We have finished our first book on the Morton side of our family, "OUR MORTONS, Old County to New World".This book contains history, stories, pictures, trees, reports and is 166 pages long.The book includes John Morton and Jane Peden, Scot-Irish, who landed in South Carolina in 1767.Their son William; his son James Benton Morton and wife Mary Molloy, all born in South Carolina; James's son Oliver Thomas Clark Morton and his wife Francis Dees;son Oscar Morton and his wife Lula Sheperd, and our father Willis Clark Morton and his wife, our mother, Adelaide Johnson. Willis and Adelaide's children are Linda, Sandra, Thomas, Connie, and Bonnie. The Johnston/Johnson family includes Thomas Johnston, Sr,Thomas Johnston/Johnson, Jr and his wife Barthenia Lindsey; their son General Lafayette Johnson and his wife Martha K. Stafford; their son Thomas W. Johnson and his wife Myrtie Armella Dancy. The locations of this family range from Sorn, Ayershire, Scotland, Antrim,Ireland, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.We would be happy to share information with you and would like to hear from people that have any information they would like to share and any pictures they may have of these family members.We have started on our next book about the Johnston/Johnson family and are already looking for items to update the Morton book.Please e-mail us.
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