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021    MORROW FAMILY

Location - about one mile from Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, in Orange County, N.C., located on N.C. Highway 54, on SR-2146, the road running from the Church and Highway 54 to Saxapahaw, N.C., is the old Morrow home place. Across from the road from the house, in a clump of cedars, at the northwest edge of a field is the cemetery.

Coordinates: 35d 57m 18.0s N; 79d 16m 34.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Surveyed by D.T. Stokes on May 3, 1959.

Some of the stone markers are home made and others are professional marbles. In 1959, Mr. Lee Morrow and his sister were living in the Morrow homeplace.

1. Dixon, Mary   (b. - d. 1 Dec 1836)
"Aged 19"
2. Hatch, Julia M   (b. - d. 26 Apr 1854)
daughter of Abijah and Frances B Hatch "Aged 1 yr. 11 mos. 11 ds."
3. M., J H   (b. - d. )
4. Morrow, Jane   (b. 28 Mar 1840 - d. 17 Dec 1860)
daughter of John and Rachael Thompson Morrow. "Her end was peace."
5. Morrow, Jane Gattis   (b. 14 Apr 1769 - d. 11 Jul 1860)
wife of William Morrow
6. Morrow, Jane Parks   (b. 1731 - d. 2 Nov 1794)
wife of William Morrow. "...Land our Lord 1731 this life Nov. the 2 1794 Aged 62 years"
7. Morrow, John   (b. 18 May 1803 - d. 2 ??? 1881)
husband of Rachael Thompson Morrow. son of William and Jane Gattis Morrow. "An Israelite indeed". (Note: Many of John and Rachael's children are buried at the Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Larger)).
8. Morrow, Joseph H   (b. 16 Jun 1834 - d. 18 Sep 1861)
husband of Martha Edwards Morrow (b.1835). son of John and Rachael Thompson Morrow. "He rests in hope."
9. Morrow, Nancy   (b. 30 Nov 1802 - d. 14 Jun 1852)
daughter of William and Jane Gattis Morrow. Aged 51 yrs. 6 mos. and 14 ds.
10. Morrow, Rachael Thompson   (b. 15 Apr 1815 - d. 11 Jun 1880)
wife of John Morrow. "A woman in Israel"
11. Morrow, Selina Frances Graves   (b. 1815 - d. 7 Jul 1854)
wife of James S. Morrow (son of William and Jane Gattis Morrow). "Aged 39 yrs. 16ds.". (Note: Their son, Dr. Alexander Morrow, b.6 Jan 1811 - d.9 July 1856, is buried down the road at Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Smaller)).
12. Morrow, William   (b. 15 May 1767 - d. 8 Sep 1852)
husband of Jane Gattis Morrow. son of William and Jane Parks Morrow. "An Israelite is dead"
13. Morrow, William P.   (b. 24 Jan 1806 - d. Nov 1877)
husband of Frances Armstrong Morrow (b.1820 - d.7 Nov 1841). son of William and Jane Gattis Morrow. "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of man is peace."
14. Morrow, William, Sr.   (b. 1731 - d. 13 Nov 1807)
husband of Jane Parks Morrow. "Born in Ireland in the year of our Lord 1731. Died November the 13th 1807 in the 73 year of his age". (Note: William Morrow Sr's Last Will & Testament states that his daughter Jane's married name was Jane Pickhard, the Pickhard burials are believed to be related to her husband or their descendants. Family records indicate Jane Morrow-Pickhard was born in 1754. All children named in the will include: William Morrow, James Morrow, & John Morrow, Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews, Margaret Morrow-Bryan, Jane Morrow-Pickhard, and a Granddaughter, Janey Morrow, daughter of Sarah Morrow -- Sarah is the widow of John Morrow)
15. Pickard, Eligah   (b. 20 Sep 1793 - d. 28 Aug 1846)
16. Pickard, Elizabeth   (b. 25 Apr 1792 - d. 23 Nov 1834)
17. Pickard, Isabella Martha   (b. 18 Aug 1830 - d. 15 Dec 1834)
18. Pickard, J   (b. - d. 9 Nov 1807)
"Aged 42"
19. Pickard, James C   (b. 14 Jan 1832 - d. Dec 1834)
20. Pickard, William   (b. 27 Dec 1817 - d. Aug 1862)