Try this again..........don't think it went through??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Frank" <sharon1@cfl.rr.com> To: "Josette Maxwell" <josettemaxwell@bellsouth.net>; <PAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Andrew Morrison > Hi Josette, > I found this in one of my books: > > "Wills of Franklin County, Pa, 1784-1826" > Will book/vol B; > > p. 312 > > Andrew Morrison of Montgomery township; dated May 15, 1804; proved > February 17, 1807; > daughters Elizabeth and Sarah a tankart and smoothing iron; daughter > Margaret thirty pounds, a spotted heiffer and my shoe buckles; son Robert > ten pounds; daughter Quinn ten pounds, if she is alive; body clothes to > three sons William, John, and Robert; residue to be divided as follows: > three sons William, John and Robert, daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, > Margaret and Agnes and the children of my daughter Jean, deceased; > four-fifths of William's share to be given to his children; > Exrs: Friends John Bowles and George Eaker. > Wit: George Crawford, David Collins, William Crawford. > > Does that sound like him??? I'll keep looking.....................he might > not have owned land............... > Sharon Frank > Osceola, Fl. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josette Maxwell" <josettemaxwell@bellsouth.net> > To: <PAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:22 AM > Subject: [PAFRANKL] Andrew Morrison > > >> I'm searching for descendents of Andrew Morrison. He would have >> been born circa 1730, and married a daughter (first name unknown) >> of Walter and Agnes Carson who settled in Mennallan, what is now >> Adams County, by 1742. His brothers in law Walter Carson, Henry >> Maxwell and John Carson were all in what is now Franklin County >> by 1753 (paid taxes first Lurgan, then Letterkenny). Walter >> Carson subsequently left for North Carolina circa 1760, Henry Maxwell was >> on the tax list 1767 and later in Adams County and John Carson moved to >> Adams County (probably when his father died circa 1768) and in 1779 >> to North Carolina (he married a Mary perhaps McFarland, first >> child born 1751). >> >> We have a letter from a nephew of Andrew Morrison, Walter Maxwell, >> written in 1783 with references to living near his uncle Andrew >> Morrison. Place references are: "Slate Hill" and living in the >> "West Conocheaque Settlement" (Walter Maxwell was single and >> a teacher). So, I know that Andrew Morrison was there in 1783. >> >> I cannot find warrants or deeds for Andrew Morrison in sources >> available on the internet nor are tax records for the 1780s on >> the internet. I'm hoping that someone on this list has access >> to these and can tell me if Andrew stayed in Franklin; perhaps >> he and his wife are buried there or perhaps records of what >> happened to his land, if he had land, after he died, i.e., who >> his descendents might be. >> >> I think he and Walter Maxwell lived near Mercerburg. I know that >> Walter Maxwell was a member of the West Conocheaque Presbyterian >> Church (Maxwells were Seceder Presbyterians). >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Josette Maxwell >> Boone NC >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >