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James McEwen Morrison (1788 - 1848)

James McEwen Morrison
Born in Rowan, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 26 Jul 1809 in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Died at age 60 in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Biography

James McEwen Morrison was born in 1788. He is understood to be the son of William Morrison and Abigail McEwen.

James married Elizabeth Morrison (Morrison was also her surname) in 1809.[1] The couple had the following children:

  1. William Allison Morrison
  2. Abigail Lucinda Morrison
  3. James Quincy Morrison
  4. Infant Morrison
  5. Catherine Elizabeth Morrison
  6. Robert Hall Morrison
  7. Russell Cicero Morrison
  8. Jane Erixena Morrison
  9. Lucinda Abigail Morrison
  10. Hugh McEwen Morrison
  11. Margaret Josephine Morrison
  12. Sarah Elvira Morrison
  13. Mary Elizabeth Morrison

James is understood to have migrated from Cabrrus County, North Carolina to Alabama in 1816 where he is said to have served as sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama for twelve years.[2] In 1829 James was made a Justice of the Peace in Dallas County, Alabama.[3] In 1834, James is understood to have moved to Yalobusha County, Mississippi where he obtained 160 acres of land in 1839.[4] He died in 1848.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
  2. ↑ A source is needed.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Civil Appointments, 1818-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
  4. ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS2860__.168&docClass=STA&sid=u1x4fk4p.i04
  5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24741488 : accessed 29 December 2019), memorial page for James McEwen Morrison (4 May 1788–13 Nov 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24741488, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by J B Williams & T Slaydon Williams (contributor 47696685) .




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