John Morrison
1804 - 1884 (80 years)-
Name John Morrison Birth 4 Mar 1804 Greenbrier Co., VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Military Civil War: Co. F, 10 WV Infantry Death 8 Dec 1884 Holly District, Braxton Co., WV [3] Cause: inflamation of bowels Will 24 Feb 1885 Braxton Co., WV Burial Morrison United Methodist Church, Newville, Braxton Co., WV [4] Person ID I6731 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 20 Jan 2026
Father William Morrison, b. 9 Oct 1779, Winchester, VA d. Aug 1871, Jackson Co., WV (Age 91 years) Mother Mariah Perkins, b. 30 May 1784, Greenbrier Co., VA d. 1 Jun 1828, Greenbrier Co., VA (Age 44 years) Marriage 28 Apr 1801 Greenbrier Co., VA [5] Family ID F2773 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Lough, b. 7 Jan 1807, Pendleton Co., VA d. 6 Feb 1863, Braxton Co., VA (Age 56 years) Marriage 7 Jul 1826 Nicholas Co., VA [6] Children 1. Mariah Jane Morrison, b. 17 Apr 1827, Nicholas Co., VA d. 19 May 1904, Braxton Co., WV (Age 77 years)2. William B. Morrison, b. 1829, Nicholas Co., VA d. 1829, Nicholas Co., VA (Age 0 years)3. James Minter C. Morrison, b. 13 Sep 1830, Nicholas Co., VA d. 1866, Braxton Co., WV (Age 35 years)4. Morgan Hutchinson Morrison, Sr., b. 2 Dec 1832, Nicholas Co., VA d. 24 Feb 1917, El Reno, Canadian Co., OK (Age 84 years)5. Margaret Elizabeth Morrison, b. 12 May 1836, Nicholas Co., VA d. 29 Nov 1920, Lewis Co., WV (Age 84 years)6. George Hanson Morrison, b. 10 Oct 1838, Braxton Co., VA d. Jun 1907, Braxton Co., WV (Age 68 years)Family ID F2766 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Jan 2026
Family 2 Dianna S. Bainbridge, b. 19 Jan 1829, Rockingham Co., VA d. Dec 1885, Braxton Co., WV (Age 56 years) Marriage 27 Jun 1865 Braxton Co., WV [7] Family ID F2767 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Nov 2009
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Birth - 4 Mar 1804 - Greenbrier Co., VA 
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Notes - Wheeling Register, Wheeling, WV, Monday, 15 Dec 1884, p. 3, col. C
Deaths
At Braxton C.H., December 8th, John Morrison.
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV, Thursday, 18 Dec 1884, p. 4, col. F
John Morrison, aged 84, died a few days since in Braxton county. He settled there before the county was formed, was one of the first officers under its organization and has since filled may important positions.
1850 Braxton Co., VA Census
District 4, 30 Aug 1850, page 199
359/359 John Morrison 46 M Farmer 2,000 Virginia
Mary " 44 F "
James " 19 M " "
Morgan " 16 M " "
Margaret " 14 F "
Hanson " 11 M "
Silas Sams 7 M "
William H. Carr 27 M "
1860 Braxton Co., VA Census
19 June 1860, page 358
103/99 John Morrison 56 M Farmer 10,000 1,405 Virginia
Mary " 54 F "
George H. " 22 M Farmer 250 "
Minerva " 19 F "
Mary E. " 6/12 F "
Silas M. Sands 18 M "
1870 Braxton Co., WV Census
Franklin Twsp., 29 June 1870, page 417B
Perkins Mills P.O.
40/40 Morrison, John 66 M W Farming 4000 460 Virginia
--------------, Dianna S. 43 F W Keeping House "
Bainbridge, Catherine E. 40 F W At Home "
1880 Braxton Co., WV Census
Holly Dist., 18-19 June 1880, page 420B
257/257 Morrison, John W M 76 Head Farmer VA VA VA
-----------, Diannah S. W F 49 Wife Keeping House VA VA VA
Eubank, William A. W M 25 Servant Farms VA VA VA
The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Volume 3, Chapter III, Page 97
Braxton County: Holly District
JOHN MORRISON - is a son of William and Maria (Perkins) Morrison, the record of whose children has just been given. He was born in Greenbrier county, March 4, 1804, and came to Braxton county in 1824 (the county then included in Nicholas), and commenced farming and clearing land. May 4, 1826, in Nicholas county, John Morrison married Mary Lough, who was born in Pendleton county, (then) Virginia, January 7, 1807. They had six children: Maria J., born April 17, 1827, who lives in Braxton county; William B., born and died in 1829; James M. C., deceased, was born September 13, 1830; Morgan H., December 2, 1832, lives in Kansas; Margaret E., May 12, 1836, lives in Lewis county, this State; George H., October 10, 1838, lives in Kansas. The record of these children is incomplete, because the family record was burned as follows: When the civil war was inaugurated, Mr. Morrison had a fine farm of 300 acres, 150 under cultivation. The "Moccasin Rangers" came to his farm burned his house and all its contents to the ground, leaving not even one bed to sleep on, and drove off his cattle and horses. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in Company F, 10th Virginia Infantry, and served till the close of the war. June 27, 1865, he was a second time married, Diana Bainbridge becoming his wife. She was born January 19, 1829, in Rockingham county, Virginia. For more than fifty years, John Morrison has been an active and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, always ready to promote the interests of the church. He filled the office of constable ten years, was four years deputy sheriff, and then was elected sheriff for two terms of two years each. He has been one term justice of the peace. Newville, Braxton county, West Virginia, is his postoffice address.
- Wheeling Register, Wheeling, WV, Monday, 15 Dec 1884, p. 3, col. C
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Sources - [S1341] West Virginia . Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 5 Jan 2020, 1884, 53, line 42, John Morrison, accessed 5 Jan 2020. (Reliability: 3).
lists age as 80 years, 9 months, 4 days - [S2389] Jim Comstock, editor, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, West Virginia: Jim Comstock, 1974.), 3: 97. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1341] West Virginia . Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 5 Jan 2020, 1884, 53, line 42, John Morrison, accessed 5 Jan 2020. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2581] Morrison United Methodist Church Cemetery, Morrison United Methodist Church (Newville, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA), Morrison United Methodist Church Cemetery, Newville, WV, John Morrison monumental inscription, personally read by Troy M. Hunter, 1994. (Reliability: 3).
- [S594] Shuck, Larry G., Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, Marriages 1782-1900, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co., 1991).
- [S815] Nicholas Co., WV Marriage Record 1.
- [S1035] Comstock, James, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, WV: 1974), Volume 3, page 97 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1341] West Virginia . Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Death Register, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :n.d.), 5 Jan 2020, 1884, 53, line 42, John Morrison, accessed 5 Jan 2020. (Reliability: 3).