William C. Morton

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c1792

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1878-08-10

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White

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"William C. Morton" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00016084, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda Gowan Morton. Father of John G. W. Morton and Lettice Ann Morton. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 50A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 697.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 791.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 218A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #23214.
"William C Morton (1792-1878)," Find A Grave, Memorial #154957334, accessed October 19, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154957334.

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