Tabitha (Watts) Morrison (1783 - 1873)

Born 16 Dec 1783 in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Died 1873 at about age 89 in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Tabitha was born in 1783. She was the daughter of William Watts and Rachel Davidson. She passed away in 1873.

Residence

1850 US Census; 2 Dec 1850; Iredell County, North Carolina, United States

Tabitha Morrison F 66 North Carolina

Rachel Watts F 95 North Carolina

Sarah L Gibson F 7 North Carolina

Margaret I Gibson F 5 North Carolina ^[1]

1860 US Census; 16 Oct 1860; District South of Yadkin River, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States

Tabitha Morrison F 78 North Carolina; Widow

J A Alexander M 23 North Carolina; Farmer

Sarah L Alexander F 18 North Carolina; Wife

Elizabeth E Alexander F 1 North Carolina ^[2]

1870 US Census; 25 Jul 1870; Shiloh Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States

J M Alexander M 33 North Carolina; Farmer

Sarah L Alexander F 28 North Carolina; Keeping house

Lizzie Alexander F 11 North Carolina; At Home

Maggie Alexander F 9 North Carolina

Henry Alexander M 7 North Carolina

Robt L Alexander M 5 North Carolina

Francis Alexander M 2 North Carolina

Tabitha Morrison F 88 North Carolina; At home ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BC-ZQN : 12 April 2016), Margaret I Gibson in household of Tabitha Morrison, Iredell county, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1815, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6C-JV7 : 12 December 2017), Elizabeth E Alexander in entry for Tabitha Morrison, 1860.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8N-4JB : 14 June 2019), Tabitha Morrison in entry for J M Alexander, 1870.

See also:

• WikiTree profile of father William Fuller Watts:

Family mentioned in his will dated March, 1818:

my beloved wife, Rachel

son, John D Watts

son, Fielding Watts

son, Wm F Watts

son, Alburtus Watts

daughter, Tabitha Morrison

daughter, Narcissa Beard

son, Isaac Watts

• Excerpt from news article Destroyed Barn Once Served As Family Home

article was reporting on the burning down of a barn owned by Mrs. Ora Sharpe Morrison of Loray ... (Note: pay site)

In those old days it was the home of Rachel Davidson Watts, great-great-grandmother of Mrs. Morrison and of Mrs. H. V. Furches of Statesville. Mrs. Watts spent her latter days in the house with her daughter, Tabitha Watts Morrison. Later it became the home of Emmeline Gibson, grandmother of Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Furches, and still later of Jane Gibson and A. Clayton Sharpe. All of the older children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe were born in the house, Mrs. Furches and Mrs. Ora Morrison among them.

The Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina · Monday, January 1, 1951

Ancestry.com. Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina) Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - The Landmark. Statesville, NC, USA. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.Original data: The Landmark. Statesville, NC, USA. Ancestry Image