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| 251 | Unknown wife of Marx Graf died after April 26, 1716, when she lived in Steinsfurt, record from Palatine Mennonite Census Lists, 1664-1793, as taken from Jane Evans Best article--see Marx Graf | Unknown (I785)
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| 252 | Unmarried according to "History of Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank Shepherd. | Parshall, Maria (I2174)
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| 253 | Unmarried according to "Shepherd and Related Families", by Frank Shepherd. | Parshall, Reuben (I2170)
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| 254 | US CENSUS RECORDS FOR DANIEL B. & NANCY ELLEN HANN 1870 FULTON COUNTY, INDIANA (HENRY TWP) 114-113 HAM, (HANN ?) DANIEL 23 M FLBR IN NANCY E. 17 F " 1880 MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA (VILLAGE OF WALNUT, WALNUT TWP) 28-28 HANN, DANIEL WM 30 FARMER IN OH OH ELLEN WF 30 WIFE KEEPING HOUSE OH OH OH MOLLIE WF 8 DAUGHTER IN IN OH ANDREW WM 7 SON IN IN OH EFFIE WF 5 DAUGHTER IN IN OH LIST OF WHITE AND COLORED MALE INHABITANTS OVER 21 YEARS IN GERMAN TWP, MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA IN THE YEAR 1895 95 HANN, DANIEL 48 103 HANN, ANDREW 22 1900 MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA (UNION TWP) 231-232 HANN, DANIEL HEAD WM FEB 1849 51 M 30 IN NJ IN ELLEN N WIFE WF OCT 1848 51 M 30 7 3 OH PA PA ANDREW F. SON WM MAY 1873 27 S IN IN OH 1910 MARSHALL COUNTY, INDIANA (GERMAN TWP) 266-274 HANN, DANIEL HEAD MW ELLEN WIFE FW | Hann, Daniel B. (I3736)
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| 255 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Allender, Carl Richard (I3964)
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| 256 | William died at the Hospital for the Insane in Logansport, Indiana.FATHER: "James Hattery dec.", BOARD OF GUARDIANS, BONDS & C., (Bk.) A 1853-1875, FULTON COM. PLEAS (This book is at the Fulton Co. His. Soc., Inc., 37 E 375 N, Rochester, IN 46975. Also: Probate Order Book B, Aug 1863, Mar 1871, pg.171 . (Fulton County Courthouse at Rochester, IN) GRANDFATHER: "Heirs of Charles Callaway Partion" COMPLETE, RECORD, (Bk.) 1 PARTION, AUG 1852, AUG 1870, pg 478 (Fulton County Courthouse at Rochester, IN). GRANDFATHER: Heirs of James Wheeldon, "MISC. RECORD BK. # 12:", Pg. 436 (Cass County Recorder's Office). Newspaper, Akron, IN, Mar. 27, 1914: "Mr. U. S. Kroft, guardian for the William Hattery heirs, received a message Sunday evening that William Hattery was very bed sick at Long Cliff where he has been an inmate for about ten years. Tuesday morning Mr. Kroft received another telegram advising him that Hattery was dying. Mr. Kroft went to Long Cliff at once. Later: Mr. Hattery died Wednesday night and Eb Case was instructed to order the remains shipped to Akron today and will be laid to rest in the old town cemetery this afternoon." Newspaper, Akron, IN, Apr. 3, 1914: "Obituary--Wm. G. Hattery was born in the year of 1863, departed this life March 24, 1914, at the age of 51 years. He was united in marriage during the year of 1890. To this union was born four children, two sons and two daughters, one daughter preceeded the father to the spirit world. William, met the fate of the most unfortunate, having spent the last five years of his life in the hospital for the insane at Logansport. A number of years ago he was converted and lived a christian life to the best of his ability. He was considered an honest man by those who dealt with him, always industrious while at himself." "He was given a respectable burial by his guardian V.S. Kroft, the expenses being met by rent accumulatedfrom his little farm." "The funeral took place from the M.E. church, Saturday forenoon conducted by Rev. Weaver and the remains laid away in the Akron cemetery. Widower of Millwood". Saturday, March 28, 1914 Rochester Sentinel (newspaper of Rochester IN), Saturday, March 28, 1914, The funeral of William HATTERY, for years a Longcliff inmate, was held at Akron, Thursday. Hattery died at the asylum on Tuesday. | Hattery, William Gordon (I3775)
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| 257 | William LADD Compact Disc #130 Pin #2381049 Pedigree Sex: M Event(s): Birth: abt 1676 Lynnhaven, Norfolk, Virginia Death: 9 May 1761 Parents: Father: John LADD Disc #130 Pin # 2381050 Mother: Mrs. Mary LADD or LEAD Disc #130 Pin # 2391570 Marriage(s): Spouse: Huldah BINFORD (AFN: ) Marriage: 18 Jun 1701 Notes and Sources: Notes: None Sources: None Submitter: Cathy Jane Sherrill LUND 503 Knight Circle Alpine, UT 84004 | Ladd, William (I105)
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| 258 | William Rishel served in the Revolutionary War along with his 5 other brothers. "Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pa." 1911, p. 377. "STRIEBY, Genealogy and History, 1726-1967" by Byard Strieby, B. Beatrice Strieby, and Irene M. Strieby (Macdonald Letter Service County, Des Moines, IA 1967), p. 99. "... the name appears as Richel. It may have been Richel, Reichell, Raechel, Rickel, or more likely Rishel since families of this name were living inNorthampton County, the county where John's father died in 1790. Rishels were also numerous in York County, Pa. wher is is possible that John Strieby spent some time before joining Peter Himes on the trek westward." | Rishel, William (I1478)
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| 259 | William Shepherd was a carpenter according to "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" | Shepherd, William (I1726)
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| 260 | written by Georgia Haines BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Addie was born in Wakarusa, Indiana. Her parents and two brothers, Guy and Harry moved from there to Hillsdale, MI, but may have lived also at Litchfield and Homer, MI. This is according to a letter from her daughter, Dorothy to Clela William s Van Amburg. In her adult life Addie was a clerk. Her husband, George Beck, was a salesman for Prudential and a nursery man. At some unknown date they were divorced, and she married Frank Perkins. After his death she married again to someon e with last name, McGee. After his death she again took the name of Beck. She lived at 90 N. Norwood Ave. in Hillsdale and is buried in Lake View Cemetery in Hillsdale next to her grandparents, Andrew J. and Harriet Hannah Huggins Williams. Clyde and Dorothy Aker are buried in the same area, as well as two Shoemake r men (one, Henry, a Civil War veteran). These men, Henry and William (Billy) were called uncle by Addie. They are step brothers of her grandfather, Andrew. Andrew was born in 1832 and in 1834 his mother, Mary Coy Williams, married John Shoema ker in Trumbull County, Ohio. Dates of birth on the graves of Henry and William are 1841 and 1849 respectively, however in the 1850 census in Portage County, Ohio William is listed as age 5. | Williams, Addie May (I4188)
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| 261 | written by Georgia Haines Samantha Harriet Lammond is believed to have been born in Saint Marys, Ohio in what is now Auglaize County. Her family, the family of Cortland and Nancy Lammond are named as residents of Putnam County, Greensburg Township, Buckeye Post Office i n the 1860 Ohio Census. The last name is not reproduced clearly, but it looks as though the spelling is Lemons, or possibly Lemond. Cortland is listed with an age of 29 and Nancy is listed with an age of 27. (Our family records show both of th em having been born the same year.) Three of their children, Levi, age 7, Samantha, age 3, and Alvaro, age 3 months, are also listed. It gives Cortland's occupation as that of "farmhand", and Nancy is indicated as not being able to read or wri te. It states that Cortland was born in New York and Nancy in Pennsylvania. According to some family sources, Nancy Jane was born in Piqua, Ohio. Samantha was known as "Mattie" to her family and friends. A letter written by her to her husband, which was postmarked from Lawton, Mich. on Aug 11, 1886 is on file with her great granddaughter, Pamela Reddin Luttig and great great granddaughte r, Amber Luttig. She wrote the letter in print because her husband could not read script. It is addressed in her pretty longhand script to John H Williams, then in Leslie, Michigan. She, with her two small boys, Guy and Harry, and daughter, Add ie, then age nine, were visiting the Lammond family in Lawton. The letter does not give information that tells where she and John and the family were living at that time, but it may have been Hillsdale. He very likely was just working in Lesli e as there is no record of them having lived there. They traveled by train in those days. Here is her letter in its entirety as she wrote it. There are no periods in it, and it is printed in all capital letters except for the letter "i" and a n occasional "l". The only editing done on it is double spacing where it appears that a new sentence is starting. The 3 (3 dollars) was written like a script E. Samantha's Letter to John: "DEAR HUSBAND WE GOT HERE YESTERDAY AT NOON i FOUND COYS ALL RiTE iT COSTE ME 50 CENTS FOR HACK IViNE NEW ME AS SOON AS SHE SEE ME WE HAD AGOOD TiME THEY WANT US TO STOP WHEN WE COME BACK i CAN STARTE HERE AT NOON AND GET HOME AT 5'OCLOCK WEARE HAViNG ANiCE TiME GUY AND HARRY DRiVE THE HORSE AND HAVE A BIG TIME WE HAVE ALL THE BiG YELLOW PEACHES WE CAN EAT THEY HAVE SHiPED all OF THARE EARLY PEACHES THAT iS RiPE NOW THEM THAT HAS THEM GET 3 DOLLARS ABUSHEL FOR THEM i Will COME HOME AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE MONEY YOU Will HAFT TO SEND ME MONEY ENOGH TO GET ADDiE APAiR OF SHUES THE SOLE COME OF OF ONE OF THEM AT JCKSON THEY WANT LASTE HER TO GET HOME SHE iS TO PROUD TO GO BAREFOOTED SO GOODBYE FROM YOUR WiFE MATTi" Another item of interest is a poem written (in longhand) about her baby that died at about age one, entitled "In Memory of Little Ray Williams". Pamela Reddin Luttig also has the original of this. The following is an unedited copy. Her poem: In Memory of Little Ray Williams How sad was the day When our dear little Ray, Was taken away, Up in heaven to stay. Oh, if he only could have said How he suffered in his bed. With upraised eyes and little head Looking around the room and bed. The hour of five had past How plain we saw it was his last. How pretty still he looked that hour. And we done all that was in our power To save our darling through that hour. But Oh there was a greater power. Some research notes: 1860 Census--Living in Putnam County, Greensburg Twp. OH with parents. 1870 Census--Living in Elkart County, Olive Twp Wakurusa, IN, age 12, with parents. 1880 census--Elkart Co, IN-- not found,husband John is listed with his parents. 1900 Census--at 147 Spring St., Hillsdale, MI with John, Harry, Arthur, and Carl | Lammond, Samantha Harriet (I4195)
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| 262 | [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Feb 6, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.102578.60] Individual: Hattery, Earl Social Security #: 315-01-1616 SS# issued in: Indiana Birth date: Jul 15, 1897 Death date: Jul 1971 Residence code: Indiana ZIP Code of last known residence: 46563 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Plymouth, Indiana PLAC Social Security #: 315-01-1616 SOUR @S267@ | Hattery, Earl (I3776)
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| 263 | [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Feb 6, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.102578.86] Individual: Hattery, James Social Security #: 316-05-6638 SS# issued in: Indiana Birth date: Sep 3, 1891 Death date: May 1974 Residence code: Indiana ZIP Code of last known residence: 46563 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Plymouth, Indiana Sharon (Rhodes) Miller remembers that when she was about ten, her grandfather, James Hattery told her that he was Scottish, Welsh and Irish. PLAC Social Security #: 316-05-6638 SOUR @S267@ | Hattery, James William (I3784)
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| 264 | [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 25, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.24356.163] Individual: Books, Andrew Social Security #: 316-10-1185 SS# issued in: Indiana Birth date: Apr 29, 1886 Death date: Jun 30, 1988 ZIP Code of last known residence: 46501 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Argos, Indiana PLAC Social Security #: 316-10-1185 SOUR @S378@ | Books, Andrew Curtis (I3771)
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| 265 | [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 25, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.24357.36] Individual: Books, George Social Security #: 330-16-2797 SS# issued in: Illinois Birth date: Jun 28, 1901 Death date: Jun 1967 Residence code: Indiana ZIP Code of last known residence: 46910 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Akron, Indiana PLAC Social Security #: 330-16-2797 SOUR @S378@ | Books, George Washington (I3766)
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| 266 | [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 5, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 25, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.111.5.24357.52] Individual: Books, Harry Social Security #: 013-24-0001 SS# issued in: Massachusetts Birth date: Mar 30, 1904 Death date: Dec 1978 Residence code: Massachusetts ZIP Code of last known residence: 02364 Primary location associated with this ZIP Code: Kingston, Massachusetts PLAC Social Security #: 013-24-0001 SOUR @S378@ | Books, Harry Victor (I3767)
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| 267 | [Combined_Master.FTW] Edna V. Kelly (North Manchester News Journal) Edna Vida Kelly, 86, of 2563 W 700S, Wabash, IN died June 5, 1997, 7:30 a.m. at Miller's Merry Manor East, Wabash. She was born Feb. 6, 1911 at Wabash to Joel and Lettie Viola May (Brooks) Sopher, both deceased. She married Jesse LeRoy Kelly Feb . 9, 1929, and he preceded her in death Jan. 9, 1952. She was a member of the Ijamsville United Methodist Church for approximately 50 years. She cooked at Laketon High School for 18 years (1953-1971), and also worked as private home care provider. She lived most of her life in Wabash County. She wa s a charter member of AARP and the Beacon House in Wabash County. She is survived by four sons - LeRoy of Wabash, Paul of Lagro, Donald of North Ft. Myers, FL, and John of Mount Morris, IL; four daughters - Mrs. William (Margie) Bell of Caro, MI, Mrs. Willadean Porter of Wabash, Mrs. David (Joann) Thrush and M rs. Donald (Jeanette) Pearson, both of Las Vegas, NV; a sister, Retha Z. Coe of Wabash; 27 grandchildren, three foster grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and four foster great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, a son, th ree brothers, and a sister. Funeral service was held Sunday, June 8, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Manchester Ave. Chapel in Wabash with the Rev. Robert L. Brown officiating. Burial was in Laketon Cemetery. Preferred memorials are to Wabash County Senior Citizen Center. | Sopher, Edna Vida (I3813)
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| 268 | [Combined_Master.FTW] Her husband admitted her to Longcliff at Logansport (mental hospital). She took sick around 1937 or 1938. In 1970, the state was putting patients back to their own county and she was brought back to Wabash County to a group home for senior citi zens. | Sopher, Retha Zena (I3815)
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| 269 | ! Birth date was estimated, figuring she may have been about 20 at the time of marriage to Michael Kite in 1811 (20 was the average age of a woman to marry at that time). Died after the birth of son George Kite b. 1822, and before the 1830 census. | Dofflemyer, Catherine (I61)
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| 270 | ! Obit. in the Argos Reflecror, (Argos, Marshall County, IN) Thursday, May 26, 1904 | Rhodes, Elizabeth (I18)
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| 271 | !He was Count of Anglachau. | Gerold I (I135)
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| 272 | !Was a carpenter by trade. Obit. in the Bourbon NewsMirror (Bourbon, Marshall County IN) Sep 27, 1928. | Rhodes, William (I22)
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| 273 | "....Mrs. Smith had been ill three years. She was born in LaPorte county, January 20, 1855 and lived here nearly all her life. A son, Scott Smith, of Walkerton, is the only immediate survivor."; The South Bend Tribune, Wenesday Evening, Apri l 29, 1931, page 4, section 1. | Harmison, Williean (I5395)
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| 274 | "1825,2,19. John Thomas con mcd"; Elizabeth Thomas (form) Jones, con mcd"; Volume 5, page 768, West Branch MM, Ohio. "1928,12,19. John Thomas, s. William, dis disunity"; volume 5, page 768, West Branch MM, Ohio. | Thomas, John (I6113)
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| 275 | "1833,1,17. Eli Thomas dis disunity"; volume 5, page 769, West Branch MM, Ohio. 1860 Federal Census, Anderson Twp., Rush County, Indiana page 0612 Thomas, Elias, age 57, born in Kentucky Thomas, Eli, age 4, born in Indiana Thomas, Miriam | Thomas, Eli (I6115)
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| 276 | "1833,7,16. Isaiah Thomas, s. William, con mcd"; volume 5, page 769, West Branch MM, Miami, Ohio. | Thomas, Isaiah (I6114)
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| 277 | "1840,3,19. John D. Thomas dis disunity"; volume 5, page 769, West Branch MM, Miami, Ohio. | Thomas, John D. (I5614)
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| 278 | "A Standard History of Starke County, Indiana", by Joseph N. McCormick; volume 1, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1915: "Railroad Township" "John Smith, S.W. 1/4, section 29; 160 acres; February 16, 1849. "Will Book No. 5, St. Joseph County, Indiana", Schuyler Colfax Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution: Page 101- John Smith of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Written, March 10, 1881 Probated, April 29, 1881 Date of Death, April 25, 1881. Estate to daughter, Louiza J. Pratt, and her husband, Benjamin A. Pratt. Executor, Benjamin A. Pratt Witnesses: Wm. A. Dailey, Mrs. N.J. West. 1860 Census, Liberty Twp., St. Joseph County, Indiana House #1083, Dwelling #1079 Smith, John, age 31, born in Ohio Smith, Ellen, age 31, born in Indiana Smith, Charles, age 10, born in Indiana Smith, Louisa, age 8, born in Indiana Smith, Sarah, age 6, born in Indiana Smith, John, age 2, born in Indiana 1870 Census, Village of Walkerton, Liberty Twp., St. Joseph County, Indiana House #99, Dwelling #99 Smith, John, age 41, born in Ohio Smith, Hellen, age 39, born in Ohio Smith, Charles, age 19, born in Indiana Smith, Louisa, age 16, born in Indiana Smith, Sarah A., age 14, born in Indiana Smith, John F., age 11, born in Indiana 1880 Census, Lincoln Twp., St. Joseph County, Indiana Smith, John, age 52, born in Ohio Smith, Frank, age 21, born in Indiana Smith, Emma, age 17, born in Indiana | Smith, John (I5515)
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| 279 | "Elmer Harmison, 77, died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers in Beech Grove (Indiana). He was a resident of Greenwood (Indiana). He was born September 7, 1916 in Newton, Kansas. His parents were Elmer Harmison and Nellie (Steur i) Harmison. He was married to Ruth (Bartram) Harmison. She survives. Other survivors include four sons, Kent Allen Harmison of Greenwood, Kevin Neil Harmison of Zionsville, glenn Arthur Harmison of Elkhart and elmer Dean Harmison of San Anto nio, Texas, two sisters, Marian Shaw of Barnsdoll, Oklahoma and Marjorie Davies of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 12 grandchildren. He was owner of Harmison and Associates Real Estate in Greenwood for 20 years. He was a member of Murat Temple , Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis, Masonic Lodge and Greenwood United Methodist Church. He was a Navy veteran of World War II...."; obituary, Elmer Harmison. | Harmison, Elmer Jr. (I6029)
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| 280 | "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N6K3-H4P : accessed 25 Feb 2013), Nicholas Corke in entry for Richard Corke, 04 Jan 1769; citing Tunbridge, Kent, England, reference item 1 ; FHL microfilm 1469268. | Corke, Benjamin (I3426)
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| 281 | "Funeral rites for Henry M. Smith, prominent Lincoln township farmer, and former trustee, will be held from St. Patrick's Catholic church; Walkerton, Friday morning at 10:00 o'clocl, Rev. John Kubacki, past of the church, officiating. Mr. Smit h was born near Walkerton, February 13, 1857, the son of Henry and Rebecca Smith. He was married to Anna Dare, October 9, 1878; and served as trustee of Lincoln township for one term, 1900-1904. He is survived by two sons, H. Myron Smith and L eonard Smith, both of LaPorte; one half-brother, Haddison Snell, of Okmulgee, Okla. and a half sister, Mrs. William Pollock of Niles, Michigan; and by seven grandchildren. Burial will be in the Walkerton cemetery."; Walkerton, Indiana News, Thu rsday, April 20, 1933. | Smith, Henry M. (I5674)
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| 282 | "KOSCIUSKO County HIST0RY" (new edition) article by Betty Weimer Bowen: "Grandmother Catherine Baugher was a twin daughter of Jacob and Phoebe Zintsmaster who had migrated to Kos. County from Bavaria and settled on 80 acres directly north of North Webster." Obituary Notice for Jacob P. Zintsmaster: "Died Wednesday, March 6th, 1901 at North Webster, IN. The funeral services will be held at the Evangelical Church Friday, March 8th at High Twelve. Interment by Hacker Lodge, No. 321, A.F. and A.M. Brother Jacob P. Zintsmaster was born Dec. 24, 1823. He was raised to the degree of a Master Mason in Tuscarawas Lodge, No. 59, in the state of Ohio, and became a member of Hacker Lodge No. 321 in 1869. He died at his home near North Webster, Indiana, aged 77 years, 2 months, and 10 days. J.H. Lyons, W. M.; D. Carpenter, Sec. North Webster, IN, March 6, 1901." 1900 Census--Kosciusko County, Tippecanoe Twp. states Jacob emmigrated in 1832, has been in U.S. for 68 years,. NA. Daughter Catherine says she was born in IN, in the year 1868. Older daughter Phebe says she was born in OH in 1864 (taken from 1900 census). This may place time of move from Tuscarawas County OH either between these times or when Jacob joined the Hacker lodge in 1869. Marriage record taken from LDS IGI record. On 12-26-1857 Jacob P. Zintsmaster became and entered Apprentice member of Tuscarawas Masonic Lodge No. 59,(According to letter from Grand Lodge, P. O Box 629, Worthington, OH 43085-0629) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1850 United States Federal Census about Jacob Zinasmaster Name: Jacob Zinasmaster [Jacob Zinsmaster] Age: 26 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Birth Place: Germany Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Lawrence, Tuscarawas, Ohio Family Number: 169 Household Members: Name Age Theobald Zinasmaster 53 Barbara Zinasmaster 50 Jacob Zinasmaster 26 Michael Zinasmaster 19 Barbara Zinasmaster 13 William Zinasmaster 8 Elizabeth Zinasmaster 5 ----------------------------------------------- 1900 United States Federal Census about Jacob Pintsmaster Name: Jacob Zintsmaster [K E Lintsmaster] [Pintsmaster] Home in 1900: Tippecanoe, Kosciusko, Indiana Age: 75 Birth Date: Dec 1827 Birthplace: Germany Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1832 Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Spouse's name: Phebe Marriage Year: 1851 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 49 Residence : Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko, Indiana Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jacob Pintsmaster 75 Phebe Pintsmaster 72 Phebe Gowppert 35 Minney Gowppert 5 1880 United States Federal Census about Jacob Zintsmaster Name: Jacob Zintsmaster Home in 1880: Tippecanoe, Kosciusko, Indiana Age: 56 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Birthplace: Germany Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Phoebe Father's birthplace: Ger Mother's birthplace: Ger Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write: Household Members: Name Age Jacob Zintsmaster 56 Phoebe Zintsmaster 53 Phoebe Zintsmaster 16 Angeline Zintsmaster 12 Catherine Zintsmaster 12 1870 United States Federal Census about Jacob Zintsmaster Name: Jacob Zintsmaster Birth Year: abt 1825 Age in 1870: 45 Birthplace: Bavaria / Bayern Home in 1870: Tippecanoe, Kosciusko, Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Baydstons Mills Household Members: Name Age Jacob Zintsmaster 45 Phoebe Zintsmaster 40 Phoebe E Zintsmaster 7 Catharine Zintsmaster 2 Angeline Zintsmaster 2 1860 United States Federal Census about Jacob Zinsmaster Name: Jacob Zinsmaster Age in 1860: 37 Birth Year: abt 1823 Birthplace: Bavaria Home in 1860: Lawrence, Tuscarawas, Ohio Gender: Male Post Office: Bolivar Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Michael Zinsmaster 29 Susan Zinsmaster 24 Louisa Zinsmaster 4 Matilda Zinsmaster 2 Susan Zinsmaster 4/12 Jacob Zinsmaster 37 William Zinsmaster 18 I did find a marriage record for Jacob P? Zinsmaster (all three spellings are found in local records) and Philipina Phoebe ROSCHE for 16 Jun 1850. The E&R church has baptismal records for son John, born 31 Mar 1851, bapt 11 May 1851, George Mendlein and Elisabeth Mendlein n Rosche sponsors. Also Peter, born 1 Mar 1854, baptised 20 Mar 1854, died 12 Sep 1854, buried 13 Sep 1854. Ginny --ginseng05@sbcglobal.net | Zintsmaster, Jacob P. (I1514)
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| 283 | "Moses Harmeson announces wife, Susannah left him"; Martinsburg Gazette, April 20, 1826 Morgan County Deed Book 2, page 579, March 1837; Moses Harmison and Mary Harmison (probably mother, Mary) of Washington County, Maryland to Michael Rooney, 2 lots on banks of Potomac which belonged to James Harmison, Sr. 1850 Census, Marshall County, Virginia House #1572 Habonson, Moses, 55, born in Virginia Habonson, Mary, age 60, born in Virginia Habonson, Catherine, age 19, born in Virginia Habonson, Martha, age 17, born in Virginia 1860 Cenus, Marshall County, Virginia Harmison, Moses, age 59, born in Virginia | Harmison, Moses (I5071)
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| 284 | "OHIO RECORDS AND PIONEER FAMILIES"- Vol. 7, No. II, Ap.-June 1966. by Helen Murphy, 412 Hiett Ave. Toledo, OH 43609 (Great-granddaughter of David Murphey) "David Murphey was born in KY, Apr. 3, 1793, and was the son of a Baptist minister, a native of Ireland. David Murphey was reared on a farm and at the age of 17 years he ran away from home and went into the Army, serving in the War of 1812r, and was badly wounded. He spent one year as a prisoner among the Indians, having been taken captive by them near Niagara. He married ca. 1818 and it was thought his wife's name was Susan Wing but no supporting facts. A Henry Wing was th e first settler of Greensburg Twp. and located here with his family as early as 1825. He was in the area this area in 1814 guarding supplies for the Army in the War of 1812. David Murphey was blessed with 3 children: David Daniel, Sarah (Sally ) and Nancy. David was the first settler in Putnam County He came down the Blanchard from Fort Henry in a canoe with his family. Family tradition says that Sarah (Sally), the second child, was the first white child born in Putnam County Her d escendants remember her telling that she and her brother David Daniel played Indian children. David's wife was the first white person buried in the cemetery at Kalida. She died 1836/1839. David is buried at her side. The son David Daniel is bu ried at the same cemetery. This cemetery is fast falling into a bad state of affairs. The War of 1812 service record is on file. He enlisted in Maysville, Mason County, KY, July 13, 1812. David died Oct. 1, 1865, Putnam County OH. David Dan iel born Sept. 5, 1819, Jefferson County Ky.; died Jan 24, 1894. Sarah (Sally) born Feb. 26, 1826, Putnam Co. OH; died Apr. 21 1910, Allen County OH; married Miller, Fensler, and Harris. Nancy born ca. 1831; died before 1896, possibly in India na; married Mr. Groves. David married second, Lucy L. Sroufe, Apr. 29, 1840 at Charloe, Paulding County OH. She was the daughter of Christoper and Sarah (Lancaster) Sroufe. David and Lucy had Christopher born ca 1843/47, Paulding County, OH; di ed before 1896; servbed 5 years in the Civil War; and Susan born Mar. 7, 1841, Paulding County OH, married Mr. Hershey; died Feb 27, 1912, Putnam County OH. On file is the Declaration of a widow (Lucy) for Pension, May 6, 1878. Lucy died Oct 1 9, 1891, at the home of her daughter Susan." PENSION RECORD WAR OF 1812: Statement by Joseph Cartright: "...on the 22nd day of Jan., in the year 1813, David Murphy sen. was wounded immediately under the right knee of the right leg, whilst i n active duty on said day under command of Capt. James Mead...17th Reg. of Infantry...while engaged in the Battle of River Rasin." "...on the 15th day of Oct in 1814 wounded in the left side of the abdomen, whilst obeying orders of the Capt. W illiam Whistler, of the 34th Reg. of Inf. ..at Ft. Gratiot (?) in the State of Michigan...caused by firing off of a cannon which bounded back and struck said Murphy." Documents on war record: Enlisted at Maysville, KY on or about Jul 17 1812 . "Private in Capt. Hatour's Company-17th Reg. of Infantry, commanded by Col. Wells. In 1814 he was transferred to Capt. Caleb H. Holder's Company of the 17th Reg. Upon disbandonment of this Company he was retained in Capt. Wm. Whistler's Com pany of the 3rd. Reg. of Infantry until July 17, 1817. This Company was discharged at Green Bay, Wisconsin. David Murphy was discharged July 13, 1817, Fort Howard, Green Bay, WI." He applied for and received a disability pension and a land b ounty. His widow Lucy (Srouf) Murphey received a pension until her death on Apr. 21, 1892 "David Murphy-Private Wm. Whistler's County Born Mason, County KY, 24 years 5 ft. 7", dark, dark eyes, fair hair. Enlisted 5 years." From the book "Putnam Co. Centennial History 1834-1934" "The honor of being the first white settler in the county is credited to David Murphy, who came down the Blanchard in a canoe, stopped at the mouth of the river for a short time, then went up the Auglaize three miles and settled on what later became known as the bayou. Mrs. Murphy was the first person buried in the Kalida graveyard. She died in the spring of 1836. George Skinner relates about Murphy as follows: "While living here he ran out of provisions, and what was even worse he ran out of lead. The last ball gone, and none to be had nearer than Defiance, 28 miles away. Fortunately he recollected having shot a ball into a tree near Blanchard sometime before." " Taking his ax he hunted up the tree, cut out the ball, and having remoulded it, he very carefully loaded his old army yager and started from his hut in search of something to eat. Having crossed the bayou and still in sight of the house, he treed a large bear. He said to me that he was careful with that shot. He was successful, and thus for a time relieved his wants. The old man pointed out to us the tree and limb from which he shot the bear, claiming that it was the first bear killed by a white settler in the county. " The first white settler in the county was one David Murphy (and judging from his Celtic sounding name, he who guesses that Murphy hailed from orthodox stock, could hardly be considered rash). However, in the year 1824, this offshoot of Erin, with his family, leaving Fort Findley, paddled down the Blanchard river and at its confluence with the Auglaize, ascended the last named stream for a distance of about 3 miles, where, upon one of the river's man bayous, he built for himself and his family a permanent habitation--and Murphy's wife was the first person buried in the cemetery at Kalida. 1860 census Name: David Murphy Age in 1860: 66 Birth Year: abt 1794 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1860: Jackson, Putnam, Ohio Gender: Male Post Office: Kalida Value of real estate: View Image Household Members: Name Age David Murphy 66 Lucy L Murphy 54 Christopher Murphy 16 1850 United States Federal Census about David Murfy Name: David Murfy Age: 57 Estimated birth year: abt 1793 Birth Place: Kentucky Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Union, Putnam, Ohio Family Number: 60 Household Members: Name Ag e David Murfy 57 Lucy Murfy 44 Robert F Murfy 10 Susan E Murfy 9 Christopher G Murfy 7 1840 United States Federal Census about David Murphy Name: David Murphy Township: Brown County: Paulding State: Ohio 1830 United States Federal Census about David Murphy Name: David Murphy Home in 1830: Perry, Putnam, Ohio | Murphey, David (I292)
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| 285 | "Rebecca Snell (nee Burk) was born in Harrison county, Ohio, June 2, 1829. When only three years of age, her parents moved to Knox county, Ohio where they resided for fifteen years. In 1847, they moved to Starke county, Indiana. She was marri ed to Henry Smith, June 23, 1850 and settled on the Island. To this union three sons were born: Nelson S., George L. and Henry M. Her husband died April 5, 1857. She was married to Jacob Snell, September 23, 1860. Five children were born t o them: Jacob E. Snell, Addison L, Addie G., Eldora M and Delbert W., of whom only two survive. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Pollock, December 6, 1906, at 2:20 a.m., aged 77years, 5 months and 4 days. ....She leaves to mo urn her loss, five children, fourteen grandchildren, and one brother, Robert Burk, who lives at Clifton, Kansas. The remains were laid to rest at Woodlawn cemetery. The six grandsons acted as pall-bearers."; Walker Independent newspaper, pag e 4, December 14, 1904. | Burk, Rebecca (I5673)
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| 286 | "Sarah, daughter of deceased, Isaiah and Elizabeth Pemberton, of Laurens District, South Carolina, wed William Thomas"; extract, "The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930", William Hinshaw. "1819,6,5. Sarah gct Mill Creek MM, O"; Volume 1, page 1038, Bush River MM, Newberry, SC. "1819,11,27. Sarah & dt. Una rocf Bush River MM, SC dtd 1819,13,6"; volume 5, page 794C, Mill Creek MM, Ohio. "1824,4,24. William Thomas gct West Branch MM, O"; volume 5, page 793, Mill Creek MM. "1824,6,19. William & s. John, Isaiah, & Eli rocf Mill Creek MM, O"; volume 5, page 768, West Branch MM, Ohio. "1834,8,14. Sarah Thomas Sr., dis disunity"; volume 5, page 768, West Branch MM, Ohio. "1834,7,17. William Thomas Sr., dis disunity"; volume 5, page 768, West Branch MM, Ohio. | Pemberton, Sarah (I5031)
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| 287 | "The deceased (George L. Smith), is survived by his wife, by a second marriage, a son, Rolland, and a daughter, Lillie, two brothers, Henry M. and Sherman Smith, and a half-sister, Mrs. William Pollock of this place. Burial services took plac e at Mt. Olive cemetery, near Chicago, Tuesday."; Walerton Independent, Walkerton, St. Joseph, Indiana; page 1, June 9, 1911. | Smith, George L. (I5564)
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| 288 | "THE PLETSCHER OR PLETCHER FAMILY IN AMERICA" "When Samuel and Henry Pletcher were of the proper age, about 12 or 13, they were apprenticed out to trades. Samuel was apprenticed to a weaver, and Henry to a cobbler. The usual apprenticeship pe riod was until the apprentice reached the age of 21 years, a period of seven years or more for which the apprentice received their food and clothing." "At the time of the Revolutionary War, Samuel was 23 years old, and was married to Elizabet h Yotta (Yoder or Yates) of Lancaster and had sons. There is no record of his service during the war." "Samuel and Elizabeth Yotta Pletcher lived in or near Lancaster, PA and all of their 8 children were born in the Lancaster Valley. After t he birth of his eight children, Samuel Pletcher move his family to Huntingdon County, PA in the center of the state where he was recorde in the first U.S. Census of 1790. Samuel then moved the family to McDonald's farm near Beech Creek, PA, nea r Howard where he had a distillery from 1813 to 1821. In 1821, he moved his family, children and grandchildren to Ohio (Crawford County)...they took with them the five younger children and their wives, husbands and grandchildren : Henry, Jacob , Elizabeth (Reed), Catherine (Nestlerode), Anna (Pletcher) Pletcher." Lancaster County PA 1770-1790 Howard, Centre CountyPA 1813-1821 Galion, Crawford County OH from 1821 to present day. Informtion from Howard Pletcher, Goshen, IN--Born Jan. 30, 1751 state of Baden Germany, at Wieslach, (south of Heideeh his widowed mother Marie Manardt Pletscher and infant brother Heinrich "Henry" about the year 1757-58. In Lancaster County, PA he married Elizabeth Yotta "Yoder". About 1775, shortly after marriage, he moved to Big Valley, Huntingto n County, PA. From Big Valley he moved to Beach Creek, Center County, PA about 1804-05. In 1821 he dispose of his interests in Center County and followed the families of his son Jacob and son-in-law Jacob A. Pletcher to Crawford County, OH. H e became the first burial in Pletcher Cemetery. Inscription on his headstone: Samuel Pletcher died Mar. 15, 1830 Age 79yr. 1 m. 17 d Pletcher Family History The Pletcher family name was common in Schleitheim, in the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in the 15th century. The Pletchers were nearly all land owners, all were Catholic and they were classed a noble family. The name had various shetscher, Platscher, Ploetscher due to the region the family lived in. Around 1520 to 1530, the Pletcher's broke from the Catholic faith and became Anabaptists, known as Swiss Brethren or Mennonites. Since the Church of Switzerland was Catholic, Mennonites were persecuted and sometime exiled. At the end of the Thirty Years War (1648), many fugitive Mennonites fled Switzerland into the Palatineate region of Germany. Since church recordet Mennonites, the names were not preserved. The first Pletchers migrated to Pennsylvania, later to Ohio. Many of the Pletchers who migrated to Indiana settled in Elkhart County. According to the Mennonite Quarterly, two Elkhart County Bishops, Jacob Wisler and John F. Funk dividete Northern Ohio Mennonite churches followed Wisler. Their group was called the Wislers and the other the Funks. They took issue with Henry Pletcher's preaching in English and the congregation also took a stand against holding evenin g services. So most of the Pletcher's left for Indiana. Preacher Henry Pletcher and his family followed in 1882. He became on of the ministers of the Yellow Creek congregation in Elkhart County. He was violently opposed to the use of tobacco an d had difficulty working with the Elkhart County ministers. Henry was "silenced" and John F. Funk charged that he "talked too much." After he was silenced, he continued his connection with the Mennonite Church and donated the land on which the S alem Mennonite church stands. Samuel Pletcher, born January 29, 1750, in Germany, married Elizabeth Yoder, 1771, in Lancaster, Penn. Samuel's son, Jacob, born March 11, 1790, in Lancaster, Penn., married Barbara Nestlerode. Jacob's son Christian, born December 31, 18d Mary Catherine Enders, in 1862. Christian's son, Noah Pletcher, born February 15, 1866, in Harrison Township, Elkhart County, was married to Emma Anderson in 1891, and died April 16, 1937. His son Clayton, born September 3, 1893, in A labama, married Elsie Fetters in 1913, died October 23, 1957. Clayton's son LaVern Pletcher, was born May 5, 1914, and married Lenore Doering, May 26, 1935. LaVern's son Richard Pletcher, born April 5, 1941, married Susan Templeton, January 26 , 1964. LaVern and Richard founded Amish Acres in 1968. Source: Amish Acres web site angiergabeladded this on 1 Jun 2010 mwigeloriginally submitted this to Igel Family Tree on 29 Dec 2007 Pletcher Cemetery in Crawford County, Ohio: Monument erected in Pletcher Cemetery on Beck Road, Galion, Crawford County, Ohio. The Pletcher Cemetery is the resting place of Samuel Pletcher 1751 - 1830. Inscription on monument reads: PLETCHER CEMETERY SAMUEL PLETSCHER GERMAN IMMIGRANT Born January 15, 1751 near Alt Wiesloch State of Baden Germany. Died March 15, 1830 near Galion, Polk, Township Crawford Co Ohio Samuel arrived at the Port of Philadelphia November 10, 1756 aboard the ship "Snow Chance" with his infant brother Heinrich (Henry) and his widowed mother Marie (Mennardt) Pletscher. The father, Samuel Pletscher died at sea. The brothers Samue l and Henry were raised by their great Uncle Fredrick Mennardt. March 30, 1771 in Lancaster County PA Samuel Pletcher married Elizabeth Yoder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From findagrave.com: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25658731 Birth: Jan. 29, 1750, Germany Death: Mar. 15, 1830 Galion Crawford County Ohio, USA Born January 15, 1751 near Alt Wiesloch State of Baden Germany. Died March 15, 1830 near Galion, Polk, Township Crawford Co Ohio. Samuel arrived at the Port of Philadelphia November 10, 1756 aboard the ship "Snow Chance" with his infant brothe r Heinrich (Henry) and his widowed mother Marie (Mennardt) Pletscher. The father, Samuel Pletscher died at sea. The brothers Samuel and Henry were raised by their great Uncle Fredrick Mennardt. March 30, 1771 in Lancaster Co. PA Samuel Pletche r married Elizabeth Yotta, Yotter, (Jordy) Yoder. The family lived in big valley Huntingdon Co PA from 1780's until 1804 From 1804 until 1818 they lived near Howard below Beech Creek in Centre Co PA. Elizabeth (Yoder) Pletcher died in Centrer Co unty PA between 1810--1819. Samuel, a widower, followed his son Jacob and son -in-law Jacob A. Pletcher and their families to Crawford Co Ohio in the spring of 1821 where he spent the remaining 8 years of his life.He was a weaver and family said made cloth for Rev. War for uniforms, blankets,etc. Samuel and his brother Henry lived on their step-father's farm until they became of age (around 12 - 13) when they were apprenticed out to learn a trade. Samuel was apprenticed to a weaver and Henry to a cobbler. An apprenticeship usually laste d until the apprentice reached the age of 21 years and the apprentice received food and clothing. When the Revolutionary War began, Samuel was 23 years old, was already married to Elizabeth Yoder and had sons. There is no record of his service during the war, but according to family tradition, he was a volunteer in the service of his country . The bible of William Henry Reese (grandson of Ulrich Pletcher) had a note which reads: "Samuel, father of Olie, fought in the American Revolution". Samuel married Elizabeth Yoder, daughter of Ulrich and Magdalena Yoder, March 30, 1771 in Lancaster County By 1790 they had moved to Huntingdon County and in 1792 Samuel was issued a warrant for a tract of land in Tod Township, Huntingdon Count y containing sixty-two acres and 155.9 perches. The 1790 census for Huntingdon County, Huntingdon Township lists: Samuel Pletcher, 2 males greater than 16, 4 males less than 16 and 4 females. The book 'History of Beech Creek Area' lists Samuel as one of the sawmill operators of Bald Eagle Township from 1801 to 1811. A deed in the Centre County Courthouse, February 28, 1810, Samuel Pletcher, Sr. of Centre Co, Bald Eagle Township sol d 245 acres in Nittany Township, Centre County to Jacob Keller for 600 pounds or $400. The deed was signed by Samuel in German. Family links: Parents: Samuel Pletscher (1729 - 1757) Children: Jacob Pletcher (____ - 1870)* William Ulrich Pletcher (1774 - 1857)* Elizabeth Pletcher Reed (1785 - 1856)* (Mrs. Jacob A.) Anna Pletcher Pletcher (1787 - 1855)* Burial: Pletcher Cemetery Galion Crawford County Ohio, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Pletcher, Samuel (I399)
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| 289 | "Thomas Collins, farmer, of Marshall County, Tennessee, and son of Willis and Phoebe (Martin) Collins, is one of nine children and was born in the state of Georgia July 27, 1818. He was reared on a farm, and his early education was wholly and needlessly neglected. He was married at an early age, being only nineteen when he and Sarah Childs were united in marriage. Of the six children born to them only two are living: W. P. and Fannie. Since his marriage he has followed agricultural pursuits, and at one time was the owner of nearly 800 acres of land, the greater part of which he has given to his children. In 1884 his wife died, and after living with his children a year, he was married to Mrs. Nancy E. (Clark) Judia. Previous to the war Mr. Collins was a Whig; since that time he has not cast a party vote. He has been a resident of Marshall County some thirty years, and has the confidence and respect of all who know him. Our subject's father and mother were born in North Carolina and Virginia, respectively, and were married in Georgia. The father was an overseer in the latter State, and came to Tennessee in 1826, where he became the possessor of nearly 1000 acres of land. He was a soldier under Jackson, and in politics was an old-line Whig. He died in 1854. The mother lived to be about eighty-four years of age." (THE GOODSPEED HISTORIES of MAURY, WILLIAMSON, RUTHERFORD, WILSON, BEDFORD & MARSHALL COUNTIES OF TENNESSEE, 1886, page 1197.) http://www.rootsweb.com/pub/usgen/tn/marshall/bios/collins04.txt | Collins, Thomas (I6197)
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| 290 | (1) It appears that Anne Morgan and Nathaniel Thomas may not have been legally married to each other, but instead cohabited with each other for many years. See O'Dell, Cecil, Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Marceline, MO: Walsworth P ublishing Company, 1995, pp. 249-250: Thomas . . . Nathaniel Thomas was deceased by 1 March 1763 when his will (dated 13 October 1760) was proved in Frederick County Court. . . .The will states, "the said Ann Morgan lived with me for many years past and sometimes pretended to be my wife (Dower R elease, 1747), and by whom I suppose to have begotten sundry sons and daughters." | Family: Nathaniel Thomas / Anne Morgan (F4796)
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| 291 | (1) New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800 [database online], Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000: Name: Henry Garretson Will Loc: Chris. Hd. Will Made Date: 28 Dec 1721 Will Probate Date: 19 Feb 1721-2 Will Book: Misc Page: 1,86 Comment: Yeoman; Eldest son, Henry Garretson; other three children, Conrad Garretson, John Garretson and Mary Garretson. Exc. wife, Christian Garretson. | Garretson, Henry (I10004)
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| 292 | (1) Origins & Early Life of Col. Morgan Morgan Morgan Morgan was born in the principality of Wales on November 1st, 1688, traditionally said in the county of Glamorganshire, though that is in question. As there are no primary sources linking him to such a birthplace, the idea that he was born in Glamorgan seems to arise from the family legend that he was a member of the Morgans of St. Mellon's, a junior branch of the famous and ancient Morgan family of Tredegar. This theorized relationship is perhaps the most substantial of the Morgan legends to genealogists, as if true, would give insight into Morgan's family origins. Unfortunately, however, no evidence has ever been found to support this proposal, or tie Morgan into any other Welsh lineages. Most commonly though, Morgan is claimed to have been a son of Charles Morgan of St. Mellon's, an alleged grandson of Sir William Morgan of Tredegar, through William's son, John of the Temple. However, from where this idea originated has never be en clear, but it does appear to be a relatively new phenomenon as none of the older Morgan genealogy references have ever addressed it. In George T. Clark's elemental work, Genealogies of the Older Families of the Lordships of Morgan and Glamorgan, John of the Temple is shown as Sir William's son, through William's first wife, Lady Elizabeth (Winter). Clark unfortunately does no t further explore John's family, however, and thus has made no record of his children or grandchildren. Although Clark's genealogies do include some information on the Morgan's of St. Mellon's, there is absolutely no entry of this particular Charles, and it should also be noted, that no other records regarding this individual have ever been produced or cited by researchers. In other words, as it stands, even Charles' existence remains to be inconclusive. Perhaps the most persuasive detail in contest to this relationship is in the way Morgan's name is commonly presented. As the Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission reads: Lest the Welsh prepositionap . . . be construed by the reader to be a part of the name, it may be stated that "Morgan ap Morgan" means Morgan son of Morgan, and was used to designate the son before the adoption in Wales of Christian names. Up until the beginning of the eighteenth century, few Welsh families possessed fixed surnames, using a patronymic system of which individuals were identified in relationship to their father. For example, a Rhys, son of a William, would be know n as "Rhys Williams," or "Rhysap William," with ap meaning literally, "son of." If, for instance, Rhys further had a son named Maredudd, then Maredudd may consequently take on the name "Maredudd Rhys," or "Maredudd ap Rhys," thus showing that t he surnames of many Welsh families were adjusted within every generation. This also further discredits the idea that all "Morgans" share a common ancestor, as family names were simply nonexistent among many ancestral lines until circa three hundred years ago. However, subsequently, as Morgan's name is often accepted as "Morgan ap Morgan," one would expect his father's forename to have also been Morgan, rather than Charles. Furthermore, although many genealogical lines spawning from the progenitor of the Tredegar Morgans continued the use of this naming system, it can be seen in Clark's genealogies that the forefathers of the aforementioned Sir William adopted their fixed Morgan surname in the fourteenth century, making them one of the earliest Welsh families to make the conformation. Therefore, if Morgan was indeed a descendant of this Morgan line, it seems unlikely that he would have returned to the traditional patronymic system after nearly four centuries. If Morgan was indeed once known as "Morgan ap Morgan," then it is probable that his ancestry had not yet acquired a fixed surname, and that he simply adopted it himself after immigrating t o America in order to conform with English customs. This relationship to Charles is not the only element of this family legend to be addressed, however. Another important and routinely declared tradition of Morgan's descendants, is that Sir Henry Morgan, famously known at "the buccaneer," or "the pirate," was a brother of Charles,' and thus an uncle of Morgan's. This is so widely believed, that even at the 100th Morgan Morgan Family Reunion, an entire exhibit was dedicated to the notorious man. However, this claim cannot be proven, a s simply, there are no primary sources naming the parentage of Sir Henry. Just as Sylvanus Urban published in The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle in 1832 - a statement that references the still defining factor of Henry and Morgan' s claimed blood relationship: Of the parentage of Sir Henry I have not yet been able to obtain any positive proof; but it is sufficiently evident, from numerous collateral facts, that he was one of the great clan of the Morgans of Monmouthsire, which the house of Tredegar was at hand. The most persuasive of these "facts" that Urban refers to, is that in the will of Sir Henry, a Thomas Morgan of Tredegar was styled as his cousin. While this makes it unquestionable that Henry was in relation to the powerful Tredegar family, the exact origin has never been proven. Nevertheless, this Thomas is understood to have been the great-great grandson of Thomas Morgan of Machen and Tredegar, who was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Bodenham. After an examination of Clark's genealogies, the brother of Thomas M organ of Machen and Tredegar, Henry of Llanrhymny, was the grandfather of Robert and Lt. Gen. Edward Morgan, sons of Thomas and Catherine (Herbert) Morgan of Llanrhymny. As Clark recorded among his works, he believed that this Robert was the fat her, rather than John of the Temple, of Sir Henry; an idea that many modern historians also believe. Further, Lt. Gen. Edward Morgan, and his wife, Anna Petronella (Von Polnitz), were the parents of Mary Elizabeth Morgan, who subsequently, married Sir Henry. Needless to say, if Henry was of the Llanrhymny family, a first cousin to his wife, and indeed a son of Robert's, then he could not have been a brother of the said Charles, and he especially could not have been an uncle of Morgan's . Theoretically, the relationship between these three men was likely first based in circumstantial evidence. Humorously, it has been joked that every "Grandfather Morgan" has proudly boasted such tall tales to his grandchildren of a blood relation ship to the infamous "Terror of the Spanish Main." It is probable that someone's guesswork, noticing the obvious that both Morgan and Henry had the same surname, led to the speculation, and later gave rise to the legend that the two men were related. What is especially noticeable to the researchers of Morgan's life and family, is that two of his sons, Charles and Henry, are also generally paired with one another as they are the two male progenitors of what is commonly called "the three lost Morgan tribes." Charles and Henry were born consecutively, their wives were sisters, and additionally, the families of both are generally associated with Spartanburg, South Carolina. Also, frustratingly, with the exception of a few tidbits o f information, the two brothers essentially disappeared from the historical record, and their descendants are hence "lost." Therefore, typically, as there is so little known about these two brothers, they are generally addressed together, rather than as separate individuals. As Sir Henry had no children of his own, he therefore could not have had any direct descendants, and obviously, could not have been Morgan's father. However, it is probable that this simply guided the idea that he could have instead been an uncle. With the father-son relationship between Henry and Morgan out of the question, it is no surprise that the next choice, and obvious best fit to the theory, was that Morgan's father was a Charles, thus playing on this Charles-Henry correlation . This appears to be the root of the family legend, which in addition, after becoming accepted as fact by many unsuspecting Morgan descendants, pushed into further assumptions. Eventually, a collection of speculations, intricately "fit" into on e another, basing guesswork off of other guesswork, led to one large collection of "facts," and ultimately, a single conglomerate legend regarding Morgan's family. Unfortunately, as intricate as this family legend is, it has no real basis in his torical evidence, whatsoever. Morgan is also commonly believed to have had three distinguished brothers: Zackquill, Evan, and Charles. Noticeably, these three names are all those of Morgan's sons, which may initially call for a researcher's attention. In particular, the name Zackquill is highly indicative, as that name appears to have been wholly unique to Morgan's descendants. If a Zackquill Morgan were to be found among Welsh records, then it would emphatically give a strong indication of kinship. However, the problem exists in that there never has been any Zackquill, Morgan or otherwise, cited within Welsh records. Especially since this Zackquill Morgan is generally claimed to have once been a Bishop of Cardiff, one would expect to find some records o f this noteworthy person - but there are none. No official records of this mentioned Evan (a supposed military officer), or Charles (a supposed prominent farmer), have ever been presented either, and just as with Morgan's supposed father, there is no evidence to prove that these three "brothers" are anything more than fictitious characters. Overall, as it was correctly and appropriately recorded in the report published by the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission: Whether by design or through indifference to ancestral lore - the latter being a well known family trait - Col. Morgan Morgan . . . left no record, official or otherwise, so far as is known, which has been preserved or remembered by any of his m any descendants, of his connection in his native Wales with the old Glamorganshire family there of the same name. To date, this work remains to be the most comprehensive account of Morgan's life. The above statement, written over eighty years ago, is still the conclusive reality of any ties speculated between Morgan and the family of Tredegar. With Morgan's parentage still unknown, his early years have been further shrouded in history as there are no historical records pertaining to him during that time. The little insight we have comes from a record found within a family Bible, written by Charles Stephen Morgan, Morgan's great-grandson (Stephen3, David2, Morgan1), in 1835. Now located in the Virginia State Library's archives and manuscript collection, it reads that Morgan was "educated in London during the reign of William III" (1689 - 1702), however, although he, along with his children and grandchildren, are found to have been able to read and write quite eminently, the extensiveness of his learning's are unknown. It is often said that Morgan studied at Cambridge University, but as he is not listed among John Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses, this probably isn't true. Further, as Morgan was born in Wales, it has become unclear whether his family had removed to London, or if he was simply sent there to board during his schooling years. However, as education has been historically withheld from the lower classes of social hierarchies, it has been construed that Morgan was at least of a family with some social standing, and his education would n o doubt play a chief role in his success and prominence in America. (2) Immigration & Beginning Life in America As Charles Stephen Morgan further recorded in his family Bible, Col. Morgan left his native homeland and immigrated to America "during the reign of Queen Anne, or probably about the commencement of George I." This would place Morgan's voyage acr oss the Atlantic Ocean around 1713, being that George I was crowned in 1714, and Morgan is known to have been within the colonies by at least 1715. It is, however, impossible to know exactly what year Morgan made his exodus from Wales as he ha s not been found in any immigration records. It should be stated, however, that some believe he may have arrived as early as 1707, though there are no records to support that idea. There is an old Morgan legend claiming that he was once a young British soldier, stationed within the new world, and ultimately, chose to remain in America for the rest of his life. Some of his descendants even go as far to say that he had fought in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), but there is no evidence of this. However, if Morgan had sailed to America aboard a military vessel, then this would account for the missing immigration record, as one simply would not have bee n made. Nonetheless, while it is true that Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713), an offshoot of the War of Spanish Succession, was proceeding in North America at that time, it is important to note that no such military record has ever been found. Although it is possible for Morgan to have served in the conflict, no claim of military association prior to his involvement with the Virginian militia can be proven. Actually, this idea of Morgan's involvement with the British military seems to arise from the ignorance of when he was granted the rank of colonel. Morgan's military rank is not evidence of any association with the English forces, and the belie f that he had been given the rank prior to reaching America's shores is incorrect. Morgan was not granted the rank of full colonel until the age of sixty-nine, which was a position he earned among the Virginian militia that he organized. Simply , it is also quite possible, and perhaps more likely, that his immigration record was either lost or destroyed. Upon his arrival in America, Morgan established his first home within the settlement of Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware, probably residing "within a few miles thereof, if not within the city" itself. This region was a portion of the land s ceded to William Penn by the Duke of York, but although Welsh Quakers were the largest group migrating to Penn's colony in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Morgan does not appear to have shared a similar credence. He was rather a staunch "member of the Church of England," and therefore, religious persecution would not have been a trigger for Morgan's withdrawal from Britain. Further, despite the fact that forty thousand acres of southeastern Pennsylvania were intended to become a Welsh Barony, Morgan chose not to journey farther inland, ignoring the huge "Welsh Tract" and the flow of Welsh settlers into towns like Gwynedd, or Buck and Berks Counties. Additionally, as Wayland Dunaway wrote in his work, A History of Pennsylvania, he relates that these Welsh immigrants were: ["]Influenced by the belief that, purchasing a large tract of land and settling thereon in a body, they could establish in the New World a community of their own in which they could perpetuate their distinctive language and institutions.["] Thus, it does not appear that establishing a type of "new Wales," or preserving Welsh culture, was part of Morgan's agenda either. Rather, he seems to have been a particularly self-propelled, independent individual, whose personal ambitions were not necessarily centered on anyone other than himself and his family. He was a man whom, after considering his success in Delaware, with his later audacious role among the Virginian frontier, had few limitations, and was ready and determined t o become an honorable leader within the New World. While it is certain that Morgan first set foot in American soil as a young, single man, it is impossible to know whether or not he voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean alone. If he did indeed come as a Welsh immigrant, then one cannot further examine the other persons among the ship record as none seems to exist. However, although there certainly is no evidence that he directly immigrated with any other kinsman, nor is there any proof that he was closely aquatinted with any members of hi s native family after his migration from Wales, it has been indicated by one grandson, James Morgan, son of Zackquill, that other relations had settled within the Delaware Colony at an early date. In Now and Long Ago, John Glenn published an interview of James Morgan, conducted by Joseph H. Powell in 1850, in which James referenced a John and William Merrill, along with his father, Zackquill, and uncle, David. James stated that, "there wa s some blood tie with the Merrills that began in Delaware," who accordingly, "got their first land" in Monongalia County, Virginia, from his "father and Uncle Dave." He further stated that he had "heard Uncle Dave say that William Merrill married a Morgan cousin of ours," and as James explains, she was supposedly the same celebrated Mrs. Merrill of Nelson County Kentucky - the woman of popular frontier folklore who is famed for the violent axing of Indians as they raided her family's cabin. What is important to note, is that while Col. Morgan and his family were still residing in Delaware, all of his children were too young to have married or had issue. In other words, if this blood tie between the Merrills and Morgans was established within that colony, it must have come from a source outside of Morgan's immediate family. This is particularly interesting, being that if it were possible to prove and locate other Morgan kinsman within historical records, then it may lead t o some insight regarding Morgan's ancestry. It is unfortunate, however, that very little is known of this John and William Merrill, and one has not been able to ascertain any real evidence of their ancestry, or from where they came. Especially in regards to this William, no record of hi s name has ever been found in exception to James' deposition. Further, in contradiction to James' story, accounts of the Mrs. Merrill event generally give her husband's name as John, rather than William. Although James does also talk of a John Merrill, believed to be William's brother, he could not have been Mrs. Merrill's husband, as he had instead married Jemima, a triplet daughter of Henry Batten's. Furthermore, John does not appear to have ever migrated out of Virginia. In regards to legends such as the one of Mrs. Merrill, however, it is not uncommon for them to have been seriously embellished and the stories to be greatly inaccurate. Such is the case with David Morgan's famous fight with the Indians at his homestead, in which James even claimed that, "about Uncle Dave's fight with the Indians here, a pack of lies has been told and printed." Thus, it should not be surprising to find that details regarding the Mrs. Merrill legend may be false. Coinciding with James' deposition, it seems possible that the husband of Mrs. Merrill was indeed, William, rather than John. This would explain that while John remained in Virginia, William and his wife migrated further west into the Kentucky frontier at an early date, explaining why his name has not been found among Virginia records. Also, as James additionally stated that he had been "there to visit" Mrs. Merrill's family, and that he even recalled her nickname to be "Miff," it seem s probable that he was certain about who the woman was. However, despite James' claim, it is certainly unfortunate that we will doubtfully ever know the real name of the legendary Mrs. Merrill, or her connection to the Morgan family. This Morgan-Merrill relationship was not the only blood tie to be mentioned by James, however. As he spoke of the famous Captain John Brady, and son, Captain Samuel Brady, James stated: ["]There was a blood tie between the Bradys and the Morgans. Sam Brady married 'Indian Van' Swearingen's daughter (Drusilla). John Swearingen everybody called 'Bible John,' and was 'Indian Van's' father. They lived below Cheat on the old Cheat Road when I was growing up. I was there many times with my father and others. They were some kin of ours through the Maryland Morgans and Springers.["] As to when exactly the Morgan and Swearingen families first became acquainted cannot be certain, but it does appear that they were close for much of David Morgan's life. The progenitor of this Swearingen line was one Gerrett Van Swearingen, a Dutchman who sailed to New Castle, Delaware, as the supercargo aboard the ill-fated Prins Maurits. Notably, one Jan Garritsen, who was also a sailor aboard that vessel, is commonly believed to have been the brother of Hendrik Gerritsen, David's grandfather. Thus, this leaves little doubt that the Swearingens and the family of David's mother were well associated with one another from the earliest days of their settlings. However, Gerrett Swearingen moved his family to St. Mary's County, Maryland, around 1665, predating Col. Morgan's arrival in America by roughly fifty years. Therefore, whether or not Morgan was actually acquainted with Garrett is unknown. Nevertheless, it is known that David also settled in Maryland for at least a short time, as his son Evan declared that "I was born in Town Creek, now in Allegany County, Maryland, in 1753." Therefore, it seems possible that David and the Swearingens h ad known each other during his residence there. Additionally, it appears that David and the Swearingens both left Maryland around the same time, migrating to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and became some of the earliest settlers within that region. By 1770, it is doubtless that David and the Swearingens had become acquainted, as he, along with "Bible John" Swearingen, "Indian Van" Swearingen, several Springers, and the aforementioned Henry Batten, were all settled in Bedford, now present day Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Further, in James Veech's The Monongahela of Old, all of these men, along with one "Morgan Morgan," perhaps David's oldest son, are shown to have been in the 1772 tax lists for the southwestern portion of that st ate. Additionally, although David is known to have moved further south into present day West Virginia before 1787, the Fayette Archives Will Records show that he, along with Colonel Theophilus Phillips and Thomas Berry, were witnesses to the will o f Henry Batten's father, Thomas, in Fayette of that year. In addition, Thomas Batten named John Swearingen Jr., and Samuel Rubal as executers, and left to his son, Henry, a tract of land "on Paw Paw Creek bounded on the Monongahela River." Thi s tract is doubtless the same piece of land adjacent to the property then owned by Zackquill Morgan, which his son, James, claimed to have "joined Henry Batten at Longwell Spring Run." Notably, it was a piece of this same land that Zackquill ha d sold to the aforementioned John and William Merrill. It is further interesting to note that southwestern Pennsylvania, of where present day Fayette County is located, was then disputed by Virginia to be part of its territory. Thus, it seems possible that David believed that this settlement was actually in northwestern Virginia. Further, as Eva Carnes wrote in "The Courthouse Wars," during the time of David's settlement there, the county seat of Monongalia County, Virginia, was actually set "at the farm of Theophilus Phillips, about two m iles of present day Geneva, Pennsylvania." It wasn't until after the southwestern boundary of Pennsylvania was established that it officially showed Monongalia's county seat to have been founded outside of its jurisdiction. Subsequently, the county seat was moved to Morgantown, where it was set at the home of David's brother, Zackquill. As James Morgan correctly stated, the thousand-acre Swearingen homestead was located near the mouth of the Cheat River, where Fort Swearingen was built around 1774. It was near here that Bible John's son, Marmaduke, was captured by Indians, an d consequently never seen again. Indian Van, who had come to Fayette County from Maryland with his father, however, did not remain there for long. As Franklin Ellis' History of Fayette County relates, "Van Swearingen . . . removed to a new location on the east side of the Monongahela," and it was while living in Washington County, Pennsylvania, that he and Samuel Brady, who had married Indian Van's daughter, Drusilla, were both made captains in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. In 1744, Indian Van's uncle, Van Swearingen, had purchased a tract of land from one Richard Morgan, just north of Pack Horse Ford in Frederick County, Virginia. Another uncle, "Thomas of the ferry," soon followed, initially purchasing land fro m Richard Paulson and William Spurgin in 1748, but later, as Dan Everson's "Timeline: 1748-1768" shows, "received a Fairfax grant of 278 acres next to his brother," Van's property, in 1754. Additionally, the Richard Morgan mentioned here appear s to have migrated into Frederick County with the party of Joist Hite, and after Thomas of the Ferry had secured his Fairfax land, it constituted that they, and Thomas' brother, Van, were neighbors. Consequently, children of Richard Morgan's an d Thomas Swearingen's would later intermarry. This is the same Richard Morgan told of by Lewis Walkinshaw in his Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, of whom he writes: ["]Richard Morgan . . . was born in Wales in 1700, and when a young man came to America. He received large grants of land from Thomas Lord Fairfax under King George II in the year 1734. He settled on this land near Shepherdstown, Virginia. He bu ilt one of the first houses ever erected in the Shenandoah Valley. He was a captain in the French and Indian War. His sons and grandsons were officers and soldiers in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. . . . His eldest son, Colonel William . . . married Drusilla Swearingen.["] Although Col. Morgan Morgan had also migrated to Frederick County, Virginia, predating Richard's arrival by at least three years, no definitive relationship between the two men has ever been found. However, as James Morgan said that there wa s a blood tie with the Swearingens, established by the "Maryland Morgans and Springers," it seems possible that the unities between Richard and Thomas Swearingen's children were the relationships referred to in James' deposition. It should also be said in this chapter, that General Daniel Morgan of Revolutionary War fame, is also often speculated to have been a relative of Col. Morgan's family. In the earliest known account of David Morgan's famous Indian fight, analyze d by Jack B. Moore in an article titled "The Earliest Printed Version of David Morgan and the Two Indians," an anonymous writer sent a letter to the American periodical, the "United States Magazine," and it was accordingly published in 1779, describing David as "a kinsman to Col. Morgan of the rifle battalion." Additionally, in an interview of one David Crouch, transcribed from the Kentucky Papers of the Draper Manuscripts and published in an article by Linda Cassidy Lewis in 2005, Crouch is quoted as having said, "Old David Morgan, brother of Gen. Morgan, lived on the West Fork of Monongahela, not only about thirty miles from us." However, while it is possible that David and Daniel were related, Crouch was incorrect to their relationship, as they definitely were not brothers. In 1909, William Allen Daily published a sketch titled "History of the Descendants of David Morgan," which was later represented by the Morgan Society in the year 2000. In the brief section titled "Daniel Morgan and the French and Indian War," Daily wrote that: Daniel, on his return home from the Saratoga campaign early in 1778, visited his brother David near their old home in New Jersey; David having been compelled to flee from his home near Red Stone Fort owing to Indian depredations, when the year before he had engaged in a deadly combat with three Indians. To the descendants of David Morgan, it is easily seen whom Daily was writing of. However, although it is true that David Morgan, son of Col. Morgan Morgan, had at one time lived near the mouth of Redstone Creek, so close to the Swearingens and Battens, Daily was, like Crouch, seriously mistaken about David and Daniel's relationship. Firstly, there are no records to indicate that David had ever lived in New Jersey, especially throughout the 1770's, where he is found to have been living in present day Marion County, West Virginia. Thus, if he had ever settled within New Jersey, it would have likely been prior to 1769. Daily may have been correct, however, in his claim that David had retreated from Pennsylvania due to Indian troubles, as Robert Dilger wrote in his "Fayette County History," that in 1772, "a series o f incidents between settlers and Indians . . . ended what had been nearly eight years of peace." One of these incidents was the killing of Chief Bald Eagle, told of in McWhorter's The Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia. This is the same famous Indian chief who is so often attributed to the murder of Captain Samuel Brady's younger brother, James. However, this cannot be true, since James was killed in 1778, six years after Bald Eagle's death. Additionally, the claim that Samuel Brady had killed the old Indian in vengeance for his young brother is also false. Rather, account s within McWhorter's work attributes the killing to Jacob Scott, William Hacker, and Elijah Runner, who had murdered the old chief near the mouth of the Cheat, and after thrusting a piece of johnnycake in his mouth, sent him afloat down the rive r in a canoe. He was later found by one Mrs. William Yard Provance, who "buried him on the Fayette shore." It was a series of crimes such as this, committed by both settlers and Indians alike, which had lead to the natives making a string of attacks into the western frontiers of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and sending many settlers to retreat farther east for protection. It was in 1772 that David retired to present day Fairmont, where Dilger wrote in his "Early History of Marion County," that David and "Nicholas Woods had constructed cabins" during that year. This date for David's Virginia settlement correlate s perfectly with his disappearance from southwestern Pennsylvania records. Thus, while Indian havoc may have forced David to leave his Pennsylvania lands, he had not moved into New Jersey, as stated by Daily, but rather into western Virginia. Interestingly, this was also same year that Indian Van Swearingen had claimed a tract of land in Ohio County, therefore again showing that David and Indian Van's migrations were exceptionally mirrored. Also, Daily was further mistaken as he wrote that "the year before" 1778, David had "engaged in a deadly combat with three Indians." It was not until 1779, while living in Rivesville, Marion County, that the fight had taken place. As his nephew , James, was telling of Captain John Brady's murder by Indians in April of 1779, he claimed that Brady's death was only "the day after Uncle Dave fought the Indians at his place." This too, further shows that it could not have been Col. Morgan' s son that was visited by General Daniel Morgan in New Jersey, as David's "place" was then in Rivesville, Marion County. Additionally, as David and his wife were subsequently buried on this Rivesville land, it further suggests that David had remained in Marion County from 1772 up until the time of his death. William Daily also mistakenly wrote that: ["]About the year 1720, the parents of David, Sarah and Daniel Morgan, with about twenty other Quaker families from Wales, emigrated to America and first settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. About 1725, they moved across the Delaware river a few miles above Trenton and settled near its banks and opened up a farm in what is now Hunterdon County, New Jersey. David was born in 1709 and Sarah 1711, while Daniel, the youngest child, was not born until 1736, a difference of twenty-five yea rs.["] Not only does Daily's story fail to match up with the immigration of Col. Morgan, but simply, David was not born in 1709. As the records show, David was instead born in Christana, New Castle, Delaware, in May of 1721, and subsequently, baptize d at Old Swedes (Holy Trinity) Church in Wilmington. Thus, at this point, is has become evident that Daily was simply mistaking Col. Morgan's son for another David. Additionally, David never had a sister named Sarah, though there was a Sarah Morgan, daughter of Edward and Margaret Morgan, wife of Squire Boone, who later became the mother of the famous Kentucky pioneer, Daniel Boone. It became clear that thi s was the same Sarah of whom Daily attributed as David's sister, when he further wrote that: David and Sarah evidently were born in Wales. Squire Boone, who married Sarah Morgan in 1727, accounts for this difference that three of their children died of scarlet fever, and a baby on ship board on voyage to America. The family of Sarah Morgan (Boone) is also often believed by many of Col. Morgan's descendants to share a common kinship with Col. Morgan's family, due mostly to the fact that Sarah had an older brother named Morgan Morgan, and her son, Daniel B oone, is known to have been an acquaintance of David and Zackquill's. However, just as David had no siblings named Sarah, neither did she have any siblings named David. Thus, while they may have shared a common ancestor, they certainly were no t brother and sister. Further, in Stewart Baldwin's "The Family of Edward Morgan of Pennsylvania," he convincingly shows that Sarah did have an older brother named Daniel. However, while this Daniel Morgan was supposedly born in 1691, he could not have been the famous General who was born on July 06, 1736. Nonetheless, Baldwin gives further evidence to suggest that Sarah's brother, Daniel, may have actually been the father of General Daniel Morgan. Baldwin writes that a grandson of Sarah Morgan's, Daniel Bryan, "stated in two letters to (Lyman C.) Draper that Sarah Morgan was sister to the father of Daniel Morgan." This relationship was made more explicit in notes taken from a conversation between Daniel Bryan and Rev. John D. Shaw, in about 1844, when he apparently stated that "Squire Boone 'married Sarah Morgan, sister of Danl. Morgan, the father of Genl. Danl. Morgan.'" Additionally, another one of her grandchildren, Samuel Boone, apparently stated that he "always understood that there was a relationship with General Daniel Morgan, but was unsure of the details." Thus, by these depositions, it would seem that Sarah was actually an aunt of General Daniel Morgan's, rather than a much older sister as designated by Daily. However, in spite of these claims, Baldwin also points out that Lyman Draper had too interviewed a granddaughter of General Daniel Morgan, Winifred Kerns, and in affect, her deposition was "at odds with the claim that General Daniel Morgan was the son of Daniel Morgan." Thus, unless better evidence surfaces, the question of whether or not General Daniel was related to the family of Sarah Morgan must be left unsettled. Concisely, in respects to any believed relationship between the families of General Daniel and Col. Morgan, the Report of the Col. Morgan Monument Commission was earnest enough to write: ["]General Daniel Morgan, "Hero of Cowpens," one of General Washington's staunchest supporters - both for some years immediate neighbors and contemporaries of Col. Morgan Morgan, too old for active military duty - left shrouded in uncertainty al l traces of his ancestry. An unkind stepmother - 'res augusta domi' - tradition has it. Nor was it recorded whether he was related to the subject of this sketch.["] In other words, no records connecting Gen. Daniel Morgan to the family of Col. Morgan has ever surfaced, and the truth of their relationship cannot yet be determined at this time. Around the year 1713, Col. Morgan Morgan married Catherine Garretson, "a daughter of a prominent Dutch family," in New Castle County, Delaware. The Garretsons (Gerritsens) were closely associated with the famous Old Swedes Church in Wilmington , Delaware, as their names are found throughout its records. This was the same church where Morgan's son, David, was baptized, as The Records of Holy Trinity Church states that, "Morgan Morgan and wife Catharina's child David, born May 12th, bap tized May 28th." At the time of Morgan's marriage, New Castle County was densely populated by the Dutch and Swedes who had quarreled over the Delaware colony prior to its seizure by the English. Thus, it is no surprise that Morgan took a Dutch wife. In 1679, Cat herine's father, Hendrik, and his younger brother, Pal, were living near Bread and Cheese Island with their stepfather, "Swart" (Black) Jacob Jansen, and mother, Lysbet Hendrikson. According to Peter Craig's 1671 Census of the Delaware, Jansen " had been a soldier at Fort Amstel in 1660," and was later an ensign "in 1675 when he was shown as the owner of the tract of Hans Bones." Jansen had been distinguished as the "father" of Hendrik and Pal in Delaware records, where in November of 1 677, he and the two sons were each fined twenty guilders for refusing to work on Hans Block's dike. However, it has been construed that Jansen was not the biological father of the Garretson brothers, not because of their difference in surnames , but rather, because of Jansen's forename. Just as the Welsh had followed a patronymic system in which individuals were identified in relationship to their father, the Dutch had followed a similar one. Hendrik's surname, Garretson, would have meant literally, "Garret's son," or "Garret's child," and thus, it is obvious that Hendrik's father's forename would have been Garret, rather than Jacob. Additionally, it should be noted that it was not customary of the time for Dutch women to ad opt their husband's surnames, which is simply why Lysbet Hendrikson had been designated in records as just that, rather than "Lysbet Jansen." Moreover, following this Dutch patronymic system, Lysbet's father would have likewise been named "Hendrik," and thus shows that Hendrik Garretson was probably named after his maternal grandfather. "Swart" Jacob Jansen died in 1681, and in the following year, Hendrik was approved to take up one hundred fifty acres along White Clay Creek, in White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County. According to the "White Clay Creek Multiple Resource Ar ea," composed by the National Register of Historic Places, White Clay and Christiana Creeks were "major attractions for settlements and land speculation" at the time. The navigability of the nearby Christiana River and the county's developed road system further placed White Clay Creek Hundred in a significant position for incoming commerce as traders and travelers passed throughout. Consequently, it was here that Col. Morgan later became a prosperous merchant tailor. In 1723, Morgan, described as a "merchant tailor," purchased "245 acres on King's Road between White Clay and Christeen Creek in White Clay Creek Hundred," located next to Garrett Garretson, Catherine's brother. The King's Road was one of the fi rst main thoroughfares established within America, and as it connected the city of New Castle with Philadelphia and Baltimore, it was thus a staple of migration throughout the middle colonies. As the sketch of the "White Clay Creek Multiple Resource Area" further explains: ["]During the first half of the eighteenth century, land speculators, who appear to have been merchants, were buying and building large tracts of land . . . in the easternmost portion of the Hundred where White Clay and Christiana Creeks joined. ["] Thus, as shown by this sketch, Morgan naturally was not the only businessman taking such an ardent advantage of the key location, further relaying the importance of this position for New Castle businesses. Additionally, as Morgan was situated i n such a lively town, it is consequently understood that he was in operation of a flourishing enterprise. In 1716, six years prior to acquiring his White Clay Creek land, Morgan was appointed as a churchwarden for St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, founded in present day Mill Creek Hundred. It was in that year that the original church, a log dwe lling, was replaced by a more sustainable structure, and designated as the "chapel-of-ease" for the Immanuel Protestant Church, where Morgan's first son, James, "had been baptized in the previous year." The site was originally deeded to Reverend Ericus Biorck and the Swedish Church in 1701, but after Biorck's return to Sweden became imminent, the property was deeded to one James Robinson. In turn, Robinson donated ten acres of the tract to St. James Church. This is the same James Robinson who was acting as a warden for the Immanuel Protestant Church in 1710, and who's daughter, Phoebe, was baptized with Morgan's son, David, in 1721. As The Records of Holy Trinity states, "James Robinson and wife Ca tharina's child Phoebe, born April 15th, baptized May 28th." This note, and the one concerning David, are the only two entries within The Records of Holy Trinity regarding baptisms on May 28th in that year. Later, in 1735, James Robinson's son , James, would act as a juror with Morgan Morgan in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Also, in 1730, Morgan and a fellow churchwarden, Jeremiah Ball, had received donations from one William Graham, "for and towards the repairing of the Fabrick and Fences of the said Church and church yard," for St. James Protestant Episcopal Church. Named as an executor of Graham's will was Reverend George Ross, who had baptized Morgan's oldest child, James, in 1715, and was a close acquaintance of James Robinson. Ross had been the first seated Rector of Immanuel Church, and is well documented as having been an important figure in the religious history of New Castle County. One of Ross' own sons, George, would later become one of the signers of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence. By 1717, Morgan appears to have sat particularly well with the prior Lieutenant Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, John Evans (1704-1709), since Morgan was made an executor of his will in that year. Governor Evans, although appointed under S ir William Penn, was not a Quaker like most of the other Pennsylvania governors and magistrates, so it is further doubtless that the Quaker population had caused much frustration to his agenda. In one instance, Evans had established a tax for the security and military foundation of the colony, but many Quakers, being passive in nature, simply refused to pay the levy. Additionally, in contrast to Quaker practices, the Protestant governor had been well known for frequenting taverns and publicly conducting himself in lewd behavior, and as William Crawford Armor wrote in his Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania, Evans was not seen as "a man of exemplary morals." While Evans' actions did much to disgust the pious Quaker citizens , Morgan, also sharing a distinctive faith from those of the Society of Friends, may not have been so critical of his political or social manners. Morgan had, at least, shared the same credence, and judging by his later active role with the Virginian militia, seems to have shared a similar avid opinion on the importance of a military presence. The depth of their association cannot be determined, but it seems unlikely that Morgan abhorred the behaviors of the previous Governor. In 1726, Morgan was elected as the coroner of New Castle County, and subsequently, was reelected in each of the following three years. These elections, however, were not held as in the custom of today, but rather, at the office of the governor' s in Philadelphia. "With an executive council present," the Lieutenant Governor, being Patrick Gordon at the time (1726-1736), chiefly appointed his choice of the city's candidates to such magistrate positions. It was in 1726 that Morgan was chosen over the aforementioned William Graham, and succeeded Peter Reverdy, who had held the position since 1693. In 1727, King George I died, and immediately upon George II's ascension to the English thrown, Governor Gordon ordered that "a congratulatory address . . . to the new king" (Armor 132), be drawn up and presented to the new monarch. Among the twenty-seven magistrates who signed their allegiance and submission to the new king, we find that it is Morgan's name which heads the list. It should be remembered that this was several decades before the War for American Independence had been fought, and the colonies were still under the order of the English crown, with Morgan and his associates still considered English subjects. This was a time when "George Washington was no yet born . . . Philadelphia, with a population of scarcely ten thousand, was the second largest city in the British Empire, and London was not as large as Clarksburg, West Virginia." The era considered in this chapter contained the earliest known years of Morgan's life in America. Living in a bustling Dutch colonial town, sheltered from the dangers of the western frontier, he had become an exemplary man of his city and maintained devoted loyalty to the English crown. He had not been part of the Quaker society with hopes to found a Quaker dominion, which so many other Welshman had sought. But rather, Morgan continued to serve the king and his religious doctrine though public offices, cultivating his gentleman status and close alliances with the honorable citizens and magistrates of New Castle in his day. This sterling character did not cease after his time in New Castle, however, but carried over into the third and final chapter of his life, crossing the Blue Ridge, and making his home along the untamed Virginian frontier. It is for his feats there that he has become most famous, and his descendants most undauntedly proud. (3) Migration & Life in Virginia http://morganfamily2.tripod.com/part3.html In 1716, Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia led an expedition across the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah, and sent back glowing reports of the country's untouched fertile valleys. It was in 1730, that in order to disrupt the activ ities of the French and Indians in the west, Spotswood began issuing large tracts of land to settlers on the premise that they brought in one family for each one thousand acres granted. This marked the beginning of settlements west of the Blue Ridge, and we subsequently find that in November of 1730, Morgan sold his Delaware property to one John Harris, and prepared to make a new home within the expanding colony of Virginia. At the time of Morgan's onset into this new land, the territory was, much to the contrast of his Delaware home, a raw and undeveloped wilderness. He and his family had, however, ignored the dangers of the untamed frontier, and constructed their cabin along Mill Creek in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia. This single dwelling is considered to have been the first settlement within present day West Virginia, as Virgil Lewis had written in his "History and Government of West Virginia:" ["]John Lederer came as an explorer; Governor Spottswood and party came as adventurers; John Van Matre came as an Indian trader, but his sons, whom he advised regarding the fertile lands of the South Branch, were not the first to establish a hom e within the state. Morgan Morgan was the name of him who reared the first cabin home in West Virginia.["] It is traditionally claimed that the year of Morgan's settlement was actually in either 1726 or 1727, though this obviously could not be true as he is still found to have been in Delaware at that time. The Morgan Morgan Monument Commission wrote that they had "accepted as a matter of course 1726 as the date of Col. Morgan's settlement in Virginia," but they also noted that one T.K. Cartmell, in his "History of the Shenandoah Valley," asserted that "there was not likely any settlement there prior to 1730." However, the Commission further pointed out that, "Being a merchant in Delaware, located along the channel of commerce between the colonies, it is more than probable that [Morgan] was an acquaintance of" John Van Meter o f New York, a trader who had passed throughout the Virginia country as early as 1725. As the Commission theorized, "Col. Morgan might have accompanied [John Van Meter] as early as 1726 or 1727, and on one of his expeditions, ?aUthacked' out a location and built a cabin." In 1662, Lysbet Hendrickson, the grandmother of Morgan's wife, Catherine, arrived in New Amsterdam aboard the ship d'Vos. Catherine's father, Hendrik, is also often speculated to have been aboard this ship, though others say he had immigrated wi th his believed older brother, Jan, on the Prins Maurits. Nevertheless, upon examination of the d'Vos records, we find that one Jan Joosten, "from the Thrillerwaerd," immigrated to America with his wife, Macyken Hendrickson, and several children . This is doubtlessly the same Jan Joosten who's [sic] wife and children were taken captive by Indians in June of 1663, though later rescued and returned in the following September. One of these children, Joost Jansen Van Meteren, was none othe r than the father of the famous trader, John Van Meter, the "Dutchman of the Hudson." Thus, it seems possible that there was an even closer acquaintance between Morgan and Van Meter, through the Garretsons, than the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission had realized. In George Smyth's A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, he writes that "John Van Meter was with the Delaware and Cayugas in 1725," who had been driven "from their home in the Carolinas westward through Virginia and Pennsylvania" b y the Catawbas and Cherokees. It was supposedly in that year that Van Meter had equipped and accompanied a war party which set south to retake Cayuga territory, but were unfortunately "encountered, and defeated . . . with great slaughter." As tradition has it, only Van Meter and two of his Indian allies survived the fight. Nonetheless, on this expedition, he was one of the first white-men to pass through the Shenandoah Valley, and when he returned home, Van Meter "advised his son s . . . to secure a part of the South Branch [of the Potomac River]," described as "the finest body of land which he had discovered in all his travels." It was in 1730 that two of John Van Meter's sons, Isaac and John, migrated westward, and settled in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia. Around the same time, Morgan Bryan and Alexander Ross had sponsored the settlement of a company of Pennsylvanian Quakers in the freshened Virginia frontier, who were once again aiming to establish a new Quaker community. Of them, the Morgan Morgan Monument Commission wrote that: ["]There is a tradition of the effect that Col. Morgan Morgan was the forerunner of and interested in the colonization of this section, and while his name is not mentioned as one of the promoters along with those of Alexander Ross and Morgan Bryan, as set fourth in his patent, he was, nevertheless, associated with them; the said Morgan Bryan having settled near Morgan's plantation and being the owner of the land which a meeting house was petitioned to be built, in 1735-?aUt6, and which resulted in the establishment of a church afterward named 'Morgan's Chapel.'["] This church, later discussed in this chapter, is the same which was sponsored by Col. Morgan Morgan and Joist Hite, husband of Anna du Bois, a first cousin of the elder John Van Meter's mother, and who had cut his way into the Virginia frontier with a group of Pennsylvania Germans in 1732. It is also interesting to note that Morgan Bryan's son, William Bryan, had married Mary Boone, sister of the Kentucky pioneer, Daniel Boone, mentioned previously in this sketch. Both the Bryan an d Boone families later lived in Rowan County, North Carolina, near one Captain Benjamin Merrill, a revolutionary who had been hanged for treason by British regulars, and was once believed to have been the father of the John and William Merrill s poke of in the previous chapter. While the idea of this relationship between Captain Benjamin and the Merrills acquainted with David and Zackquill Morgan has long been disproved, it was, nevertheless, a very small world in eighteenth century Ame rica. Of these new families migrating west of the Blue Ridge, Warren R. Hofstra explains in his "The Extensions of His Majesties Dominions," that: ["]Gentlemen of eighteenth-century Virginia, unlike those of the seventeenth-century, did not wait for obscure backwoods hunters, fur traders, cattlemen, and small farmers to blaze the trails to the West, and subdue the forests for them; they we re themselves pioneers in those ventures.["] This certainly was Morgan's case, a gentleman of New Castle, Delaware, who as far as we know, had no real backwoods or frontier experience, but only something of an adventuresome spirit. However, Morgan was, of course, not alone in his settlement of this untouched land, but was rather accompanied by his wife, Catherine, and several young children - the oldest, James, being only fifteen or sixteen years of age. As the Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission was quick to poi nt out, Catherine too, is "entitled to equal credit" for this feat, as it fairly states that, "It is up to the wife of any frontiersman to more than hold up her end of the family burden, and the large and useful family they reared shows that sh e did not fail in her part." It was in 1731 that a most unfortunate event, the death of Morgan's son, James, had occurred. There have been a few traditions passed down which contradict this, but as the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission wrote, "if the statement of the brother, David, is to be relied upon," then James "gave up the struggle within the year" of the family's Virginia settlement. Thus, as David Morgan claimed, James died at the age of sixteen. This would have been, without doubt, one of the earliest, if not the first funeral, for a settler in present day West Virginia. One of the contradictory claims regarding James' death, is that he had grown and married one Margaret Hedges, the sister of Ruth Hedges, wife of Abraham Van Meter, a brother of the aforementioned Isaac and John. Tradition has it that on a scouting trip from Prickett's Fort in 1778 or 1779, at about sixty-three or sixty-four years of age, James was shot and killed by an Indian. However, while it seems that there was a James Morgan who had married Margaret Hedges, there is no evidence t o suggest he was the son of Col. Morgan Morgan. Actually, descendants of this James seem to believe more often than not, that he was a son of Captain Richard Morgan of Frederick County. But again, James is not named in Capt. Richard's will, no r is there any hard evidence proving that he was related to Richard's family. Unfortunately, it simply seems that this James' true ancestry has been lost in history. The more famous tradition of Col. Morgan's son claims that he had grown, married, and had several children by the outbreak of the American Revolution. During the war, in which he supposedly served as an officer, James had visited his home and family on leave, near the old Morgan homestead, and while there, was tragically murdered by a group of Tories. The story goes on that James was forced and bound to the family's springhouse, and with a lighted candle placed at his breast to serve a s a mark in the middle of night, had seventeen shots fired into his body while his wife and children were forced to witness the atrocity. This event, as tradition states, gave rise to the town's name, Torytown. The Morgan Morgan Monument Commission did attempt to sort out this legend, as their theory of the event went: ["]By referring to the above list of Colonel Morgan's children, it will be noted that David says Nathaniel Thompson, the first husband of his sister Anne, was murdered. It is pointed out that all the statements of David may be reconciled if we g o on the assumption that it was Anne's husband, Thompson, who was shot, or murdered by the Tories, and not her brother James; and it is suggested that in the tradition, in the main, may be correct, an error has slipped in at this point, by reaso n of its longevity and frequent repetition.["] This is the same Nathaniel Thompson (Thomas) who had received a Virginia patent in 1735, and settled near present day Winchester, Virginia. It was also in that year that he was appointed to guard one Charles Hyatt, convicted by his future father -in-law, Morgan Morgan, for the murder of David Hopkins. However, while the Commission's theory was at first certainly a convincing idea, and has been accepted by many of today's Morgan descendants, more recent evidence has shown the assumption cannot be true. Simply, the will of Nathaniel Thompson has been located, and it is found to have been probated in March of 1763. Thus, he was long dead before the American Revolution had begun, and therefore, simply could not have been the officer so cruelly murdered in Torytown. However, the Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission even more confusingly reads that, "Morgans yet living on the old plantation remember seeing the seventeen bullet holes in the old milk-house door before the building gave way to the ravages of time," so, as it seems, there must yet be some truth to the old tale. The legend has been more recently declaring that it was one of Morgan's grandsons who met this fate at the hands of the Tories, which does seem more likely. But again, all the lives of Morgan's known grandchildren don't quite fit the story. It does seem possible that this James belonged to one of the obscure Morgan lines, being a son of either Charles or Henry Morgan, who have so unfortunately been lost in history. However, as it stands, this is a mystery which yet remains unresolved. It was in 1734 that Col. Morgan, Joist Hite, Benjamin Borden, George Hobson, and John Smith, were appointed as the first justices of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Spotsylvania had been created in 1721, stretching far beyond the Blue Ridge int o present day West Virginia to promote European migration into the frontier. It had, however, remained void of settlers west of the mountains until the 1730s, marked by Morgan's establishment. In the following August, which W.W. Scott contribute d to the "divers inconveniences" that attended "the upper inhabitants to Spotsylvania County," Orange County was further enclosed and established from the Spotsylvania boundaries. Consequently, we find that out of twenty-two appointees, Morgan w as made chief justice within the first minutes of Orange County's foundation. The appointed sheriff and a fellow justice of Morgan's, Colonel Thomas Chew, was the son-in-law of gentleman James Taylor, who had accompanied Governor Spotswood on his 1716 expedition. Additionally, Chew's wife, Martha, was the "great-aunt of P resident [James] Madison and great-grand-aunt of President [Zachary] Taylor." One of their sons, Colby Chew, later came to serve with David Morgan and Jacob Prickett in the French and Indian War under George Washington, and all were in the march on Fort Duquesne where Colby was killed. Another of Thomas Chew's sons, James, migrated with Zackquill Morgan and Jacob Prickett in 1766, becoming the first settlers in present day Monongalia County, West Virginia. Both Zackquill and Jacob are buried in Prickett's Fort Cemetery in Marion County, where as Joanne Lowe, narrator of the 100th Col. Morgan Morgan Family Reunion Bus Tour related the tradition that, "It is good to know that also buried here is . . . James Chew." However, the true whereabouts of James Chew's burial is uncertain, as his grave has never been distinctly located. If he was indeed buried in Prickett's Fort Cemetery, then he must be laid in one of the many unmarked graves, since his name does not appear etched on any of the tombstones. In August of 1735, Morgan was commissioned as a captain of the Orange County militia, and is now credited with having been the first commissioned military officer in the state of West Virginia. However, this does not appear to have been his firs t military commission, as the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission transcribed the court document which reads: ["]Goodrich Lightfoot, Gent., & Morgan Morgan, Gent., presented into Court their Several Military Commissions who severally having taken the oaths appointed and subscribed the Test were sworn accordingly.["] Thus, it seems that Morgan must have had some prior military experience, as he had presented his "Several Military Commissions" to the court. Nonetheless, it cannot be said whether or not this military experience was drawn from soldiering in Que en Anne's War, which so many of his descendants believe, as there is simply, and unfortunately, no additional records from which to draw this conclusion. Additionally, upon this commission, Morgan had established the first Orange County militia company, which was later incorporated into the first Virginia Regiment of the Colonial militia. Tradition has it that George Washington, then employed b y Lord Fairfax as a young surveyor (and who had worked with David Morgan in surveying the Fairfax boundaries), "was impressed as he sometimes watched while the militiamen drilled on the lawn of a nearby local church." This company was later sele cted by Washington to serve as the primary protector for settlers within the Allegheny and Monongahela River Valleys. It later developed into the first unit of West Virginia's National Guard, and is one of the oldest active units of the United States Military today. It was in 1736 that a petition, headed by Morgan and signed by twenty-seven associates, was presented to the Orange County Court, declaring that one Reverend William Williams had agreed to offer religious services to the frontier community, an d to ask for the approval for the erection of two buildings for worship. In Aprille McKay's "Early Presbyterian Congregations," she wrote that "the petition was evidently granted," and the first of these buildings, which later became known as Bu llskin Church in present day Jeffereson County, West Virginia, was to be built on "Mr. Williams' land near his house." The second church, later known as Morgan's Chapel, was to be built "on the land of Morgan Bryan," in now present day Berkeley County, West Virginia, which subsequently became "the first place where the Gospel was publicly preached and divine service performed west of the Blue Ridge." Of Morgan's Chapel, Priscilla Kingston, in her work Morgan the Family, wrote that: ["]Of course the country was a wilderness, the dwelling-place of bears, wolves, and Indians. But in this wilderness did he find the God of the Christians present, for here, in the spirit of patriarchs, did he wait upon Him, and here did he exper ience His providential care. In or about the year 1740, he associated, as we are informed, with Doctor John Briscoe and Mr. Hite - erected the first Episcopal Church in the valley, at what is now called Mill Creek, or Bunker's Hill.["] It was in this church that Morgan's youngest child, Morgan Morgan, began performing the service of lay reader at the early age of sixteen. It has been said that "With the religious education of this son, [Morgan] appears to have taken peculiar c are." The young son often accompanied his father on visits to the sick and dying, and was later induced by Col. Morgan to act as clerk for the parish rector at Winchester, Reverend Meldrum. It was later into his life that Col. Morgan's son would ultimately become the minister of this church, and although he was never permitted to be officially ordained, became known as Reverend Morgan Morgan II. It was also in 1736 that Col. Morgan had headed another petition, for the creation of Frederick County. In November of 1738, the movement was granted, and Frederick was bound from the County of Orange. However, as the "Frederick County Virginia Records" importantly shows, the courts for Frederick continued to be held within Orange, as Frederick still "lacked sufficient tithables to support itself." As the Report of the Colonel Morgan Morgan Monument Commission further explains: ["]Frederick embraced all of the territory sub-divided into the counties of Rockingham, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, part of Page, part of Hardy, and finally Clarke and Warren counties; and when we remember that only a fe w settlements were to be found at that time, and they considerable distances apart, we must not be surprised that the 'population' was slow in reporting a sufficient number of men from these settlements for Justices and other Officers, and preferred to attend court at Orange for five years after their formation.["] It was not until 1743 that Frederick held its first independent court, and subsequently, as Morgan had continued his position of Justice in Orange County until this time, was re-commissioned as a Justice of Frederick in November of that year. One of the first acts dictated by this new court, was the establishment of West Virginia's first | Morgan, Col. 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| 298 | (1) State of West Virginia, Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission, Charleston, WV: Jarrett Print. Co., 1924, pp. 35-99: David Morgan, the third child of Col. Morgan Morgan, sometimes called the "Indian Fighter," was born in Delaware, May 12, 1721 (see record in sketch of Col. Morgan), and was but a boy nine years of age when his parents moved to the Valley of Vir ginia. He married Sarah Stephens, a Quaker lady of Pennsylvania., and settled on a farm near Winchester. He was a surveyor, and was appointed by the Colonial Governor of Virginia to assist Stephen Holsten to make surveys and explorations in sout hwestern Virginia. Afterwards he was appointed one of the commissioners on the part of the Colony of Virginia to assist Col. Washington in 1746 to locate and establish the northern boundary of the Fairfax estate, which was to be the boundary bet ween Maryland and Pennsylvania. That historic monument they erected at the head of the north branch of the Potomac, known as the Fairfax Stone, was the consummation of their labors. Afterwards he assisted Gen. Washington in taking up those fin e tracts of land on the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, known to this day as "Washington Bottoms." (The truth of these statements has always been accepted as fact by the Morgans, and the writer has. made no attempt to verify them.) Some authorities state that David moved to the mouth of the Redstone Creek, Pa., in 1769, remaining two years, and then moved to the Monongahela, about six miles north of Fairmont. This seems to be an error, since his son, Evan, in a sworn state ment made in 1833, in his application for Revolutionary War pension, now on file with the Pension Department at Washington, says that, "I was born on Town Creek, now in Allegany County, Maryland, in 1753; that while an infant my father moved fro m Town Creek to Frederick County, Va., and in 1773 removed to Monongalia County." He settled on a large farm of well-laying land about a half mile west of the river, and the same distance from the present village of Rivesville. The Indians were troublesome all during this period, and for mutual protection, the settlers erecte d a fort in 1774 at the mouth of Prickett's Creek, which was called Prickett's Fort. This was on the opposite side of the river from David's farm, and about a mile distant. No record is found of David having been molested by the Indians until th e spring of 1779, when he had his famous encounter with two of them on his farm, which has been recorded by contemporaneous writers. It has been stated by those cornpetent to know that he killed seven Indians during his life time, but it is no t known at what period the other five were sent to the Happy Hunting Ground, whether before he moved to the Monongahela, or after. The main incidents of the fight with the two Indians are essentially the same, as told by different writers, the o nly difference being in the details. The reader is referred to Wither's Chronicles of Border Warfare, pp. 276-9, and Myer's History of W. Va., Vol. 1, pp. 209-12. The following account is given by descendants of Stephen, the boy the Indians wer e after at the time. . . . It was in March, 1779, a canoe was discovered floating down the Monongahela River on which were stains of blood and bullet holes through its sides. This led the settlers contiguous to Prickett's Fort to suspect that Indians were lurking throug h the country, and in all haste they repaired to the fort. Among those who took refuge in the fort was David Morgan, at that time near sixty years of age. Near the first of April, being unwell himself, he sent his two youngest children, Stephen, a boy of sixteen years, and Sarah, a girl of fourteen, to the farm, which was on the opposite side of the river about a mile distant, to feed the cattle a nd to do other chores. Unknown to their father, who supposed they would return immediately, they took their dinner, intending to remain all day clearing land for melons, and to feed the stock before returning in the evening. Accordingly, Stephen set himself to work, his sister helping him in various ways, and occasionally going to the house to wet some linen that was bleaching. While the children were in the house eating their dinner, they heard a suspicious noise o utside; on going to see what produced it, they heard what appeared to be footsteps running away, but failed to see any one. Lunch being disposed of, they went prattling to their work, unconscious of the danger lurking so near, which nothing bu t the interposition of High Heaven could avert. The savages observed the direction the children took to their work, and made a reconnaissance of the place, found the youths were there alone, and knowing their intended victims were at hand when w anted, they entered the house, and found a plentiful supply of bacon, stale bread and a churn of sour cream that had been left in the haste to get to the fort on the first alarm, of which they ate an enormous quantity. When satisfied they took a portion of the bread and bacon, and each tied up a bundle of clothing and other articles about the ho use that suited their fancy, then started for the children, laying their bundles beside the path to be taken up again after they had disposed of the youths. But upon ascending a slight eminence that concealed the view of the children from the ho use, they discovered Morgan with his gun. . . . Morgan being ill, as before stated, fell asleep and dreamed he saw Stephen and Sarah running around the fort yard scalped. Not being superstitious, he gave it no thought, but again falling to sleep, dreamed the same a second time. On awaking h e inquired about the children, and being informed of their determination to remain all day, his solicitude became very great. Seizing his rifle he hastened to the farm, fearing he would find the realization of his dream. But upon ascending an eminence that overlooked the field he saw, to his great joy, his children alive and busily talking while at their work. Seeing nothing that indicated danger, he seated himself on a log to rest, and picked his flint and exam ined to see if his gun was in order for use, then walked directly to the children, in plain view of the house for three or four hundred yards, unobserved by Indians. While conversing with the children, and at the same time scanning the woodland s and fields, he espied the two Indians approaching from the direction of the house, and at the same instant they discovered him. They immediately halted, and patted their hands on their mouths uttering a bow-wow-wow sound, and making other gest iculations in derision of the children. Morgan, not wishing to suddenly alarm the children, carelessly remarked: "Stephen, there are two Indians; you run to the fort and I will fight them." He crossed the fence and covered himself behind it. Th e Indians took to cover behind the trees. Morgan delayed the action to afford time for the children to escape. Each party hastily matured their plans for attack and defense, and to Morgan, at least, moments lengthened into painful delay. He was aware of the .odds against him?not a sho t could be wasted, and he determined not to fire until he had decoyed the Indians into open ground. He selected the route to run and the trees behind which to take cover. He allowed the Indians to gain on him until they crossed the fence, but th e adroit savages were on the alert. They separated as far as possible each time they moved after Morgan, who saw he soon would have one on each side of him. They were now near enough to commence effective work, and imperative necessity demande d that he should dispose of one. During these maneuvers he had taken a sapling too small to protect him, and from this he selected a large oak, and ran to it in a way that allowed the large Indian to reach the small tree he had just abandoned a t the same time he arrived at the large oak. He taking it, the Indian was compelled to take the small one. It being too small to protect him, he threw himself flat on the ground beside a log, peeping from one side and exposing the point of his s houlder, at which Morgan aimed and fired, the ball ranging through his body to his hip. The Indian threw himself on his back and stabbed himself twice to the heart, and expired partly by his own hand. When examined after the encounter, two bulle ts were found in his mouth, placed there for convenience in reloading. As soon as Morgan fired he looked round for the small Indian and discovered him taking deliberate aim at him. Morgan ran in a zig-zag course, looking back over his shoulder at the Indian as often as circumstances would permit. He accidentally ra n against a small dogwood bush which first yielded to his weight, then sprang back, throwing him out of the course of the ball the instant the Indian fired. Each now had an empty gun, but the savage was still armed with a tomahawk and scalping k nife. Each now advanced on the other?Morgan with his gun raised to strike, and the savage brandishing his tomahawk. Morgan closed on the savage, who, to avoid a stroke of the gun, threw his tomahawk at Morgan's head, who warded off the blow with the g un. This cut off a finger of his left hand and nearly severed two others, and cut a deep gash in the iron gun barrel. Morgan still advanced, the savage slowly retreating. The Indian seized a dry pole and struck at Morgan, but Morgan now dealt hi m a blow on the head with such force that the savage fell to the ground, and the gun was broken off at the breech. Before he could repeat the blow with the barrel, the Indian sprang to his feet and closing with Morgan, attempted to gouge his eye s, but instead, ran the thumb, of his right hand into Morgan's mouth, who clinched it and held fast until the affray was ended. . . . Now commenced a desperate struggle?Morgan repeatedly threw the Indian but was unable to hold him down. So round and round, up and down, over logs, against trees and saplings, the fierce en-counter for life went on. Finally Morgan found his stren gth failing, and knew the Indian would ultimately overpower him in the struggle. So, he affected to give up, but really to await developments while he had strength to act as the emergencies presented themselves. The Indian now without difficulty confined Morgan's elbows under his knees on the ground, one hand being fast between Morgan's teeth. With the other hand he attempted to draw his knife, but fortunately for Morgan, the savage while in the house h ad seen a woman's apron, and pleased with its bright colors, had taken and bound it around his waist above the knife, thus hindering him getting at it quickly, and he had great difficulty in getting it out from the rawhide scabbard which fit i t very tightly. He could not draw it out directly, but worked it up with his thumb and finger until the handle passed quite through his hand. Morgan saw that was the opportune moment, and quickly jerked his arm from under the Indian's knee and g rinding his teeth on the thumb to disconcert him instantly seized the handle while the savage held firmly to the blade. He drew it through his hand cutting it to the bone. The savage now saw his condition had greatly changed, and made an attemp t to get away, but Morgan seized him round the neck and the Indian raised him to his feet. The savage seemed greatly surprised and alarmed and exclaimed "Wooh," and struggled violently to free himself from Morgan, who said, "I'll wooh you now, " and thrust the knife into his side and cut, turned and twisted, and worked it in so far that he could not draw it out. Finally the Indian's nerve gave away and Morgan let him fall, and took a few steps and sat down. He took the Indian's gun t o load and while pouring the powder into his hand, some fell on the cut fingers, and the smarting caused him, for the first time, to be aware of his loss. Morgan arrived at the fort greatly exhausted from so great a struggle against a powerful y oung Indian. When he related the story of his adventures to the occupants of the fort, great excitement seized upon the men, and they repaired to the scene of the encounter expecting to find more savages than the two Morgan had killed. The war had been going on for five years and each one held the image in his mind of a scalped sister, a brother, a parent, or a whole family massacred by the savages. The very name Indian often was a synonym of horror and extreme disgust. Knowin g these were on a similar mission, they were in a very unfavorable attitude to bestow compassion. On arriving at the spot where the desperate struggle had been, the wounded Indian was not to be seen; but trailing him by the blood which flowed pr ofusely from his side, they found him concealed in the branches of a fallen tree. He had taken the knife from his body, bound up the wound with the apron, and on their approaching him, accosted them familiarly, with the salutation, "How do brudd er, how do brudder." Alas! poor fellow! their brotherhood extended no farther than to the gratification of a vengeful feeling. He was tomahawked and scalped; and, as if this would not fill the measure of their vindictive passions, both he and hi s companion were flayed, their skins tanned and converted into saddle seats, shot pouches and belts. . . . When the children started for the fort, Stephen greatly outran his sister, and when he gained a hundred yards, or so, would wait until she would catch up, then scamper off again, until he ran to the top of the hill overlooking the river. He ra n down the very steep slope, and on reaching the river, undressed and swam over, believing that his father had been killed. He went into an abandoned house near where Catawba now stands, and finding an old leather hunting shirt, wrapped it abou t him and went crying to the fort. The sister coming to the river, and not seeing Stephen in sight, hid herself in a hollow tree. In a short time her father came past on his way to the fort, but he was so covered with blood that she did not reco gnize him, supposing him to be an Indian. He, however, espied her and called her to him and they crossed the river together to the fort. Some historians assert that David tomahawked and skinned the savages, but this is a mistake, for he was not on the ground after he returned to the fort. Being wounded and exhausted from the loss of blood, and from the fatigue of the encounter, h e retired to the bed which he had so recently left. He possessed a high character for honor, beneficence, morality, and intelligence; was a member of the Episcopal Church, and lived in the highest esteem among the early settlers. Dr. De Hass, i n his history of Virginia, giving an account of these adventures says, "Of those who removed with their families to Prickett 's fort was David Morgan, one of the earliest settlers of the frontier, and a man of great energy of character, and o f sterling worth." This was the character he bore among the settlers of the border and he took care to imprint these traits on his own family. Although this Indian fight took place 145 years ago, there are those living who were contemporaneous with Stephen in his old age, and Dr. J. J. Morgan, of Buckhannon, now in his eighty-fifth year, remembers seeing him and hearing a part of thi s account from his own lips. In 1889 the descendants of David Morgan erected a monument (see photograph) on the spot where fell one of the Indians. On the day of the unveiling there was on exhibition at the spot, a shot-pouch and saddle skirt made from the skins of the Indi ans. For many, years this shot-pouch has been in the possession of a relative in Wetzel County, but has become lost in the last few years. The knife with which the Indian was killed has been in Marion County for many years. David Morgan had eight children, all of whom were born before he moved to Monongalia County, the youngest being about four years old at that time. They were: 1?Morgan, born Dec. 20, 1746. 2?James, born April 5, 1748. 3?Evan T., born March 1, 17 53. 4?Elizabeth. 5?Zackquill, born September 8, 17 58. 6?Stephen, born October 17, 1761. 7?Sarah, born 1765. 8?Catherine, born January 16, 1769. Of this family, David, and four of his sons, Morgan, James, Evan and Zackquill, all served in the Revolution in one company, with William Haymond, Captain, and Morgan Morgan, Ensign. (See photostat of payroll.) The oldest son, Morgan, married a Prickett, and settled on Buffalo Creek, but was living on White Day Creek, on the east side of the Monongahela, and some six miles from Fairmont, at the time of his death. His will is recorded at Morgantown, i n which his children are all named. Among them is a son, James, called "Buffalo Jim," either on account of his large size, or from the fact that he was born on Buffalo Creek. This James Morgan, who was the great-grandfather of Governor E. F. Mor gan, was a captain in the War of 1812, and the memorandum book he carried with him at that time is now in the possession of the writer. James, the second child of David, married Hannah Cox, of Morgantown, and moved to Ohio in 1806, being the only one of the children to leave the state. He had a large family, which became scattered, and his descendants are now found all through t he middle and far west. He was one of the first settlers in Wayne County, Ohio, and the marriage of one of his daughters to a Butler, was the first wedding in the county. The names of two of his sons are found on a bronze tablet on a monument er ected in one of the northern counties of Indiana, placed there on account of their bravery in defending a fort against the attack of the savages. Others of his children, as well as grand-children, went to Oregon in ox-teams, over the Oregon Trai l, in 1852. Evan, the third son of David, lived on a farm about six miles east of Morgantown, which is now owned by his descendants. He lived to be almost a hundred years old, and was the last survivor in West Virginia of the Revolutionary War soldiers. Hi s military record, as given by the Pension Department, is as follows: In 1774, under Col. A. McDaniel, he aided in destroying the Indian towns on the Muskingum River. From March, 1776, to April, 1777, he was a private in Capt. John Nelson's Co., Col. DeHaas' Pennsylvania regiment. From May or June, 1777, three months, in the militia in a company under his brother, Captain Morgan Morgan. From the fall of 1777, three months, under Captain Zadock Springer. In the summer of 1778, three or four weeks, under Col. Charles Martin. From July, 1779, seven weeks, four days, under Capt. Mason and Col. Broadhead. In 1780, or 1781, he was commissioned Ensign by the Governor of Virginia, and as such, served at various times scouting on the frontier. He also served in Captain William Haymond's company, as noted elsewhere. Zackquill Morgan married Lina West, September 18, 1834, and settled on a farm near his father. His military record reads very much like that of his brother Evan's and will not be recorded here. A photograph shown elsewhere, records the rate of p ension he drew for this service. Stephen, the youngest son, was born in 1763, and died 1849. He is the boy the Indians were after when his father came to his assistance. He married Sarah Sommerville, of Clarksburg, and lived and died on his father's old farm. He was elected t o several county offices, from time to time, and several of his sons became eminent in politics, Honorable William S. being elected twice to the United States Congress, and, in addition, was a naturalist of some note, and was employed by the Smi thsonian Institute until the time of his death in 1875. Stephen lived to an advanced age and lies buried with his father in the family graveyard, but no stone marks his grave. Of the daughters of David, Elizabeth married Abraham Lowe, Sarah married Abraham Burris, and Catherine married Major James West. Nothing further is known of them except that each was the mother of a large family, and Sarah is buried near Morgant own. A monument was erected at her grave a few years ago. David Morgan died in 1813, and is buried on the old farm within sight of the spot where he had his famous Indian fight. The inscription on his headstone, which is now almost obliterated with time, states that he was 92 years old, lacking four da ys. Much more could be said about him, but space will not permit. | Morgan, David (I10007)
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| 299 | (1) State of West Virginia, Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission, Charleston, WV: Jarrett Print. Co., 1924, pp. 35-99: JAMES Morgan All of Colonel Morgan's children were born in Delaware before the family moved to Virginia, probably in 1730, except two, or probably three, of the youngest. A record found at New Castle, Delaware, recorded at the Immanuel Protestant Episcopal C hurch, shows the birth of James as being September ___, 1715. Therefore, he was a lad of fifteen years of age when his father made the first "covered wagon" trip recorded in our family, which, though comparatively short, was as perilous, no doub t, as those longer wagon trips made in later years by his descendants, when Oregon was the goal. The very ruggedness of the wilderness, some misfortune perhaps, or the inheritance of a tender constitution, may singly or severally have worked to overwhelm the youngster, for if the statement of the brother, David, is to be relied upon, he gav e up the struggle within the year and found a grave in the wilderness at the age of sixteen. This, no doubt, was one of the early, if not the first funeral, of a white resident of the State. But here the record, meager as it is, is contradicted by tradition which will not down, and very recently statements have been brought forward, which, if correct, will change to a large extent the trend of opinion of most of the family, with ref erence to the statement of David, as well as tradition current among members of the Morgan family in Berkeley county. The tradition referred to is as follows: James Morgan married and had a family of several children at the time of the breaking out of the Revolution, in which war he served. He lived near the old homestead in a small place of a few houses now called Torytown, so named from a tragic sce ne enacted there, in which he was the victim of the fiendish deviltry of the Tories that infested that part of the county. Major Morgan had obtained leave of absence from the army, and was on a visit to his family, when he was captured by the mu rderous Tories and taken from his house and carried to a small building, used as a spring or milk house, which stood just across the road from his residence. The wife and small children were ranged in the highway in front of the building and com pelled by the Tories to witness the scene of their deadly and atrocious work. Standing him in front of the door of the log milk house, the foundation of which exists to this day, with his hands tied behind his back and a lighted candle placed a t his breast to serve as a mark at which to aim in the darkness, they there in the presence of his miserably distracted wife and children, shot 17 balls into his body. From that day until now, the place has been known as Torytown, and yet appear s on the map of West Virginia. The account goes on to say that after this tragedy the family grew up and the eldest son, James, Jr., married and had a family of several children. He was preparing to move his family to the south when one day while working on an axe handle, h e met with an accident from which he later died. After his death the widow and children went to South Carolina. In recounting the above tradition, James is variedly referred to as being a Chaplain or a Major in the Revolution, but no record is found with the War Department or in the Congressional Library at Washington, of his having served in that war, un less he was one of the James Morgans found listed in Capt. William Raymond's Company of Virginia Militia stationed at Prickett's Fort on the Monongahela. This is not likely since James lived on the other side of the Alleghenies, and was a man o f 62 years of age at that time. If he was an officer, his record should be in existence. By referring to the above list of Colonel Morgan's children, it will be noted that David says that Nathaniel Thompson, the first husband of his sister Anne, was murdered. It is pointed out that all the statements of David may be reconciled if w e go on the assumption that it was Anne's husband, Thompson, who was shot, or murdered by the Tories, and not her brother James; and it is suggested that while the tradition, in the main, may be correct, an error has slipped in at this point, b y reason of its longevity and frequent repetition. Morgans yet living on the old plantation remember seeing the seventeen bullet holes in the old milk-house door before the building gave way to the ravages of time. The most recent account of James Morgan (given by Mr. W. J. Seaman, of Missouri, who claimed to be a direct descendant), is to the effect that he married Margaret Hedges and settled down near the parental roof; that he served in the Revolution , and while on a scouting trip, or on a journey from Prickett's Fort to his home in Berkeley County, was shot by an Indian in the year 1778-9; that later his son James, Jr., and others of the family, moved to Ohio County, near Wheeling, and no w have descendants living all through the middle west. The records at Winchester have not been searched for data relating to James Morgan being a resident, land owner, or taxpayer in that county, and in the absence of anything definite along these lines, the above accounts are given for what they ar e worth and in no way vouched for. | Morgan, James (I10005)
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| 300 | (1) State of West Virginia, Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument Commission, Charleston, WV: Jarrett Print. Co., 1924, pp. 35-99: Morgan Morgan, JR. It was the custom in the olden days to name the eldest son after the head of the family. We have departed from this custom until today it is more often found that the youngest son bears the fathers name, and Colonel Morgan Morgan set us the exam ple by naming his youngest son Morgan, Jr. Morgan Morgan, Jr. or Morgan 2nd., as he is sometimes called, was born in Virginia, March 3, 1737, and died there October 20, 1797. On November 17, 1761, he married Mary Gossett, born 1731, and died September 13, 1817. Five generations named Mor gan Morgan lie buried in the Bunker Hill cemetery, and grave stones mark all their graves with the exception of Morgan 2nd. It is stated that at his request he was buried under the porch or entrance platform of the old church, and for this reaso n no grave marker is found. He followed in.the footsteps of his illustrious father, and was an influence for good in the community in which he lived. He was lay-reader at the Bunker Hill church, which his father helped found, and took a very active part in religious affair s. The family of the first and second generations always considered him as being a minister, and always referred to him as such. The reader is referred to Bishop Meade's article (appearing elsewhere) for a fuller account of his life, and this ar ticle will also settle the argument with reference to his being a minister. He did preach, but was never ordained. A manuscript book containing three of his sermons is now in the possession of a distant relative living in Washington, D.C. A phot ograph of two pages of this book is shown elsewhere, which will give some idea of the educational attainments and ability of this son of the forest, who, in all probability, was never in a. school house in his life. He was also a Justice in the county of Berkeley, and we see by a court order, dated February 22, 1775, that he and others were directed to view out a road from Providence Mounts' Mill, by Augsberg Ferry, to Catfish Camp, which is now Washington , Pa. This may have been a continuation of Col. Morgan's old road, the first in Berkeley county. With the exception of Charles, Morgan Morgan, Jr., was the only one of Col. Morgan's children to remain in Berkeley county, and but few of his descendants are found in that locality today. From time to time, the Colonel had disposed of parts o f his original grant of 1000 acres, until in 1765 but 182 acres remained in his possession. He and his wife had been living with Morgan, Jr., for some time, and on April 2, 1765, he deeded this last portion of his plantation to them for 100 poun ds English money. Morgan Morgan, Jr., lived on this farm until the time of his death, when he gave it to his son Zackwill, by will bearing date October 16, 1795. Zackquill sold it to his brother Morgan Morgan, 3rd, by deed bearing date July 25 , 1810, consideration being $2,730.00 cash. The signatures to this deed show that Zackquill wrote a legible, though poor hand, while his wife, Rachel, made her mark. The history of the farm has not been traced further, but at the present time 8 2 acres of it is still in the possession of a descendant of Morgan Morgan, 3rd. Morgan, Jr., had a family of five sons and four daughters, as follows: 1?Phebe, born Sept. 20, 1762, not married. 2?William, born Nov. 1, 1764, died young. 3?Eli, born Oct. 27, 1766, died an infant. 4?Mary, born Sept. 28, 1768, married Thomas Lewis. 5?Morgan 3rd, born 6?Catherine, born July 20, 1773. 7?Zackquill, born April 17, 1776. 8?David, born Oct. 19, 1778. 9?Rebekah, born Jan. 27, 1782. Of the sons, three lived to reach manhood and became heads of families. Morgan, 3rd, remained in Berkeley county on his father's farm. Zackquill disposed of his possessions in Berkeley, and moved his family to Tyler County, (now Wetzel) later go ing to Ohio, where Cincinnati is now located, but moved back to West Virginia and settled near Fairmont. At that period the Indians were yet troublesome in Ohio, and Zackquill's daughter related some hair-raising experiences the family had wit h them while living at the site of Cincinnati. Beset by all these dangers, Zackquill escaped them all only to be killed by a saw-log rolling over him while living in Fairmont region. David, the youngest son, inherited a four hundred acre farm fr om his father, located between Fairmont and Morgantown ,where he moved about 1804. Many of his descendants are living in the central part of the state at the present time. The Morgans have ever been fond of the name "Morgan Morgan," and it is frequently met with in every generation; but the descendants of Morgan Morgan, 2nd. have the distinction of being the only branch, so far as known, that has handed down the n ame unbroken from generation to generation, and we find Dr. Morgan Morgan, 6th now living in Martinsburg, and his young son is Morgan Morgan, 7th. | Morgan, Morgan Jr. (I10012)
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If we know where we came from; we way better know where to go. If we know who we came from; we may better understand who we are