Hi Lists I posted this query on the MORRIS and KY lists and someone suggested that I post it on Montgomery and Stewart Counties, since they are 'neighbors' and that there were several MORRIS and ROE families in both counties in TN: > Looking for date/place of birth/death re Carter MORRIS, b. > about 1802 NC, son of Adley MORRIS and Polly KNIGHT (would > like to find some information about them, also). Carter > married (poss. about 1830) Harriett ROE, b. about 1806 (does anyone > have a Harriet ROE?). > > They had 8 children: James A., Harriett, George, Rufus W., > Emily R. (m. John Thomas SPEER), Nancy and Alice. > Carter moved from Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN, where > his children were born, to New Concord, Calloway County, KY > about 1850. He is on the 1880 Calloway County, KY census at > age 77. Harriett appears on the 1860 census but not the 1870 > census. > > Carter had a new wife on the 1880 census but unknown what her name > was - initials were used instead of her given name, but she was only > two years younger than he. IF my Great Uncle Robert Carter SPEER's > memory was true, Carter possibly died in 1884. > > According to family 'lore', Carter had a tobacco farm in New > Concord, near Blood River (or Red River?) and sold it in 1870's to > Eli McClure. > > I'm hoping these bits and pieces might help me find some > informaton and another descendant (cousin?). Any help would be > greatly appreciated. > Thank you! > Julia Conkey > http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/Conkey