Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Morton was born on 30 September 1830, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States, his father, David Morton, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Catherine James, was 32. He married Margaret Lewis on 31 August 1851, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Civil District 7, Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 17 February 1898, in Union, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Hinds Creek Valley, Union, Tennessee, United States.
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- G W Morten, "United States Census, 1860"
- George W Morton, "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950"
- G. W. Morton, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1851
Historic Information: 1851: Crawford, Missouri, United States 1851: Dent, Missouri, United States
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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