"The time that tried rncn s .souls."

He was aid to General Greene, at the Battles of Entaw and Guilford. His good name is the best inheritance left to his family. He died at Jlorrisania, New York, November 22d, 1S24.

His wife ANN MORRIS,

"Was a communicant of this church. Her slaves and the poor can tell they h;ive lost their best friend. She died at ^Morrisania, New York. • April 2yth, 1S4S, .E. SG years.

• o Ed. LonJoii Doc. N. Y. Col. MSS. vol. viii., p. 1ST. Oonoral Moms -was a rppresonrative of N'l'W York t-rovince 1q 17,'j'.i. There id a Him pu.-traic of liiia ia i)ij.ssc.si=lon of Wiiiiarn .Morn.s of Murrlsaau. 6 Diary ov Evening R,''jUUr, f;ilurduy, March IJth, 1734, Xo. G52.

4^4 HISTORY OF THE COUNrV OF WESTCHESTER.

CAPT. W. MORRIS,

(Aid to Gen. T. Pinckncy,)

Died at Sullivan'^ Island, S. C,

September 7th, 182S. jS. 40 year.s.

"Go my friend, witL thy hundred virtues, to the home of thy Fathers', go with thy

noble to the bosom of thy God.

Brave and generous spirit. Fare thee well."-- A. H.

Erected by the daughters of Col. Morris.

Lieut. Col. Morris was the father of the late Col. I.e\\-is Morris of Morrisania, who died at Adams Run, St. Paul's Parish, S. C, 30th Sept., 1863. The son of the latter, Henry M. Morris of New York, possesses the following portraits, formerly preserved at Old Morrisania: --

Hon. Lewis Morris, first proprietor of Morrisania, of that name. Governor of New Jersey; only son of Richard Morris, in yellow coat and flomng wig. Gen. Staats Long Morris, attired in the uniform of a Brigadier-General of the British Army, red coat, white satin vest trimmed with gold lace, black cocked hat trimmed in the same manner. Isaac Gouverneur, dressed in a blue coat and a red waistcoat ; An unknown portrait in brown coat and scarier waistcoat; General Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Brigadier-General in the Continental army, dressed in olive-green coat; Mary Walton, wife of the signer, dressed in a light blue silk dress; Sophia EUiott, by Waldo ; William Elliott, by the same ; Colonel Lewis Morris, aid to General Greene, a miniature, by Fraser, of South Carolina ; a marble bust by Launitz. of Ann B.