A Loop in the Tree

 

Ancestry. 1850 US Census. Jackson County, TN.

The discovery of Elizabeth Flatt as mother of Pleasant Morgan opened up a surprising connection to Pleasant Flatt. It appears that Elizabeth was Pleasant Flatt's older sister. This means Pleasant Morgan was Nancy Jane Flatt's first cousin. Both Pleasant and Elizabeth were children of John Henry Flatt, and while I'll have much more on him in a later post, the image below from AncestryDNA's Thrulines on my Mom's results is pretty interesting. She has 100 DNA matches to descendants of John Henry Flatt (I have 86). For her of the 11 matching from Elizabeth Flatt, 6 also match to Pleasant Morgan, and down to Frank Morgan and his sister Viola.

AncestryDNA Thrulines.

Elizabeth was born in 1806, probably in Jackson County, Tennessee. I am still researching, but it seems likely she named her son Pleasant (born in 1845) after her younger brother (born about 1820).

Elizabeth and family appear again in the 1860 US Census in Jackson County.

Ancestry. 1860 US Census. Jackson County, TN.

Family history is the story that keeps giving, with loops and knottted branches dispersed among the leaves.