Morrison
These links contain research on the Morrison family. I have tried to document where or who provided the information. Sarah Lee Morrison Crabtree first initiated information on the recent past generations.
I am sure Sarah had the help of other family members. I have built upon her work and continue to do so. It seems the Morrison family roots show generations of people who depended on hard work and the land to sustain life. They were frontiersmen who continued to push west as new lands were opened.
Some would say that living conditions on the frontier were no better than what the pilgrims found when they began to settle the northeast coast. It seems to me that it would have been much easier to settle and stay in one place. I can only speculate why they continued to push west. One guess is the promise of better things ahead, better things that would take large doses of hope and faith to achieve. One thing for certain, the early Morrison's encountered war, death, disease, and hardships we will never understand. Families were large, but many children died young. Obviously though, some persevered. Just look at yourself!
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The Morrison Origins
The Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland is the ancestral home of all Morrison's. (p. XV, M.&J. Morrison) (see below). It is written that in 1000 A.D. the Scottish Clan Morrisons descended from a boatload of Vikings shipwrecked off the Isle of Lewis when the King of Norway ruled the Western Isles. (p 1, W. N. Morrison).
The Isle of Lewis "...is a cold, bleak land, where the inhabitants have to struggle for existence, and they are a hardy race. The north portion of the Isle of Lewis, known as the Butt of Lewis, is where the Morrison Clan, one of the oldest of the Scottish Clans, originated. ( p 13, Lore)
Our Morrison Origins
There is a good argument that this Morrison line descended from Morrison's living in Southwest Scotland near the present day town of Campbeltown, on the north side the North Channel separating Scotland and Ireland. (See Robert Morrison Information). The emigration date is sometime prior to 1741. Much is missing in making this connection, but it is a starting point.
Reference:
Col James Morrison notes, Click this link.
Lore, A., Lore, E., and Morrison, R.H. (1883). The Morrison Family of the Rocky River Settlement of North Carolina; History and Genealogy.
Morrison, M. and Morrison J. (1996). Descendants of John & Mary Morrison of Rocky River. Along with companion books on James and Jennet and Robert and Sarah.
Morrison, W. N. (1989) Morrison - Williams Second Edition
E-Mail me with thoughts, questions, or information: carlietree@gmail.com
Morrison - Davis References and Sources
Doug Crews (Carmen Morrison Crews) and distributed at the Morrison family reunion, July 9-11, 2002.
Carl Crabtree and son Clayton Crabtree (Sarah Lee Morrison Crabtree collection) Ongoing, 2002-03.
W.C. Jr. & Floy Stockdick, Katy, TX (Archibald - William P Morrison line)
Evelyn K Otto, Lee's Summit, MO (David C Morrison - Mary Willie line)
Sarah Lee Morrison Crabtree, Odessa, MO
Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY
Woodford County Historical Society, Versailles, KY
State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO
Marshall Public Library, Marshall, MO
State of Missouri Birth and Death Records http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/
