John Morrison (ca. 1726-1777), son of William Morrison and Janet Hall, was born in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. He married Mary Morrison (1732-1781), born in Scotland. John immigrated to America and possibly settled in Pennsylvania before coming to North Carolina. Both died in Mecklenburg County, N.C. (possibly present day Cabarrus County). Descendants lived in North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and elsewhere.

James Morrison was a son of William Morrison and Janet Hall of Scotland and married Jennet Morrison in 1757 probably in Pennsylvania. He is buried in Concord, North Carolina. Although many of their descendants are found in North Carolina others are found around the United States especially in the South.

Three Morrison brothers emigrated from the Isle of Lewis, part of the Hebrides, Scotland, settled for a short time in Pennsylvania, and then migrated to Cabbarus County, North Carolina.

This new book is a systematic presentation of all known information on Cabarrus County, North Carolina families from its inception until the end of the War of 1812. The author extracted her findings from the 1790 Mecklenburg County census, the 1800 Cabarrus census, court records, Mecklenburg County deed records, marriage records, wills, and newspaper obituaries. In all, the volume identifies 2,000 early families in Cabarrus County and perhaps five times as many persons overall.

Robert Morrison Sr. is one of the sons of William Morrison and Janet Hall who was born in Scotland in 1728, married in Pennsylvania in about 1755 and died in North Carolina in 1810. Descendants live in North Carolina and other areas of the United States, especially the South.

Following up on her 2004 work, "Families of Cabarrus County, North Carolina," Kathleen Marler has now assembled an alphabetically arranged collection of abstracts of early inhabitants of Mecklenburg County, the parent county of Cabarrus. The principal sources for her new book are Mecklenburg County Deed Volumes 1-3 (July 1778 through September 1786), Mecklenburg wills, the 1790 U.S. Census for Mecklenburg County, and several other primary and secondary sources.

Probably the finest genealogical record ever compiled on the people of ancient Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this work consists of extensive source records and documented family sketches. Collectively, what is presented here is a veritable history of a people--a "tribe" of people--who settled in the valley between the Yadkin and Catawba rivers more than two hundred years ago. The object of the book is to show where these people originated and what became of them and their descendants. Included among the source records are the various lists of the Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration; Abstracts of Some Ancient Items from Mecklenburg County Records; Marriage Records and Relationships of Mecklenburg People; List of Public Officials of Mecklenburg County, 1775-1785; First U.S. Census of 1790 by Districts; Tombstone Inscriptions; and Sketches of the Mecklenburg Signers. The work concludes with indexes of subjects and places, as well as a name index of 5,000 persons. (Part III of "Lost Tribes of North Carolina.")