: Susan b. 1820, Robert b. 1826, Jane b. 1830, Ann b. abt. 1832 and John b. abt. 1832. *My line John Jr. married Jeannette Weir also b. Scotland had 9 children: John W. Morton b. 1835, Ann S. b. 1840, *Susan Forrest Morton b. 1840, Jane G. b. 1843, Robert b. 1845, Elizabeth b. 1847, Mary b. 1849, Jenietta b. 1852, William b. 1854. *Susan Forrest Morton married James McNeel 1859 they had 5 children John Morton McNeel b. 1860, Stella b. 1863, Madora " Madie b. 1867, * Jennetta Morton McNeel b. 1870, Harvey James b. 1876. *Jennetta Morton McNeel married William Wade Walker 1895 and had 6 children: William Neel b. 1896, James Leonard b. 1898, George Shannon b. 1900, Anna b. 1902,* John Taylor b. 1906 and Mary Elizabeth b. 1909. *John Taylor Walker married Jean F. Knoebel and had 5 children all but 2 died as children. The two surviving children sisters, Lois and Mary Helen ended up marring two Hall brothers, Lois to Dilver Galen and Helen to Donald Eugene. My husband is the son of Don and Helen Hall. James Morton b. abt. 1797 married Ann? William Morton b. 1800 Scotland married Flora? they had 4 children: Susan b. 1841, John W. b. 186, William J. b. 1848 married Eliza Jennie Gordon and finally Flora J. Morton b. 1851. If these people at not noted as being born in Scotland then they were born in Indiana, Switzerland or Jefferson Co., many lived their entire lives there. Carmel church cemetery goes back to at least 1839 many Morton family members are buried there and Carmel cemetery is available on line thru the Jefferson Co., website. Sorry I couldn't be of more help but maybe one of the branches split off and cross the Ohio. Like I said it's probably not more that 100 yards wide there. My mother in laws grandfather William Wade Walker owned land in Hanover which was known as Walker Landing. This is were the steamboats landed and where passengers disembarked. He was in charge of keeping the lantern lite so at night or in foggy conditions the Captains could see where they were to go. This lantern and his picture happen to be in the Jefferson Co., Historical Societies museum. Good luck Roberta ----- Original Message ----- From: <DeniseTwin@aol.com> To: <hall@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [HALL] HALL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 31 > Roberta > Yes, Morton was their maiden name and I haven't been able to find their > parents anywhere! > I will check the location you mention in Indiana and anything would be > most > appreciated! Matilda Morton and sister Sarah A. Morton. Sarah married > John > P. Hall or J.P. as he is listed frequently. The census records show them > all > born in Kentucky. > thank you! > Denise > **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time > on > AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message