The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-28

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4 .,F.S M. r." 81. Pikesville, Maryland,
writes: Can any reader tell OF a family
4 OF Morgan. once ltvIng In Charlotte cour-s
ty.S Virginia, during the colonial pc Il ods
There we're four brothers, according to
@ths account as given by e. dcscendant:.
+ Dennis. " illlam. J ohm. and Samuel Nor
gTabitha. married yvilkerson, and
Sara h married joe, Black well. J ohm III or
Z gan, who lived at one time III Lunel-s
II burg county, married Mary Gunr their
daughter TAbitila Haynes Morgan, born
February "a. 1877. married first Isaac
Crowder; second. Mr. Robert T n he
other daughters sof J ohm Morgan. were
Z sarah Booker Morgan. who married Mr..
Williams; and Mary Morgan y no mar
,$rIed Top lsic) Dennis Morgan, Is said TO
i have t,ad q large family Samuel Morgan
died a bachelor. John Morgan h "a d two
sons. Ridley, who died &youn 3. and 80 rn =
s,el Morgan. The latter lost il!s arm VIII, fe
I hunting birds. 3 He went TO- Alabama to-
live, and some years after was heard Of
lin st. Charles, Mo. sss4s {SS
S5 Nancy Gum Morgan, daughter OF John
Z and Mary Gum NJ organ n. married three
times: first to Inn Bruce !: second to:
Walter Buster; and third TO VIM s. VIII
lIanls. Who were the parents OF 10 hn,;
Dennis. William and Samuel Morgan. Is,
what I would like 10 know st
sS Some years 10 30. Mr.. c. G. McG ehee, OF
Atlanta. Ca, proposed II to write q book:
on certain Virginia families. and put a.
query In the \. virginia Historical Maya
<ynys te.vt
\ One OF these families was that Of Morgan.
OF Rockbridge county: nearly ten years
later, 1906 he wrote, that owing to ina biz
lily to got replics 10 his letters for in for
nation, he: was obliged 70 give up he
compilation. devoting himself TO families
not so. indifferent g their IL redigree.
Tho line %of Charles Morgan. OF New
port, Wales Of which you speak. Isl given
In Mr.. Appleton Morgun's boo K. The
arms as given b,. Burke are those 81 Of
Morgan generally used In 1886, a I the time
of the emigration Of one Of the line to-
America, Miles Morgan from wi HON
many New Eng nd desc endants sprang
Il from ~ The Morgan family bore rms
with twelve quarterin gs. being those OF.
Morgan, Cadivor. Bleddie. Fleming, Pros
ser, Ap Meredith. Norris, Llewellyn. AZ
$Iyor.. and Morgan Gas In No. ~, F'ortes-s
8cue#and cilfyndd. i3i Y 81; as
SS.33 We Will add somewhat to- the above,
Saying, that there seems 4 o: be no evidence
that any OF the Morgan family eyer emil
grated direct to Virginia, and 1t Is pre-
sirned that tho family OF Morgan. who
early settled in Clarke and Charlotte
counties, were of the New Jersey and
!, Maryland branches ia f 5s WI
\ Charles Morgan Of Newport. Wales.
came over and settled first ut Flushing
Long Island. 1853. AND then moved to-
Monmouth county, New ersey, 1855. From
him descended Genera Daniel Morgan;
of Revolutionary fame who vas born
there about 1875; he moved 4 to sginia
u and settled y In ella rke county when quite
young, forlfc had been living there TWEEN
Z ~ years before the war began. IL
81 Tho Massachusetts and Connecticut
liorgans are descended from Captain
Miles Morga n, who was from Glantor-l
sganshire, Wales. landing about 1850;
from him have descended the presen 7 mill
llonaire,s of New FORK. .5R I'ierpont Nor
gam and many o ifer noted mon OF N CIV
England. IN 3i,5
The armies VIC give, somewhat perta iris.
to all Of these, as from the NIorgan's, of
Wales, which Sir Edmund Burke gives In
his edition OF he Il Peerage. Of 185S. ~ as
quarterly. being that create 4 zoe for tho
House Of Morgan. described rs fol- ows:
Arms auarterly-F' First and fourth. or,
! griffith, sergeant, sa, for Morgan; sec
ond md third -or, on a. clleyron, etween
d three vases. az, as many thistles Of the
\ field. for Gould. Crest--a 8reind eer's head
erased, or, attlred, gu. Mot tod for the.
New Jersey Morgans) ~ Dunn 5ss spio,
spero;" that for Tho Massa chusctts NJ or y
\ gans, .Yincitdui part ". 4. 38;5 SEi
+ Yet, from the following notes our learn
sicd%corrcspondent has sent lis, 1t must be!
inferred, that some of the Connect lieut., s or
Massachusetts branch camo into Virginia
much before Daniel Morgan: as VIC read.
that. on September 18th. 1855. lillian
Morgan patented $50 acres In James City
county. Va, in right OF his wife Mar
garet Morgan the late widow OF r lchard
Island in chickaIiominy4 River Again,
on June Sth, 1852, William Morgan pal emit
Z ed $50 acres, wing near he head OF MOI
cams Greek on the East side E0f y :, nicar
June LIST, l655, WI liam Morgan atented
!f1,l6s acres, on the East side Of Chica hom-
$iny River; part of$the land lying upon
the head OF a creek ca ll:d Morgan'si
\ Creek (Seei William and Mary College
Quarterly, volumes Q and sllfl 5 Il r. S
ty, was IN tho House Of Hnrgesses, is47,
1859. 1858 (stanard's - Colonial Reglster''
In 1865, October IL, 4 In the patent for
& 1000 acres z to Col. John carter N ESQ.,
\ Counsellor Of State granted him 5at his
date, for the ira nsporta ton Of 50 per-
rights" withEIohn Carter. Ellsapeth Car
ter, and others Is John Morgan" tsee
land office, Richmond. D Among the mar
rIage bonds In Middlesex county, dated
July Goth, 17sl, Is j Ohm Morgan and Mary
Katherine Montague daughter Of n " H.
liam Montague q nd on @ toher %, 1895
+ John Morgan married again, HIS second
vito being Lucy n nd wi dow. (see w u
liam and Mary Qua rterly ~ volume 10 OF
the Nforgans I'm the French and Indian
War, SweN,.3 Simon M organ. sergeant J Ohm
Morgan, Simon Morgan, and James Nor
y gan, prtYates In Captain l1dmond's cons;
Historical Magazine, volume IA
Tho Morgans of the Revolution were
Capta WiIliam Morgan, afterwards Ma
: 1or of Orange county Militia; Spencer
Morgan, Charles Morgan, Charles N or