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Research note · 11 Sep 2026

PROOF CLASS: BOTH PARENTS = UNDERDETERMINED (Owen, 11 Sep 2026) - the trio carries zero citations; the 1880 Travis Co. household (K212) fixes age and S.C. birth only. Upgrades on William S. Morgan's 1876 S.C. estate or an 1850 household. AUDITED 11 Sep 2026 - his first. REVIEWED AND NOT GRADED: BOTH PARENTS stay 0/0 and work is STILL OWED. Not a decline. Labelled by Owen on the ring-6 E2 card (ancestry/E2-ring6-triage-2026-09-08.md s.15). WHAT IS IN HAND: the 1880 census, Travis Co., Tex. (K212, FS index 1:1:MFJX-4N3): 'Hampton Morgan, 60, b. ~1820 SOUTH CAROLINA, farmer, wife Eve 63 (S.C.)', two sheets from [295]. It matches this man on age and birthplace and says nothing about his parents. No record in this project names them, and the trio [3134] <- [3163] x [3164] carries ZERO citations (brief-preflight, 11 Sep 2026); ancestry/morgan-osburn-junction.md records that 'Hampton is NOT corroborated'. ☞ UPGRADES ON: a Greenville or Spartanburg Co., S.C. record naming Hampton as a son of William S. Morgan - his 1876 estate - or the 1850 census placing a Hampton Morgan b. c.1820 in that household. Cheapest first step: the FS 1850/1860 index for Hampton Morgan (browser lane, sign-in).

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