Brief Life History of John Johnson
When John Johnson Morton Sr. was born on 21 December 1760, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, his father, LTC John Morton, was 27 and his mother, Amy Gean Johnson, was 24. He married Ann Poe about 1795, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1855, in Milton, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Montezuma Cemetery, Montezuma Township, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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- John Morton in household of John Morton, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Morton, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- John Johnson Morton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named with Old English mōr ‘moor’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. There has probably been some confusion with Morten , and perhaps also with Murton . This English name has also been established in Ireland since the 13th century.
American shortened and altered form of Swedish Mårtensson or Mortensson (see Martenson and Mortenson ), which could also be substituted for the Finnish cognate Marttinen.
French: shortened form of Moreton 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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