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Amon Perry Morris

Male Abt 1826 - 1865  (~ 35 years)


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  • Name Amon Perry Morris  [1
    Birth Abt 1826  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1864, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" Sarah Nelson,   b. Abt 1807, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1866, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1820  [3, 4
    Family ID F1351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1826 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Apr 1846 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 8 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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).

    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).

    4. [S593] Nix, Megan, Clark, Louise and Keith "Sabinetown Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Indexed 1 Oct 1999, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsabine/burials/sabinetown.htm).