Family: Rueben Morgan / Perthenia Bell (F3964)

• Father | Male Rueben Morgan

  
  

  Born	Aft 1770
  Died	Aft 1840	Lowndes County, Georgia
  Buried
  Married	15 Feb 1825	Duplin County, North Carolina
  Other Spouse	Dorcus Newton | F1335
  Married	25 Nov 1793	Duplin County, North Carolina
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  Mother | Female Perthenia Bell

  
  

  Born	Abt 1785	Duplin County, North Carolina
  Christened	12 Sep 1835	Bethlehem Primative Baptist Church, Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia
  Died	Abt 1847	Lowndes County, Georgia
  Buried
  Other Spouse	Joseph Williams, Jr. | F3975
  Married	20 Jun 1810	Duplin County, North Carolina
  Father	Hezekiah Bell | F4022 Group Sheet
  Mother	Martha Baggett | F4022 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: MARRIAGE BONDS OF DUPLIN COUNTY N.C. 1749-1868 by Cora Bass (Southern Historical Press: 1959) shows that "Wena" Williams and Rueben Morgan were married 15 February 1826 by Jn. Hufham, witnessed by Jas. Pearsall Clk. It appears that Perthenia married Rueben Morgan Sr., and not his namesake son. At the time of the 1830 Decatur County, Georgia Census, a Rueben Morgan Sr, between the ages of 50 and 60, was listed as a head of household which includes a female between the ages of 40 and 50. Perthenia was born in 1785, and would fit in this category. Rueben Morgan Jr was enumerated immediately after his father's household, and was listed as a single man, between the ages of 20 and 30, with no children.