Amon Perry Morris

Abt 1826 - 1865  (~ 35 years)

• Name	Amon Perry Morris  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1826	Mississippi   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1861 and 1865  [2]
  Notes	Per the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, Ammon Morris owned 4 slaves. The Amon Perry Morris is listed in the 1863-1864 Sabine County Roster of indigents families of CSA soldiers-enumerated in the 1850 (sic) census of Sabine County, Texas and it is indicated that he did not return after the war. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 79). Ann McElhaney writes that "Amon Perry Morris Sr. born in Mississippi in 1825/6. I believe his family was enroute to Texas then as he is the only one born in Miss. Now his siblings were born in LA or Texas. But I think they were really all in the same place as Texas borders were not set and at some point Sabine was considered a parish of Louisanna. I believe Ammon Sr was killed in the battle in San Jacinto in 1866ish. But his son Amon Jr never knew Amon Sr. Amon Jr. is my maternal great grandad. Siblings for Amon Jr. : Mary C.F. Morris DOB 1847/48 in LA Alfred W. Morris 1849/50 La. Drucilla 1852 Sarah E or G 1854 Shadric 1857 John June 1860 Amon (one 'n') 25 March 1864 in Sabinetown Texas. . .this is far east Texas and there is a little town called Hemphill there where I believe his dad is buried. Shadrach who was Amon Srs. dad fought in the US army in the War of 1812 and was in the Battle of New Orleans led by Andrew Jackson. This was a battle that firmly established our nation's independence from England and it was a magnificent defeat of the most powerful navy in the world coming on the heels of the defeat by the English of Napoleon in France. Shadrach obtained a land grant in southeast Texas from Mexico prior to the Texas Revolution. The family story is that somehow the land was taken from him and was a very significant loss as the spindletop oil discovery (hence Exxon) was built on that land. We do know there is some truth to that as in the 1930's Exxons lawyers came to Sherman Texas where many of the Morris family lived and tried to get them to sign some kind of release. Everyone in the family knew to never sign anything! ann mcelhaney annmclpc@aol.com (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Texas, Sabine County Enumerated 20 Nov 1850 Stamped 327 257-257 Morris, Amon P 25 M Farmer Miss Morris, Mary A 21 F La Morris, Mary C. F. 3 F La Morris, Alfred W 1 m La Watkins, Mary 45 F NC* 258-258 White, John C 24 M Farmer Miss White, Drucilla C 21 F Tx White, Mary E 2 F La White, Theodotia 1 F La White, Drucilla 1/12 F Tx (Courtesy of Scott Watkins) *Schluter and Toole, in their annotated transcription of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, show her as "dau of John and Mary Smith and widow of ---- Watkins." Scott Watkins points out that she is actually Mary Kemp Watkins, mother of Mary Morris and Drucilla White. A daughter of John and Mary Smith, namely Elizabeth, was married to Green Berry Watkins, thus causing the confusion. 1860 Census Texas, Sabine, Bare Creek Beat No. 6 Page 33, Stamped 3335 249-249 Amon Morris 34 M Farmer $400 $400 Miss Mary A Morris 32 F La Mary C Morris 12 F La Alfred Morris 10 M La Drucilla Morris 8 F La/Texas Sarah E. Morris 6 F Texas Shadric Morris 3 M Texas John Morris 1 M Texas
  Person ID	I3168	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Shadrach H. Morris,   b. 12 Dec 1790, Kentucky d. 19 Jan 1864, Sabine County, Texas (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Sarah Nelson,   b. Abt 1807, South Carolina d. Abt 1866, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1820  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Watkins,   b. Abt 1828, Louisiana d. 21 Nov 1892 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1846	Sabine Parish, Louisiana   [2]
  	Where were they at the time of the 1850 census?
  Children	1. Mary C. Morris,   b. Abt 1847, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alfred W. Morris,   b. Abt 1849, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   3. Drucilla Morris,   b. Abt 1852, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Morris,   b. Abt 1854, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Shadrach Morris,   b. Abt 1857, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   6. John Morris,   b. Jun 1860, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   7. Amon Perry Morris, Jr.,   b. 25 Mar 1864, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1826 - Mississippi Marriage - 18 Apr 1846 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 8 (Reliability: 3). [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 79 (Reliability: 3). [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 78 (Reliability: 3). [S593] Nix, Megan, Clark, Louise and Keith "Sabinetown Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Indexed 1 Oct 1999, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsabine/burials/sabinetown.htm).