Display Patriot - P-252476 - Ezekiel MORRIS/MORRS

Ezekiel MORRIS/MORRS

SAR Patriot #: P-252476

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A080859

Birth: 01 Feb 1744 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 24 Oct 1822 / Pickaway / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private - CAPT James Archer, commanded by LTC David Phillips of the 1st Battalion of the Washington County Militia.


Additional References:

Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 17-18


Spouse: Mary Linvill
Children: Henry; Samuel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1998-03-03 TX 202013 William F. Lemley USAF (Ret.) (148196) Sarah   
2007-08-09 OH 28918 Scott David Cameron (169663) Henry   
2008-12-09 OH 33693 Michael G. McGinnis (173008) John   
2021-05-21 OH 94431 Stephen Craig Spicer (198198) Samuel   
Burial:
Montilius-Evans Cemetery (C-0179501)
Location:
/ Pickaway / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2368049
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
73684165
Marker Type:
vertical stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photo used with permission of Eric Templeton, #210167
  • View family headstone, online Memorial# 73684165 recorded on Jul 21, 2011


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Kevin Lee Driesbach

Ezekiel Morris was born on 1 February 1747 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Isaac and Mary (Davis) Morris. 

He married Mary Linville in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1767 and had ten known children:

  • John was born on 28 December 1769 and married Elizabeth Wells
  • Sarah was born in 1771 and married [given name undetermined] Lemley
  • Samuel was born in 1778 and married Catherine Strouse.
  • Richard was born about 1777.
  • Elizabeth was born in 1750 and married Jacob Cline.
  • Rebecca was born in 1777 and married Benjamin Bowman.
  • Anna was born abt 1785 and married [given name undetermined] Thomas.
  • Eleanor was born abt 1786 d. 1825 and married [given name undetermined] Shelby.
  • Henry O’Neal was born on 6 July 1788 and married Charity Shelby.
  • Lydia married Benedict Morris.

Ezekiel served as a Private in Captain James Archer’s Company, 1st Battalion Washington County, Pennsylvania Militia.

He was on the first Grand Jury in Pickaway County on 23 July 1810. It was held at the home of Henry Neville, where Honorable John Thompson presides. Ezekiel paid taxes in 1812 for land in Pickaway Township, Section 4 East ½, Washington Township, Section 34 SW ¼, and Walnut Township, Section 33 West ½. 

The Patriot died on 24 September 1822 and was buried in the Harry Montelious Farm Cemetery.

Sources: 

  1. SAR Patriot Research System P-252476
  2. DAR Patriot Index A080859
  3. PA Archives 6th Series Vol 2, pg. 17, 18
  4. Pickaway County Probate Court # 0-228

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