Person

John V. Morton (Hickman County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1824-04-30 d. 1899-03-07

Hickman County, Kentucky, merchant. Rutherford County, Tennessee, native. Married to Sarah E. Seat Morton in Gibson County, Tennessee, on April 27, 1853. Father of Oscar G. Morton and Stella J. Morton. Merchant in Gibson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned thirteen enslaved persons in Gibson County in 1850. Merchant in Hickman County, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned eight enslaved persons in Hickman County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Gibson County, Trenton, p. 273A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Gibson County, Trenton.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 468.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 205B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hickman County, Columbus, p. 424B.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Gibson County, 1844-1853: Marriage Bonds, Loose Records Fa-Pa.

"John V. Morton (1824-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial 60243671, accessed November 6, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60243671.

Citation

Morton, John V.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281273 (November 12, 2026).

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