Governor John Motley Morehead^{[1, 2, 3]}

1796 - 1866  (70 years)

• Name	John Motley Morehead
  	Governor of North Carolina
  Title	Governor
  Born	4 Jul 1796	Caswell Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Aug 1866	Rockbridge Allum Springs, Virginia
  Buried	First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina   [4]
  Person ID	I16955	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John Morehead,   b. 9 May 1760, Halifax County, Virginia [later Pittsylvania] ,   d. 18 Sep 1832, Rockingham Co., North Carolina  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Obedience 'Biddy' Motley,   b. 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia ,   d. 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina  (Age 95 years)
  Married	Abt 1780
  	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
  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.
  Family ID	F3120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Eliza Lindsay,   b. 15 Oct 1804, Guilford County, North Carolina ,   d. 29 Jul 1868, Guilford County, North Carolina  (Age 63 years)
  Married	25 Aug 1821	Guilford County, North Carolina
  	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,   b. 25 Sep 1823, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Jan 1908, Rockingham County, North Carolina  (Age 84 years)   2. Mary Corinna Morehead,   b. 14 Nov 1825, Greensboro, North Carolina ,   d. 1 May 1897, Cascade, Virginia  (Age 71 years)   3. Ann Eliza Morehead,   b. 8 Feb 1828, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Oct 1876, Charlotte, North Carolina  (Age 48 years)   4. Marie Louise Morehead,   b. 2 Jun 1830, North Carolina ,   d. 3 May 1862, Salem, North Carolina  (Age 31 years)   5. John Lindsay Morehead,   b. 15 Jan 1833, Greensboro, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Nov 1901, Charlotte, North Carolina  (Age 68 years)   6. Emma Victoria Morehead,   b. 11 Jul 1836,   d. 4 Feb 1896, Greensboro, North carolina  (Age 59 years)   7. James Turner Morehead,   b. 6 Aug 1840, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. 19 Apr 1908, New York  (Age 67 years) + 8. Robert Lindsay "Eugene" Morehead,   b. 16 Sep 1845, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Feb 1889, Savannah, Georgia  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F6003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Gov. John Motley Morehead MoreheadJohnMotley.jpg
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  Documents » Slide Show		Governor John Motley Morehead-Obit Wilmington Journal Aug 30, 1866
  		Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead-Death Notice The Greensboro Patriot Jul 30, 1868
  		Marriage Bond for Ann Eliza Lindsay to John Motley Morehead moorehead-lindsay.jpg
  		Gov John Motley Morehead-Memorial The Weekly Sentinel Sep 3, 1866
  		Ann Eliza Morehead-Death Notice Wilmington Journal Dec 25, 1868

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Newspaper Article, Turners and allied Lines of Colonial Virginia. [S100] Internet Source, http://ncpedia.org/biography/governors/morehead-john. JOHN MOTLEY MOREHEAD Governor: 1841-1845 by Jerry L. Cross Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History, 2007. https://www.ncdcr.gov/about/history/division-historical-resources/nc-highway-historical-marker-program See also: John Motley Morehead, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography John Motley Morehead (1796-1866), builder of the magnificent ?Blandwood? estate in Greensboro and the first governor inaugurated in the present Capitol, presided over an era of industrial development and, after his term, promoted construction of the North Carolina Railroad. The son of John and Obedience Motley Morehead, he was born in Virginia on July 4, 1796, but his parents moved to Rockingham County when he was two. Young John studied at David Caldwell?s school near Greensboro and then entered the University of North Carolina with the class of 1817. He completed his education by studying law with Archibald D. Murphey and set up an office in Wentworth in 1819. In 1821 Morehead had married Ann Eliza Lindsay of Greensboro; they would have eight children. Morehead represented Rockingham County in the 1821 session of the House of Commons and Guilford County for two successive sessions beginning in 1826. His political views were honed by residency in a then western county and his early association with the visionary Archibald D. Murphey. Owing to the former he witnessed the domination of a majority by a minority with special interests and the need for constitutional reform, and from the latter he had learned of the potential benefits of internal improvements, a stronger banking system, expanded education, and a government active in the public sector. As a delegate to the 1835 Constitutional Convention, he sided with his fellow westerners and fought for legislative representation based on population. As a proponent of education and the father of five daughters, he took upon himself the establishment in 1840 of Edgeworth Female Seminary. Morehead?s activity and high visibility made him a logical choice of the Whig Party which sought to continue the progressive program begun during the previous administration. Though popular enough to be elected governor in 1840 and again in 1842, Morehead found himself facing a legislature controlled by conservative Democrats. He pushed for a broad program of internal improvements but made little headway. His one achievement was a law establishing a school for the deaf. The blind, whose education he also advocated, were not admitted until years later; nevertheless, the long operating school for the sight-impaired still bears his name. After his terms as governor, Morehead became the state?s foremost promoter of railroads, particularly the North Carolina Railroad of which he served as president from 1850 to 1855. To him must go much of the credit for its construction. He also invested in a cotton mill at Leaksville and other manufacturing enterprises, and he was on the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina. Morehead again represented Guilford County in the House in 1858-1859. He returned for the next session as a member of the state Senate. As the secession crisis mounted, Morehead favored maintaining the union and attended the Washington ?Peace Conference? hoping to avert the impending conflict. With its failure, he viewed secession as an unavoidable necessity and threw his allegiance to the South. He was elected as a delegate to the Confederate Provincial Congress in 1861 and served until it completed its work in 1862. His public service to his state was over, and he returned to Greensboro where he died four years later on August 27, 1866. His grave remains in the yard of the First Presbyterian Church. References: Arnett, Ethel Stephens. 1975. Greensboro, North Carolina: the county seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971. 1971. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000940. Connor, R. D. W., J. Bryan Grimes, and James Yadkin Joyner. 1913. John Motley Morehead: architect and builder of public works. The North Carolina booklet, v. 12, no. 3. [Raleigh]: North Carolina Society, Daughters of the Revolution: 173-193. https://archive.org/details/exercisesinconne00conn Founders and builders of Greensboro, 1808-1908 ... fifty sketches. 1925. Greensboro, N.C.: J.J. Stone. Online access via NC LIVE and HeritageQuest. Garraty, John A., and Mark C. Carnes. 1999. American national biography. Vol. XV. New York: Oxford University Press. Johnson, Allen W. 1929. Dictionary of American Biography. 13, Brearly-Chandler. London: H. Milford. Konkle, Burton Alva. 1922. John Motley Morehead and the development of North Carolina, 1796-1866. Philadelphia: William J. Campbell. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3962259.html. Powell, William Stevens. 1991. Dictionary of North Carolina biography. Vol. 4, L-O. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. WorldCat (Searches numerous library catalogs) Image Credits: "John Motley Morehead." Photograph no. 57.9.105. From the Audio Visual and Iconographics Collection, Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA. www.flickr.com/photos/north-carolina-state-archives/2431088095/ [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. Found in Augusta County in 1778-9 is Joshua Humphreys, Jonathan Humphreys, Joseph Humphreys, Dr. Alexander Humphreys [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=morehead&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1866&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=8010949&df=all&. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7330902/mary-corinna-avery. Mary Corinna Morehead Avery Birth 14 Nov 1825 Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina Death 1 May 1897 (aged 71) Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina Burial: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina Family Members Parents John Motley Morehead, 1796?1866 Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead, 1804?1868 Spouse William Waightstill Avery, 1816?1864 Siblings Letitia Harper Morehead Walker, 1823?1908 Ann Eliza Morehead Evan, 1828?1876 Marie Louise Morehead Patterson, 1830?1862 John Lindsay Morehead, 1833?1901 Emma Morehead Gray, 1836?1896 James Turner Morehead, 1840?1908 Robert Lindsay Morehead, 1845?1889 Children Annie Harriet Avery Scales, 1848?1917 Corinna Iredell Avery Erwin, 1850?1919 Adelaide Matilda Avery Hemphill, 1855?1884 Waightstill Avery, 1858?1860 John Morehead Avery, 1860?1937 William Waightstill Avery, 1863?1928 (Mary) Corinna was the daughter of John Motley Morehead, governor of North Carolina from 1841-1845, and Ann Eliza Lindsay. She married William Waightstill Avery. They had five children: John Morehead, William Waightstill,Anne Harriet, Corinna Morehead, and Adelaide Matilda. [S251] Various Books. Photograph John Motley Morehead Family Photo From the book :Morehead Family of North Carolina and Virginia' by John Motley Morehead III, 1921 priv printed, New York. Family Portrait Plate Labeled "Group of Seven of Governor Morehead's Children" 1875