Armistead Morehead of Bowling Green

Not the same as Armistead Lightfoot Morehead, of Muhlenburg County

Family

Charles Morehead, the second, married a Miss Mary Norman of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Their children are as follows:

5. Armistead MOREHEAD (Charles MOREHEAD Sr.12, John MOREHEAD11, Charles MOREHEAD10, David MUIRHEAD III9, David MUIRHEAD II8, David MUIRHEAD7, James MUIRHEAD6, James MUIRHEAD5, John MUIRHEAD4, John MUIRHEAD3, William MUIRHEAD2, William MUIRHEAD1) was born 04 JUN 1767 in Halifax Co., VA, and died 26 AUG 1826 in Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY. He was buried AFT 26 AUG 1826 in Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren Co.

He married

1. He married Elizabeth (Lucy) LATHAM 11 MAR 1794 in Nelson Co., KY, daughter of Dickey LATHAM. She was born 25 APR 1774 in Nelson Co., KY, and died 27 OCT 1827 in Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY. She was buried AFT 27 OCT 1827 in Pioneer Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY.
2. Rebecca Latham 1805 (???)

	  Elizabeth Latham Married on 16 Oct 1793, to Armistead Morehead

Children of Armistead MOREHEAD and Elizabeth (Lucy) LATHAM are:

• 3 i. Cynthia G. MOREHEAD. ??
• 4 ii. Elizabeth MOREHEAD was born 1795, and died 1875.
• 5 iii. James Turner MOREHEAD was born 24 MAY 1797 in Shepherdsville, Bullitt Co, KY, and died 28 DEC 1854 in Covington, KY

Child of Armistead MOREHEAD and Rebecca LATHAM is:

• + 2 i. Charles D. MOREHEAD was born 15 APR 1806 in Russellville, KY, and died 23 AUG 1853 in New Orleans, LA

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Biography

From http://www.benmorehead.com/history.html has:

“Armistead Morehead was born June 4th, 1767. He married a Miss Latham. He was the father of James T. Morehead, once Governor of Kentucky and subsequently United States Senator from that State. He was a large portion of his life engaged in mercantile pursuits besides being clerk for many years of the Court of Logan County, Kentucky. He was also in the latter part of his life cashier of two separate banks in Bowling Green, Kentucky ...”

Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turner_Morehead_(Kentucky)_

James Turner Morehead was born on May 24, 1797 near Shepherdsville, Kentucky in Bullitt County. His parents, Armistead and Lucy (Latham) Morehead, moved to Russellville, Kentucky when he was very young, and he was educated at the public schools in that city.

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“History of the Culpeper County Normans":

"Their son Charles Morehead, m. Margaret Slaughter, went to Kentucky and served in the legislature. His son, Charles Slaughter Morehead, was Governor of Kentucky and four years in U. S. Senate. Armistead Morehead's son, James Turner Morehead, was also Governor of Kentucky and U. S. Senator. A great-grandson of Charles and Mary Turner Morehead was General Simon Bolivar Buckner, U. S. A."

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https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/u/r/Jim-Turner-Silver-Spring/GENE2-...

From Virginia Heraldica:
The first of this family was Charles Morehead, a Scottish gentleman, who settled in what is now Prince William county, in the early part of the eighthteenth century.He is known to have had at least one son, John Morehead, whose will was probated in Fauquier county, 24 Oct., 1768, in which he mentions sons Charles, Joseph, John, Alexander, William, Samuel and Presley Morehead, and daughters, Mary Lawrence and Elizabeth Brixtraw.His son, Charles Morehead, a captain in the Revolution, died in Leeds Parish, Fauquier county, in 1783.His will mentions, son Turner, son Charles, sons Armistead, James and Presley;daughter Kerrenhappuch Morehead, and wife Mary.Joseph Morehead, grandson of Charles, the immigrant, moved to North Carolina, and married Elizabeth Turner, the daughter of James and Kerrenhappuch Turner of Maryland, whose sons and grandsons were with General Greene in the Revolution.Another daughter, Mary Turner, married Charles, the brother of Joseph Morehead, and left offspring in the West, of these, Governor Charles S. Morehead of Kentucky, and his cousin, Governor James Turner Morehead of the same State, have been eminent statesmen, serving not only as Governor, but also in the Senate of the U. S. from that State.The North Carolina branch has also produced the late Governor John M. Morehead, and his brother, Hon. James Turner Morehead, who, at one time, represented his District in Congress.Another descendant in the West is the Hon. Charles R. Morehead, some time Mayor of El Paso, Texas, who served with gallantry in the Mexican War.

Citations

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=richhelm&id=I1426
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehead.html
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9023987
• http://www.benmorehead.com/history.html
• https://fabpedigree.com/s024/f527631.htm