> > I am looking for any information on a John V. ORTON or ORTEN, who was > > born in North Carolina in ????, and later migrated to > > Tennessee/Kentucky, and married an Mary Ann Thomas. No other information > > was known or passed on from the family on John V. ORTON. I have since > > found a John V. ORTON in the 1840 census in Carter County, Tennessee, > > with two males in the household ( 1 20-29, and 1 40-49 ) and four > > females in the household ( 1 0-5, 1 5-9, 1 10-15, 1 40-49 ). Not much > > information has been acquired from that point, until 1867 when in the > > Laurel County, Kentucky marriage book, it is recorded that Mary A. > > Thomas married John V. ORTEN on July 14, 1867. In the 1870 census for > > Laurel County, Kentucky in the London Voting Precinct, it shows a John > > L. ORTON from North Carolina, age 75 living in the household of John > > Cloyd. Also in that census it shows that in the Raccon Voting > > Precinct/Mershons Cross Roads, a Mary Orton, age 42 with two children > > Harriett, age 9 and James, age 3. John ORTON and Mary ORTON had a son > > named Jesse Green ORTON, supposedly born in Owsley County on March 8, > > 1871, and later married an Malinda Catherine Overbay in 1893 in > > Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Jesse died on November 22, 1945 in > > Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Any information on John V. ORTON/ORTEN > > would be appreciated. Thank you.