Hello PF Taylor! I can't elaborate alot of the "Morton" preachers, as I don't have specific knowledge. My line of Mortons stemed from the Pendleton District of SC to Alabama. They may have originated in Orange Co., but I don't believe anyone has a "tie in" yet on that. My Allen Morton (b. 1815 Pendleton Dist. SC) was a son of Marshall Morton, Jr., who was a son of Marshall Morton, Sr. The Mortons in our lineage have tended to be associated with the Methodists and several were Methodist ministers.(some in Texas). Marji Morton Some speculate that our Mortons came from County Antrim, Ireland with a Rev. William Martyn and his congregation from Ballymoney. They sailed from a small port called Larnea, about 17 miles northwest of Belfast. Marshall Jr. was b. Sept 29, 1792 SC and Marshall Sr. was b. abt 1755.