I stopped quickly at a rest stop on the way down and picked up a map of the area, and realized how much I might like to do some research in the area....then much to my surprise, google found this:
It seems "meant to be".....Here are a few maps of interest for this area:
I had assumed that William and Rachel Witcher Morrison had moved to middle TN with other Morrison brothers. However, discussion on my h2 Morrison group and particularly help from Ronald and Luan has made me consider the fact that William and Rachel may have moved to Smith County TN in middle TN with the Daniel Witcher family. It seems that the other children of Patrick Morrison did not make this move. They stayed in Eastern TN until later moves to places such as Alabama and Missouri.
It also seems that William and Rachel may have moved to Cabell County with the Daniel Witcher family as well.....later....after 1810. I will do some digging around to try to prove or disprove this. I wrote this next part when I was thinking that William and Rachel moved west with Morrison families. I am not ready to erase it, however.
And that they were preparing for this move in 1795:
7th July 1795
William acted as attorney for Patrick's land sale in Greene County.
Below information is from: http://slideplayer.com/slide/5990278/
Patrick Henry Morrison of Cabell County says he was born in TN in the 1850 census. He reports his age to be 59 which would have made him born c.1791 in TN.
William/Billy Morrison of Cabell County who is said to have been brother to Patrick Henry married Elizabeth Jones in Pittsylvania County in 1813. He is said to have been born in Pittsylvania County in 1786/87. Why did this family move to TN and then move back to Pittsylvania County?
Elizabeth was born c.1781, so likely she was born in Pittsylvania County. And her first child was born c. 1810/11 in Pittsylvania County. Thus we begin to narrow down....
Patrick Henry Morrison of Cabell County says he was born in TN in the 1850 census. He reports his age to be 59 which would have made him born c.1791 in TN.
William/Billy Morrison of Cabell County who is said to have been brother to Patrick Henry married Elizabeth Jones in Pittsylvania County in 1813. He is said to have been born in Pittsylvania County in 1786/87. Why did this family move to TN and then move back to Pittsylvania County?
Elizabeth was born c.1781, so likely she was born in Pittsylvania County. And her first child was born c. 1810/11 in Pittsylvania County. Thus we begin to narrow down....
I don't think William resided in Sumner Count/Mero District before 1794. The Chickamauga Cherokee war wasn't settled until then, and the raids in the Mero District had been much worse and more frequent than in the Nollichucky Settlement/Washington District. https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Cherokee–American_ wars. At minimum, William had property and family in Nollichucky Settlement, and property and no family in Mero District before 1794.
And from Luan:
The document I refer to as the Petition for the State of Franklin was made to the General Assembly of North Carolina in December 1787. It is also known both as “Petition from Inhabitants of Western North Carolina Concerning a Separate Government” and “Petition of the Inhabitants of the Western Country.” This version was the one signed by the Morrisons. Site attached with information. I ordered my copy from the State of North Carolina archives.
[Note from me: I found a typed copy of this document on a NC website with lists of those who signed:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr22-0527
Among the signers are: James Morrison, Gabriel Goad, Owen Atkin, John Good, Jr. , William Good, Patrick Morrison, Benjamin Henslee.]
[Note from me: I found a typed copy of this document on a NC website with lists of those who signed:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr22-0527
Among the signers are: James Morrison, Gabriel Goad, Owen Atkin, John Good, Jr. , William Good, Patrick Morrison, Benjamin Henslee.]
178?-1786
My David Morrison was reported on a later census by his son Adlai Morrison to have been born in North Carolina. I believe he was born AFTER William Morrison's move to Nolichucky Settlement area and before 1786 and before William's second marriage, so probably early 1780s. If David was a young child when his mother died, and if my William Morrison married Rachel Witcher just after that time, Caty and David and any other siblings would probably have been raised by Rachel and William. They could easily have moved to Pittsylvania County. When my David showed up in Smith County in 1802, he was in the company of John Goad, related to Daniel Witcher, all in the immediate area. It well may be that David was raised around the Witchers and Goads.
December 1787
William Morrison signed Petition of the Inhabitants of the Western Country with Patrick, James, John, and David Morrison.
5 Aug 1790
William Morrison bought land "adjoining Patrick" on Jarrots Branch (Sullivan County Deed Bk 2, Pg 499)
17 Nov 1790
Patick Morrison received Land Grant for 200 Acres on Lick Creek (Greene County Deed Bk. D, pg 96)
Ok...that ends information from Luan.
The group indicated that two of the historical information groups of the area are:
Johnson Wags Wautauga Association of Genealogy
Boones Creek Historical Trust.
I am going to place the maps and copies from books in a file labelled Jonesboro, TN 2018 and place it in the cubby for Morrison.
While updating and editing in September 2019, I found the following site that is of interest. I don't want to loose the URL although I don't have a lot of time to look at it today:
https://wctnarchives.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/acc-5-petitions-from-the-western-county-to-nc.pdf
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