Biographies:  Hasson Morris, Thomas S. Stone, 1963, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  March 7, 1963 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American


Morris, Stone Have Early Winn Records

(Notes:  Hasson Morris, Thomas S. Stone)

Both were born at Gansville, La.; Hasson Morris, October 3, 1885 and
Thomas S. Stone, March 2, 1886.

Hasson Morris is a great-great nephew and Thomas S. Stone is a great
nephew of Dennis Mackie.

Barton W. Stone's wife was Bethsheba Mackie, a sister of Dennis Mackie.
Barton W. Stone and Bathsheba Mackie Stone were Hasson's maternal great
grandparents and Thomsa S. Stone's paternal grandparents.

The Dennis Mackie papers, records and his compass that he used in
surveying the original boundaries of Winn Parish and Winnfield in the
1850s is a priceless historical collection.  Mr. Thomas S. Stone has the
Dennis Mackie collection.

Hasson Morris owns the only Winn Parish Confederate record book that is
know to be in existence, his grandfather, John O. Morris then as
Confederate Tax Assessor for Winn parish, and he listed all taxpayers in
the parish.

Hasson and Thomas S. Stone are direct descendants of William Stone who was
the first Colonial governor of the Maryland Colony in 16478, as was the
Thomas Stone of Maryland, who was the 13th signer of the Declaration of
Independence, July 4, 1776.

Matthew Stone of Maryland, in 1793 was appointed Free Trade Representative
of the United States to the Spanish Viceroy's Intendant, Don Juan V.
Marsales at Natchitoches.  After the United States acquired Louisiana,
Matthew Stone with his family and his Mackie relatives settled in
Natchitoches County (now Rapides and Grant Parishes, LA.)

D. M. Stone, a nephew of Dennis Mackie, assisted his uncle in making the
original townsite survey for Winnfield in 1854.  D. M. Stone was Thomas S.
Stone's father.