Mordecai Morgan was born about 1776 in Shelby, present dat Henry, Kentucky. He died after 1840 in Missouri.
On 2 Nov 1798 Mordred (Mordecai) Morgan married Caty Turner in Madison, Kentucky, United States.[1]
Known children of Mordecai Morgan and Caty Turner:
Malinda Morgan est. b. 1800
Hiram Morgan est. b. 1804
Rachel Morgan Doughtery b. 1806
Maranda Morgan b. 1811
Matilda Morgan Hinds b. 1816
Missouri Morgan est. b. 1818
Martha Morgan Harper b. Dec 1822
Minerva Morgan Pleasants est. b. 1807
On August 6, 1810 Mordecai Morgan was living in Clark, Kentucky. [2]
Morgan Mordecai provided Military Service during the War of 1812. [3]
In 1840 Mordica (Mordecai) Morgan was living in Warrenton, Warren, Missouri, United States. [4]
He passed away after 1840, Warren, Missouri, United States.
Research Notes
"Mordecai Morgan, of Shelby County, Kentucky, married Catharine Turner, and settled in what is now Warren County, Missouri, in 1814. He was a noted pioneer of that county, and the first County Court was held in his house. His children were: Malinda, Hiram, Rachel, Maranda, Matilda, Missouri, Martha and Minerva. Malinda married James Bryan, a son of David Bryan. Hiram was a ranger in Nathan Boone's company. He died of cholera, at Rock Island, in 1832. Rachel married Samuel Dougherty, of Warren County. Maranda married Louisa Harper, of Lincoln County. Matilda married Levi Hinds, of Tennessee, who settled in Warren County. Missouri died single. Martha married William Harper, who is at present a banker in Mexico, Missouri. Minerva married Edward Pleasants, of Virginia, who settled in Warren County, Missouri, in 1830."[5]
↑ Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010.
↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-VQZB : 8 March 2021), Mordacai Morgan, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 148; FHL microfilm 882,666.
United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-VQZB : 8 March 2021), Mordacai Morgan, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 148; FHL microfilm 882,666.
Mordacai Morgan, "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815
Sketch of Mordecai Morgan, Warren County, Missouri
"A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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