Peter Morrison (1772 - 1854)

Born 17 Sep 1772 in Virginia

Husband of Mary (Kellough) Morrison — married 6 Nov 1823 in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1854 at age 81 in Lauderdale County Alabama, USA

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Biography

Peter Morrison was born 1772 in Virginia. The name of his first wife and date of marriage are not yet known, but they had at least one child (probably several more not yet identified) in Georgia in 1799 -- Frances P. Morrison.

The family eventually moved from Georgia to Lauderdale County, Alabama where Peter's daughter, Frances, married Eli Faires in 1819, later moving to Haywood County, Tennessee where the couple reared their family and died.

Peter Morrison acquired 160 acres in Lauderdale County in 1833 and lived out his life there.

Peter's first wife apparently died prior to 1844, as he remarried on April 7, 1844 in Lauderdale County to Annie Terry, a widow. Peter and Annie are found in the 1850 Lauderdale County census along with Annie's two children from her first marriage -- daughter Eliza, age 16 and born in Tennessee, and her deaf son Daniel, age 14, born in Alabama.

Peter died in 1854. His estate entered the probate process and is registered in the index of Book B (1853-1857), Pages 173 and 518.

Peter Morrison was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Lauderdale County.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79891865/peter-morrison: accessed 22 December 2023), memorial page for Peter Morrison (17 Sep 1772–24 Apr 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79891865, citing Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Central Heights, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Joan (Wyatt) Bradley (contributor 32926924).

• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D3-HM1C : Fri Oct 20 07:41:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Peter Morrison and Polly Young, 6 Nov 1823.
• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DQ-T5WZ : 22 July 2021), Peter Morrison and Ann Perry, 07 Apr 1844; citing Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 836,755.

See also:

• 1844 Ann Perry/Terry [a transcription error "Perry" should be Terry] married to Peter Morrison, 7 Apr 1844, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA. Performed by Justice of the Peace Henson Thrasher. Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. [Ann's maiden name as yet unknown - not adding Ann and her children from 1st marriage to profile at this time].
• 1850 US Federal Census District 1, Lauderdale. Alabama: Peter Morrison 79 born in Virginia, Farmer; Annie Morrison 60 born in Virginia; Eliza A Terry 16 born in Tennessee; Daniel Terry 14 born in Alabama. Roll: M432_7; Page: 264B; Image: 64 at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4187297-00536?pId=18654140

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to David England for creating Morrison-3322 on 16 Sep 13.