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Joseph Morehead[1, 2]

Male Est 1790 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Joseph Morehead 
    Born Est 1790  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown  Prob. North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16950  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2018 

    Father John Morehead,   b. 9 May 1760, Halifax County, Virginia [later Pittsylvania] Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1832, Rockingham Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Obedience 'Biddy' Motley,   b. 1768, Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1863, Rockingham Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Elizabeth Turner,   b. Est 1745, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Prob. North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anne Morehead,   b. Abt 1784, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Elizabeth Morehead,   b. 30 Aug 1769, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1843, Butts Co., Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2017 
    Family ID F5999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Turner Genealogy The Times Dispatch Jun 16, 1912
    Turner Genealogy The Times Dispatch Jun 16, 1912
    TurnerGenealogy TheTimesDispatch Jun16,1912.jpg
    James Norman Smith Memoirs
    James Norman Smith Memoirs
    James Norman Smith Memoirs complete from Ron Calhoun.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S47] Newspaper Article, Turners and allied Lines of Colonial Virginia.

    2. [S100] Internet Source, https://ia600200.us.archive.org/3/items/virginiaheraldic00croz/virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf.
      Page 101
      MOREHEAD
      Immigrant Charles Morehead, from Scotland to Prince William Co., has son, John Morehead whose will was probated in Fauquier County, 24 Oct 1768 in which he mentions sons, Charles, Joseph, John, Alexander, William, Samuel and Presley Morehead and daus. Mary Lawrence and Elizabeth Brixtraw. ...

    3. [S239] Walter Turner.

      James Turner + Kerenhappuch Norman
      Elizabeth Turner + Joseph Morehead
      Elizabeth Morehead + Benjamin Redman
      George W. Redman + Elizabeth Saunders
      Amanda Clorinda Redman + George Marion Cox
      Lelia Clorinda Cox + William Venoy Turner
      Walter Vernon Turner + Mae Claire Rivers
      Walter Vernon Turner, Jr. (This is me.)