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Joab Morton (Powell County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1833-06-15 d. 1908-04-30

Powell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Richard Morton and Elizabeth Morton. Married to Mary Jane Morton. Father of Sarah E. Morton, Nancy M. Morton, Richard B. Morton, Louisa Morton, Jency T. Morton, John W. Morton, and Margaret C. Morton. Resident of Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Powell County in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 2, p. 49. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, p. 47. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Powell County, Precinct 4, p. 17. Find A Grave, "Joab Mahlon Morton (1833-1908)," Memorial #24024926, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24024926 (accessed June 11, 2017).

Citation

Morton, Joab. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214052 (November 12, 2026).

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