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Thomas Morris

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tryon (later Rutherford) Co, NC
Death: June 1857 (88)
Henderson Co, NC. Prob bur at Friendship Church, Saluda, NC
Immediate Family:

Son of John Morris, Loyalist to the Crown and Sarah Morris
Husband of Catharine Morris
Father of John Morris; Anthony Richard Morris; Thomas Hunter Morris; Martha Laurence; Churchwell Morris and 3 others
Brother of Susannah Grant; John Morris, Jr.; Elizabeth Dalton and Jean Morris
Half brother of James Morris; William Morris; Frances Martin and George Morris

Managed by: Pam Wilson (on hiatus)
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About Thomas Morris


Origins

JOHN MORRIS

notes from Pam Wilson, 5th great granddaughter

parents and birthplace unknown; settled in Tryon County, North Carolina in the mid-1760s. Died fighting as a Loyalist at the Battle of Kings Mountain.

had two wives:

Sara Ward, mother of John (Jr), Susannah (marr. Alexander Grant), Thomas, Elizabeth (marr. Thomas Dalton), and Jean/Jess Morris.

Martha "Patsy" Powell, married Spring of 1773, mother of children William, Frances (m. William Martin), James and George Morris

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  • Residence: 1800 - Morgan, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
  • Residence: 1850 - Rutherford county, part of, Rutherford, North Carolina
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Thomas Morris's Timeline

1769
May 12, 1769
Tryon (later Rutherford) Co, NC
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1796
Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
1797
December 12, 1797
Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
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1800
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1801
1804
April 19, 1804
Rutherford (later Polk) County, NC; HOH 1840 Rutherford Co.
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