Thanks, This sounds right to me. I feel that my Rev. Samuel Parsons Morton belongs among the earliest Morton families somewhere. Thanks for answering. Billie bilriteg@ipa.net Hello Billie - I used a friends book entitled "Unhallowed Intrusion - A History of Cherokee Families in Forsyth County, Georgia. Pioneer-Cherokee Heritage Series Vol.#3" written by Don L. Shadburn. I believe that she found the book listed under Forsyth County, Ga. rootsweb pages. On page 695 the following information was found. Nelly Martin,nee Morton, a white woman, had children by Samuel Martin, a mixed-blood Cherokee and a half-brother of Thomas Buffington and the Fawling brothers, John and William. A daughter, Mary Ann Martin, married to Jesse Howell, a whilte man, and had three children before their divorce.(one of the earliest divorces in GA) When I found BUFFINGTON/MARTIN/HOWELL/THOMPSON AND THROGMORTON on the same pages in 1782 Hampshire Co.,VA census I decided that there had to be a connection with my MORTON because Nelly Morton was the dau of Marshall Morton my last known MORTON. I may be wrong (have often been so) but it sounds so right to me. Regards, Patricia Camp-Mullis Researching: BELCHER/BIDDLECOMB/CAHILL/CAMP/COLLIER/COURSEY/ DENHAM/DURHAM/GILPIN/HILL/KENDRICK/LANG/LUNSFORD/LILES/LISLES/ LYLE/LYLES/LYSLES/MANNING/MARTIN/MOORE/MORTON/MULLIS/NOLAN/ NOLAND/NOLEN/NOLIN/ROTHCHILD/SPEAR/SPEARS/STARLING/TARPLEY/ TEAL/THOMPSON/VINSON AND WOOD. (also a few more) --JAA27997.959864470/imo-r16.mx.aol.com-- --part1_bd.3d714fc.26685cf3_boundary-- ==== MORTON Mailing List ==== MORTON List Administrator: <commander@inetone.net>