Morton Genealogy Collection
Scope and Contents
Genealogy material compiled by Mr. William S. Morton and his wife, Mrs. Margaret H. Morton of Farmville, Virginia which trace the descendants of Joseph Morton of Prince Edward County, Virginia and allied families. Includes primary source material, such as the 1830 daybook of the J. J. Dupuy Company of Charlotte Court House. Also, contains typescript of Richard Lee Morton's copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's notes on the Robert Rose Diary and of William Cryer's transcript of the Charles Campbell diaries.
PDF Inventory (below) includes folder list for addition, Mss. 82.7, which is filed at the end of Box 2.
The genealogical chart of Sir Thomas West is filed in the oversize file (Accession 90 M85, addition 1980.19).
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1978
Creator
- Morton, Margaret H. (Person)
- Morton, Estelle (Person)
- Morton, Richard Lee, 1889-1974 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical Information:
Extent
2.01 Linear Feet
Arrangement of Materials:
Original Accession and addition physically and intellectually combined in 2009.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts, 1980 - 1986.
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/90_M85_Morton_Genealogy.pdf
Processing Information:
Processed by Phyllis LeGrand in 1990 and Anne Johnson in 2009.
Subject
- Morton family (Family)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Buckingham County (Va.)--History
- Campbell County (Va.)--History
- Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Virginia--Genealogy
- Virginia--History
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Morton Genealogy Collection
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Phyllis LeGrand and Anne Johnson.
- Date
- 2007-07-17
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository