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Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
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Online Archive of 
Morgan Lewis Fitch
~1838 - ??
Born at Yazoo County, MS around 1838.
Acted as Executor of Will in Holmes County, MS in 1845.
Acted as Holmes County Probate Witness in 1848.
Resided at Segin, Guadalupe County, TX in 1860; occupied as a lawyer.
Described as 5'11" with dark hair, fair complexion, and blue eyes.
Mustered into Company H at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861.
Received accidental gunshot wound to hand at Murfreesboro, TN on July 13,
1862.
Discharged in November 1862 due to wound to hand, rendered useless; Macmurphy
indicates that "Fitch was accidentally shot by his own pistols in the
hand."
NOTES:
We are authorized to announce Morgan
L. Fitch, Esq. as a candidate for the office of Judge of the 10th Judicial
District composed of the counties of Leake, Attala, Holmes and Yazoo, all
the next Nov. election. - Kosciusko, Miss. April 11, 1840
Fitch Morgan L IV Attorney
1319 Old Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, TN 37909
(865) 584-0105
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| 1840 Census - MS, Yazoo County, Page 331, Line 10 (39/44) | ||
| Head of Houshold | Morgan L. Fitch | |
| Free Whte Males Under 5 | 1 | |
| Free White Males 20 - 30 | 1 | |
| Free White Females under 5 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 5 -10 | 1 | |
| Free White Females 20 - 30 | 1 | |
| Male Slaves under 10 | 1 | |
| Female Sleves 24 - 36 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | |
| Number employed in Manufacturing and Trade | 2 | |
| 1850 Census - MS, Holmes County, Lexington Police Beat, Page 241, Dwelling 206, Family 206, (28 -29 /34) | |||||||||
| Name | Age. | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| Morgan L Fitch | 45 | M | Lawyer | NY | |||||
| Helina Fitch | 39 | F | TN | ||||||
| Elizabeth Fitch | 16 | F | MS | ||||||
| Morgan Fitch | 12 | M | MS | ||||||
| Emily Fitch | 10 | F | MS | ||||||
| Ralph Kent | 20 | M | Clerk | NJ | |||||
| Collins Fitch | 3 | M | MS | ||||||
| Azel Fitch | 1 | M | MS | ||||||
| Thomas C. Morgan | 35 | M | AL | ||||||
| Margaret P Jones | 45 | F | TN | ||||||
| Margaret C. Caffety | 17 | F | MS | ||||||
| Amanda Bufford | 21 | F | TN | ||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, GUadalupe County, Seguin, Page 282, Dwelling 29, Family 22, (3/16) | ||||||||||
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| J. P. White | 28 | M | Lawyer | $1,700 | $5,500 | VA | ||||
| Ann S. White | 25 | F | SC | |||||||
| James S. White | 13 | M | VA | |||||||
| Carrie P. White | 1 | F | TX | |||||||
| M. L. Fitch | 22 | M | Lawyer | $5,000 | $2,500 | MS | ||||
| Related Links: | ||
| Macmorphy Diary - July
15, 1862 (offsite) Gale M. Roberts Gale M. Roberts Family Tree Gedcom (offsite) Gary Silverstein's Ancestors of Neil Conway Gedcom |
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. |
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M.
L. Fitch Family Group m. H. E. Fitch September 28, 1864 Washington,
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