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James Morrison

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frederick County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: February 07, 1858 (96)
West of Droop Mountain, Pocahontas County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Morrison and Thankful Morrison
Husband of Jane Morrison and Elizabeth Morrison
Father of Andrew Morrison; John P Morrison; James Morrison; Nathaniel James Morrison; Jane Morrison and 13 others
Brother of John Samuel Morrison; David Heriman Morrison; Nathaniel Morrison; Pvt Andrew Morrison; Richard Morrison and 4 others

DAR: Ancestor #: A081091
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About James Morrison

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA (SOLDIER). DAR Ancestor # A081091

  • Census: 1790 - Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
  • Census: 1790 - Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
  • Census: 1790 - Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
  • Residence: Virginia
  • Residence: Virginia, United States
  • Residence: Bath, Virginia, United States - 1810
  • Residence: Bath, Virginia, United States - 1820
  • Residence: Pocahontas, Virginia, USA - 1830
  • Residence: Age: 79, Pocahontas, Virginia, USA - 1840
  • Residence: District 47, Pocahontas, Virginia, USA - 1850

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Biography

James was born in 1761. one of ten children by parents Nathaniel Morrison and Thankful Heriman. He served with his brother Andrew in the Revolutionary War. After the war he married a Mrs. Jane Taylor.

James M. Morrison (1761 - 1858)

James M. Morrison

Born 5 Oct 1761 in Berkeley, Virginia

Son of Nathaniel Morrison and Thankful (Heriman) Morrison

Brother of Andrew Morrison, John Samuel Morrison, David Heriman Morrison and Richard Morrison

[spouse%28s%29 unknown]

Father of Andrew Morrison and Absalom Morrison

Died 7 Jul 1858 at age 96 in Pocahontas, Virginia, United States

Morrison-3662 created 19 Dec 2013 | Last modified 14 May 2022

Sources

"West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Z-P5W : 11 February 2018), Thankful Morrison in entry for James Morrison, 07 Feb 1858; citing Valley West Of Droop, Pocahontas, Virginia, reference 1858 p2 Line 56; FHL microfilm 34,490.

"A Morrison Family History and Descendants of Nathaniel Morrison," by Curtis Sharp, pages 19-23.

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James Morrison's Timeline

1761
October 18, 1761
Frederick County, Virginia, Colonial America
1781
1781
PA, United States
1783
November 10, 1783
Greenbrier, WV, United States
1787
July 16, 1787
Berkeley, Virginia, United States
1792
March 4, 1792
VA, United States
1794
1794
1796
December 1, 1796
Bath, VA, United States
1798
August 1798
1800
September 29, 1800
Greenbrier County, Virginia, United States