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George Morrison (1757 - 1814)

George Morrison
Born in Salem, Salem, New Jerseymap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 12 May 1803 in Salem, Salem, New Jerseymap
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Died at age 56 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, United Statesmap
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Biography

George Morrison was born on 15 May 1757 in Salem County, New Jersey.[1]

His name is on a petition dated 13 Aug 1793 from inhabitants of Upper Alloways Creek Township in Salem County complaining of the present mode of repairing roads and requesting taxation for road repair.[2]

George Morrison and Margaret Stephens were married in Salem County, New Jersey on 5-12-1803.[3]

Death and Legacy

George Morrison died intestate at the age of 56 on May 4, 1814 in in Upper Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey.[4]

Abstract of Will

1814, July 4. Morrison, George, of Upper Alloways Creek Twsp., Salem Co. Int. Inventory, $900.55; made by Ephraim Bee, Henry Freas. Sworn to by Margaret Morrison, Samuel Applegate. Adm'rs, Mar. 8, 1815. File 3127 Q.[5]

Research Notes

An ancestry tree has unsourced parents Hugh Morrison (b. 1701) and Marion Southerland, and a brother Matthew Morrison, whose will was proved in 1814; also buried in Salem Baptist Churchyard.

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com family trees (no primary sources yet)
  2. ↑ Petition of Inhabitants of Upper Alloways Creek, Salem County to the Council and representatives of New Jersey to enact a law to allow the establishment of a tax to repair roads. 13 August 1793. Document is located in the State Archives in Petitions and Other Papers relating to Bridges, Canals, Dams, Ferries and Roads, 1765-1835, Control #:SLE00002. Box 4, Folder 41. See finding aid. Indexed on Ancestry.com.
  3. ↑ Craig, H. Stanley (comp.). "Salem County (New Jersey) Marriage Records. (Merchantville, N.J.: self published, 1928), 130
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  5. ↑ New Jersey State Archives. Published Archives First Series, Volume XLII, Abstracts of Wills, 1814-1817.




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