John Morrell and Martha ____


Index

Husband John Morrell
Born
ABT 1731
Father Thomas Morrell
Mother Mary Roberts
Married  
Wife Martha ____
Father
Mother
CHILDREN

Name Jonathan Morrell
Born
09 SEP 1753[1] at Hopewell, N.J.
Died
20 OCT 1800 at Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Married Catherine O’Dell
Name Mary Morrell
Born
ABT 1754[2]
Married (1) in Shenandoah, Va., 02 February 1773 to John Carrier
(2) in Tennesee, ca. 1794 to Stephen Walling
Name Daniel Morrell
Born
ABT 1756[3]
Married in Sullivan Co., Tenn., 1826 to Frances George. Frances George was b. in Sullivan Co., Tenn., 1799; d. 1858
Name Martha Morrell
Born
03 NOV 1758[4]
Died
1818[5]
Married William O’Dell
Name Thomas Morrell
Born
1760[6] at N.J.
Died
1849[7] at Sullivan Co., Tenn.
Will
18 FEB 1846

Thomas Morrell testified he was born about 1760 in New Jersey but didn’t know exactly. While living in Sullivan County, Tennessee, he enlisted as a private in the Revolutionary war in September 1780. He was in Col. Shelby’s North Carolina regiment (Sullivan County was part of North Carolina at that time). He participated in the battle of King’s Mountain. A few weeks after his return home, he reenlisted as a substitute for one Jonathan Morrell, probably his brother. At this time, he went to Bigcreek Station and became an Indian spy against the Cherokee Indians, who had sided with the British in order to prevent encroachment on the frontier by the Europeans. He continued in this capacity as a spy for the remainder of the war. There is no mention of a wife or children in his pension application. Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Source Medium: Microfilm
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Name Edmund Morrell
Born
ABT 1763[9]
Name Abigail Morrell
Born
ABT 1766[10]
Died
DEC 1849[11]
Name Phoebe Morrell
Born
1770[12] at N.J.
Died
16 JUN 1851[13]
FOOTNOTES

[1]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , VI(1): 235.
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[2]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[3]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[4]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[5]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[6]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[7]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , VI(1): 235.
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[8]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File S4241.

[9]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , VI(1): 235.
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[10]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[11]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[12]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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[13]ibid., VI(1): 235.
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