Rob's Genealogy

James Morton¹

born about 1750

Title: Major¹
Birth: About 1750; Prince Edward County, Virginia, USAB G O¹
Military: Between 1776 and 1782; US Revolutionary War. See person note for details.^1,2

Note: According to Henry Morton Woodson, James Morton enlisted at the very beginning of the Revolutionary War and served throughout the entire war. He was a lieutenant in the continental line and rose to the rank of major. On account of the splendid manner in which he handled his regiment while under fire, General Washington spoke of him as "Old Solid Column," and that sobriquet attaches to his name to this day. On his service record he appears in the roll dated 9 September 1778 as a 2nd Lieutenant in Captain John Stith's Company of the 4th Virginia Regiment.

[S454] Woodson, Henry Morton, Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections, Woodson, Henry Morton. Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections. Memphis, Tennessee: H.M. Woodson, 1915.

A copy of this book is available on Ancestry.com (see http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=15304), openlibrary.org (see https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1758627M/Historical_genealogy_of_the_Woodsons_and_their_connections), and Google Books (see http://books.google.com/books/about/Historical_genealogy_of_the_Woodsons_and.html?id=GuhfAAAAMAAJ)., Page 95
[S781] Fold3 by Ancestry, https://www.fold3.com/image/23002474, NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Record for James Morton.