I am interested in any information about my gg grandparents Samuel P. Morton, b. NC ca 1806.He was in Anson Co. NC in 1850 and 1860 with wife Lucy b. ca 1798 in NC. Census records lists children all born in NC as follows: Elizabeth W. b. ca 1838; George A. b. ca 1840; Sarah b. ca 1844;Lewis b. ca 1847; and James W. b ca 1849. Another daughter Susan Jane Morton, born Sept. 18, 1836 died Jan. 29, 1912 in Hot Spring Co. Arkansas. Susan Jane Morton married Jesse Ballard and they were in the 1860 census Anson co. Also. I Need information about ancestors of Jesse Ballard and Samuel P. Ballard.

-- Billie Wright Egleston (bilriteg@ipa.net), September 24, 1999

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Billie Samuel P.Morton's first wife was Vashti Callaway. She is buried in a cemetery on an island in the Yadkin/Pee Dee River. Samuel P Morton was the first court clerk of Stanly county, and also minister at old Ebenezer Baptist Church, now Badin Baptist. Samuel P.is buried in a cemetery in Anson Co....Red Hill, if I remember correctly. I would like to know if he had children by Vashti Callaway. Sherrill

-- Sherrill U Williams (SherrillUWilliams@prodigy.net), June 21, 2000.

Sherill: Thanks you for your response. It is good to know where Vashti is buried. Do you have a picture of her headstone? I did not know that Rev. Samuel P. Morton was a minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church now Badin Baptist. I knew he was a teacher and minister at Rocky River Baptist and a minister at Red Hill Baptist Church. Perhaps we can share information. Please keep in touch. Billie

-- Billie W. Egleston (bilriteg@ipa.net), July 07, 2000.

I am also researching MORTON. I have sketchy info, but am willing to share. My gggrandfather Thomas Hawkins Hall married Sarah Morton (Carter) daughter of Rev. Samy P. Morton and Vashti Calloway. I do not know if there were other children of the marriage. Vashti was born 12-23-1844 in Palmertown, N. C. and died 9-24-1887 in Anson Co., N. C. according to the info I have. I do not check this site often, so please email sstieler@aol.com.

-- Susan Morris Stieler (sstieler@aol.com), July 14, 2001.

HEY COUSINS! WE JUST HAPPENED ACROSS YOUR QUERIES AND ANSWERS IN STANLY COUNTY SITE. HERE IS OUR LINE – PATRICIA MINFORD HALL AND BRINDA KATHLEEN HALL DAUGHTERS OF WILLIAM THERON HALL SR M MARGARET JANE POORE – WTH SR SON OF SAMUEL BENJAMIN HALL B 11 NOV 1895 D 9 DEC 1963 M BEULAH CATHERINE SHEPHERD B 15 JUN 1892 D 24 JUN 1961 – SBH SON OF DANIEL COLUMBUS (LUM) HALL B 12 JUN 1867 D 20 JUN 1933 M MARTHA CLARINDA RUSSELL B 28 AUG 1865 D 8 FEB 1951 – DCH SON OF THOMAS HAWKINS HALL B 4 APR 1844 D 6 MAR 1921 M SARAH (SALLY) MORTON CARTER B 28 DEC 1844 D 24 SEP 1887 THOMAS HAWKINS HALL SECOND MARRIAGE TO ELIZABETH J BYRD B 9 DEC 1854 D 17 JUL 1940 – THH SON OF JAMES ELDRIDGE HALL B 1810 OR 1813 D 1890 OR 1892 M SARAH (SALLY) MOSS B 1815 D SEP 1887 – JEH SON OF WILLIAM (BILLY) HALL B 22 DEC 1788 D 7 MAY 1847 M ELIZABETH TALBERT B 25 AUG 1788 D 19(14) MAY 1854 – WH SON OF WILLIAM (WILL) HALL (THIS IS WHERE WE HIT THE WALL ON OUR HALL LINE). YES, WE HAVE BEEN TO BADIN BAPTIST - THOMAS HAWKINS HALL, BOTH WIVES AND MANY OTHERS BURIED THERE – ALSO FOUND THE OLD HALL CEMETERY ON THE ALCOA PROPERTY LESS THAN A MILE FROM BADIN BAPTIST ACROSS ROAD FROM THE LAKE (WHERE JAMES ELDRIDGE HALL AND MORE ARE BURIED). SUSAN, WE HAVE VASHTI AS BEING THE DAUGHTER OF JOB CALLOWAY – WE DO NOT HAVE DATES BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OUR DATES FOR SARAH ARE CORRECT (DATES FROM ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE, SHE IS BURIED AT BADIN BAPTIST) – AND THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE DATES YOU HAVE FOR VASHTI. WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF YOUR DATES FOR VASHTI? PAT & I WOULD LOVE TO CORRESPOND WITH YOU – WHICH LINE ARE YOU IN? WE WERE BORN & RAISED IN NEWPORT NEWS, VA. (BRINDA’S WORK # 757-599- 3335).

-- BRINDA K HALL (BRINDAK@WIDOMAKER.COM), July 29, 2001.