MORROW ANCESTRY
MORROW FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
Jane Bolton says her mom, Selma Morrow Bolton told the following story many times; "Morrows were on their way to Texas from their plantation in Lancaster, South Carolina. They had their slaves with them and their confederate money in the trunk. They got as far as Tennessee and heard that the war was over. The Slaves left, confederate money no good ; so they stopped off in Tennessee and never got to Texas". A great story but I Janelle have thought about this statement and I can not figure out the timeline. Mary Susan married 1847 in Lancaster, SC. Drury was living in Lancaster Indian Land at the time of the 1850 census. Sarah Jane married in Tennessee about 1858; Wife Hetty E died 1859; James Hagan married about 1865. War was over 1864
Drury Morrow and Esther McCulloh 17 Jan 1820 Mecklenburg ; Amos McCuloch, bondsman and Isaac Alexander, witness
17 field hands and house servants born NC SC TN
McKinley's Cabinet, these Bowmantown residents were very highly opinionated Democrats. They were all neighbors and related either by birth or marriage ; left to right are Upton Campbell, Drury Morrow, Ben Morrow, Ben Austin, Will Bowman, Matthew Moore, O'Keith Moore
The James Hagen Morrow homeplace in Bowmantown, Telford, Tennessee
The family of James Hagen Morrow; left to right are Drury Lemuel, Sarah Alice, John M., Alexander Brabson, Venia, Frank Morrow
Sarah Alice was the baby riding horseback with her mother Rebecca Jane Carson Morrow one cold snowy winter day in January 1871 to visit family, when she was tossed into the soft snow to escape the accident that killed her mother
Sarah Alice age 17, received her education at Campbell Institute in Bowmantown
Automobiles and computers were not around so Alice did a lot of writing letters and she received letters from girls and guys
The two page letter above is just one of several letters Sarah Alice received from guys
Reba, Dean, and Lucille Morrow at home in Telford (Bowmantown) TN
The Morrow sisters and brothers in Closing Exercises, Bowmantown School, February 18, 1921 at 7:30 p.m.
Frank and Drury Lemuel Morrow relaxing at home in Bowmantown
Morrow Clan together at the homeplace in Bowmantown; small girl in front is Jacqueline Kay Walker daughter of Lucille Morrow Walker MORROW HISTORY FACTS As compiled by Janelle Morrow Walker Warden, 2006 The Morrow Clan came from Northern Ireland to Somerset County, Maryland stopping off in Prince Edward Co., Virginia before making their way to Guilford County, North Carolina and Bufflao Creek where David Morrow our first known ancestor started a family before making one last move to Indian Land, Lancaster County, South Carolina (1780-1790 Lancaster was a part of Mecklenburg, NC being in the panhandle of what is now South Carolina). It is uncertain as to how many and who of the MORROWS went West to North Carolina; however, they did seem to stay in groups of people who migrated from Ireland and Scots-Irish to America. Some may have been more adventurous and decided to strike out on their own to other parts. It is also uncertain if Martha Brashear was born in Virginia or North Carolina. If Martha was really born in Guilford County, NC then James McKnight Morrow the first child was most likely born there rather than Prince Edward County, Virginia. The other children were recorded as being born in Guilford Co., Buffalo Crk, NC and then the family made their move south to Mecklenburg-Lancaster-Waxhaw
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library , Charlotte, NC has a Genealogy Department with the Record and History of descendants of James McKnight Morrow, c1968 by Azalee Morrow Lentz. Also found in the Lancaster County Public Library in Lancaster, SC was additions to the Morrows by Louise Pettus along with information posted by Worth S. Ray who has numerous materials about the Morrows. [Worth Ray has some good material in his book "Tennessee Cousins" but you do have to figure out which Morrow is the correct one. With the help of these researchers and their publications, I have formed my own theory to my MORROWS while living in the Carolinas before making their way to East Tennessee As told by previous researchers, the Morrows were originally from Northern Ireland as early as 1700. They made their way to the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Prince Edward County and Lunenburg, Virginia. [Some emigrated to Guilford County, North Carolina. It is in Guilford County on Buffaloe Creek where David Morrow established a home with Martha Brashear Morrow]. I cannot find much in libraries about David and Martha Brashear but I feel they have to connect in someway to our Morrows. As previously thought by my family that David and Martha were the parents of my James McKnight Morrow, which today seems improbably but he certainly must tie in somewhere with our family. I suppose I have not gotten to the right library to find them, just maybe Guilford County, NC library may have something. Our James McKnight Morrows married Susannah Watson in Prince Edward Co., VA and a movement was made to Lancaster County, South Carolina on the Six Mile Creek or
'Bel Aire" as the community was called. In 1790 in Mecklenburg County, the Morrows, Maxwells and McKnights were living in districts #1 and #7 ; that is, Steel Creek and Beatties Ford Section. That area of Mecklenburg and Lancaster were much considered to be North Carolina. David Morrow born 1738 may be a nephew of Daniel Morrow the grandfather of our James McKnight Morrow? Major Benjamin Morrow, second son of James McKnight and Susannah Watson Morrow, married (his third wife) Mary Jane Hawkins, daughter of Governor William Hawkins, and whose old home is at Pineville, North Carolina. Major Morrow's home was in what is now Myers Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. The family must have thought highly of Major Benjamin Franklin Morrow who served in the Mexican War, because most everyone of them named a son Benjamin Franklin Morrow. Major Benj was married three times. I would love to find the family names of the first and second wives. The second wife Catherine M. is buried in the Old Settlers' Cemetery in Charlotte, NC. Benj himself, is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte James McKnight Morrow was in Indian Land, Lancaster, SC in 1786 and had settled there ; helping to organize the Old Six Mile Creek Church,
an old log church on the Henry Harris Rd. just off the Lancaster-Charlotte Highway. The old church is no longer there, but the Six-mile Cemetery has been restored and some of the grave stones have been re-erected; some have stood through the years. There may be a hundred graves there; some are unmarked. James M. Morrow and wife Susannah Watson Morrow and also some of the children are buried there. It was noted that James M. Morrow and wife received a land grant of six hundred and fifty acres. The old cemetery was called the Morrow Cemetery years ago. Today, the property around the land and the cemetery is well kept. As the present owner of the land told Janelle, the road was once called the Old Charlotte Highway and people would camp on Six Mile Creek. ALLEN MORROW, son of JAMES MCKNIGHT MORROW, gave the land for the later Six Mile Church. He also helped build the church. Many members of the Morrow family, and relatives of the Morrows, are buried in the New Six Mile Cemetery. BILLY GRAHAM, evangelist, has ancestors buried in the New Six Mile Cemetery as well as the Old Six Mile Cemetery. His mother was MORROW COFFEY GRAHAM, daughter of BENJAMIN COFFEY who was in the Battle of Gettysburg. Benjamin married LUCINDA ROBINSON. JAMES MORROW COFFEY and ELIZA AGNES ALEXANDER were the parents of Benjamin and RUFUS COFFEY. Rufus the father of Rose Amanda as pictured above. He is the great-great-great grandson of James McKnight Morrow Allen Morrow was the fifth and youngest son of James McKnight and SUSANNAH WATSON MORROW. He and his descendants remained in the Carolinas. One especially, JAMES MCKNIGHT MORROW, III settled in Albemarle, North Carolina where he was a merchant of hardware with his brother, Robert Allen Morrow. Later he bought real estate and in 1939 he gave over 1100 acres to the state of North Carolina which was named MORROW MOUNTAIN STATE PARK. See my photos of MORROW MTN below Azalee Morrow Lentz obtained the records of the first five generations from the Archives Bldg., in Washington D.C. The other records were from family members and some are recorded in Lancaster County and Mecklenburg County
The stones found and placed in the church cemetery were:
On a recent trip to Mecklenburg, I photographed the 4 graves located in the Old Settlers' Cemetery, along with other graves and a directory of those buried there as shown below
