Jul-28-2018
Husband: Archibald Morrison
Buried: at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1 Resided: from ca 1788 at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 Resided: until ca 1788 in North Carolina 1 Resided: (emigrated from) England 1 Military: Revolutionary War (1775, enlisted in Continental Army) 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: ___ Fooks Married: in North Carolina 1 (see note 1)
Buried: at West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 1 Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Margaret Morrison 1 Born: May- 1-1768 in North Carolina 2,3 (see note 2) Died: May-13-1850 4,5,3,6 Buried: in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 4,6,7 Resided: (from 1837) in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2 Resided: (till 1837) in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2 Resided: birth to young adult in North Carolina 2 Husband: William Lowther b. Jan-27-1769 d. Nov-26-1857 Married: Aug- 4-1789 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,9,3
M Child 2: Archibald Morrison, Jr. 1
M Child 3: Marshall Reese Morrison 1
F Child 4: Susan Morrison 1
M Child 5: John W. Morrison 1 Born: ca 1791 Died: 1857 10 Buried: in Harrison Co, WV 1 Wife: Rebecca Flanigan b. 1789 Also known as: Rebecca Edmunds 11
M Child 6: Alexander Morrison 1 Born: Nov- -1792 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 12 Died: Aug-17-1873 at Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, WV 13 Buried: in Harrison Co, WV 1 Resided: (settled, 1824) at Hackers Creek, Lewis Co, (W)VA 1 Military: War of 1812 1 Wife: Margaret Brake Married: Mar-30-1816 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 8,9
M Child 7: William Balcom Morrison 1 Born: May-24-1794 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7 Died: Apr-14-1883 in Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 14,7 Buried: in Morrison (aka Old Hacker) Cemetery, Berlin, Lewis Co, WV 7 Wife: Mary "Polly" Brake b. Jul-11-1799 d. Sep-21-1873 Married: Apr- 9-1818 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 15
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 14. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 12. (3) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 400. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 13. (5) Jane Lowther Bolster, The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Daamen, Inc. (1982), p. 25. (6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (7) Findagrave.com. (8) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (9) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (10) West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 [database online], Ancestry.com, Probate date: 9 Nov 1857, Harrison County. (11) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (12) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (13) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Alexander Morrison, age 80y 9m, b. in Harrison Co, son of A. & Sarah Morrison, occupation minister, husband of Margaret; died Aug 17 1793 at Hackers Creek, cause "Died Suddenly Not Known." Informant: James M. Morrison, son. DR p. 79. (14) Headstone. (15) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as William Morison & Polly Brake, dau of John. Married Apr 9 1818. Event Notes Note (1) near the Yadkin River Note (2) on the banks of the Yadkin River. DAR Lineage Book, Vol 160, p. 265, states birth date as 1766.Name Index