Sarah (Hinton) Morgan (bef. 1730 - abt. 1791)

Born before Jun 1730 in Chowan, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Mark Morgan — married before 1740 in North Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1791 after about age 60 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Hinton) Morgan was a Virginia colonist.

Sarah Hinton is said to be the daughter of John Hinton, Sr. and Mary (Hardy) Hinton of Chowan Co., North Carolina. She is mentioned in her father's 1730 will.^[1]

She married Mark Morgan.

Her husband died about 27 Jul 1777 and she appears on the 1779 tax list for Orange Co., North Carolina.^[2]

Sarah deeded over to her son Hardy slaves and money on January 15, 1780.^[3]

On October 17, 1785 Sarah Morgan wrote her will. She names her children, John, Hardy, Anne Hart, and Sarah Yeargin, and her granddaughter Charlotte Yeargin. ^[4][5]

Interestingly she mentions her daughter Anne Hart in her will. Anne otherwise known as "Nancy" appears to have been the Georgia backwoods folk hero Nancy Hart. Sarah's husband Mark had dealings with Benjamin Hart in 1764 and both were listed as witnesses on Henry Sears' will. These documentations seem to indicate that Nancy Hart was not the daughter of Thomas & Rebecca Morgan, but, instead the daughter of Mark & Sarah Morgan. I have yet to see any primary sources that say otherwise.^[6]

She died in Nash Co., North Carolina in about 1791 the year her estate was being probated.^[7]

Children

• Some of the children of Mark and Sarah Hinton Morgan.

• 1. Anne (Nancy) Morgan, b. c. 1735, m. Benjamin Hart^[8]
• 2. Mark Morgan, Jr.
• 3. John Morgan^[9]
• 4. Hardy Morgan, b. c. 1744, d. 17 Apr 1797^[10]
• 5. Sarah Morgan, b. 1747, m. 1. John Tapley Patterson, m. 2. Benjamin Yeargin, d. 11 Aug 1824^[11]

Research Notes

Sarah and her husband Mark Morgan were the parents of the folk heroine Nancy Hart! Although early writings on her incorrectly attached her to other parents, Sarah's 1785 will proves that she was the mother of Anne "Nancy" Morgan Hart. Benjamin Hart, who is mentioned was Nancy's husband who was a Lt. in the Revolutionary War.

Sources

1. ↑ John Hinton 1730 Will
2. ↑ Orange County, North Carolina Tax Lists, 1779, page 35.
3. ↑ "Deed of Girth. Sarah Morgan to Hardy Morgan. I Sarah Morgan of Orange Co., NC, for and in consideration of the good will and affection that I have and bear for my beloved son Hardy Morgan of same co., have given to him four negroes named Ralph, Pharoah, Jude and Roze. and their increase. Also all the money that I have in hand with all my stock of horse kind, cattle, sheep and hogs and all my household furniture with all the movables belonging to the homestead plantation where I now live on, as a free gift to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Witness my hand and seal 15 January 1780. S/ Sarah (X) Morgan Test: Claud Bailey, Thomas Bailey" - Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book A:310
4. ↑ In the name of God Amen I Sarah Morgan of the County of Orange & State of No Carolina being Sick in body but in my perfect mind & memory Thanks be to Almighty God for the same & Calling to mind the frailty of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my last will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give & recommend my body & Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent burial at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same Again by the power of almighty god, And as touching my worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless? me with in this Life I give Demise Dispose of in manner and form following ______________ Item I give to my beloved son John Morgan one shilling Sterling, Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son Hardy Morgan one shilling Sterling Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Anne Hart one shilling Sterling Item I lend to my beloved Daughter Sarah Yeargan During her natural Life one Negroe girl named Lucy & one negroe boy named Chan(ce) And at the death of my beloved Daughter Sarah Yeargan, I give & bequeath to my beloved Grand Daughter Sharlotte yeargan the above mentioned negroe girl Lucy & the above mentioned boy named Chance to her & her heirs forever and if the above mentioned Sharlotte Yeargan should die with out Lawfull heir Lawfully begotten on her body, my desire of? the above mentioned negroes Lucy and Chance with their Increase should return to the next surviving heir of her family, Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Sarah Yeargan all my real & personal Estate & the increase with all other? profit and Interest arising therefrom during her natural life and then my desire is that it & all and every of the said Estate should be divided amongst the surviving children she has by Ben Yeargan__And now I constitute make & ordain Benjamin Yeargan and Daniel Hogan the whole & sole? Executors of this my last will and testament and I do hereby ___?___ Disallow revoke & Disannul all and every other former Testaments wills Legacies bequests and Executors by me in Any wise before named willed & Bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Eighty five, Signed Sealed & delivered by the sd. Sarah Morgan In presence of her Robt. Campbell SarahMorganseal Nicholas Quisenbury mark Danl. Boothe - Source: LDS FHC #0306091, North Carolina Superior Court Orange County, Wills Vols. A-B 1752-1795, Will Book B, Pages 3-5.
5. ↑ Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, page 66.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127054511/sarah-morgan
7. ↑ Estate Record of S. Morgan, Nash Co., North Carolina.
8. ↑ Sarah Morgan's Will, Probated Oct. 17, 1785, Orange Co., North Carolina. Mentions daughter Ann Hart.
9. ↑ Sarah Morgan's Will, Probated Oct. 17, 1785, Orange Co., North Carolina. Mentions son John.
10. ↑ Sarah Morgan's Will, Probated Oct. 17, 1785, Orange Co., North Carolina. Mentions son Hardy.
11. ↑ Sarah Morgan's Will, Probated Oct. 17, 1785, Orange Co., North Carolina. Mentions daughter Sarah Yeargin.