I am working a bit on the Morrison family this morning and Ronald's time line. I just found a wonderful timeline for the Revolution and don't want to loose the link:
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Monday, May 28, 2018
Grandaddy Marshall's WWII experience
Jason and his kids are sitting with me on the porch as we watch a storm get closer. I had thought earlier that I should write a Memorial Day blog but didn't get around to doing that.
I told Jason and Jackson that Granddaddy Marshall (James Marshall Hawkins) had been training to be a gunner during WWII. But that the war had ended before he was actually sent into battle. He spent his time during the war playing basketball to entertain the troops. He had been playing college basketball at the University of TN when the war broke out and he left school and enlisted in the Air Force in the middle of his college career. After the war he returned to UT to play basketball. And graduated after 1947. I was born in 1947 and both Mom and I accompanied Dad during his final years at UT.
I wasn't absolutely positive that I remembered correctly about Dad training to be a gunner. But Jason remembered his grandfather telling him that the gunner sat in the nose of the plane. And that the gunner was supposed to move out of the nose when the plane landed. But that Grandaddy Marshall had always remained in his seat to have the view of the landing from the nose.
Jason says he is not absolutely positive that the B 17 Bomber is the right plane, but the photos that I googled for the B17 are perfect to illustrate the story.
Above photos can be found on the Chattanooga Times Free Press Newspaper site:
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2017/sep/26/b-17-flying-over-chattanoogweekend/451070/
I told Jason and Jackson that Granddaddy Marshall (James Marshall Hawkins) had been training to be a gunner during WWII. But that the war had ended before he was actually sent into battle. He spent his time during the war playing basketball to entertain the troops. He had been playing college basketball at the University of TN when the war broke out and he left school and enlisted in the Air Force in the middle of his college career. After the war he returned to UT to play basketball. And graduated after 1947. I was born in 1947 and both Mom and I accompanied Dad during his final years at UT.
I wasn't absolutely positive that I remembered correctly about Dad training to be a gunner. But Jason remembered his grandfather telling him that the gunner sat in the nose of the plane. And that the gunner was supposed to move out of the nose when the plane landed. But that Grandaddy Marshall had always remained in his seat to have the view of the landing from the nose.
Jason says he is not absolutely positive that the B 17 Bomber is the right plane, but the photos that I googled for the B17 are perfect to illustrate the story.
Above photos can be found on the Chattanooga Times Free Press Newspaper site:
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2017/sep/26/b-17-flying-over-chattanoogweekend/451070/
Monday, May 21, 2018
William Morrison
I want so much to do a blog post today about whether William who is the son of Patrick Morrison of Pittsylvania County (during the Revolution) and William who married Rachel Witcher are one and the same or if these are two separate men. However, I have only 3 hours before I start my two week lymphedema treatment and that is not enough time....plus I need to some things around the house more than I need to do this....but here are some notes for two weeks from now:
Need to get permission from Ronald to use his time line.
Need to make sure there are no other Morrisons in the general area.
Need to look at Fold 3 for all of the William Morrisons who received Rev pensions.
Need to look at children of this couple. This morning what is bothering me the most is the statement made by Patrick Henry Morrison of Cabell County that he and his ....hmmmm....I can not put my hands on this information....but it was something like came to Cabell County with his three brothers and one sister....and that sister would have been Viola....not Elizabeth. I need to give this some thought. Does this suggest that Elizabeth was not his sister....or does it just mean that Elizabeth and Solomon came at a different time? Remember that Ed Griffith has given me information about proofs that at least a couple of the children are proven children of William and Rachel....I think one was death information .....I need to look to see if there is other proofs in Cabell for any of the other children.
Need to get permission from Ronald to use his time line.
Need to make sure there are no other Morrisons in the general area.
Need to look at Fold 3 for all of the William Morrisons who received Rev pensions.
Need to look at children of this couple. This morning what is bothering me the most is the statement made by Patrick Henry Morrison of Cabell County that he and his ....hmmmm....I can not put my hands on this information....but it was something like came to Cabell County with his three brothers and one sister....and that sister would have been Viola....not Elizabeth. I need to give this some thought. Does this suggest that Elizabeth was not his sister....or does it just mean that Elizabeth and Solomon came at a different time? Remember that Ed Griffith has given me information about proofs that at least a couple of the children are proven children of William and Rachel....I think one was death information .....I need to look to see if there is other proofs in Cabell for any of the other children.
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Bath County, Virginia
Lynn asked me if I had a book in my library that had marriages in Bath County, Virginia 1791-1853. I don't. But her request had me looking on my computer to see what I DO know about Bath County, Virginia. And what popped up was my Clendenin family. My data base has the death of Archibald Clendenin Sr. as 1749 in Bath County, Virginia. It took only a few minutes to see that I need to edit this information. The reason the book begins in 1791 is that that is the year that Bath County was formed. Bath County was formed out of Greenbrier, Augusta, hmmm....I need to add this tomorrow. Almost certainly my Clendenin family was living on the Calfpasture river in either Greenbrier or Augusta. Why do I know this? Because I have the information from the store in which they bought rum....and also I have the information that Archibald Jr. had will probated in Augusta County.
I will edit this to make more sense.
I will edit this to make more sense.
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