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Subject: Morris.Jane."jennie".Sandlin.1821.Jackson-Clay.BIOS


Jane "jennie" Sandlin Morris May 6, 1821 - January 18, 1912 Jackson-Clay County KyArchives Biography

Author: Rick Sparks

Jane "Jennie" Sandlin was born in Clay County, Ky. on May 6,1821, the daughter 
of Lewis and Sarah "Sally" Kennedy Sandlin. The Sandlin's were from York Co. 
S.C., but later moved to Ky.  The surname Sandlin is Scottish in origin, and in 
Scotland the name was "Sandilands". On Oct.4,1834 Jennie Sandlin married 
Vincent "Jeff" Morris at the age of 13. In Jackson County, Ky, Vincent and 
Jennie Sandlin Morris lived at Sand Gap. Vincent and Jennie Morris had 15 
children: John H. Morris, Lewis Morris, Sally Morris (married Jeremiah Sparks), 
Job Morris, Wm. Morris, Hannah Morris (married "one eye" John Lakes), Thomas 
Morris, Leah Morris (married Lewis Marcum), Betty Morris (never married), 
Canada Morris, Mary Jane Morris (married a Isaacs), Fanny Morris (died in 
childhood), Liddy Morris (died in childhood), Margaret Morris (married a 
Johnson), and Catherine Morris, who married a Privett.  In August 1909, an 
article appeared in "The Berea Citizen" Berea Ky. newspaper--AUNT JENNY MORRIS 
OF SAND GAP HAS 580 DESCENDANTS. A re-print of this article appears in the 
October 1993 issue of "The Kentucky Explorer" magazine. Today there countless 
descendants of Vincent and Jenny Sandlin Morris in Jackson and other area 
counties in Kentucky. It seems that most have remained in Kentucky.

Submitted by: Rick Sparks
rwsparks2004@hotmail.com



Additional Comments:
Portions of the information were taken from "The Berea Citizen", Aug. 1909. Also, the Oct.1993 issue of "The Kentucky Explorer" pages 6-7. Sally Morris Sparks was my great-great-great grandmother.

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