Elijah J. Morton ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, Elijah and his wife Jerenne were listed in the household of Daniel and Elizabeth Bynum. At the time of the 1860 census, Elijah was a farm laborer in Blount County, Alabama. He had personal assets of $150. At the time of the 1870 census, he was a farmer in Blount County, Alabama. He had $25 in personal assets. He was farming in Blount County, Alabama, in 1880. He had two children with wife Rebecca and his 2 stepchildren as part of his household.

He was shown as 18 in 1850, 28 in 1860, 38 in 1870, 47 in 1880. FindAGrave memorial has his dates as 1836-1898 which doesn't match the census findings.

There was a marriage that might be his to Martha Hallmark, 23 Nov 1865, Blount County, Alabama.

  Additional Information:

• Military Service: Pvt, Company I, 49 Regiment, Alabama Infantry.

Elijah married Pheriba Jerenne Bynum, daughter of Rev Asa Bynum and Rebecca Elizabeth Murphree, about 1848 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States.¹ (Pheriba Jerenne Bynum was born in , Blount County, Alabama, United States and died in 1870 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁷.)

Elijah next married Rebecca Dearman, daughter of Elijah Dearman and Nancy Atkinson, on 11 Oct 1871 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States. (Rebecca Dearman was born about 1838 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States and was buried in Fosters Chapel Cemetery, Straight Mountain, Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁸.)