Governor John Morehead

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]

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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

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. 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.