Have you been to the Archives in Franklin? There is a note book with the Mortons Genealogy that lived in the Franklin Nolensville area. My Morton was Jesse whose daughter was Elizabeth C married Rufus Bethel. I had the Bethel bible with names and death dates but nothing else was glad to find this. ---------- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TNRUTHER] MORTON >Date: Sat, Dec 18, 2004, 11:34 AM > > If anyone is researching the MORTON line from Rutherford County, I would like > to compare notes. I am searching for a missing Anderson County, TN MORTON > brother. His name was either James or Thomas but it could be that my > gg-grandfather, David MORTON, had another brother that I don't know about. > The family > history states that "the brothers came over the mountains from NC and one > brother settled in Blount County, one in Rutherford County, one in Bell County, KY > and David, George, Thomas (until after the 1840 census) and sister, Mary Ann > Morton, settled in Anderson County, TN." On the 1830 Anderson County census, > James Morton is between 40-50 years of age and has a wife and children. > However, this census does not list names of the family members. James and family > disappear after the 1830 census and depending upon the real age of James, he > could be the father of David, George, Thomas and Mary Ann as both David and > George named their first-born sons, "James." James's farm is located close by > David and his family. Unfortunately, David dies of pneumonia at age 38 and not > much else is known of his missing family members except those who stayed in East > TN. I "believe" it was Thomas who went to KY, but that is only my theory. > > Thanks for any advanced help. I am now living in Spring Hill, TN, so my > research has taken on a much better outlook. Nina Morton T. > > > ==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== > TSLA has Tax Lists for RUTHERFORD County for:1809-1813, 1836, 1837, 1867, > 1871, 1875, 1877-1881, 1883-1885, 1887-1900 > 1849 was published as part of the WPA project >