Capt. Charles Morehead

Capt. Charles Morehead

• Gender: Male
• Birth: January 19, 1733 Hamilton Parish, Prince William, Virginia
• Death: September 30, 1783 (50) Leeds Parish, Fauquier, Virginia, United States
• Son of John Morehead and Mary Armistead?
• Husband of Mary Turner

Biography

DAR Ancestor #: A080123

Lived in Farquier Co., Virginia. He was a Captain in the Revolution. His descendants moved to Kentucky in 1807.

His will mentions,

• son Turner,
• son Charles,
• sons Armistead,
• James and
• Presley;
• daughter Kerrenhappuch Morehead,
• and wife Mary.

Will

From http://www.benmorehead.com/history.html

Will of Charles Morehead, Parish of Leeds, Fauquier Co., 19 January. 1783; probated 30 September, 1783:

To son Turner Morehead 127 acres whereon he now resides; daughter Mary Ransdell; son Charles 127 acres of land purchased from Joseph Hudnall; daughter Kerenhappuck Morehead; sons Armistead, James and Presley Morehead 300 acres to be equally divided; daughter Elizabeth Morehead; my beloved wife Mary Morehead; to Ann Butler for extraordinary services. Executors: wife Mary, Charles Chilton and my sons Turner and Charles Morehead.
Witnesses: George Carter, William Morehead, Richard Fisher, John Cook.

Book 11, page 6. Items omitted.

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morehead-79

Charles Morehead was said to be the oldest son of John Morehead of Fauquier Co. Virginia. His will was probated in Fauquier on 30 Sep 1783, which approximately gives the date of his death and identifies several of his children. A biography of his son Turner states that Charles was a captain in the revolutionary army

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The following material was taken from the web site of Robert M Williams:

”Virginia Heraldica": "The first of this family was Charles Morehead, a Scottish gentleman, who settled in what is now Prince William Co., in the early part of the eighthteenth century. He is known to have had at least one son, John Morehead, whose will was probated in Fauquier Co., 24 Oct., 1768, in which he mentions sons Charles, Joseph, John, Alexander, William, Samuel and Presley Morehead, and daughters, Mary Lawrence and Elizabeth Brixtraw. His son, Charles Morehead, a captain in the Revolution, died in Leeds Parish, Fauquier Co., in 1783. His will mentions, son Turner, son Charles, sons Armistead, James and Presley; daughter Kerrenhappuch Morehead, and wife Mary. Joseph Morehead, grandson of Charles, the immigrant, moved to North Carolina, and married Elizabeth Turner, the daughter of James and Kerrenhappuch Turner of Maryland, whose sons and grandsons were with General Greene in the Revolution. Another daughter, Mary Turner, married Charles, the brother of Joseph Morehead, and left offspring in the West, of these, Governor Charles S. Morehead of Kentucky, and his cousin, Governor James Turner Morehead of the same State, have been eminent statesmen, serving not only as Governor, but also in the Senate of the U. S. from that State. The North Carolina branch has also produced the late Governor John M. Morehead, and his brother, Hon. James Turner Morehead, who, at one time, represented his District in Congress. Another descendant in the West is the Hon. Charles R. Morehead; some time Mayor of El Paso, Texas, who served with gallantry in the Mexican War."
"History of the Culpeper County Normans": "Their son Charles Morehead, m. Margaret Slaughter, went to Kentucky and served in the legislature. His son, Charles Slaughter Morehead, was Governor of Kentucky and four years in U. S. Senate. Armistead Morehead's son, James Turner Morehead, was also Governor of Kentucky and U. S. Senator. A great-grandson of Charles and Mary Turner Morehead was General Simon Bolivar Buckner, U. S. A."
"According to Steve Norman, Charles Morehead was born 1730 in Fauquier Co., Virginia, and died January 19, 1793 in Warren Co., Kentucky."

References

• http://www.ronulrich.com/rfuged/nti11156.htm
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/u/r/Jim-Turner-Silver-...
• A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A080137
• Indenture (Apprenticeship required of Natives til age 21) between John Morehead. Parish of Hamilton, County of Prince William on record. Grandason Henry Mauzy/Massey listen on Emigrant Roll of 1831 with Okla Falaya transfer community of northern MS to Ark.
• http://www.wargs.com/other/ali.html Sources for Charles Morehead
• 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A080123 and #A117148.
• 2 The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 16 JUN 1912, p. 3.
• 3 Crozier, William Armstrong, ed., Virginia Heraldica Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families, New York: The Genealogical Association (1908), 101.
• 4 Garber, Virginia Armistead, The Armistead Family, 1635-1910, Richmond, VA: Whittet and Shepperson (1910), additional data p. 5, Google Books (Digital Library).
• 5 Jaques, Lola Herron, Kentucky Families Descended from Charles and Mary (Turner) Morehead, Unknown: Typescript (1979), 6-8, Kentucky Historical Society.
• GEDCOM Source Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.