ourt 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 Lockhart ... by virtue of Bounty warrant No. 3441 for 320 acres issued... on 18 May 1838. That patent was issued 5 December 1859.
On January 4, 1860, a deed was recorded on page 178 wherein Margaret Morris sold Henry Long 158 acres of the above tract for $300. Margaret must have retained about four acres, perhaps the land on which she was living at that time.
The service of Daniel McCoy has not been investigated.
This picture may be from some branch of the Tinney/Morris family, but the subjects have not been identified. It was taken in Coleman County in Santa Anna, Texas. If anyone can identify the man and woman, please contact me. |
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