In 1774 Governor Dunmore declared war against the indignious Americans. The war ended after Virginia's victory in the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774.
William Drury Morris was born about 1729 in Virginia.
He married Sarah Viney.
Sarah and William's children may have included:
Gideon Morris (1745, married Jannet Riggs),
Absalom Morris (1748, married Nancy Knight)
,
Leaven Morris (1750)
Shadrack Morris (1752)
Annie Morris (1753),
Thomas Grove Morris (1754)
Drury Maxwell Morris (1755, married Rachel Hampton)
Mary Polly Morris (1760, married John Boone)
Absolom Morris (1762),
Daniel Morris (1764, married Abbaony Murden), and
John Morris (1770).
Fincastle County, Virginia was created in 1772 from Botetourt County and abolished in 1776. It was divided into Montgomery, Washington and Kentucky Counties.
Gideon Morris was born about 1750. He may have been the son of William Drury Morris.
His wfe was named Jeanette.
John Morris (1770, married Rachael Reese/Reece).
Gideon Morris, Jr.
Shadrack Morris
Mary Morris Imarried Samuel Riggs)
Margaret Morris (married James Anderson or Anderton)
Nancy Morris (married Elisha Milliken
He fought at Kings Mountain and received land grants for fighting in the Revolutionary War.
They were early settlers on Lick Creek in the area that would become Morristown.
from
History of Tennessee, Volume 2 by Goodspeed Publishing Company Staff
Hamblem is a small county lying along the left bank of the Holston River, and divided into two almost equal parts by the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad. It was formed from fractions of Jefferson, Grainger and Hawkins Counties. The first settlement in this territory was made in 1783 by Robert McFarland and Alexander Outlaw, both of whom located at the "bend of Chucky."
Shortly after Gideon, Daniel and Absalom Morris settled in the vicinity of where Morristown now is. They were brothers, and had been among the first settlers on the Watauga.
Gideon Morris had three sons: John, Gideon and Shadrach, all of whom after marriage remained in the neighborhood of the old homestead. John lived south of the present town in a house still occupied by one of his descendants, and Gideon west of town on what is now known as the Hobb's place, while Shadrach, who subsequently removed to Indiana, located on the site of Rheatown.
Leaven Morris was born about 1763
John Morris (1786),
Edward Morris (1789),
Moses Morris (1791),
Robert M0rris (1778, married Jean Humphreys),
Leaven Morris, Jr.
, and
Sarah Morris (1797, married William Curtis).
In 1796, 1798, 1799 Leaven was on the tax list of Carter County, Tennessee. He lived near Elisha Humphreys.
