Thursday, February 9, 2023

William Morrison's location when he died

I was trying to tell George where William Morrison was living when he died.  I could drive to the spot, but I couldn't remember the proofs.

First we have the words of Patrick Henry late in his life that both of us had seen at the Lambert Collection:



This would have been Patrick Henry Morrison who was born in Cabell county and was the son of the Patrick Henry Morrison who moved with his Family from Pittsylvania County to Cabell.  

So William Morrison was still alive in 1816.  If we go with a birth of 1750 for Willam Morrison, which our group has guessed to be close,  he would have been 66 in 1816.  In February 2022, Ronald sent me a copy of this deed.  And indeed I believe the above to be accurate after looking at the deed.  It would seem that William was squatting on the land.  However, Thomas Ward was Patrick Henry's father-in-law and he had married Anna when she was a young widow with last name Scales.   Perhaps the two men had just allowed Willam to live on the land.





















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