Dear Listers, In my files, I found this old segment of a letter. You may be interested in looking up the cited materials, which are available at various libraries: On Nov 24, 1910 Henry Strother, an attorney in Ft Smith, AR, wrote to my great grandfather, Judge Wm S. Pryor, in New Castle, KY: It is known that the widow Merriwether's maiden name was Frances Morton, and that she was a sister of Joseph Morton, of James City Co., VA (long a member of the House of Burgesses), and as the name Joseph and Morton frequently appears among the descendants of Samuel Pryor. . . Dr. Daniel Morton of St. Joseph, MO in 1903, compiled a lot of Morton data and published same in the "VA Historical Magazine" -in several numbers. I have only a part of the numbers his data is published in. It seems the founder of the Morton family in VA was one John Morton who died in 1722. . . His son, John Morton, Jr., died on 1727-8, intestate. He married about 1714 (?) Mary Mountjoy, dau of Alvin Mountjoy and his wife Mary Lane, dau of William Lane, who got patent to l;and in Richmond Co., VA. Gov. Oliver P. Morton of Indiana was of this. . . family. Gov Silas Woodson of Mo was a descendant of Betsy Morton, and Gen J.E.B. Stuart was a descendant of William Morton. Tom of the Mortons