Our family is descended from hearty Scotch-Irish stock that can be traced back to the Cumberland Valley Area of Pennsylvania in the mid-1700's. Two brothers, James and Henry Morrow lived in Cumberland County near the town of Greencastle in Peters Township as early as 1778. In 1784, the counties were redefined and this area became Franklin County and still is today. James and Henry married two sisters, Sarah and Elizabeth, daughters of William and Elizabeth Hannah who settled in the same area as early as 1753. After William Hannah's death in 1785, the brothers decided to moved west to the Pittsburgh area. James settled about 8 miles south of Pittsburgh in St. Clair Township in then Washington and now Allegheny County. Henry came along a few years later and settled in Wilkins Township near the Old Forbes Road, just east of Pittsburgh on land willed to the brothers by their father-in-law, William Hannah. Descended from these two brothers are many generations of farmers, teachers, those who held public offices and many free spirits.
--Family of James Morrow (1755-1826)
--Family of Henry Morrow (1760-1841)
--OUR ALLIED FAMILIES: Bracken Johnston Lesnett McDowell
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--Other
Morrow Families -some
from Ohio, but most from southcentral and southwestern PA
RESOURCES:
- Articles
- Cemetery Records
- Early Morrow Death Notice Index - 1786 to 1910, from the area around Pittsburgh, extracted from local newspapers
- Early Morrow Marriage Announcements Index - 1786 to 1910, from the area around Pittsburgh, extracted from local newspapers
- Land Records
- Morrow Marriage License Index for Allegheny Co PA from 1885 - 1925 - arranged according to first name
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Obituaries
A collection of Morrow obits from more recent Pittsburgh area newspapers. - Wills
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