Excerpts from Morehead Family History, by Evelyn Potter Park, 1892, p. 5:
[The same material is reprinted verbatim in Alexander Morrow 1745 – 1817 of Brooke County, (W)Virginia and His Descendents, by Anne Morrow Nees, 1993, pp. 112-115]
Robert Morehead, emigrant, was born about 1768 in Ireland and died March 17, 1837 on his farm in what is now Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. He married Margaret Morrow, daughter of Alexander Morrow and Susan Cassiday, in Ireland.
His wife, Margaret Morrow, was born in 1771 and died at Keene, Coshocton, Ohio on August 16, 1848 and is buried there in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery alongside four of their children: William, James, Margaret and Samuel. Robert Morehead was probably buried in the Old Three Springs Cemetery which was near where he lived, though there is no known record of where he was buried. Because the deed to that cemetery was never recorded, the title to that land eventually went to a land development company. The cemetery was destroyed and houses were built over the graves. All records of those buried there were lost. It is believed the Morrow and Morehead families were of Scotch descent, but came to America from Ireland.
Robert Morehead purchased 200 acres of land in Ohio County, Virginia, on March 3, 1796 (Book 3, Pg. 244). Though he never moved from that farm, it later became part of Brooke County, and finally Hancock County.
Margaret, wife of Robert Morehead, left his home about 1824 with her two youngest children: Samuel and Margaret. They are said to have lived for a while at her father's old home where her brother, William Morrow, then lived. They then moved to Steubenville, Ohio while Samuel was employed in flat boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. About 1837 they all moved to Coshocton County, Ohio near Keene.
Robert Morehead's land on King's Creek was his home for the remainder of his life. The area was originally a part of Ohio County, but in 1797 it became a part of Brooke County until 1848 when the upper part of Brooke County broke off to form Hancock County. In 1863, during the Civil War, this area was part of Virginia that became West Virginia. These three counties extending north between Ohio and Pennsylvania are called the Panhandle of West Virginia.
The heirs of Robert Morehead are listed in the court records of Brooke County, Virginia in a lawsuit involving the estate of Robert Morehead filed in 1843 by William Morehead, his eldest son, and answered by Alexander Morehead, Administrator of the estate. Robert's date of death is included, as well as the name of his wife, Margaret. Also included are affidavits by James Morehead.
Further notes by Darrell Brown
His unmarked grave is reportedly beneath one of the neighboring shopping centers.
Robert and Margaret had six children, five of them listed below. The sixth was Andrew Morehead, born in (West) Virginia around 1800, died around 1843 in Rock Island, Illinois. He was married in Steubenville, Ohio, to Margaret Hesser, on October 14, 1820, and they had four children.
[The same material is reprinted verbatim in Alexander Morrow 1745 – 1817 of Brooke County, (W)Virginia and His Descendents, by Anne Morrow Nees, 1993, pp. 112-115]
Robert Morehead, emigrant, was born about 1768 in Ireland and died March 17, 1837 on his farm in what is now Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. He married Margaret Morrow, daughter of Alexander Morrow and Susan Cassiday, in Ireland.
His wife, Margaret Morrow, was born in 1771 and died at Keene, Coshocton, Ohio on August 16, 1848 and is buried there in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery alongside four of their children: William, James, Margaret and Samuel. Robert Morehead was probably buried in the Old Three Springs Cemetery which was near where he lived, though there is no known record of where he was buried. Because the deed to that cemetery was never recorded, the title to that land eventually went to a land development company. The cemetery was destroyed and houses were built over the graves. All records of those buried there were lost. It is believed the Morrow and Morehead families were of Scotch descent, but came to America from Ireland.
Robert Morehead purchased 200 acres of land in Ohio County, Virginia, on March 3, 1796 (Book 3, Pg. 244). Though he never moved from that farm, it later became part of Brooke County, and finally Hancock County.
Margaret, wife of Robert Morehead, left his home about 1824 with her two youngest children: Samuel and Margaret. They are said to have lived for a while at her father's old home where her brother, William Morrow, then lived. They then moved to Steubenville, Ohio while Samuel was employed in flat boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. About 1837 they all moved to Coshocton County, Ohio near Keene.
Robert Morehead's land on King's Creek was his home for the remainder of his life. The area was originally a part of Ohio County, but in 1797 it became a part of Brooke County until 1848 when the upper part of Brooke County broke off to form Hancock County. In 1863, during the Civil War, this area was part of Virginia that became West Virginia. These three counties extending north between Ohio and Pennsylvania are called the Panhandle of West Virginia.
The heirs of Robert Morehead are listed in the court records of Brooke County, Virginia in a lawsuit involving the estate of Robert Morehead filed in 1843 by William Morehead, his eldest son, and answered by Alexander Morehead, Administrator of the estate. Robert's date of death is included, as well as the name of his wife, Margaret. Also included are affidavits by James Morehead.
Further notes by Darrell Brown
His unmarked grave is reportedly beneath one of the neighboring shopping centers.
Robert and Margaret had six children, five of them listed below. The sixth was Andrew Morehead, born in (West) Virginia around 1800, died around 1843 in Rock Island, Illinois. He was married in Steubenville, Ohio, to Margaret Hesser, on October 14, 1820, and they had four children.
Excerpts from Morehead Family History, by Evelyn Potter Park, 1892, p. 5:
[The same material is reprinted verbatim in Alexander Morrow 1745 – 1817 of Brooke County, (W)Virginia and His Descendents, by Anne Morrow Nees, 1993, pp. 112-115]
Robert Morehead, emigrant, was born about 1768 in Ireland and died March 17, 1837 on his farm in what is now Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. He married Margaret Morrow, daughter of Alexander Morrow and Susan Cassiday, in Ireland.
His wife, Margaret Morrow, was born in 1771 and died at Keene, Coshocton, Ohio on August 16, 1848 and is buried there in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery alongside four of their children: William, James, Margaret and Samuel. Robert Morehead was probably buried in the Old Three Springs Cemetery which was near where he lived, though there is no known record of where he was buried. Because the deed to that cemetery was never recorded, the title to that land eventually went to a land development company. The cemetery was destroyed and houses were built over the graves. All records of those buried there were lost. It is believed the Morrow and Morehead families were of Scotch descent, but came to America from Ireland.
Robert Morehead purchased 200 acres of land in Ohio County, Virginia, on March 3, 1796 (Book 3, Pg. 244). Though he never moved from that farm, it later became part of Brooke County, and finally Hancock County.
Margaret, wife of Robert Morehead, left his home about 1824 with her two youngest children: Samuel and Margaret. They are said to have lived for a while at her father's old home where her brother, William Morrow, then lived. They then moved to Steubenville, Ohio while Samuel was employed in flat boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. About 1837 they all moved to Coshocton County, Ohio near Keene.
Robert Morehead's land on King's Creek was his home for the remainder of his life. The area was originally a part of Ohio County, but in 1797 it became a part of Brooke County until 1848 when the upper part of Brooke County broke off to form Hancock County. In 1863, during the Civil War, this area was part of Virginia that became West Virginia. These three counties extending north between Ohio and Pennsylvania are called the Panhandle of West Virginia.
The heirs of Robert Morehead are listed in the court records of Brooke County, Virginia in a lawsuit involving the estate of Robert Morehead filed in 1843 by William Morehead, his eldest son, and answered by Alexander Morehead, Administrator of the estate. Robert's date of death is included, as well as the name of his wife, Margaret. Also included are affidavits by James Morehead.
Further notes by Darrell Brown
His unmarked grave is reportedly beneath one of the neighboring shopping centers.
Robert and Margaret had six children, five of them listed below. The sixth was Andrew Morehead, born in (West) Virginia around 1800, died around 1843 in Rock Island, Illinois. He was married in Steubenville, Ohio, to Margaret Hesser, on October 14, 1820, and they had four children.
[The same material is reprinted verbatim in Alexander Morrow 1745 – 1817 of Brooke County, (W)Virginia and His Descendents, by Anne Morrow Nees, 1993, pp. 112-115]
Robert Morehead, emigrant, was born about 1768 in Ireland and died March 17, 1837 on his farm in what is now Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia. He married Margaret Morrow, daughter of Alexander Morrow and Susan Cassiday, in Ireland.
His wife, Margaret Morrow, was born in 1771 and died at Keene, Coshocton, Ohio on August 16, 1848 and is buried there in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery alongside four of their children: William, James, Margaret and Samuel. Robert Morehead was probably buried in the Old Three Springs Cemetery which was near where he lived, though there is no known record of where he was buried. Because the deed to that cemetery was never recorded, the title to that land eventually went to a land development company. The cemetery was destroyed and houses were built over the graves. All records of those buried there were lost. It is believed the Morrow and Morehead families were of Scotch descent, but came to America from Ireland.
Robert Morehead purchased 200 acres of land in Ohio County, Virginia, on March 3, 1796 (Book 3, Pg. 244). Though he never moved from that farm, it later became part of Brooke County, and finally Hancock County.
Margaret, wife of Robert Morehead, left his home about 1824 with her two youngest children: Samuel and Margaret. They are said to have lived for a while at her father's old home where her brother, William Morrow, then lived. They then moved to Steubenville, Ohio while Samuel was employed in flat boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. About 1837 they all moved to Coshocton County, Ohio near Keene.
Robert Morehead's land on King's Creek was his home for the remainder of his life. The area was originally a part of Ohio County, but in 1797 it became a part of Brooke County until 1848 when the upper part of Brooke County broke off to form Hancock County. In 1863, during the Civil War, this area was part of Virginia that became West Virginia. These three counties extending north between Ohio and Pennsylvania are called the Panhandle of West Virginia.
The heirs of Robert Morehead are listed in the court records of Brooke County, Virginia in a lawsuit involving the estate of Robert Morehead filed in 1843 by William Morehead, his eldest son, and answered by Alexander Morehead, Administrator of the estate. Robert's date of death is included, as well as the name of his wife, Margaret. Also included are affidavits by James Morehead.
Further notes by Darrell Brown
His unmarked grave is reportedly beneath one of the neighboring shopping centers.
Robert and Margaret had six children, five of them listed below. The sixth was Andrew Morehead, born in (West) Virginia around 1800, died around 1843 in Rock Island, Illinois. He was married in Steubenville, Ohio, to Margaret Hesser, on October 14, 1820, and they had four children.
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