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References: 1) 1870 Census, Parker County, Texas; 2) RootsWeb.com, World Connect Project, September, 2003, by RandyTanner, Jerald L. Hemphill and David R. SnodgrassJOHN MORROW (61) resided in Rowan County, North Carolina from 1790 to 1815 and is the only knownMorrow family that resided in Rowan County, North Carolina. John Morrow is probably the Morrow relative thatMargaret Morrow visited and where she met her husband, Samuel Bryan, who lived approximately five milesnorth of John Morrow. Originally it was believed that this John Morrow was the son of William Morrow andJane (Parks) Morrow - however, closer inspection of the actual loose will of William Morrow does not match theinformation known about this John Morrow. John was born around 1756 in North Carolina. According to the1800 census of Rowan County, North Carolina, John Morrow was born prior to 1755. John Morrow married awoman named Elizabeth (from will of his son, Joseph Morrow). John and Elizabeth Morrow were the parents ofat least eleven children:. . . Nancy Morrow. . . William Morrow, b. 1755 and 1774. . . John Morrow, Jr.. . . Margaret Morrow. . . Jane Morrow (61.5), b. 1780. . . Allen Morrow. . . Thomas Morrow (61.7). . . Arthur Morrow (61.8), b. September 17, 1789. . . Joseph Morrow. . . Elizabeth Morrow. . . Rebeccah MorrowIn 1790, John Morrow received a land grant in Rowan County, North Carolina. From 1800 to 1810, John Morrowwas living in Rowan County, North Carolina. John Morrow died around 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina.In 1800, William Morrow was living near his father, John Morrow, in Rowan County, North Carolina. On April18, 1797, Margaret Morrow married Hayes Dickey in Rowan County, North Carolina. Joseph Morrow diedaround 1816 in Rowan County, North and left no children (siblings were given shares in his estate). ElizabethMorrow married James Davis, Jr.References: 1) 1800 and 1810 Censuses, Rowan County, North Carolina; 2) Will, John Morrow, Book G, Page 398, RowanCounty, North Carolina, 1815 (RootsWeb, wills,Rowan County, North Carolina); 3) Will of John Morrow, September 14,1815, Will Book G, Page 397, Rowan County, North Carolina (Rowan County Register, May, 1995); 4) Will of JosephMorrow, April 5, 1816, Will Book G, Page 423, Rowan County, North Carolina (Rowan County Register, May, 1995); 5)Davie County Land Grants by Andrew Lagle, 1976 (1790 land grant of John Morrow); 6) Ancestral File, LDS, extractedSeptember, 2003; 7) RootsWeb Query, Rowan County, North Carolina, August, 1997, by Susan Thomas; 8) RootswebQuery, August, 1997, Mason County, Illinois, Susan Thomas; 9) Genforum, Morrow Surname, July, 2000, by Joan (Hise)BancroftJANE MORROW (61.5) is the daughter of John Morrow and Elizabeth Morrow. Jane was born in 1780. In1803, Jane Morrow married James Davis, Sr. (born 1780). James and Jane Davis had eleven children (fiveknown):. . . Allen M. Davis. . . Thomas Davis (61.5.2), b. January 20, 1810, Rowan County, North Carolina. . . James Davis. . . Arthur Davis (61.5.4), b. December 29, 1817, Rowan County, North Carolina. . . Ransom DavisIn 1835, James Davis, Sr. moved to Greene County, Illinois. Jane (Morrow) Davis died on November 18, 1855and James Davis, Sr. died on August 18, 1858 near Springfield, Illinois.References: 1) Ancestral File, LDS, extracted September, 2003; 2) Will, John Morow, Book G, Page 398, Rowan County,North Carolina, 1815 (RootsWeb, wills,Rowan County, North Carolina; 3) Will of John Morrow, September 14, 1815, WillBook G, Page 397, Rowan County, North Carolina (Rowan County Register, May, 1995); 4) Vertical File (from MyrnaMadigan), Greene County, Illinois, Morrow Surname (1879 History, Page 587 - with annotations added & Obituary fromCarrollton Patriot Newspaper - 1882)THOMAS DAVIS (61.5.2) is the son of James Davis and Jane (Morrow) Davis. Thomas was born on January 20,1810 in Rowan County, North Carolina. On December 15, 1831, Thomas Davis married Anna Morrow and they