When William Adolphus Moreland was born on 14 December 1832, in Pinckneyville, Union, South Carolina, United States, his father, Orman Kimbrough Moreland, was 20 and his mother, Jane V. Foster, was 19. He married Jane Elizabeth Stevenson on 6 November 1854, in Hempstead, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 July 1897, in Wortham, Freestone, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Wortham, Freestone, Texas, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Robertson, Republic of Texas 1845: Robertson, Texas, United States 1846: Limestone, Texas, United States 1850: Freestone, Texas, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Freestone, Texas, United States
English: habitational name from Morland (Westmorland), derived from Old Norse mór ‘moor, marsh’ + lundr ‘grove’.
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ + land ‘land’, either topographic for someone who lives on moorland or habitational name from one or other of the many minor places with this name.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Murghaláin ‘son of Murghalán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of Murghal, which is composed of elements meaning ‘sea’ + ‘valour’. Compare Murley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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