At the age of 23, Morris Sr. had already amassed a sizable fortune and purchased a 392 acre from the Crown Surveyor for Orange County, George Hume, and received the deed on August 27, 1745.

William Morris was a cousin by marriage to Daniel Boone, through brother's Leonard's wife Margaret Lykin (a descendant of Sven Gunnarsson).

This group included approximately 40 men, Joshua Morris (brother of William), Captain Matthew Arbuckle, Rev.

There are numerous accounts (one-hundred years after the fact) that mention "William Morris Sr" as moving his "entire family" to Kanawha but this is a significant misidentification.

His brother Leonard Morris moved to the Kanawha Valley in 1774 after the death of Walter Kelly, where he took over his homestead and erected a fort which was used as a post during Lord Dunmore's war and during the revolution.

of Virginia John Murray also known as Lord Dunmore ordered an army of militia to be raised to confront Cornstalk at Point Pleasant.

At the time of the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, Andrew Lewis held the rank of colonel but is often regarded as "General" due to his post 1774 military title.

[9] In the Battle of Point Pleasant, Col. Charles Lewis, a former member of the House of Burgesses, led the Augusta County regiment into combat after a surprise attack from the natives early in the morning.

Tragically, he was mortally wounded early in the fight, while wearing his scarlet jacket, even after he was struck, he waited until a line had been formed before going to be treated.

During the American Revolutionary War William would serve as a regular soldier in Continental Army in various regiments under Andrew Lewis throughout Greenbrier and Augusta Counties.

Lieutenant Young's principal role was to lead troops in surveilling, engaging, and reporting on Indian movements throughout the Greenbrier and Kanawha region.

[14] In 1792, William Morris was elected alongside Daniel Boone as a Representative to Kanawha County in the Virginia House of Delegates where he was subsequently re-elected until the decline of his health in 1801.

On November 11, 1792, Rep. William Morris wrote a letter to Governor Beverley Randolph for additional troops and a company to be added at Coal River.

[16] In the October Session of 1794, William was appointed as a trustee of the newly incorporated town of Charleston (now the capital city of West Virginia) along with Ruben Slaughter, Andrew Donnally Sr, William Clendenin, John Morris, Leonard Morris, George Alderson, Abraham Baker, and John Young.

William took over for Daniel Boone as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Kanawha County who held the post in 1791.

[18][19] After finishing his final term in 1801, William briefly became Sheriff of Kanawha County until his death in 1802, temporarily replacing his brother Leonard Morris.