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Rev Joshua Morris

Male 1750 - 1840  (90 years)


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  • Name Joshua Morris  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Prefix Rev 
    Birth 1750  , James City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1788  , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1800  , Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1810  Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1820  Millwood, Lincoln, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1830  , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 24 Sep 1840  Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2831  Master
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2012 

    Family 1 Elizabeth Lucy Step,   b. 1750, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1778, Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 1770 
    Children 
     1. Robert Morris,   b. 1770, , James City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Natural]
     2. Mary "polly" Morris,   b. 2 Aug 1772, , James City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: Natural]
     3. Joshua L Morris,   b. 1774, , James City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Natural]
     4. Samuel Morris,   b. 10 Apr 1774  [Father: Natural]
    Family ID F4794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Walton,   b. Abt 1750, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1801, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 1778  Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John H Morris,   b. 3 Feb 1780, , Henrico, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: Natural]
     2. Elizabeth Morris,   b. 30 Jun 1782, , Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1857 (Age 74 years)  [Father: Natural]
     3. George Morris,   b. 8 Jan 1786   d. Apr 1786 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F4793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Margaret Pendleton,   b. 1765, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jul 1812  , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F4795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1750 - , James City, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1778 - Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1788 - , , Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1800 - , Gallatin, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810 - Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Jul 1812 - , , Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - Millwood, Lincoln, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Sep 1840 - Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1753 Born James City County, Virgina.
      1766-69 Early member of James City Baptist Church between age thirteen and sixteen, began to preach the gospel.
      1770-1776 Birth of son-Robert
      1773/77- Sometime is this period of time, he married Lucy, the mother of his first two children.
      1775 Assisted in the organization of the Grafton Baptist Church, York County.
      1776 First pastor of Boars Swamp Baptist Church
      1777 Birth of daughter Mary
      1778 Estimated death of first wife
      1778 Marriage fo Sarah Walton Watkins, widow of his neighbor Thomas Watkins, Jr.
      1799 Name appears on petition to House of Delegates concerning a ferry in the County of James City
      1779 Sept 6 acquired one acre of land on Boar Swamp adjoining the head of the mill pond of the late Thomas Watkins Jr.
      1779 Oct 4 acquired another five acres on Boar Swamp next to the estate of Thomas Watkins.
      1780 He could legally perform marriages [Law passed in Virginia legalizing dissenting ministers rights to perform marriages without legal penalty]
      1780 June established and became first pastor of the First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.
      1783 July 7 bought one-half acre lot in City of Richmond, paid 11,000 pounds of tobacco
      1780-1786 Four children born of second wife
      1786- Listed on tax rolls as slave holder with three negro tithes and six negros, not tithes.
      1787- Name appears on petition from James City County, Virgina protesting payment of interest of "certificates of depreciation", issued to soldiers during Rev.War.
      1787-Sept 6- sold parcel of land on Shockoe Hill.
      1787-Dec 20- Living in of the City of Richmond, sold property bequeathed to his present wife by her last husband.
      1788- moved to Kentucky, first on Elkhorn Creek, in present day Franklin County, then to Jefferson Couny, and the Brashears Creek Baptist Church, now Shelby County. From then until 1794- he organized an ministered at several other churches. [Four of his brothers and a sister, went with him to to Ky.].
      1794-Jan-he established fox Run Baptist Church with fifteen members.
      1794- April- Instituted Elk Creek Baptist Church.
      1798- Moved to Carroll County [then part of Gallatin County]- he and William Hickman founded the earliest church- Port William Baptist Church- changed to McCool's Bottom Baptist and then to Ghent Baptist.
      1798-1801- Acquired at least 1500 acres of land, some on the Ohio River and the waters of Locust Creek and Corn Creek. He disposed of this property in various parcels, even after he moved from Gallation County. In May of 1800, 347 acres were given to his daughter Elizabeth's husband, John Craig and another 300 acres was given to his son, John H. Morris in July of 1801.

      He was described by Spencer as "below medium height, of stout build with the tendency to corpulency, and in later years became so unwieldly as to be unable to go far from home. He was scrupulously neat in his dress and elegantly dignified in bearing....as a preacher, he "spoke rapidly, with great energy and boldness." He owned over 1500 acres on the Ohio River.

  • Sources 
    1. [S387] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.).
      Marriage date: 2 Jul 1812 Marriage place: Kentucky

    2. [S1234] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1820; Census Place: , Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: M33_19; Page: ; Image: .
      Residence date: 1820 Residence place: Nelson, Kentucky, United States

    3. [S154] Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Kentucky Census, 1810-90, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.).
      Residence date: 1800 Residence place: Gallatin County, KY

    4. [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Eastern District, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: ; Page: .
      Residence date: 1830 Residence place: Eastern District, Nelson, Kentucky, United States

    5. [S248] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1810; Census Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; Roll: 8; Page: 40; Family History Number: 0181353; Image: 00047.
      Residence date: 1810 Residence place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States


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