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William Morris Jr. (December 17, 1746 – November 6, 1802) was a military officer and politician in Kanawha County, Virginia.Who, prior to serving in the Virginia House of Delegates, served in the Virginia Militia from 1774 - 1792 in the Greenbrier, Ohio, and Kanawha region alongside Daniel Boone, Colonel Andrew Lewis, George Clendenin, and William Crawford rising to the rank of Major.
Along with the Byrds, Carters, Washingtons, Harrisons and others, these families were at the core of Virginia's plantocracy for centuries. First Families of Virginia ( FFV) are the families in colonial Virginia who are socially prominent and wealthy, but not necessarily the earliest settlers. [1] They descend from English colonists who ...
Henry Randolph I was the uncle of William Randolph of Turkey Island in Colonial Virginia, whom Henry sponsored to emigrate to Colonial Virginia following a visit to England and Ireland in 1669 or 1670. He was also the half brother of Thomas Randolph, the poet of England. Henry died in Henrico County, Virginia in 1673.
Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis, [1] was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day.
New York: Published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the Fifth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, Printed for the Editor by R. and W. and G. Bartow, 1823 (Second Edition). Leonard, Cynthia Miller. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978, A Bicentennial Register of Members.
With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily New York Evening Mirror by merging his fledgling weekly New-York Mirror with Willis's American Monthly in August 1831. Morris is credited with the longevity the Evening Mirror would enjoy and for giving it a wide scope, covering not only news and entertainment but reviews of the fine arts ...
Willie Morris. William Weaks Morris (November 29, 1934 – August 2, 1999) was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi, though his family later moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, which he immortalized in his works of prose. Morris' trademark was his lyrical prose style and reflections on the American South, particularly the ...
Morris (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Richard C. M. Page (w), Lt Samuel H. Pendleton; Orange (Virginia) Artillery: Cpt Charles W. Fry; Artillery Reserve Col J. Thompson Brown. First Virginia Artillery Battalion Cpt Willis J. Dance. 2nd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers: Cpt David Watson; 3rd Richmond (Virginia) Howitzers: Cpt Benjamin H. Smith, Jr.