Edward William Morrison Jr. (1758 - 1833)

Born 18 Apr 1758 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1833 at age 75 in Fauquier County, Virginia

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Biography

Edward Morrison was born 18 April 1785 in New Jersey. He moved to Fauquier County, Virginia in about 1769. He married Tabitha and they had seven children. Edward served in the Revolutionary War on the Virginia Line having enlisted in Fauquier Co.

Sources

• Year: 1810; Census Place: Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: 68; Page: 268; Image: 00524; Family History Library Film: 0181428
• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Fauquier, Virginia; Page: 76; NARA Roll: M33_136; Image: 91
• 1830; Census Place: Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 193; Page: 63; Family History Library Film: 0029672
• Revolutionary War Battalions & Militia Index Cards. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Volume 1, Page 679
• Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Reference Yrs. 1833-1849
• The Edward Morrison family of Fauquier County, Virginia and his descendants

Statement of Responsibility: compiled by W. Briley Morrison and J. Robert Morrison, found at https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1225009&disp=The+Edward+Morrison+family+of+Fauquier+C

• Fauquier County in the Revolution, By T. Triplett Russell, John K. Gott, p. 469
• Report from the Secretary of War, Published 1835, Original from Oxford University. Page 514

Note: Was a native of the old country from which he emigrated to Virginia, where he faithfully and conscientiously performed the duties required of him.

Source: Upper Monongahela Valley - W. VA Vol. ?

b Apr 1758 NJ, [ VA mil pension rec'ds], 1755 tombstone, also have him b in PA.

Enlisted VA regiment in 1777 Fauquier Co., VA; PN 1832

d 1830; tombstone put up in Fauquier Cem by Mil or DAR. {NOTE: THIS IS PROBABLY AN ERROR!!!}

He was the bondsman for the m of Benj. TODD and his dau Nancy in 1816, Fauquier Co.

Fauquier Co... Deeds and other Documents: 87B-94H-98E-99B. D 14-296, 1797.

John Donaldson lease 34A near Sandstone Mt for lives of him (Edward M.), Tabitha and James Morrison.

Moved to Fauquier Co. at the age of 11.

In the book, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND MARRIAGES OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1759-1800, by J. ESTELLE STEWART KING, published 1980 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, MD, page 76, Edward is listed as being on the Virginia Revolutionary War Pension Record:

Name: Morrison, Edward Rank: Pri. Service: Va. Cav. Commencement of Pension: 7.19.1833 Age: 76

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