On the 20 Jul 1870 Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia census, I found medical doctor R H Morrison, 25; Margaret A Morrison, 24 and Z W Morrison, 6/12, born in December, all Virginia born.

"Death of Dr. Morrison.—Dr. Morrison, a young and prominent physician of Rockbridge county, died at Brownsburg on Sunday of last week.— He was, until the disease which terminated his life overtook him, rapidly rising to eminence in his profession. He was a brother-in-law of Rev. Dr. Dabney and Dr. Ben. Smith of the Union Theological Seminary, and a grandson of Mary Moore, the "Captive of Abb's Valley." Published in the Staunton Spectator, Vol 55, #34, dated 14 May 1878 (see photo).

Obituaries. Died, May 3d, at Bellevue, Rockbridge county, Va., Dr. Robert Hall Morrison, youngest son of Rev. James Morrison, of New Providence Church. Obituary notice next week. Published in the Central Presbyterian, Vol 13, #43, dated 15 May 1878.

"Dr. Morrison, a brother-in-law of Rev. Dr. Dabney and Rev. Dr. Ben Smith, and a grand-son of the "Captive of Abb's Valley," died at Brownsburg, Rockbridge, a few days ago." Published in the Staunton Vindicator, Vol 33, #20, dated 17 May 1878.

Medical doctor, R. H. Morrison, the son of Rev. James and F.B., was buried here. Per Rockbridge County, Virginia Cemeteries, South River and Walker Creek Districts, by the Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, 1999, page 158.

"Stallion for Sale. _ WILL BE SOLD at public auction on Monday, Jane 3rd, " Tom Telagraph" who was lately the property of Dr. R. H. Morrison, dec'd. He will be sold subject to contracts made for the season, and for which purchaser will receive the remuneration entirely. May 31." Published in the Lexington Gazette, Vol 9, #23, dated 31 May 1878.

On the 1880 Richmond, Henrico, Virginia census, his widowed wife was listed as Mage White, 28 with Zac W Morrison, 9; James Morrison, 7 and Robt. Morrison, 5. They were living with her widowed mother Eliza Jane White, 56 and some siblings, Mattie, Elizabeth Josephine, Inde, Alfred M and Glasgow W. Mattie was born in Mississippi and the kids in Virginia.

"#1419 Robert Hall Morrison, M.D., b Nov 18 1845, d May 3, 1878, married 16 Sep 1868 to #1419a Margaret Anna White, b Oct 20 1845, d Aug 5 1885" Per the Morrison Family of the Rocky River Settlement of North Carolina; History and Genealogy, by Adelaide and Eugenia Lore and Lt. Col. Robert Hall Morrison, 1950, Charlotte, N.C., p 97.