John Morgan (1753 - bef. 1817)

Born 7 Dec 1753 in Prince William County, Virginia Colony

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Died before 8 Feb 1817 before age 63 in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States

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Private John Morgan served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

John Morgan is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-252239
Rank: Private

John Morgan is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A080464.

Capt. John Morgan

Written by Jay Guy Cisco From Historic Sumner County, Tennessee 1909 Captain John Morgan, a Revolutionary soldier, came to Sumner County in 1784 with his father-in-law, Major William Hall, whose eldest daughter, Mary, he had married before leaving North Carolina. He built his for on an eminence in the vicinity of Rogana, on lands now owned by Dr. Jesse Johnson. Some of the logs of which the fort was constructed are now in the walls of a barn on the farm of Dr. Johnson. Captain Morgan's father, Squire John Morgan, came with him and was killed by an Indian warrior while returning from the spring under the hill. The Indian rushed upon him and sank his tommyhawk deeply into his brain, where it was left, being too tightly wedged into the skull to be withdrawn. He also lost a brother, Armistead, a fine young man, and very popular with the settlers. He was killed from an ambush at Southwest Pass, on the route from Knoxville, while piloting a party of emigrants.

Captain Morgan's eldest daughter, Nancy, married James Bright of Kentucky, who was a surveyor, and settled at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, about 1803 and where Captain Morgan also settled about the same time. On the breaking out of the Creek War he raised a company of mounted troops and joined General Jackson at the rendezvous at Huntsville, Ala. He was a large, handsome ma, with noble features and gray hair that hung down on his shoulders and when he rode through Fayetteville at the head of his company his appearance and the occasion were never forgotten by those who witnessed it, and is one of the traditions of the town. He was well advanced in years, but he said: "A man should never get too old to fight the British and Indians."

He died some time in the 30's and was buried near Mulberry. His wife survived him until 1850 and is buried in the old cemetery at Fayetteville. General John Morgan Bright, one of the most honored citizens of Fayetteville, is a grandson of Captain John Morgan. Colonel E. L. Drake of Winchester is his great-grandson. In a letter to the write he says; "I remember my great-grandmother Morgan (Mary) very distinctly-how her black eyes flashed at the mention of the British or Indians."

John Morgan was the son of John Morgan and Martha Ann Settle, he married Mary Hall daughter of William Hall and Elizabeth Thankful Doak, his will was devised November 3, 1816 and proved February 8, 1817 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. The children listed in this will are:

1. Nancy Morgan b. 19 Jan 1786, d. 5 Nov 1856
2. Charles Morgan b. 21 Apr 1788, d. 29 Mar 1860
3. Martha Morgan b. 18 Dec 1791, d. 20 Feb 1830
4. Daniel Morgan b. c 1793, d. c 1813
5. Malinda Morgan b. 21 Sep 1795, d. 31 Oct 1869
6. Hiram Settle Morgan b. 9 Jul 1797, d. 9 Jul 1841
7. Susan Morgan b. c 1800, d. 10 Jul 1831
8. John Hall Morgan b. 9 Mar 1805, d. 7 Mar 1853
9. Mary Morgan b. 18 Oct 1806

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• Findagrave # 81270875