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Uriah Jackson Morton Full Name: Uriah Jackson Morton Date of birth: June 21, 1846 Date of death: August 3, 1937 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 99 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (1)   Populist Harbin / Erath   Erath (1) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches MORTON, URIAH JACKSON (1846-1937). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, U.J. Martin, p. 149. Index pp. 4 and 6 notes name should be Morton instead of Martin. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Company F, 8th Alabama Cavalry, June 1864-April 1865. U.J. Morton of Comanche County, age 67 as of soldier's application dated 1/21/1914, born in Alabama. Pension File No. 27397, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Confederate States Army, Private, Company J, 8th Alabama Cavalry. Military grave marker, Uriah Jackson Morton, birth date 6/21/1846, death date 8/3/1937, burial in De Leon Cemetery, De Leon, Comanche County. Rev. U.J. Morton (Uncle Jack). Find a Grave. Confederate States Army, Private, Company F, 8th Alabama Cavalry. "Uriah grew up assisting his father on the family farm in Alabama and as a teenager enlisted with the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He held the rank of private under Capt. Samuel Henry in Company F of the Eighth Alabama Cavalry (though his CSA gravestone indicates service in Company J). He was captured when his company surrendered to Union forces at Citronelle, Alabama, on May 4, 1865; service records indicate Morton was paroled ten days later." Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources Uriah Jackson Morton, birth date 6/21/1846 in Alabama, death date 8/3/1937 in Comanche County, Texas, minister-farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Family group sheet and source list, Uriah Jackson Morton, birth date 6/21/1846, death date 8/3/1937. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Photographs Photograph. U.J. Morton, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Confederate Home, Special   Insurance, Statistics and History   Mining and Minerals   State Asylums

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