The Moreland Muster, Volume VI, Issue 4 Fall 1993

MORELAND LETTERS

Dear Nona,

The... [following] are soundex, not census, [so] I didn’t send to Eldon... The ones with [asterisks] are sons of Lawson MORELAND, my great-grandfather. They are Alfred, George, James, John T., and my grandfather, Robert. Shown living with Robert’s family is Lawson’s widow, my great-grandmother, Margaret (BILLINGS).

I am fairly sure that all of the MORELANDs shown in Vigo County are descendants of William MORELAND of Estill Co., Kentucky. You remember Shirley Spetman’s ancestors? She thought he might be a son of Thomas, one of the four brothers [from Goochland Co., Virginia]. Never confirmed. The tip-off here are the names Elijah, Catherine WILLOUGHBY, William, all born in Kentucky. And Shirley did mention that some of this family did go to Vigo Co., Indiana.

Charles Moreland, 15508 Saranac Dr., Whittier, CA 90604.

1880 Indiana Soundex for

MORELAND, MORLAN, MOURLAND, MORLAND

County	District	Page	Line	Surname	Name	Age	Born
Green	296	08	13	MORELAND	Alfred *	29	IN
					Susan	25	KY
					William	10	IN
					Margaret R.	06	IN
					Josiphine	04	IN
					Charlie	02	IN
					Infant	1/12	IN

Parke	184	28	29	MOURLAND	Alic	33	IN
					Eliza	41	KY
					Mary E.	10	IN
					John M.	09	IN
					Sarah A.	07	IN
					James W.	05	IN
					Alexander	04	IN
					Jinetta	01	IN
				SOUTHERLAND	Lind	23	IN
Putnam	148	25	41	MORELAND	Allen	23	IN
					Mary	17	IN
					Harry	01	IN
Putnam	160	07	17	MARLAND	Andrew J.	40	IN
					Susana	39	IN
					Elizabeth	19	IN
					Joseph H.	17	IN
					Noah H.	15	IN
					Lucy C.	11	IN
					Elza	07	IN
					Delila	01	IN
Clay	241	11	21	MORELAND	Benjamin	27	IN
					Amanda	22	IN
					Pearly E.	04	IN
					William K.	02	IN
					Franklin	22	IN
					Daniel	16	IN
Hancock	196	36	12	MERLAN	Caroline	31	IN
					Louis	08	IN
					Liezetta	03	IN
				VERNON	Joseph	24	IN
				ANDERSON	Milland	24	IN
Howard	054	46	24	MORELAND	Chancy	02	IN
			son of	BOWERS	W.Y.
Madison	028	47	20	MORELAND	Charles	30	IN
					Eliza Jane	26	IN
					Frank	10	IN
					Gail	08	IN
			Boarder	COFFMAN	Fred	25	NY
Marshall	103	04	16	MORELAND	Cornelius	30	OH
					Agnes	29	Eng
					Alice	07	OH
				WINDER	Clarence	26	OH
Marshall	102	18	32	MORLAND	David	53	PA
					Ellen	46	OH
					Leland	24	IN
					Retta	18	IN
					Myrtie	06	IN
					Winnie	05	IN
Gibson	113	16	22	MORELAND	Edward	31	IN
					Martha	31	IN
					Moses	07	IN
				LYLES	Caroline	13	IN
				MCDANIEL	William	11	IN
Vigo	195	01	27	MORELAND	Elijah	24	IN
					Julia A.	24	MO
					Thomas O.	02	IN
Green	296	14	09	MORELAND	George *	31	IN
					Mary	27	IN
					Minnie	10	IN
					Adda	08	IN
					Berthie	05	IN
					Marta	03	IN
Warren	060	12	01	MORLAN	George	28	OH
					Jane	25	OH
					Charles	08	IL
					William H.	05	IL
					Ed.	9/12	IN
Harrison	104	04	27	MORLEN	Henry	30	IN
					Rachel	23	IN
					Alvy	09	IN
					Margaret	06	IN
					Addie	02	IN

Howard	054	47	23	MORELAND	Henry	55	PA
					Mary	35	OH
					Ida	14	IN
					Henry	12	IN
					Olive	05	IN
				NEIT	Martha	12	IN
					Samuel	11	IN
				WARNER	Susan	29	IN
				BELT	Anna	19	IN
Putnam	147	02	07	MORELAND	Ira	36	IN
					Sarah A.	35	IN
					William	01	IN
				TEGE	Laura	16	IN
Parke	184	23	42	MORLAND	James	31	IN
					Mary	22	IN
					George S.	04	IN
					Lottie M.	10/12	IN
Harrison	096	16	35	MORELAN	James	33	IN
					Mary J.	41	IN
					William E.	05	IN
					Lavina E.	03	IN
Green	296	05	09	MORELAND	James *	28	IN
					Mary	30	IN
					Rosina	03	IN
					Benj.	01	IN
Jackson	105	05	13	MORELAND	James	43	KY
					Mary	40	KY
					Katie	09	IN
					Moses	04	IN
Putnam	147	08	38	MORELAND	James	45	KY
					Mary J.	34	IN
					John H.	10	IN
				HENDERSON	Harvey	17	IN

Benton	006	07	26	MORELAND	James	48	VA
					Kate	28	Hungary
					James	05	IN
					John	02	IN
					George	2/12	IN
Vigo	195	23	37	MORELAND	James M.	38	KY
					Jane	38	IN
					Sarah C.	13	IN
					Joseph	08	IN
					Claude	03	IN
				WILLOUGHBY	Catherine	70	KY
Knox	120	05	25	MORELAND	John	35	IN
					Mary	30	IN
					Emma	03	IN
					William	01	IN
				THOM	John	08	IN
					Elin	17	IN
Delaware	186	20	48	MORELAND	John	58	PA
					Mary A.	50	PA
					William	22	IN
					David	20	IN
					Henry	18	IN
					Emma B.	09	IN
					Franklin	06	IN
Delaware	186	33	01	MORELAND	John B.	23	IN
					Aletha	20	IN
					Mattie	01	IN
Owen	259	02	20	MORELAND	John T. *	33	IN
					Rebecca	44	IN
					Maggie M.	05	IN
					Blank	7/12	IN
Marion	093	48	21	MORLAND	Joseph	47	OH
					Catharine	47	OH
					William H.	09	IN
				WEBB	Clayton	21	IN
					Carrie	14	IN
Putnam	147	07	08	MORELANG	Joseph N.	35	IN
					Mary P.	36	KY
					Lillie M.	03	IN
					Myrtle F.	7/12	IN
				KEEN	William T.	13	IN

Crawford	026	04	11	MERLIN	Leslie	23	OH
					Minnie	18	OH
					James	01	IN
Parke	174`	10	47	MORELAND	Joseph N.	52	KY
					Mary E.	23	IN
					William H.	21	IN
					Nancy J.	20	IN
					Charles W.	18	IN
					Morton J.	17	IN
					Edward	15	IN
					Lizzie M.	13	IN
					Fannie B.	11	IN
					John W.	09	IN
					Minnie E.	07	IN
					Vernie M.	05	IN
					Amanda M.	01	IN
Knox	120	05	31	MORELAND	Lindsy	31	IN
					Nancy	21	IN
					Minna	06	IN
					Ida	01	IN
				SMITH	William	13	IN
Parke	184	27	35	MORLAND	Lucretia	52	IN
					John	25	IN
					Isaac W.	19	IN
					Christena	14	IN
					Susan K.	11	IN
					Nancy E.	08	IN
					Christina	04	IN
				McLARTH	Lyman W.	27	OH

Elkhart	34	13	35	MORLAN	Martin H.	44	OH
					Amy	40	OH
					Hilbert	18	IN
					Clara A.	14	IN
					Elihu	11	IN
					Mary	07	IN
					James L.	05	IN
					Lucy	02	IN
Jackson	111	38	25	MORLAND	Matilda	30	OH
					Eddie	03	IN
Wayne	071	03	29	MORELAND	Milton	34	IN
					Anna	31	IN
					Nettie	14	IN
					Julia M.	07	IN
					Ray	03	IN
					Stella	9/12	IN
				COFFIN	Elizabeth	67
Clay	224	17	38	MORLAN	Richard	33	IN
					Nancy L.	38	IN
					Maroha?	14	IN
					Jane	12	IN
					Madison	04	IN
Vigo	195	30	19	MORELAND	Richard	35	KY
					Louiza	44	OH
					Lewis B.	11	IN
					Dovey D.	11	IN
					Daniel C.	10	IN
					Sarah J.	07	IN
					Carrie A.	04	IN
				STEWARD	Jonathan	15	IN
Green	296	08	38	MORELAND	Robert	22	IN
					Emiline	22	OH
					Berthamid	8/12	IN
					Margaret	50	IN
Vigo	195	23	33	MORELAND	William G.	42	KY
					Ellen	43	IN
					Agnes	11	IN
					Frederick N.	02	IN

Note from Nona: Thanks, Charles. It’s interesting that you may have located some more descendants of Thomas MORELAND. I checked my files and found the following information about the family of Elijah MORELAND and wife Sarah Ann ROBERTSON. Elijah was the son of William MORELAND and Rhoda WILLOUGHBY and William might have been Dudley’s son. Also see the item below from Ramona Armstrong Duff.

The children of Elijah and Sarah were:

1. George MORELAND

2. William Gideon MORELAND b. 18 Mar. 1837, Estill Co., KY; d. 11 Sept. 1895; md. 6 Sept. 1866 to Ellen WILLOUGHBY

3. James M. Thomas MORELAND b. 4 Nov. 1841; d. 27 Oct. 1921; md. Sarah J. WILLOUGHBY, widow of Nelson BROWN of Vigo Co., Indiana

4. Alexander Campbell MORELAND married first to Ellen KING and second to Miss CHRISTOPHER.

5. Susan MORELAND 

6. Herman Daniel MORELAND

7. Nancy MORELAND married Samuel MORELAND

8. John MORELAND

9. Girl

Also in my files is Chesley MORELAND born 1808 in Estill Co., Kentucky. He married in Clay Co., Missouri and died in Platte Co., Missouri.

James F. MORELAND married 11 July 1867 Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana to Rhoda Jane PARKER born 1842 Vigo Co., Indiana, daughter of Greenberry PARKER and Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY.

Margaret MORELAND married 29 Apr. 1875 Missouri to Edgar P. ARNOLD born 1847 Macomb Co., Michigan.

Contact Ramona Armstrong Duff, PO Box 95, Hydro, Oklahoma 73048-0095.

[Note from Nona: See also the letter above from Charles Moreland and the 1880 Indiana soundex that he sent.]

MORE MORELAND NEWS

Nona,

Muster Vol. II, #4 indicates that Dudley’s [Revolutionary War] Pension Record is #7360. This should be #7368. I was able to obtain his complete Pension Record File from the National Archives. A most interesting file of papers which I have now used to establish my version of his family group record (FGR). I would indeed welcome any comments, suggestions, corrections, additions, etc.

As near as I can determine from previous correspondence, and my own research, current knowledge of this family is based solely on this Pension record; known marriage records, and the Goochland Co., Virginia Tax Lists. If any of you have knowledge of any others please let me know.

This FGR Dudley differs from some of the previously exchanged ones in the following respects:

John MORELAND in his Declaration of 25 May 1846 (Clinton Co., Kentucky County Court, September Term 1846) states “according to the best information he has of his age he is now fifty six years old the 11th day of June next.” This establishes a birth date of 11 June 1791 for him in lieu of the 11 June 1795 date reflected on previous FGRs.

John’s 1846 Declaration provides the only source for the names of Dudley’s children, surviving and dead, at least as far as I can determine. These are: surviving - Mary WHALEY, Anne BRUMMIT (BRUMMUT?), Winny (Minny?) HOLLEY, and Elizabeth who I read as WOODBY in lieu of the previous MOODY. The deceased is given as: William. I note that Melba lists a Jacob (16) and Jesse? (17) as children of Dudley in Vol. V, #4, p. 4 of the Muster. I have not picked them up as I am not yet aware of the documented source for their inclusion. I would welcome details on this.

[Note from Nona: The addition of Jacob and Jesse to the family of Dudley was a theory of Melba’s based on the 1830 census record of Wayne Co., Kentucky. There is no documentation that I’m aware of that would place those two as sons of Dudley and we haven’t identified the family group to which they belong.]

Previous FGRs have positioned William as Dudley’s third child. In this Declaration, John states that there are two surviving children older than himself, Mary WHALEY and Anne BRUMIT. I do not read this to necessarily infer that William was likewise older than John, and have now placed him as the fourth child, which seems to provide of a more logical sequence.

Joseph L. Brumit, 12947 Blue Bonnet Dr., Sun City West, AZ 85375-2517.

MORELAND LINES

Jonah MORLAN/MORELAND married Feb. 1804, Bedford Co., Virginia to Mary WRIGHT b. 6 Oct. 1784 Bedford Co., VA, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth WRIGHT.

            Isaac MORELAND married 19 Jan. 1814, Columbiana Co., Ohio to Martha WRIGHT b. 26 Oct. 1793 Bedford Co., Virginia, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth WRIGHT.

Children:

1. Albert MORLAN b. 23 Oct. 1818 Columbiana Co., Ohio.

2. Charity MORLAN b. 12 Sept. 1816, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

3. Joel MORLAN b. 7 July 1819, Columbiana Co., Ohio

4. Joseph MORLAN b. 14 July 1822, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

5. Harriet MORLAN b. 11 Apr. 1824 Columbiana Co., Ohio

6. Isaac MORLAN b. 28 Sept. 1826, Columbiana Co., Ohio

7. Mary MORLAN b. 14 Sep. 1829 Columbiana Co., Ohio

8. Martha MORLAN b. 26 Feb. 1831 Columbiana Co., Ohio

I have a John WRIGHT who married Mary PACE in Goochland Co., Virginia in 1756. I don’t know if they were related to the WRIGHTs of York Co., Virginia. You explained that Ann WRIGHT, daughter of John J. WRIGHT, married Matthew MORELAND and had a son named Wright MORELAND who moved to Goochland Co., Virginia in 1761.

My WRIGHTs in Goochland appear to have been there in the first half of the 1700s, when your WRIGHTs were in York Co., Virginia. Whether there was any connection earlier than that, I can’t say.

Also I can’t say whether it is mere coincidence that there were later WRIGHT-MORELAND marriages in my line. Both Mary and Martha WRIGHT were daughters of Joseph WRIGHT, Quaker; he was a son of the John WRIGHT who married Mary PACE in Goochland Co., Virginia in 1756.

Jay B. Wright, 416 Brooklea Dr., Fayetteville, NY 13066-1404.

MORE MORELAND LINES

1. Rose Ann MORELAND born 1874 Seabrook, NH; d. 1941 Lawrence, Essex Co. MA; married 12 Nov. 1903 to John BOUSIE.

2. Horace D. MORELAND born 1833 Bradford, MA; d. 16 May 1906; married 19 Apr. 1862 Boxford, Essex Co., MA to Betsy D. EATON b. 1849 Seabrook, NH; died 21 Feb. 1881.

3. Cyrus MORELAND born 1 Aug. 1804 Seabrook, NH; married 10 Jan. 1833 Haverhill, MA to Mary Holman GOODWIN born 5 Apr. 1803 Amherst, NH.

4. William MORELAND b. 22 Oct. 1775 Newburyport, MA married Elizabeth KINNEY.

Would like any information about the ancestry of William MORELAND and Elizabeth KINNEY.

Contact Gerald W. McKenzie, 309 Lansdowne Road, Wilmington, NC 28409.

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1. Florence Jane MORELAND born 6 June 1936 Washington, DC.

2. Thomas Welvy MORELAND, Jr. Born 2 Mar. 1910 Washington, DC; d. 14 Dec. 1951 Washington, DC; md. 15 Aug. 1941 to Florence Jeanette RICHARDSON.

3. Thomas Welvy MORELAND, Sr born 6 Aug. 1884/94 Loudon Co., Virginia; d. 2 Feb. 1951 Washington, DC; married to Florence J. CROWN born Washington, DC; d. 14 Sept. 1944 Washington, DC.

?4. Harrison MORELAND born 1840? Loudon Co., Virginia; married 27 Jan. 1870 to Rachel MYERS born Loudon Co., Virginia.

Not sure of Harrison MORELAND in this line.

Contact Florence Vasquez, 800 W. La Palma #825, Anaheim, CA 92801.

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QUERIES

Are any of the Maries Co., Missouri Indian?

Respond to Betty Ann Boyd, 5802 Bell Park, Amarillo, TX 79109.

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The following two queries are completely unrelated. One is on my father’s side of the family and the other is my husband’s.

Query #1

I would like to find more information on James F. MORELAND who married Rhoda Jane PARKER in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana on 11 July 1867. Who were his parents and siblings? Where did he come from before moving to Indiana? Any information at all on this would be greatly appreciated.

Query #2

I am looking for more information on Margaret MORELAND who was living with her husband, Edgar P. ARNOLD, in the 1880 census in Henry Co., Missouri. I could not find this family after 1880. What became of them? Who were her parents? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Respond to Ramona Armstrong Duff, PO Box 95, Hydro, OK 73048-0095.

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I would like information about the Thomas JOHNSTON on page 13 of the last Moreland Muster [mentioned as a neighbor of Wright MORELAND in a deed]. I have wondered for a long time if he may be the one who was in Bedford Co., Tennessee in 1820, as a widower with a small son. Thomas is in Coffee Co., Tennessee in 1850, age 70, with wife, Mary, age 40. There are 10 Thomas JOHNSTONs in Tennessee in the 1820 census and 20 in the 1830 census. My Thomas had 3 children: William of Marble Hill, Missouri; Jane JOHNSTON ALLEN of Commerce, Texas and Calvin whose son, Louis, married Joan SIMPSON in Oregon Co., Missouri. The above Calvin was a great friend of Thomas Carey SIMPSON, Primitive Baptist preacher who married Mary Jane WHITTEN and came to Arkansas from Oregon Co., Missouri. I have letters from both men.

Respond to Irene Carl, 2302 Barnett Dr., Roswell, NM 88201.

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RESEARCH OF MELBA HUTCHISON

Continued from Volume VI, #3

[Note all comments are Melba's except those in brackets [ ] which are Nona's comments and theories which aren't always consistent with Melba's. Other comments are welcome and will be printed. The key to the numbering system was printed in Vol. 5, #4.]

Carter County, Tennessee Deed Book D

p. 302. This indenture made & entered into this thirteenth day of September eighteen hundred twenty six by & between William MORELAND of McMinn County & State of Tennessee of the one part & Julius DUGGAR of the county of Carter & State of Tennessee of the other part  Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred Dollars to me in hand paid by the  receipt whereof is by me acknowledged & myself contented & paid hath bargained & sold & doth by these presents grant, bargain & sell enfeeof convey & Made over to Julius DUGGAR and heirs, from me my heirs &c all that part or parcel of Land by me conveyed, of same date to Charles MORELAND Beginning on a Stake in the mayin of the River corner to MORELAND thence with this line South twelve d East eight poles to a white walnut corner to MORELAND on the original line thence with the original line East one hundred & four poles to a Stake & pointers, a white oak, sourwood & black oake corner Lawson GOODWIN, thence with GOODWINs line, north forty one poles to a Stake on the top of the Ridge, thence along the top of the Ridge West ten poles to a Stake & pointers on the Ridge, thence with the Ridge North Seventy d West twenty eight poles to a Stake on the Ridge, thence along the Ridge North fifty d West forty poles to a stake & pointers thence along the Ridge north ten d East eighteen poles to a Stake on the Ridge, thence along the Ridge North forty d East eighteen poles to a Chestnut on the Ridge thence with the Ridge North forty d West twenty six poles to a stake on the Ridge, thence with the Ridge north fifty d East twelve poles to a Lynn at the narrows near the River Watauga, thence down the several meanders of the River to the Beginning  Containing fifty Acres be the same more or less which bargained land to be & for ever remain the lawful right of Julius DUGGAR & heirs from me my heirs &c Clear of all incumbances whatsoever & from all & every others persons whatever lawfully claiming the same as a sure & indefeasable right of inheritance in fee simple in witness whereof I have here unto put my hand & seal the day & year first (p. 303) written in the presence of

Test                 William MORELAND

A. TAYLOR

Lawson WHITE

Lawson GOODWIN

State of Tennessee      August session one

Carter County             hundred & twenty nine

                                    then was the foregoing Deed exhibited & proven in open Court by Lawson WHITE & Lawson GOODWIN two subscribing witnesses thereto & admitted to record  let it be registered

                        Test George WILLIAMS clk

I do hereby certify that the within Deed was duly registered in Book D page 302 with the certificate thereto annexed in the Registers Office for Carter County at Elizabethton  May 13th 1834

                        B. BREWER Register

                        by A.M. CARTER  Dpty Rgtr

Carter County, Tennessee Deed Book G

p. 163-164

I William BUNTON have This day bargained and Sold and do hereby Transfer and Convey to Fanny MORELAND and her heirs forever for the Consideration of Fifty dollars to me paid a tract of land in the State of Tennessee Carter County and district 1st Being of the North West End of a fifty acre tract which was Granted to said BUNTON by the State of Tennessee of No. 16083 Containing by Estimation Eighteen and one Quarter acres be the same more or less and Bounded as Follows  Beginning on a Beech and dogwood with pointers on a Spi--? On the South side of the path on the original line thence South forty ds West Sixty Eight poles to a black Walnut Corner to the original thence North Sixty five East Sixty Six poles to a Beech/Bucke Corner to the original thence South forty East (p. 164) Thirty one poles to a Stake with pointers near the head of a Spring on the original line thence South thirty one d West Sixty poles Crossing the path and passing a Beech to the Beginning to have and to hold the same to the said Fanny MORELAND her heirs and assigns forever I do Covenant With the said Fanny MORELAND that I am Lawfully Sized of Said land have a good Right to Convey it and that the same is unincumbered I do further Covenant and Bind myself My heirs and representatives to Warrant and forever defend the title to the Said land and Every part thare of the said Fanny MORELAND her heirs and assigns against the Lawful claims of all persons whatever this 22 day of June 1839  Executed & delivered in our presences               William BUNTIN

A.L. GOODWIN

John BUNTAN

John MORELAND

James B. PERKINS