Morris Roney
Alabama

Morris Roney
b. April 22, 1785 S.C.
d. January 22, 1855 probably Abbeville, AL
buried: Tolbert Church Cemetery, Abbeville, AL.#

m.  Jane (no last name known) February 28, 1815
b. June 4, 1794 S.C
d. Sep 16, 1855 probably in Abbeville, AL
buried: Tolbert Church Cemetery, Abbeville, AL #

his father - Maurice Roney
his mother- Mary ?
Children
Thomas B. Roney* b. 1816 ?SC
 d.  1900
 m. Amanda Scholar
(b. 10 Nov 1820  d. 7 Apr 1896)
bur: Tolbert Cem., Abbeville, AL
(dau. of Bryant Scholar and Mary Polly Kirkland)
Mary Roney *
 b. 1817 ? d. m. Henry A. Spann 12 Sep 1846 Henry Co., AL
(son of John Edward Spann and Marcilla Odom)
James Roney*
 b. 1820 SC
 d.
1m. Martha Mary Spann
2m. Martha Mathis
Nancy Roney*
 b. 1823 SC
 d.
m. Jeremiah Barnet
John A. Roney*
 b. 1825 SC
 d.
1m. Mary Ann Grist  8 Apr 1849 (d. about 1850 after son, James Moses Roney, child birth)
2m. Caroline ?   about 1850 (died after birth of son Phillip Roney)
3m. Frances Jane Chester about 1852 (has four children, Martha, Susan, Perry Martin, and John)
Morris J. Roney*
 b. 1826  SC
 d.
 m. Elizabeth Roney
(dau. of Hugh Roney, son of Maurice Roney)
Elizabeth Roney*
 b. 1830 SC
 d.
m. James Armstrong

                                                        *children according to records of Mac Davis.

I don't know who the original ancestor of the Roney family in the United States may have been. It is understood that Hugh Roney was the brother of Maurice Roney. I am hoping to develop this information with clues from other researchers.

1809, June 27 - Morris Roney has a plat surveyed by Michael Blocker  for 264 acres on the South Edisto River, Edgefield District, S.C. on February 22 1802.  other names listed are Joseph Walker, Sr., Bridges; Sanders; MacClimore.     [S. C. Archives and History, Series S213192, vol. 0041, page 468, item 002., ]

1810 - US Census, South Carolina, Laurens, p. 15

        James Roney       m      1(0-10)    0     1(16-26)     0   0       f     0     0    1 (16-26)   0    0          

1825- They supposedly migrated to Henry Co., AL with their families.  [rec. of Larry Smith]

1850- US Census, Alabama, Henry Co p. 443 so (this has to be the son of Maurice.)

Roney, Morris      63m     farmer SC
             Jane           60f                  SC
             James         1m

1858, September 1 - "Morris L. Roney of Henry County Alabama" files for a land patent in Sparta, Alabama.  This is probably the son of Morris, son of Maurice. 

"the East half of the North West quarter of Section seven in Township five, North of range twenty eight - East in the District of lands subject to sale at Elba Alabama containing seventy nine acres and eighty seven hundreths of an acre" under president James Buchanan.
[BLM records, certificate #20000, Accession/Serial # AL2420_.350]

sources:

 Elroy's Family Index || Ancestor Chart #11
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