Morianton’s maid, whose name is not recorded, served as a maidservant in the household of Morianton, leader of the people of Morianton, whose land lay by the seashore on the borders of the land of Lehi (Alma 50:25). Morianton, described as a man of much passion, grew angry with her and beat her severely (Alma 50:30).
She fled to the camp of Moroni and told him everything concerning the matter, and that Morianton’s people intended to flee into the land northward (Alma 50:31). On her report, Moroni sent an army under Teancum, which overtook the people of Morianton at the borders of the land Desolation; Teancum slew Morianton and defeated his army (Alma 50:35).