William
Presley
Morris
Born in Germanton, Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John B Morris Sr.
and Mary (Westmoreland) Morris
[uncertain]
Brother of
Jesse Morris, Rebecca (Morris) Bolen, Mary (Morris) Hanks, C Louisa (Morris) Bailiff and Sarah (Morris) Gardner
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 87
in Carroll, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2020
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Biography
WILLIAM PRESLEY MORRIS was born at Germanton, Stokes County, North Carolina on Saturday, September 28, 1841, and died of pneumonia at Max, Carroll County, Virginia, Saturday, February 23, 1929, at 6:30 pm, aged 87 years, 4 months, and 25 days.
He was the son of John and Polly Morris both of Germanton who moved to Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia in 1845 when William was about five years old. John was the son of Presley, who was the son of Hammond, who took up land at Germanton some time in the eighteenth century. Obit from King College Bulletin (undated)
Death: 23 Feb 1929, Carroll, Virginia[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRW-J9PQ : 16 August 2019), John Morris in entry for William Presley Morris, 23 Feb 1929; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Carroll, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
See also:
- Find A Grave: Memorial #47432706
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~0.78%
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Rejected matches › William Morris (abt.1842-) › William Morris (abt.1843-) › William J Morrison (1841-) › William Henry Morris (1842-1927)
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