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Parents: Thomas Morris   [2]. 1775 - ? Mary Polly 1775 - ?

Name: Elias Morris [1]. Born: 1805 Location: Montgomery County North Carolina Married: 1) 1826 - Sarah ? in Montgomery County, North Carolina Died: August 30, 1853 in E. PeeDee River District, North Carolina - Montgomery County Buried:

Children: Zebedee William Morris Thomas F. Morris William C(happell?) Morris Larkin A. Morris Sarah Morris Henry W. Morris James D. Morris

Notes: 1850 Montgomery Co., NC Federal Census 392/394 Morris, Elias age 45 male farmer born NC Morris, Sarah age 48 female born NC Morris, William age 18 male laborer born NC (1831) Morris, Larkin age 16 male laborer born NC (1833) Morris, Sarah age 14 female born NC (1835) Morris, Henry W. age 12 male born NC (1837) Morris, James D. age 10 male born NC (1839) William Chappell Morris (1831) ? Larkin A. Morris (1834) ? Zebedee W. Morris (1827) brothers in the Confederacy ? and a brother named Thomas Morris (1830). They were all born in Montgomery County NC, most migrated westward into McDowell County NC, then Buncombe County NC, then Madison County NC, and eastern Tennessee.   The family tradition that William C. Morris was William Chappell Morris should not be ignored as to the possible identity of his mother Sarah ? whose family name, perhaps, was Chappell. Zebedee W. Morris ? - had a son whose name was Pardee Chappell Morris, and Pardee had a son who he named Chappell.   The note about Thomas Morris and wife Mary ?Polly? Williams provides some clues. If this Thomas was born about 1830, he could be the brother of Zebedee, William and Larkin (which he probably was). With Thomas? wife?s name being ?Williams?, that is also the surname of Zebedee?s wife ? she was Emeline Williams. Zebedee had his right arm amputated at Petersburg VA in the fall of 1864 after having been hit with a cannon ball (probably what is known as ?grape shot?

 

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