Richard Morrison II
Richard Morrison II was an American settler, military officer, and farmer who was one of the founders of McClellanville, South Carolina.[1] He fought in the American Civil War and served as an officer, seeing action at most major battles including First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Wilderness, Battle of Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, and the Battle of Bentonville. He survived those battles, alongside his two sons and returned back to South Carolina.
Early life
Richard Tillia Morrison II was born on March 21st 1816 to Richard Tillia Morrison I (1781-1860) and Elizabeth Toomer Legare (1789-1859) [2]. He was a 3rd great grandson of John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732) and the decendant of several veterans of the American Revolution. He married his wife Elizabeth Ann Venning around 1837 and they would have 9 children together. He married his second wife Eliza circa. 1860. They would have 7 children togehter. Between his two wives, he had a total of 17 children.[3]
Military service
American Civil War
Morrison joined the Confederate Army as soon as the war broke out, joining in Charleston, South Carolina in 1861 with his two oldest sons, Richard III and Robert. [4] He brought his own horse and served as an officer in Hampton's Legion, seeing action at many of the wars major battles. He served in the Army of Northern Virginia as a cavalryman until his unit was moved into North Carolina as part of the Carolina Campaign.
Later life and death
After returning home to his plantation around Jeremy Creek and the Santee River, he and another local land owner named A.J. McClellan sold off some of their land after the war to create the town of McClellanville.[5] [6]. This was a place where people would go to get away from the Mosquitos and the summer fevers that plagues many of the surrounding lowlands. Soon after its founding in the 1860s, the village became the social and economic center for a wide area that produced timber, rice, cotton, naval stores, and seafoods. Richard Morrison lived on his plantation until his death in 1910 at the age of 94. [7]
References
- ↑ "Richard Tillia Morrison Historical Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Columbus OH. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Volume: 300
- ↑ Richard Tillia Morrison Jr.| Findagrave.com
- ↑ www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=6C74BCBC-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
- ↑ "Laurel Hill Plantation: McClellanville, Charleston County, South Carolina SC". South Carolina Plantations. 21 September 1989. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT4-KVR : 12 December 2017), R T Morrison, 1860.
- ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N98C-R53 : 5 April 2018), Richard Morrison in entry for Minnie Lofton, 8 Nov 1920; citing , Lofton, Minnie, 1920, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,913,594.
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