Edmund's grandparents, William and Elizabeth Stepps (Stipps) Morris, their children and families were the first permanent settlers of Kanawha County, Virginia, later to be called West Virginia. The current town of Cedar Grove, WV is the approximate site where they built a stockade about 1774.
The Morris family was fully involved in the growth and organization of their community and county. In the late 1700's and into the 1800's they served in local government positions and in the state legislature. They owned huge amounts of land, were hunters and farmers. They were business owners and served as trustees on boards. They were of the Baptist faith. They owned the falls of Kanawha and had a boat building business, making flatboats for pioneers heading west.
Edmund's father John Morris, born about 1753-55, was one of the best known of the Morris brothers. He participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, and was with the George Rogers Clark Expedition into Illinois country 1778-79. He was captain of the Kanawha Militia 1789, serving with Daniel Boone who lived nearby. John was active in the Rangers during border warfare and also served as sheriff of Kanawha County. He was appointed trustee for the new Charlestown, Virginia December 19, 1794, as were his brothers Leonard and William.
The "History of Kanawha," copyright 1876, states John Morris, Sr. exchanged his farm on the Kanawha River a few miles above Charleston for 22,000 acres of land on Mud River, and moved to the Teay's Valley around 1804. This property extended from the Great Falls of the Mud River to Teay's Valley beyond the town of Milton. With the formation of Cabell County in 1809 John's large land holdings were part of both counties.
John's son Edmund also owned large amounts of land, and partnered with Zachariah Estill, his father-in-law and William C Estill, believed to be his brother-in-law, on some of his properties.
Edmund ("Edmon" on the marriage record) married Sarah "Sally" Estill January 10, 1804 in Kanawha County, Virginia. Their children are: Mount Aetna, born 1805; Hamilton Rowan, born 1807, and Elvira Rebecca Morris Harrison, born 1809.
The home of Edmund Morris was two miles from the mouth of Scary Creek at the crossing of Poplar Fork. The Morris family was known to own slaves, including John and Edmund.
The "History of Kanawha County" says "Edmund was a politician, and was said to be one of the most fluent and flowery platform speakers." He represented Kanawha County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1806-07 and 1808-09. It was said of Edmund during a campaign speech in 1804, "He was tall and slender, of a fine personal figure, and withal very handsome, and of exceedingly graceful and engaging manners, and an eloquent and popular speaker. He addressed the audience upward to an hour, and was listened to with deep appreciation." That particular time he did not win the election.
Edmund was appointed the first clerk of Cabell County, West Virginia, by Judge John Coalter, April, 1809. In 1810 he was named a trustee of the town Guyandotte, upon its establishment. Edmund was also named a trustee when the town of Barboursville was established, January, 1813. It became the county seat and the first court house was built in 1814. Edmund was still the county clerk at that time.
Sometime between 1815-1820 Edmund and family move to Christian County, Kentucky. The 1820 Census lists Edmund ( some records list him as Edward Morris) with the proper ages of family members to be his wife and children.
I think Edmund may have died between 1820-1830. The 1830 Christian County, KY Census lists his son Mount Aetna Morris and family with one female listed that could be his mother Sally. I believe Sally may have died between 1830-1938 when Mount Aetna and his sister Elvira's family moved to Missouri.
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I would welcome more information should a burial site be found.
The Morris family was fully involved in the growth and organization of their community and county. In the late 1700's and into the 1800's they served in local government positions and in the state legislature. They owned huge amounts of land, were hunters and farmers. They were business owners and served as trustees on boards. They were of the Baptist faith. They owned the falls of Kanawha and had a boat building business, making flatboats for pioneers heading west.
Edmund's father John Morris, born about 1753-55, was one of the best known of the Morris brothers. He participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, and was with the George Rogers Clark Expedition into Illinois country 1778-79. He was captain of the Kanawha Militia 1789, serving with Daniel Boone who lived nearby. John was active in the Rangers during border warfare and also served as sheriff of Kanawha County. He was appointed trustee for the new Charlestown, Virginia December 19, 1794, as were his brothers Leonard and William.
The "History of Kanawha," copyright 1876, states John Morris, Sr. exchanged his farm on the Kanawha River a few miles above Charleston for 22,000 acres of land on Mud River, and moved to the Teay's Valley around 1804. This property extended from the Great Falls of the Mud River to Teay's Valley beyond the town of Milton. With the formation of Cabell County in 1809 John's large land holdings were part of both counties.
John's son Edmund also owned large amounts of land, and partnered with Zachariah Estill, his father-in-law and William C Estill, believed to be his brother-in-law, on some of his properties.
Edmund ("Edmon" on the marriage record) married Sarah "Sally" Estill January 10, 1804 in Kanawha County, Virginia. Their children are: Mount Aetna, born 1805; Hamilton Rowan, born 1807, and Elvira Rebecca Morris Harrison, born 1809.
The home of Edmund Morris was two miles from the mouth of Scary Creek at the crossing of Poplar Fork. The Morris family was known to own slaves, including John and Edmund.
The "History of Kanawha County" says "Edmund was a politician, and was said to be one of the most fluent and flowery platform speakers." He represented Kanawha County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1806-07 and 1808-09. It was said of Edmund during a campaign speech in 1804, "He was tall and slender, of a fine personal figure, and withal very handsome, and of exceedingly graceful and engaging manners, and an eloquent and popular speaker. He addressed the audience upward to an hour, and was listened to with deep appreciation." That particular time he did not win the election.
Edmund was appointed the first clerk of Cabell County, West Virginia, by Judge John Coalter, April, 1809. In 1810 he was named a trustee of the town Guyandotte, upon its establishment. Edmund was also named a trustee when the town of Barboursville was established, January, 1813. It became the county seat and the first court house was built in 1814. Edmund was still the county clerk at that time.
Sometime between 1815-1820 Edmund and family move to Christian County, Kentucky. The 1820 Census lists Edmund ( some records list him as Edward Morris) with the proper ages of family members to be his wife and children.
I think Edmund may have died between 1820-1830. The 1830 Christian County, KY Census lists his son Mount Aetna Morris and family with one female listed that could be his mother Sally. I believe Sally may have died between 1830-1938 when Mount Aetna and his sister Elvira's family moved to Missouri.
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I would welcome more information should a burial site be found.
Edmund's grandparents, William and Elizabeth Stepps (Stipps) Morris, their children and families were the first permanent settlers of Kanawha County, Virginia, later to be called West Virginia. The current town of Cedar Grove, WV is the approximate site where they built a stockade about 1774.
The Morris family was fully involved in the growth and organization of their community and county. In the late 1700's and into the 1800's they served in local government positions and in the state legislature. They owned huge amounts of land, were hunters and farmers. They were business owners and served as trustees on boards. They were of the Baptist faith. They owned the falls of Kanawha and had a boat building business, making flatboats for pioneers heading west.
Edmund's father John Morris, born about 1753-55, was one of the best known of the Morris brothers. He participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, and was with the George Rogers Clark Expedition into Illinois country 1778-79. He was captain of the Kanawha Militia 1789, serving with Daniel Boone who lived nearby. John was active in the Rangers during border warfare and also served as sheriff of Kanawha County. He was appointed trustee for the new Charlestown, Virginia December 19, 1794, as were his brothers Leonard and William.
The "History of Kanawha," copyright 1876, states John Morris, Sr. exchanged his farm on the Kanawha River a few miles above Charleston for 22,000 acres of land on Mud River, and moved to the Teay's Valley around 1804. This property extended from the Great Falls of the Mud River to Teay's Valley beyond the town of Milton. With the formation of Cabell County in 1809 John's large land holdings were part of both counties.
John's son Edmund also owned large amounts of land, and partnered with Zachariah Estill, his father-in-law and William C Estill, believed to be his brother-in-law, on some of his properties.
Edmund ("Edmon" on the marriage record) married Sarah "Sally" Estill January 10, 1804 in Kanawha County, Virginia. Their children are: Mount Aetna, born 1805; Hamilton Rowan, born 1807, and Elvira Rebecca Morris Harrison, born 1809.
The home of Edmund Morris was two miles from the mouth of Scary Creek at the crossing of Poplar Fork. The Morris family was known to own slaves, including John and Edmund.
The "History of Kanawha County" says "Edmund was a politician, and was said to be one of the most fluent and flowery platform speakers." He represented Kanawha County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1806-07 and 1808-09. It was said of Edmund during a campaign speech in 1804, "He was tall and slender, of a fine personal figure, and withal very handsome, and of exceedingly graceful and engaging manners, and an eloquent and popular speaker. He addressed the audience upward to an hour, and was listened to with deep appreciation." That particular time he did not win the election.
Edmund was appointed the first clerk of Cabell County, West Virginia, by Judge John Coalter, April, 1809. In 1810 he was named a trustee of the town Guyandotte, upon its establishment. Edmund was also named a trustee when the town of Barboursville was established, January, 1813. It became the county seat and the first court house was built in 1814. Edmund was still the county clerk at that time.
Sometime between 1815-1820 Edmund and family move to Christian County, Kentucky. The 1820 Census lists Edmund ( some records list him as Edward Morris) with the proper ages of family members to be his wife and children.
I think Edmund may have died between 1820-1830. The 1830 Christian County, KY Census lists his son Mount Aetna Morris and family with one female listed that could be his mother Sally. I believe Sally may have died between 1830-1938 when Mount Aetna and his sister Elvira's family moved to Missouri.
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I would welcome more information should a burial site be found.
The Morris family was fully involved in the growth and organization of their community and county. In the late 1700's and into the 1800's they served in local government positions and in the state legislature. They owned huge amounts of land, were hunters and farmers. They were business owners and served as trustees on boards. They were of the Baptist faith. They owned the falls of Kanawha and had a boat building business, making flatboats for pioneers heading west.
Edmund's father John Morris, born about 1753-55, was one of the best known of the Morris brothers. He participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, and was with the George Rogers Clark Expedition into Illinois country 1778-79. He was captain of the Kanawha Militia 1789, serving with Daniel Boone who lived nearby. John was active in the Rangers during border warfare and also served as sheriff of Kanawha County. He was appointed trustee for the new Charlestown, Virginia December 19, 1794, as were his brothers Leonard and William.
The "History of Kanawha," copyright 1876, states John Morris, Sr. exchanged his farm on the Kanawha River a few miles above Charleston for 22,000 acres of land on Mud River, and moved to the Teay's Valley around 1804. This property extended from the Great Falls of the Mud River to Teay's Valley beyond the town of Milton. With the formation of Cabell County in 1809 John's large land holdings were part of both counties.
John's son Edmund also owned large amounts of land, and partnered with Zachariah Estill, his father-in-law and William C Estill, believed to be his brother-in-law, on some of his properties.
Edmund ("Edmon" on the marriage record) married Sarah "Sally" Estill January 10, 1804 in Kanawha County, Virginia. Their children are: Mount Aetna, born 1805; Hamilton Rowan, born 1807, and Elvira Rebecca Morris Harrison, born 1809.
The home of Edmund Morris was two miles from the mouth of Scary Creek at the crossing of Poplar Fork. The Morris family was known to own slaves, including John and Edmund.
The "History of Kanawha County" says "Edmund was a politician, and was said to be one of the most fluent and flowery platform speakers." He represented Kanawha County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1806-07 and 1808-09. It was said of Edmund during a campaign speech in 1804, "He was tall and slender, of a fine personal figure, and withal very handsome, and of exceedingly graceful and engaging manners, and an eloquent and popular speaker. He addressed the audience upward to an hour, and was listened to with deep appreciation." That particular time he did not win the election.
Edmund was appointed the first clerk of Cabell County, West Virginia, by Judge John Coalter, April, 1809. In 1810 he was named a trustee of the town Guyandotte, upon its establishment. Edmund was also named a trustee when the town of Barboursville was established, January, 1813. It became the county seat and the first court house was built in 1814. Edmund was still the county clerk at that time.
Sometime between 1815-1820 Edmund and family move to Christian County, Kentucky. The 1820 Census lists Edmund ( some records list him as Edward Morris) with the proper ages of family members to be his wife and children.
I think Edmund may have died between 1820-1830. The 1830 Christian County, KY Census lists his son Mount Aetna Morris and family with one female listed that could be his mother Sally. I believe Sally may have died between 1830-1938 when Mount Aetna and his sister Elvira's family moved to Missouri.
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I would welcome more information should a burial site be found.
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