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Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Hopkins County, Kentucky, native. Married to Deborah C. Morton. Father of Sarah J. Martin, Mary M. Morton, Marion E. Morton, Richard Morton and Adolphus Morton. Married to Mary Winnifred Bailey Morton in Hopkins County on December 20, 1855. Father of Henry Morton, William Morton, and Ella Morton. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Hopkins County in 1850. Household owned one additional enslaved person in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 97B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 681.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 812-13.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Precinct 2, p. 24A.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-58, Hopkins County Marriages, p. 10 of 61 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Morton, Joseph D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205213 (November 12, 2026).

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Dixon Browning et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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