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From the board of Morrison-Q                                              October 24, 2026

We are all very sad to let you know that our founder and President, Coit Morrison, has passed away. He was a good friend as well as the leader of our group. He leaves behind very large shoes that none of us can fill.

For the present, Michael David Morrison, Q-63 will assume the President’s duties. The board is committed to carrying on Coit’s vision and intentions for Morrison-Q. There are projects in the works like the monument for William and Margaret which will be completed soon.

A tribute to Coit and more details about him will be sent out in the future.

We have many challenges ahead and will do our best to keep you informed as we move forward.

We will post information periodically on our website,  morrison-q.com.  Please contact us at morrisongroupq@gmail.com with questions or suggestions.

Respectfully,

Board members of Morrison-Q

Are you a member of our Morrison Family? If so, or you desire to investigate the possibility, please consider joining this site.  There is no cost to join – we just ask for your name, email address, and a record of your ancestral line back to your furthest Morrison ancestor.  The purpose for this request is twofold.  First, it adds legitimacy to the registering process, thus greatly reducing the occurrence of SPAM on our site.  The second reason is to encourage networking among members of our Morrison Family for the purpose of sharing genealogical information as well as enjoying fellowship among kin.  Your information will only be seen by others who register as members.

Current research assumes our family originated in Scotland and migrated to Northern Ireland for at least one generation.  Around 1730, James Morrison Sr and his four sons (James Jr, William, Andrew and Thomas) immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,  in an area that is now Dauphin County (Paxton and Derry).  Thomas died in Pennsylvania around 1747.  We assume James Sr died in Pennsylvania some time before the brothers traveled to North Carolina.  Around 1750, the remaining brothers and Thomas’ children migrated down the old wagon Road to Rowan County, North Carolina in an area that is now the western part of Iredell County (Loray and Scotts).  Descendants of the four brothers settled in and around Iredell County, while many eventually moved to other parts of the country and beyond.  Our branch of the Morrison family has been identified as Group Q in the Morrison Y-DNA Project.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/morrison/about

We are blessed to have experienced genealogists in our family who are members of this group.  They keep an eye on the ancestral lines of new members as well as the threads of our discussion group, to advise and offer comments.  Feel free to raise questions  via our discussion group.

To eliminate the annoyance of SPAM, this site is not maintained as a traditional blog.  To submit an item for inclusion on our WEB Site please initiate contact via our Contact page.  Suggestions, comments, and questions are also welcome.

Blessings!

Coit R. Morrison
President

Background is the Red Tartan of Clan Morrison