Key Facts

Snapshot:	longterm widow
Parents:	206Joab Horn 207Nancy/Mary Dixon
Born:	3 December 1804 Georgia, perhaps Twiggs County
Died:	29 May 1880 very likely Pulaski County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

103Morning Horn was born 3 December 1804 to parents 206Joab Horn and 207Nancy Dixon.1 * She was born in Georgia,2-5 perhaps in Twiggs County, where her father had settled by March 1813.6

103Morning married 102William Blount, although exactly when is unclear. For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

Her husband presumably died sometime in the 1840's, since the 1850 census shows 103Morning as the head of household.2

1850: 103Morning's family in Twiggs County. Full page.2

By 1860 she had moved to nearby Pulaski County. This is the first census that shows her living with her son Stephen, with whom she seems to have remained for the rest of her life.3

1860: 103Morning's family in Pulaski County, Georgia. Full pages: 1, 2.3

Her household's entries for the 1870 and 1880 censuses are below.4,5 Her household also appears in the 1870 and 1880 agriculture schedules (under the name Sarah Henderson), which you can see here: 1870: 1, 2;7 1880;8 templates: 1870, 1880.

1870: 103Morning's household in Pulaski County, Georgia. Full page.4

1880: 103Morning's family in militia district 386, Pulaski County, Georgia. Full page.5

She died on 29 May 1880,1 † presumably still in Pulaski County.

Footnote:

*

Unfortunately, the source that I've cited is a family Bible entry that was written several decades after 103Morning's birth, so it should be viewed with suspicion. However, her reported year of birth—1804—is fairly consistent with later census records. Furthermore, the entry seems to have been copied from an earlier record. I feel confident enough in the record to use it as a source. See the link in source citation #1 for more information about this record.

†

Her inclusion in the 1880 census is therefore unexpected, since census-takers were instructed to record information as it was on June 1st, even if they physically visited the house some days later. It's quite possible that the informant was trying to obey the instruction but simply had forgotten the exact date when 103Morning died.

Sources Cited:

1: A Horne family Bible described and abstracted in: Bess Vaughn Clark, Twiggs County, Georgia Records: A Reconstructed Heritage: A Collection from Newspapers, Deeds, Bible Records, Military Records, Wills, Personal Journals and Papers (Wolfe Publishing, 1999), pages 255-257.

2: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Twiggs County, Georgia. Page 198B, dwelling 668, family 668, M. Blount household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 84. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6353-TFX?i=81>.

3: 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Pulaski County, Georgia. Page 307, dwelling 455, family 448, Morning Horn household. NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 134. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBY-WTP?i=59&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZMC-BX8>.

4: 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). East of the river, Pulaski County, Georgia. Page 9, dwelling 78, family 8, Sarah Henderson household. NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 170. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT7W-W6?i=8&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMC32-CF7>.

5: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 386, Pulaski County, Georgia. Enumeration district 56, page 27, dwelling 284, family 284, Stephen Blount household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 162. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBH-XWJ?i=2&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8GG-KRK>.

6: Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Deeds book 14 (1810-1813), pages 391-392. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-896D-8K75?i=400&cat=306915> et seq., accessed April 2020. The corresponding microfilm at the North Carolina Archives is microfilm C.037.40011. The relevant deed begins near the end of page 391.

7: 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Agriculture Schedule). Pulaski County, Georgia. Pages 9 and 10, entry 12, Sarah Henderson farm. NARA microfilm publication T1137, roll 8. You can see scans of the pages here: 9, 10. The NARA provides a helpful template.

8: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Agriculture Schedule). Pulaski County, Georgia. Page 13[?], entry 10, Sarah Henderson farm. NARA microfilm publication T1137, roll 18. See a scan of the page here. The NARA provides a helpful template.