Naomi, I read with interest your msg. on the Morton's of Pike County, Illinois. My line is Winship Morton who migrated from N.C. in early 1820's (unknown county) to Tenn., then to Ill.; ending in Nacogdoches, Texas before 1850 by way of Natchitoches Parish, LA. Winship was born abt. 1784 in N.C. and arrived in Tex. with wife, Nancy (b:1806 Va.), four sons, all born in Illinois between 1826-1839. (Three of the four sons died in the Civil War while serving in the Texas Infantry; one of which was my grgrandfather James Morton, the fourth died before the war in La) I have information that Winship spent his Tennessee time in Hawkins County and his Illinois time in Pike County. He left Ill. in 1841-1842 for La. All this matches closely to the times and places of your Morton family migration. I have no information concerning Winship's parents, but was thinking that he might be a brother or cousin of William (Billy) Morton. Do you have any information that would support or refute this line of thought? Mary Morton Gustine Madisonville, TX