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'''Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead''' (October 14, 1804 – Jul 29, 1868) was an American political hostess and slaveowner who, as the wife of Governor ], served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. She and her husband owned ], an estate in ]. As her husband was often traveling for his political career, management of the estate was her responsibility. Although she was critical of the institution of slavery and opposed her husband's personal investment in slaves, the Morehead family depended on enslaved labor at Blandwood. '''Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead''' (October 14, 1804 – July 29, 1868) was an American political hostess and slaveowner who, as the wife of Governor ], served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. She and her husband owned ], an estate in ]. As her husband was often traveling for his political career, management of the estate was her responsibility. Although she was critical of the institution of slavery and opposed her husband's personal investment in slaves, the Morehead family depended on enslaved labor at Blandwood.


== Early life and family == == Early life and family ==
Morehead was born Ann Eliza Lindsay on October 14, 1804 in ] to Colonel Robert Lindsay Jr. and Letitia Harper Lindsay.<ref name= wilmington>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= December 25, 1868|title= Ann Eliza Morehead-Death Notice|url= https://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=27779 |work= ]|location= ]|access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> She grew up in Martinville in a community of ] Quakers.<ref name= preservation/> She came from a wealthy and cultured family.<ref name= journal>{{Cite web |url= https://journalnow.com/treasures-from-morehead-family-find-their-way-back-home-to-greensboros-blandwood-mansion/article_c6260196-9d24-5168-8995-1c4af648eb09.html|title= Treasures from Morehead family find their way back home to Greensboro's Blandwood mansion|last= Prout|first= Teresa|date= July 20, 2019|website= ]|publisher= |access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> Her father died in 1818 and her mother married a second time to Henry Humphreys, Esquire. She was a granddaughter of the ] veteran Captain ], who sat in the ] and owned a 2,000-acre plantation along the ]. Morehead was born Ann Eliza Lindsay on October 14, 1804, in ], to Colonel Robert Lindsay Jr. and Letitia Harper Lindsay.<ref name= wilmington>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= December 25, 1868|title= Ann Eliza Morehead-Death Notice|url= https://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=27779 |work= ]|location= ]|access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> She grew up in Martinville in a community of ] Quakers.<ref name= preservation/> She came from a wealthy and cultured family.<ref name= journal>{{Cite web |url= https://journalnow.com/treasures-from-morehead-family-find-their-way-back-home-to-greensboros-blandwood-mansion/article_c6260196-9d24-5168-8995-1c4af648eb09.html|title= Treasures from Morehead family find their way back home to Greensboro's Blandwood mansion|last= Prout|first= Teresa|date= July 20, 2019|website= ]|publisher= |access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> Her father died in 1818 and her mother married a second time to Henry Humphreys, Esquire. She was a granddaughter of the ] veteran Captain ], who sat in the ] and owned a 2,000-acre plantation along the ].


She was likely educated at the Salisbury Academy, studying arithmetic and reading.<ref name= journal/> She was likely educated at the Salisbury Academy, studying arithmetic and reading.<ref name= journal/>


== Later life == == Later life ==
She married the lawyer and politician ] on August 25, 1821.<ref name= ncleg>{{Cite web |url= https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Resolutions/HTML/1995-1996/Res1995-26.html|title= GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1995 SESSION RATIFIED BILL|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= ]|publisher= |access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name= preservation>{{Cite web |url= https://www.preservationgreensboro.org/general-1|title= Our History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Preservation Society of Greensboro|publisher= |access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> They had eight children: Letitia Harper, Mary Corinna, Ann Eliza, Mary Louise, Emma Victoria, John Lindsay, ], and Eugene Lindsay.<ref name= ncleg/> She valued women's education and ensured that her five daughters received proper schooling.<Ref name= journal/> She married the lawyer and politician ] on August 25, 1821.<ref name= ncleg>{{Cite web |url= https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Resolutions/HTML/1995-1996/Res1995-26.html|title= GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1995 SESSION RATIFIED BILL|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= ]|publisher= |access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name= preservation>{{Cite web |url= https://www.preservationgreensboro.org/general-1|title= Our History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Preservation Society of Greensboro|publisher= |access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> They had eight children: Letitia Harper, Mary Corinna, Ann Eliza, Mary Louise, Emma Victoria, John Lindsay, ], and Eugene Lindsay.<ref name= ncleg/> She valued women's education and ensured that her five daughters received proper schooling.<ref name= journal/>


In 1825, the Moreheads settled at ], the estate of her stepfather, Henry Humphreys, in ].<ref name= ncleg/><ref name= preservation/> They purchased the estate in 1827.<ref name= preservation/> The year prior, in 1826, her husband was elected to represent Guilford County in the ].<ref name= preservation/> Although she discouraged the enslavement and reportedly "always opposed her husband’s investing largely in slaves", Morehead managed the operations at Blandwood through slave labor.<ref name= preservation/> They had no ] at Blandwood in 1840, so Morehead coordinated directly with thirty enslaved people including nine children under the age of ten.<ref name= preservation/> She and her husband enslaved sixteen people on the estate by 1860, including Hannah Jones, a ], and Tinnan Morehead, who tended the gardens and animals.<ref name= preservation/> In 1825, the Moreheads settled at ], the estate of her stepfather, Henry Humphreys, in ].<ref name= ncleg/><ref name= preservation/> They purchased the estate in 1827.<ref name= preservation/> The year prior, in 1826, her husband was elected to represent Guilford County in the ].<ref name= preservation/> Although she discouraged the enslavement and reportedly "always opposed her husband’s investing largely in slaves", Morehead managed the operations at Blandwood through slave labor.<ref name= preservation/> They had no ] at Blandwood in 1840, so Morehead coordinated directly with thirty enslaved people including nine children under the age of ten.<ref name= preservation/> She and her husband enslaved sixteen people on the estate by 1860, including Hannah Jones, a ], and Tinnan Morehead, who tended the gardens and animals.<ref name= preservation/>


In 1841, upon her husband's election as the governor of North Carolina, the family relocated to the ] in ].<ref name= preservation/> Morehead accompanied her husband to political functions and social outings in New York City, Washington, D.C., and across North Carolina and Virginia.<ref name= preservation/> She served as the state's first lady from 1841 to 1856.<ref name= ham>{{cite book |last1= Ham|first1= Marie Sharpe|last2= Blake|first2= Debra A.|last3= Morris|first3= C. Edwards|date= 2000|title= North Carolina's First Ladies 1891-2001, Who Have Resided in the Executive Mansion At 200 North Blount Street|location= ]|publisher= The North Carolina Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee and the North Carolina Executive Mansion Fund, Inc.|page= 100|isbn=0-86526-294-2}}</ref> Following his time as governor, her husband served in the ] during the ].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= September 3, 1866|title= Gov John Motley Morehead-Memorial|url= https://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=20647|work= The Weekly Sentinel|location= ]|access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> In 1841, upon her husband's election as the governor of North Carolina, the family relocated to the ] in ].<ref name= preservation/> Morehead accompanied her husband to political functions and social outings in New York City, Washington, D.C., and across North Carolina and Virginia.<ref name= preservation/> She served as the state's first lady from 1841 to 1856.<ref name= ham>{{cite book |last1= Ham|first1= Marie Sharpe|last2= Blake|first2= Debra A.|last3= Morris|first3= C. Edwards|date= 2000|title= North Carolina's First Ladies 1891-2001, Who Have Resided in the Executive Mansion At 200 North Blount Street|location= ]|publisher= The North Carolina Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee and the North Carolina Executive Mansion Fund, Inc.|page= 100|isbn=0-86526-294-2}}</ref> Following his time as governor, her husband served in the ] during the ].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= September 3, 1866|title= Gov John Motley Morehead-Memorial|url= https://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=20647|work= The Weekly Sentinel|location= ]|access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref>


Morehead lived at Blandwood until her death on July 19, 1868,<ref name= preservation/> and was buried in the ]'s cemetery. She had been a parishioner at the church.<ref name= wilmington/> Morehead suffered from poor health for several months prior to her death.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= July 30, 1868|title= Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead-Death Notice|url= https://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=16113|work= The Greensboro Patriot|location= ]|access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> In her will, Morehead bequeathed a walnut table and bedstead to her former slave, Hannah, and furniture and shoes to her former slave, Tinnan.<ref name= preservation/> Morehead lived at Blandwood until her death on July 19, 1868,<ref name= preservation/> and was buried in the ]'s cemetery. She had been a parishioner at the church.<ref name= wilmington/> Morehead suffered from poor health for several months prior to her death.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= July 30, 1868|title= Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead-Death Notice|url= https://reynoldspatova.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=16113|work= The Greensboro Patriot|location= ]|access-date= December 28, 2024}}</ref> In her will, Morehead bequeathed a walnut table and bedstead to her former slave, Hannah, and furniture and shoes to her former slave, Tinnan.<ref name= preservation/>


== References == == References ==
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First Lady of North Carolina (1841–1845)
Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead
First Lady of North Carolina
In office
January 1, 1841 – January 1, 1845
GovernorJohn Motley Morehead
Preceded byElizabeth Henry Haywood Dudley
Succeeded bySusannah Sarah Washington Graham
Personal details
BornAnn Eliza Lindsay
October 14, 1804
Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJuly 29, 1868
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeFirst Presbyterian Church Cemetery
SpouseJohn Motley Morehead
Children8 (including James)
RelativesRobert Lindsay (grandfather)
ResidenceBlandwood Mansion

Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead (October 14, 1804 – July 29, 1868) was an American political hostess and slaveowner who, as the wife of Governor John Motley Morehead, served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. She and her husband owned Blandwood, an estate in Greensboro. As her husband was often traveling for his political career, management of the estate was her responsibility. Although she was critical of the institution of slavery and opposed her husband's personal investment in slaves, the Morehead family depended on enslaved labor at Blandwood.

Early life and family

Morehead was born Ann Eliza Lindsay on October 14, 1804, in Guilford County, North Carolina, to Colonel Robert Lindsay Jr. and Letitia Harper Lindsay. She grew up in Martinville in a community of abolitionist Quakers. She came from a wealthy and cultured family. Her father died in 1818 and her mother married a second time to Henry Humphreys, Esquire. She was a granddaughter of the American Revolutionary War veteran Captain Robert Lindsay, who sat in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 and owned a 2,000-acre plantation along the Deep River.

She was likely educated at the Salisbury Academy, studying arithmetic and reading.

Later life

She married the lawyer and politician John Motley Morehead on August 25, 1821. They had eight children: Letitia Harper, Mary Corinna, Ann Eliza, Mary Louise, Emma Victoria, John Lindsay, James Turner, and Eugene Lindsay. She valued women's education and ensured that her five daughters received proper schooling.

In 1825, the Moreheads settled at Blandwood, the estate of her stepfather, Henry Humphreys, in Greensboro. They purchased the estate in 1827. The year prior, in 1826, her husband was elected to represent Guilford County in the North Carolina House of Commons. Although she discouraged the enslavement and reportedly "always opposed her husband’s investing largely in slaves", Morehead managed the operations at Blandwood through slave labor. They had no overseer at Blandwood in 1840, so Morehead coordinated directly with thirty enslaved people including nine children under the age of ten. She and her husband enslaved sixteen people on the estate by 1860, including Hannah Jones, a house slave, and Tinnan Morehead, who tended the gardens and animals.

In 1841, upon her husband's election as the governor of North Carolina, the family relocated to the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh. Morehead accompanied her husband to political functions and social outings in New York City, Washington, D.C., and across North Carolina and Virginia. She served as the state's first lady from 1841 to 1856. Following his time as governor, her husband served in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.

Morehead lived at Blandwood until her death on July 19, 1868, and was buried in the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro's cemetery. She had been a parishioner at the church. Morehead suffered from poor health for several months prior to her death. In her will, Morehead bequeathed a walnut table and bedstead to her former slave, Hannah, and furniture and shoes to her former slave, Tinnan.

References

  1. ^ "Ann Eliza Morehead-Death Notice". Wilmington Journal. Wilmington, North Carolina. December 25, 1868. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Our History". Preservation Society of Greensboro. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Prout, Teresa (July 20, 2019). "Treasures from Morehead family find their way back home to Greensboro's Blandwood mansion". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1995 SESSION RATIFIED BILL". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  5. Ham, Marie Sharpe; Blake, Debra A.; Morris, C. Edwards (2000). North Carolina's First Ladies 1891-2001, Who Have Resided in the Executive Mansion At 200 North Blount Street. Raleigh, North Carolina: The North Carolina Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee and the North Carolina Executive Mansion Fund, Inc. p. 100. ISBN 0-86526-294-2.
  6. "Gov John Motley Morehead-Memorial". The Weekly Sentinel. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. September 3, 1866. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  7. "Ann Eliza Lindsay Morehead-Death Notice". The Greensboro Patriot. Greensboro, North Carolina. July 30, 1868. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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