Trisha, Thanks for your response. I will get back to you via your e.mail but for now let me note that I am almost 100% sure that the NC branch is not ours. Our family went from Orange Cty, Va to Ky and then in the early 1900s to TN. There may have been family members that went to NC but generally they stayed in VA. Keep looking, for you may find some connection to the VA family. Peggy Taylor

Is anyone researching Mortons in NC that have branches in the Franklin County area circa 1900s? I have Alexander Morton married to Katie Lucas living in Franklinton, NC in 1910 and 1920. Alexander was born abt 1871 in Franklinton and Katie born in NC abt 1874. They are listed with the following children: Thomas Henry Morton (born April 14, 1898, died April 1968. Married Ellen Preddy before 1922; divorced before 1932.) Charles S. Morton (born abt 1902) Andrew Morton (born abt 1906) Oza Morton (born Abt. 1907) Sam Morton (born 1912. Died in GA after 1985) Alexander Morton (born abt 1918) There may have been a later son named Lawrence. Oza may have gone by the name Florence, or there was a later daughter named Florence who married a Poole and lived in Raleigh, NC in the 1960s. Alexander (son) always went by "Junior". I have not been able to find any evidence that any of these people are still alive. (And, ironically, with the exception of Thomas and Sam, I can't prove they're dead, either!)