The Moreland line begins with a James Bazil Moreland who was likely born about 1735 in either Virginia or North Carolina. His wife’s name is not known, but James Bazil Moreland raised seven children while living in Rowan, North Carolina: Hazel, Sarah, Sally, James, George, Evan, and Bazil.
His son Hazel (1760-1826) married Hannah Willis (1767-1861), daughter of Thomas Willis (1734-1794), of Burlington County, New Jersey, and Ann (1736-1790) Willis. Hannah and her parents also lived in Rowan, North Carolina. Hazel Moreland and Hannah Willis had eight children: Melinda, Nancy, Hazel, Vincent, Willis, James, Gardner, and Rachael. The son James Moreland (1798-1822) married (wife unknown), moved to Gallatin Co., Illinois, and had a son, Lorenzo Moreland.
Lorenzo Moreland (1815-1864) married Mary Ann McClain (1832-????), originally of Jennings, Indiana, and started a family in Phillips Co., Arkansas (Helena area, on the Mississippi River) before returning to Illinois. Lorenzo Moreland stated carpentry as his profession in the 1850 US Census in Phillips County, Arkansas. Lorenzo Moreland and Mary Ann McClain had Caroline, Willis, Mary E., and Martha E., (all born in Arkansas) and James A., Sarah W., Robert F., Sally, and Mahala (all born in Illinois).
His son Hazel (1760-1826) married Hannah Willis (1767-1861), daughter of Thomas Willis (1734-1794), of Burlington County, New Jersey, and Ann (1736-1790) Willis. Hannah and her parents also lived in Rowan, North Carolina. Hazel Moreland and Hannah Willis had eight children: Melinda, Nancy, Hazel, Vincent, Willis, James, Gardner, and Rachael. The son James Moreland (1798-1822) married (wife unknown), moved to Gallatin Co., Illinois, and had a son, Lorenzo Moreland.
Lorenzo Moreland (1815-1864) married Mary Ann McClain (1832-????), originally of Jennings, Indiana, and started a family in Phillips Co., Arkansas (Helena area, on the Mississippi River) before returning to Illinois. Lorenzo Moreland stated carpentry as his profession in the 1850 US Census in Phillips County, Arkansas. Lorenzo Moreland and Mary Ann McClain had Caroline, Willis, Mary E., and Martha E., (all born in Arkansas) and James A., Sarah W., Robert F., Sally, and Mahala (all born in Illinois).
The Lorenzo Moreland and Mary Ann McClain children in more detail:
· Caroline (1847-????)
· Willis (1848-????)
· Mary E. (1849-????)
· Martha (1852-1918) Married first briefly to ____ Johnson, then to Wylie Gunter and had a son, Robert Henderson Gunter. Martha later married Aaron “Bud” Brazier and had a daughter, Janet, who died young. More information on the decendents of Robert Henderson Gunter may be found in the Gunter Line posting on this website.
· James Alexander (1855-1931) married Isabelle Stanley (1857-1890) and had five children: James Amos (b. 1877), Lucy Josephine (1881-1960), Mary (b. 1878), Annie Robinson (1883-1976), and Laura (1888-1978)
· Sarah West (1857-????) married Alfred Graff
· Robert (1859-????)
· Sally (1860-????) married John Cutrell and they had a daughter Flora. John passed away and Sally remarried to George Williams
· Mahala (1862-1940) married James H. Rose (1859-1912) and they had six children: Mary A., Jermair, Clarance, Sola, James, and Maude
· Caroline (1847-????)
· Willis (1848-????)
· Mary E. (1849-????)
· Martha (1852-1918) Married first briefly to ____ Johnson, then to Wylie Gunter and had a son, Robert Henderson Gunter. Martha later married Aaron “Bud” Brazier and had a daughter, Janet, who died young. More information on the decendents of Robert Henderson Gunter may be found in the Gunter Line posting on this website.
· James Alexander (1855-1931) married Isabelle Stanley (1857-1890) and had five children: James Amos (b. 1877), Lucy Josephine (1881-1960), Mary (b. 1878), Annie Robinson (1883-1976), and Laura (1888-1978)
· Sarah West (1857-????) married Alfred Graff
· Robert (1859-????)
· Sally (1860-????) married John Cutrell and they had a daughter Flora. John passed away and Sally remarried to George Williams
· Mahala (1862-1940) married James H. Rose (1859-1912) and they had six children: Mary A., Jermair, Clarance, Sola, James, and Maude
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