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James Turner Morehead

Male 1840 - 1908  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Turner Morehead was born 6 Aug 1840, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina (son of John Motley Morehead and Ann Eliza Lindsay); died 19 Apr 1908, New York; was buried , Lawson Cemetery, Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Motley MoreheadJohn Motley Morehead was born 4 Jul 1796, Caswell Co., North Carolina (son of John Morehead and Obedience 'Biddy' Motley); died 27 Aug 1866, Rockbridge Allum Springs, Virginia; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    http://ncgenweb.us/nc/guilford/marriages-c/
    Gave Bond for the marriage of Archibald G. Carter and Margaret Sterling; Archibald G. Carter + Margaret Sterling ~ 14 Mar 1866 bond ~ John M. Morehead; married 14 Mar 1866: diary of Rev. J. Henry Smith, D.D. (GCGS Journal, Vol. 17, #2)
    Guilford Co., North Carolina+++++++++++++
    Other Carter Marriages in Guilford Co., North Carolina
    Aaron Carter (C) + Alice Richardson (C) ~ 28 Apr 1868 bond ~ [no bondsman]
    Allen Carter + Tempey Heathcock ~ 10 May ____ bond ~ John Carter
    Amiel Ridge Carter (C) + Polly Mitchell (C) ~ 10 Feb 1855 bond ~ Zadock Mitchell (C)
    Archibald G. Carter + Margaret Sterling ~ 14 Mar 1866 bond ~ John M. Morehead; married 14 Mar 1866: diary of Rev. J. Henry Smith, D.D. (GCGS Journal, Vol. 17, #2)
    Benjamin B. Carter + Martha Sharp ~ 10 Feb 1772 bond ~ John Reagan
    Berry Carter + Ellen Frederick ~ 14 Oct 1847 bond ~ Wilson S. Hill
    Britton Carter + Polly Sears ~ 8 Apr 1837 bond ~ Cyrus Moon/Moore
    Britton Carter + Priscilla Scott ~ 29 Jan 1838 bond ~ William Carter
    Britton Carter + Priscilla Carter ~ 23 Feb 1839 bond ~ Osment Jiles
    Cornelius N. Carter + Barthaney J. Newman ~ 8 Oct 1850 bond ~ Asa J. Martin
    David E. Carter + Adeline Parker ~ 1 Feb 1839 bond ~ Saml. W. Westbrooks
    Harbard Carter + Mariah Mitchell ~ 9 Jul 1846 bond ~ Jethro Yates
    Hezekiah Carter (C) + Litha Hedgbeth (C) ~ 11 Aug 1830 bond ~ Hardin Evans (C)
    Isaac Carter + Martha Wilson ~ 19 Dec 1844 bond ~ Joseph Wilson
    James O. Carter (C) + Parthenia Penn (C) ~ 12 Oct 1866 bond ~ Thomas F. Sloan
    James O. Carter (C) + Queen Victoria Heath (C) ~ 30 Apr 1867 bond ~ [no bondsman]
    John J. Carter + Sarah E. Poe ~ 28 Apr 1857 bond ~ Benjamin J. Sapp
    Julius Carter (C) + Dicey Ann Evans (C) ~ 9 Jan 1868 bond ~ [no bondsman]
    Levi Carter + Nancy Williams ~ 25 Aug 1823 bond ~ Christopher Moring
    Miles Carter (C) + Angelina Holly (C) ~ 4 Feb 1854 bond ~ Richard Stuart (C)
    Peter F. Carter + Mary Swiggatt ~ 4 Mar 1831 bond ~ John Barnes
    Robert Carter + Alsey Brown [?] ~ 27 Sep 1849 bond ~ Robert N. Caldwell
    Solomon Carter + Peggy Penn ~ 8 Jul 1820 bond ~ Wheeler Chadwick
    Stephen Carter + Hannah Chipman ~ 2 Sep 1826 bond ~ William Adams
    Thomas L. Carter + Susan S. Starbuck ~ 21 Oct 1839 bond ~ Uriah Talley
    Thomas M. Carter + Mary Goff ~ 28 Nov 1831 bond ~ James McCuiston
    Wm. Carter + Mary Freeman ~ 18 Jan 1845 bond ~ Bunch P. Johnson
    William Carter + Margaret Carmichal ~ 31 Dec 1846 bond ~ Robert Carter
    William T. Carter + Louiza Russell ~ 19 Mar 1867 bond ~ James F. Russell

    Name:
    Governor of North Carolina

    John married Ann Eliza Lindsay 25 Aug 1821, Guilford County, North Carolina. Ann (daughter of Col. Robert Lindsay and Letitia Harper) was born 15 Oct 1804, Guilford County, North Carolina; died 29 Jul 1868, Guilford County, North Carolina; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ann Eliza LindsayAnn Eliza Lindsay was born 15 Oct 1804, Guilford County, North Carolina (daughter of Col. Robert Lindsay and Letitia Harper); died 29 Jul 1868, Guilford County, North Carolina; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Daughter of Col. Robert Lindsay of Guilford County, NC.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Children:
    Letitia Harper Morehead Walker (1823 - 1908)
    Mary Corinna Morehead Avery (1825 - 1897)
    Marie Louise Morehead Patterson (1830 - 1862)
    James Turner Morehead (1840 - 1908)

    Children:
    1. Letitia Harper Morehead was born 25 Sep 1823, North Carolina; died 2 Jan 1908, Rockingham County, North Carolina; was buried , Church of the Epiphany Cemetery, Rockingham County, North Carolina.
    2. Mary Corinna Morehead was born 14 Nov 1825, Greensboro, North Carolina; died 1 May 1897, Cascade, Virginia; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Morganton, North Carolina.
    3. Ann Eliza Morehead was born 8 Feb 1828, North Carolina; died 7 Oct 1876, Charlotte, North Carolina; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina.
    4. Marie Louise Morehead was born 2 Jun 1830, North Carolina; died 3 May 1862, Salem, North Carolina; was buried , Salem Cemetery Winston-Salem, North Carolina .
    5. John Lindsay Morehead was born 15 Jan 1833, Greensboro, North Carolina; died 20 Nov 1901, Charlotte, North Carolina; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
    6. Emma Victoria Morehead was born 11 Jul 1836; died 4 Feb 1896, Greensboro, North carolina; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina.
    7. 1. James Turner Morehead was born 6 Aug 1840, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; died 19 Apr 1908, New York; was buried , Lawson Cemetery, Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina.
    8. Robert Lindsay "Eugene" Morehead was born 16 Sep 1845, North Carolina; died 27 Feb 1889, Savannah, Georgia; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Durham County, North Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John MoreheadJohn Morehead was born 9 May 1760, Halifax County, Virginia [later Pittsylvania]; died 18 Sep 1832, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Bettsey (Betsy) Reynolds, d/o George & Susanna Lansford Reynolds, married Richard Huges (Hughes) 21 November 1796 Sur. John Morehead

    Name:
    Charles Morehead of Scotland Father of John Morehead whose will was probated in Fauquier Co., 24 oct 1768.

    John married Obedience 'Biddy' Motley Abt 1780. Obedience (daughter of Captain Joseph Motley and Martha Ellington) was born 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia; died 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Obedience 'Biddy' MotleyObedience 'Biddy' Motley was born 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia (daughter of Captain Joseph Motley and Martha Ellington); died 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Another Child, Abraham Forrest Morehead, Esquire, an attorney in Greensboro, NC, named after his great great grandfather Abraham Forrest, father of Elizabeth Forrest who married Joseph Motley. They were the parents' of Capt. Joseph Motley, Obedience Motleys' father. Abraham died at age 22, after a protracted illness. [Obituary ] Weekly Chronicle and Farmer's Register, Winston-Salem, NC, 16 Apr 1836, Sat.

    Married:
    Some children of John and Obedience Motley Morehead (not in birth order) were:
    1)John Motley Morehead
    2)James Turner Morehead
    3)Abraham Forrest Morehead
    4)Mary L. Morehead
    5)Prudence Morehead
    6)Samuel Morehead
    7)Anne Morehead
    8)Elizabeth
    9)Delilah Morehead

    Children:
    1. Prudence Motley Morehead was born 30 Dec 1792, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; died 21 Feb 1860, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.
    2. Joseph Morehead was born Est 1790, Halifax County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Prob. North Carolina.
    3. Charles R. [Reynolds] Morehead was born Abt 1790, Virginia Colony; died 1783, Kentucky.
    4. 2. John Motley Morehead was born 4 Jul 1796, Caswell Co., North Carolina; died 27 Aug 1866, Rockbridge Allum Springs, Virginia; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina.
    5. James Turner Morehead was born 11 Jan 1799, Virginia or North Carolina; died 5 May 1875, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilfor Co., North Carolina.

  3. 6.  Col. Robert LindsayCol. Robert Lindsay was born 26 Sep 1776, Prob Guilford Co., N. Carolina (son of Robert Lindsay, Sr. and Ann 'Nancy' McGee); died 28 Oct 1818, Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; was buried , Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.

    Robert married Letitia Harper 1803, Guilford County, N. Carolina. Letitia (daughter of Lt. Col. Jeduthan Harper and Mary Gizeal Parke) was born 27 Feb 1785, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; died 25 Jul 1835, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; was buried , Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Letitia HarperLetitia Harper was born 27 Feb 1785, Guilford Co., N. Carolina (daughter of Lt. Col. Jeduthan Harper and Mary Gizeal Parke); died 25 Jul 1835, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; was buried , Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 3. Ann Eliza Lindsay was born 15 Oct 1804, Guilford County, North Carolina; died 29 Jul 1868, Guilford County, North Carolina; was buried , First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina.
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Mary Teas Lindsay was born 12 Mar 1813, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; died 27 Feb 1847, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Captain Joseph Motley was born 1720, Glouchester Co., Colonial Virginia (son of Joseph Motley and Elizabeth Forrest); died 1806, Amelia Co., Virginia.

    Joseph married Martha Ellington. Martha (daughter of David Ellington, Jr. and Martha Ann Tucker) was born 1736, Amelia County, Virginia; died 1780, Amelia Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Martha Ellington was born 1736, Amelia County, Virginia (daughter of David Ellington, Jr. and Martha Ann Tucker); died 1780, Amelia Co., Virginia.
    Children:
    1. David James Motley was born 1753, Amelia County, Virginia; died 20 Mar 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    2. Amy /Anne Motley was born Abt 1775, Amelia County, Virginia; died 12 Jun 1853, Marshall Co., Alabama; was buried , Rainey Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama.
    3. 5. Obedience 'Biddy' Motley was born 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia; died 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina; was buried , Morehead Family Cemetery, Rockingham, North Carolina.
    4. Daniel Motley was born 1755, Amelia, Virginia Colony; died 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    5. Delilah Motley was born Abt 1780, Amelia County, Virginia; died Bef 20 Mar 1837, Halifax Co., Virginia.

  3. 12.  Robert Lindsay, Sr. was born 1735; died 1801, Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; was buried , Lindsay Family Cemetery Guilford County, North Carolina,.

    Notes:

    While it isn't certain since there is no legible marker evident, Robert Lindsay, Sr. is probably buried here at the site of his home, where several of his children are buried. I am told that there were once some 30 to 50 graves at this cemetery, of the Lindsays and their servants, but only six stones remain, and one of them (perhaps Robert's?) is illegible.

    Robert Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay, but there are conflicting accounts as to their background and Robert's early life. He may have been born in Virginia, Maryland or Ireland. He was descended from the ancient and illustrious Clan Lindsay of Scotland. Evidently, he lived for a time on the Pa./Md. border area before coming to NC in the mid 1700s. (I expect he came with the Nottingham Colony of Scots Irish Presbyterians who arrived in 1753, and founded the Bufflo and Alamance Presbyterian Churches.) His name first appears in the NC records in 1763; but, many NC records were destroyed by the British and the yankees, and various other court house fires.)

    Robert established a 2,000 acre plantation on Deep River in what became Guilford County. In fact, when the county was formed in 1771, and until a court house could be built in 1774, the county court met in the "great hall" of his plantation home. The property included an ordinary (an inn/tavern), formal gardens, a mulberry grove for raising silk worms, a silk mill, a grist mill, and a store. A fragment of the old LIndsay home remains, though in ruinous condition.

    Robert Lindsay was a Captain in the NC Militia. He served in the first independent NC Legislature in 1777 and 1778, and was presiding Judge of Guilford County from 1781 to 1788. He was a well known and respected member of his community, and his descendants were prominent in the history of North Carolina. He was probably a member of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church.

    Robert married twice. His first wife was E. (probably Esther or Eliza) Mebane, a daughter of John Mebane of PA. They had two children: Elizabeth, who died young, and John A. Lindsay (1767-1828, m. Elizabeth Wilson). Robert's second wife was Ann "Nancy" McGee (1753/4-1832), a daughter of Colonel John McGee (d.1773) of NC, whom he married on 23 June 1772. They had eight children: Senator Samuel Lindsay (c.1773/4-1813/4, m. Henrietta E. "Hettie" Causey), Colonel Robert Lindsay, Jr. (1776-1818, m. Letitia Harper), William Lindsay (1777-1841, m. Elisabeth Briggs), Jane Lindsay (1779-1827, m. Jesse Hargrave), Elizabeth Lindsay (1784-1825, m. Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell), Andrew Lindsay (1786-1844, m. Elizabeth Dick), Susannah Lindsay (1789-1857, m. Dr. Joseph Wood), and David Lindsay (1793-1860, m. Sarah Dillon).

    Robert married Ann 'Nancy' McGee. Ann was born 1754, North Carolina; died Nov 1832, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; was buried , Lindsay Family Cemetery Guilford County, North Carolina,. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Ann 'Nancy' McGee was born 1754, North Carolina; died Nov 1832, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; was buried , Lindsay Family Cemetery Guilford County, North Carolina,.
    Children:
    1. 6. Col. Robert Lindsay was born 26 Sep 1776, Prob Guilford Co., N. Carolina; died 28 Oct 1818, Greensboro, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; was buried , Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.

  5. 14.  Lt. Col. Jeduthan Harper was born 15 Nov 1736; died Nov 1819, Randolph County, North Carolina.

    Jeduthan married Mary Gizeal Parke. Mary was born 23 Feb 1755; died 21 Feb 1845, Randolph County, North Carolina; was buried , Grays Chapel Cemetery Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Mary Gizeal ParkeMary Gizeal Parke was born 23 Feb 1755; died 21 Feb 1845, Randolph County, North Carolina; was buried , Grays Chapel Cemetery Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Married:
    The children born to Jeduthun and Gizeal Park Harper were Mary (1777-1817), Elizabeth (1782-1821), Letitia (1785-1835), Jesse (1784-1851), Sarah (1789-1858), Absalom Tatum, and
    two other sons who died in infancy.

    Children:
    1. 7. Letitia Harper was born 27 Feb 1785, Guilford Co., N. Carolina; died 25 Jul 1835, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina; was buried , Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina.
    2. Elizabeth Harper was born 1782, Randolph Co., N. Carolina; died 1821, Randolph Co., N. Carolina.