James McEwen Morrison

From "The Morrison Family of the Rocky River Settlement of North Carolina, History and Genealogy" By Adelaide and Eugenia Lore and Lt. Col. Robert Hall Morrison. pg 279.

James McEwen Morrison and his wife, Eliza (Morrison) Morrison, were born reared and married in the Rocky River community, North Carolina. They moved to Alabama with other members of their families in 1816 and then to Water Valley... (Mississippi?)

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After serving his county, Dallas County, Ala, for 12 years as sheriff, James McEwen Morrison moved to Water Valley, Miss. and became the first elder of the church now known as Water Valley Church, but organized as Octocoloffa Church. His son-in-law, Peter Johnson now a member of the state legislature, and father of Rev. Josephus Johnson of Victoria, Tx is a ruling elder in the same.