 County in November 1844. Since that was before the creation of Caldwell County, he was probably in what is now Caldwell County, but the jurisdiction then was Gonzales, so that is where his estate records are located.
In November 1845 Margaret, as administrator of his estate in Gonzales County, sold Isaac Campbell 530 acres off the "northeast corner of the league granted Ambrose Tinney on Plum Creek." Jeremiah Campbell sold Henry Long his interest, as an heir, in Isaac Campbell's estate. After Campbell's death, Henry Long was granted nearly 170 acres of the Tinney land, which he sold to John Tinney on 26 Feb. 1859.
| Ambrose Tinney and Margaret "Peggy" McCoy are said to have had five children. Four are known by name.
Margaret Marries Again
Margaret Tinney married Alexander Morris in Gonzales County, Texas on 16 March 1848. Alexander Morris was born 5 Aug 1824 and died 6 June 1888. He was less than six years older than John Tinney, Margaret's oldest son. |
On page 595 of Deed Book A for Caldwell County is a "Schedule of property of Margaret Morris separate from A. Morris:
1] 530 acres in Gonzales County on Plumb Creek, portion of the headright of Daniel McCoy, father of said Margaret Morris
2] 1229 acres on Tinney's Creek in Caldwell County, portion of headright of A. Tinney, former husband of said Margaret Morris
3] 320 acres on Grave's Creek in Robertson County, bounty granted by the Republic of Texas to former husband of Margaret Morris, A. Tinney
4] 125 head of cattle branded on hip with letter A which range about Tinney's Creek; 7 sheep, 2 horses, 25 hogs
5] All house and kitchen furniture, farming utensils and implements of homestead of Margaret Morris in Tinney's Creek
25 February 1851
The implication of this separation of property is that the marriage was on shaky ground. Margaret wanted to be sure she did not lose the considerable property she had held before her marriage to Alexander Morris should there be a divorce.
Her precautions were well taken.
On Thursday, October 30, 1851, a jury in the district court of Caldwell County heard a suit for divorce, Alexander Morris vs. Margaret Morris. "Allegations of abusive language [were] proved in favor of plaintiff... In response to the allegations in the defendants answer--we the jury find for the defendant and all the allegations set forth proved--divorce decreed in favor of said defendant and against said plaintiff..." Each party was to retain their respective separate property. The children mentioned in the defendants' answer were to be committed to her custody. The jurors included G. D. Gilliland, E. M. Fuller and G. B. Gilliland. Henry Long was called to testify.
Alexander Morris, Sr. married again, because at his death he left a widow named Elizabeth Morris. In Gonzales County, Texas, Alexander Morris married Elizabeth Holcum on 17 August 1853. Alexander had seven children in all, leaving one eighth of his estate each to:
G. W. Morris
Alexander Morris Jr
the minor heirs of Isabella Morris Ridout, deceased.
| The 1850 census of Caldwell County, Texas, shows the Tinney/Morris family before the divorce.|
#45 Caldwell County, Texas
| Alexander Morris and Margaret McCoy Morris had
| In Caldwell County, Deed Book H, on page 176, is recorded the transfer from "John McCoy of St. Charles County, Missouri, to Margaret Morris of Caldwell County, Texas, "all right to a land certificate of 320 acres of Bounty land belonging to Daniel McCoy deceased which has never been laid or located due to said Daniel McCoy for services rendered in the State of Texas being certificate #3441 dated 18 May 1838. "My right title claim and interest in and to the said certificate is the shears and interests of Fanny McCoy, Mahala Cain, Nancy Cain, Sarah Keisler, and Elizabeth Connor all of them heirs and daughters of the said Daniel McCoy. The said interests hereby conveyed is 5/6 of the said certificate."
This transaction was dated July 7, 1856.|
On page 177 is recorded the grant to the heirs of Daniel McCoy deceased, of 162 acres on the Sandy fork of Peach Creek about 15 miles S 60 E from Lockh