He served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
He was a deputy commissioner of the Continental Army under General John Pierce. He formed his own militia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Eight of his sons were members of his company. It was known as Captain John Morton's Company of Regulars, Fourth Virginia 1776.
Source - US Pension Office
During his seven years of service he had seven sons and many nephews in the Forth Virginia Regulars with him.
Morton's Company left Prince Edward Courthouse in March 1776, for Suffolk. There and at Portsmouth it was engaged in skirmishes with Lord Dunmore's forces. After Dunmore left Virginia waters in September 1776, the Fourth Virginia Regiment went by water to the head of the Elk (in Maryland) and thence marched through Philadelphia and Newark to New Brunswick, NJ, where it joined George Washington's army after its retreat from Fort Washington. The regiment was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown and was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778.
Captain John Morton received 6,700 acres of land from the Commonwealth of Virginia for his Revolutionary War service. All of the land was located in old Fayette County, Kentucky.
Source - Online edition of the Thompson Book, page 121.
He was one of the original Trustees of Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, VA. Samuel P Morton, one of his great-great grandsons gave the College $75,000 in 1935 to fund the construction of Morton Hall in honor of him.
The Morton house was torn down in 2001. It was to the North of the Hampden-Sydney College lands.
Married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on September 15, 1750 in Cumberland County, VA.
Children of John and Mary Morton:
Charles Morton 1752 1796
Elizabeth Morton Woodson 1754 1845
James Blythe Morton 1756 1808
Ezekiah Morton 1757 1831
Benjamin Morton 1760 1838
Jacob Morton 1761 1860
Josiah Morton 1763 1838
Nathaniel Morton 1765 xxxx
Mary Morton 1766 1816
Nancy Morton Thompson 1768 1816
Sally Morton Fuqua 1770 1814
John Archer Morton 1772 1880
Richard Morton 1776 1880
Obediah Morton 1778 1848
Matty Morton 1780 xxxx
Source of the above 15 children and birthdates - Carter Thompson Family Bible Records dated August 14, 1819.
He was a deputy commissioner of the Continental Army under General John Pierce. He formed his own militia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Eight of his sons were members of his company. It was known as Captain John Morton's Company of Regulars, Fourth Virginia 1776.
Source - US Pension Office
During his seven years of service he had seven sons and many nephews in the Forth Virginia Regulars with him.
Morton's Company left Prince Edward Courthouse in March 1776, for Suffolk. There and at Portsmouth it was engaged in skirmishes with Lord Dunmore's forces. After Dunmore left Virginia waters in September 1776, the Fourth Virginia Regiment went by water to the head of the Elk (in Maryland) and thence marched through Philadelphia and Newark to New Brunswick, NJ, where it joined George Washington's army after its retreat from Fort Washington. The regiment was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown and was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778.
Captain John Morton received 6,700 acres of land from the Commonwealth of Virginia for his Revolutionary War service. All of the land was located in old Fayette County, Kentucky.
Source - Online edition of the Thompson Book, page 121.
He was one of the original Trustees of Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, VA. Samuel P Morton, one of his great-great grandsons gave the College $75,000 in 1935 to fund the construction of Morton Hall in honor of him.
The Morton house was torn down in 2001. It was to the North of the Hampden-Sydney College lands.
Married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on September 15, 1750 in Cumberland County, VA.
Children of John and Mary Morton:
Charles Morton 1752 1796
Elizabeth Morton Woodson 1754 1845
James Blythe Morton 1756 1808
Ezekiah Morton 1757 1831
Benjamin Morton 1760 1838
Jacob Morton 1761 1860
Josiah Morton 1763 1838
Nathaniel Morton 1765 xxxx
Mary Morton 1766 1816
Nancy Morton Thompson 1768 1816
Sally Morton Fuqua 1770 1814
John Archer Morton 1772 1880
Richard Morton 1776 1880
Obediah Morton 1778 1848
Matty Morton 1780 xxxx
Source of the above 15 children and birthdates - Carter Thompson Family Bible Records dated August 14, 1819.
He served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
He was a deputy commissioner of the Continental Army under General John Pierce. He formed his own militia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Eight of his sons were members of his company. It was known as Captain John Morton's Company of Regulars, Fourth Virginia 1776.
Source - US Pension Office
During his seven years of service he had seven sons and many nephews in the Forth Virginia Regulars with him.
Morton's Company left Prince Edward Courthouse in March 1776, for Suffolk. There and at Portsmouth it was engaged in skirmishes with Lord Dunmore's forces. After Dunmore left Virginia waters in September 1776, the Fourth Virginia Regiment went by water to the head of the Elk (in Maryland) and thence marched through Philadelphia and Newark to New Brunswick, NJ, where it joined George Washington's army after its retreat from Fort Washington. The regiment was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown and was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778.
Captain John Morton received 6,700 acres of land from the Commonwealth of Virginia for his Revolutionary War service. All of the land was located in old Fayette County, Kentucky.
Source - Online edition of the Thompson Book, page 121.
He was one of the original Trustees of Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, VA. Samuel P Morton, one of his great-great grandsons gave the College $75,000 in 1935 to fund the construction of Morton Hall in honor of him.
The Morton house was torn down in 2001. It was to the North of the Hampden-Sydney College lands.
Married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on September 15, 1750 in Cumberland County, VA.
Children of John and Mary Morton:
Charles Morton 1752 1796
Elizabeth Morton Woodson 1754 1845
James Blythe Morton 1756 1808
Ezekiah Morton 1757 1831
Benjamin Morton 1760 1838
Jacob Morton 1761 1860
Josiah Morton 1763 1838
Nathaniel Morton 1765 xxxx
Mary Morton 1766 1816
Nancy Morton Thompson 1768 1816
Sally Morton Fuqua 1770 1814
John Archer Morton 1772 1880
Richard Morton 1776 1880
Obediah Morton 1778 1848
Matty Morton 1780 xxxx
Source of the above 15 children and birthdates - Carter Thompson Family Bible Records dated August 14, 1819.
He was a deputy commissioner of the Continental Army under General John Pierce. He formed his own militia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Eight of his sons were members of his company. It was known as Captain John Morton's Company of Regulars, Fourth Virginia 1776.
Source - US Pension Office
During his seven years of service he had seven sons and many nephews in the Forth Virginia Regulars with him.
Morton's Company left Prince Edward Courthouse in March 1776, for Suffolk. There and at Portsmouth it was engaged in skirmishes with Lord Dunmore's forces. After Dunmore left Virginia waters in September 1776, the Fourth Virginia Regiment went by water to the head of the Elk (in Maryland) and thence marched through Philadelphia and Newark to New Brunswick, NJ, where it joined George Washington's army after its retreat from Fort Washington. The regiment was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown and was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778.
Captain John Morton received 6,700 acres of land from the Commonwealth of Virginia for his Revolutionary War service. All of the land was located in old Fayette County, Kentucky.
Source - Online edition of the Thompson Book, page 121.
He was one of the original Trustees of Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, VA. Samuel P Morton, one of his great-great grandsons gave the College $75,000 in 1935 to fund the construction of Morton Hall in honor of him.
The Morton house was torn down in 2001. It was to the North of the Hampden-Sydney College lands.
Married Mary Elizabeth Anderson on September 15, 1750 in Cumberland County, VA.
Children of John and Mary Morton:
Charles Morton 1752 1796
Elizabeth Morton Woodson 1754 1845
James Blythe Morton 1756 1808
Ezekiah Morton 1757 1831
Benjamin Morton 1760 1838
Jacob Morton 1761 1860
Josiah Morton 1763 1838
Nathaniel Morton 1765 xxxx
Mary Morton 1766 1816
Nancy Morton Thompson 1768 1816
Sally Morton Fuqua 1770 1814
John Archer Morton 1772 1880
Richard Morton 1776 1880
Obediah Morton 1778 1848
Matty Morton 1780 xxxx
Source of the above 15 children and birthdates - Carter Thompson Family Bible Records dated August 14, 1819.
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