Harrison
Ruffin
(Henry)
Morris
Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Morris Sr.
and Lucy (Drumright) Morris
Brother of
Thomas Morris and Daniel Jackson Morris
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 54
in Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Feb 2017
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Birth: 1809 Mecklenburg County Virginia, USA Death: Sep. 18, 1876 Limestone County Texas, USA
Harrison Ruffin Morris was born in 1809 in Mecklenburg Co, VA, son of Henry Morris & Lucy Drumright Morris. Harrison's grandfather was Jesse Morris, Sr. Harrison went by the nickname of Henry, which was his father's name. He was the oldest child. Harrison had several brothers who left Virginia and went to Missouri and scattered from there. One of his brothers was Sanford Morris, who ended up in Arkansas. Harrison moved to Texas. Harrison's son, John Henry Morris, married Nancy S. Burgess in 1857, and they had a son, Thomas Ruffin Morris, born 1858 in Lewisville, Lafayette County, Arkansas. John Henry Morris was killed in action in the Civil War in the Siege of Jackson, MS in July 1863, and Nancy married Richard Tillery. Nancy was was traveling to Arkansas to visit family in a wagon train when it was raided by Indians and she was killed about 1865. Nancy Morris Tillery had left her son, little Thomas Ruffin Morris, in the care of his paternal grandparents when she made the trip to Arkansas. "Tom" grew up with his grandparents, John's mother and father, Harrison Ruffin Morris & Martha Ann Cheatham Morris.
Biography
Harrison was born after 1807. He was the son of Henry Morris and Lucy Drumright. He passed away before 1900.[1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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~6.25%
N Poythress
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SG9986162 [compare], FTDNA kit #35019
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~3.12%
Debra Poythress :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Teresa (Clary) Willis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HN3906554 [compare], Ancestry member TeresaClaryWillis
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Patricia (Arnold) X :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Marian Andrews :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~12.50%
Fred Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A120041 [compare], Ancestry member K4YEH1
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