JOHN MORROW was born on 18 May 1803 in Orange County, North Carolina to William P. Morrow (1767-1852) & Jinnet "Jane" Gattis (1769-1860).

John Morrow married Rachael Thompson on 22 December 1831 in Orange County, North Carolina, and they had ELEVEN children of record:

Calvin N. Morrow (1832-1914),
Joseph Henry Morrow (1834-1861),
Elizabeth "Eliza" Ellen Morrow-Webb (1836-1910),
William James Morrow (1838-?),
Jane E. Morrow (1840-1866),
Daniel Forest Morrow (1842-1910),
Samuel Alexander Morrow (1844-1920),
Selina Frances Morrow (1847- 1851),
John S. Morrow (1848-1924),
George T. Morrow 1851-1929), and
Robert Graves Morrow (1856-1908).

John passed away on 2 August 1881 in Oaks, Orange Co, North Carolina, and was buried at the Morrow Family Cemetery.

The Morrow Family Cemetery Directions:
Traveling from Mebane, NC take 119 South about 7 miles to 54E. Travel on 54E into Orange County and take a right onto Saxapahaw Road. The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will be on your right and Morrow Mill road will be on the left as you continue down Saxapahaw Rd. You will drive back into Alamance County and cross over Thom Rd. The Old Morrow Homestead stucco house will be the first house on the left after Thom Rd., and on the right immediately across the street from the stucco house is a pond with trees around it. Take the first dirt drive on the right after the pond and just before you get to the house on the right. Drive down the dirt road about 25 yards and the cemetery is in the clump of trees immediately to the right of the dirt road.

If you drive too far down 54E then you will see an Exxon station on your right at Morrow Mill Rd. Turn right onto Morrow Mill Rd. About 1/2 a mile down the road is a stop sign with a "Y" intersection, keep traveling on Morrow Mill Road (veering to the right and it will curve back around to Saxapahaw raod at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Turn left onto Saxapahaw road, cross over Thom Rd and follow directions above.
(35d 57m 18.0s N; 79d 16m 34.0s W).

REFERENCES:

1. 23 Aug 1850 South District, Alamance County, North Carolina, (Stamped 1B, Family #7, Line 8), Head of Household, John Morrow.

2. 1860

3. 19 August 1870 Thompson Township, Sunapahaw PO, Alamance County, North Carolina, (Stamped 154B, Family #136, Line 19), Head of Household John Morrow.

4. 14 June 1880 Thompson, Alamance County, North Carolina, (ED:9, Stamped 122C, Sheet 11, Family #102, Line 34), Head of Household, John Morrow.

5. Named in Father's Will, William Morrow, as Son John W. Morrow, 1845 Will Book #1, P. 67, Written in Orange County, NC on 8 August 1845, and Filed in Alamance County, NC. (The Morrow family lived right on the Orange & Alamance County Line).

7. Married 22 December 1831 in Orange County, North Carolina.

8. Tombstone Transcription, D. T. Stokes 3 May 1959:
Located off NC Hwy #54, from the road at the church running towards Saxapahaw, NC drive to the Lee Morrow Homestead. The cemetery is across the road from the house in a clump of cedar trees at the north-west edge of a field.

9. Headstone Photo taken by Mark Morrow on 21 January 2010.

©Mark Morrow