William Morrison

Aft 1751 - Aft 1800  (~ 49 years)

• Name	William Morrison  [1]
  Born	Aft 1751	____, Rowan Co., NC
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1800	____, ____, KY
  Person ID	I617	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	4 May 2006

  
  

  Father	William Morrison,   b. Abt 1708,   d. Unknown
  Mother	Jane Tucker,   b. Abt 1712, ____, ____, Ireland, UK ,   d. Unknown, ____, ____, NC
  Married	Abt 1751	____, ____, NC   [2]
  	From Vol 1. Of Lyman Chalkey's Abstracts. AUGUST 29, 1751.   (188) William Morrison married the widow of John Davison.
  Alt. Marriage	29 Aug 1751	____, Augusta Co., VA
  Family ID	F277	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Aft 1751 - ____, Rowan Co., NC  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Morrison was the son of William Morrison and his wife, Jane Davidson, the widow of John Davidson. It is said that he retained British sympathies and during the Revolution worked with the Tories.  In fact, he lead a Tory raiding party on the home of his half-brother Major William Davidson during the war. Years afterward, he visited Columbia, Tennessee and bought land there and, according to tradition, met with General Samuel Williams and his wife, the former Ruth Davidson - daughter of Major William Davidson.  She recognized him as her uncle Morrison, and he left and departed the country.  He conveyed his land to trustees for a female school.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Davison/Davidson Family, Robert Stephens Hand, (2nd Ed., 1991), p. 143 (Reliability: 3). [S8] Davison/Davidson Family, Robert Stephens Hand, (2nd Ed., 1991), p. 11 (Reliability: 3).