Capt John Morgan is believed to be buried here though his grave is lost.
He was born 1753 and died 1816 or 1817 and was known to be a Revolutionary War Soldier.
Information according to the book Cemetery Records of Lincoln County Tennessee by Tim & Helen Marsh. Their source was court house records.
However it is known that Lewis Morgan and Henry Morgan lived in this neighborhood as found in the 1820-1830 censuses. I do not know if they died here or transferred elsewhere. See Austin Morgan settlements map here of the East/West Forks of Mulberry creek.
Anyone that can add to this Morgan family connection I would like to hear from you.
C. Wayne Austin
Find A Grave contributor Vonnie Cantrell has made the following available to the readers:
Captain John Morgan, Jr., DAR Ancestor Number A080464, was the son of Squire John Morgan, 1735 - 1787, DAR Ancestor #: A080465, and Martha Ann Settle, 1732 - 1820. He married Mary Hall (Find A Grave Memorial# 45035472)1763 - 1850, daughter of William Hall 1740 – 1787, Ancestor Number A049579, and Thankful Doak.Captain and Mary Hall Morgan were the parents of several children, including:
Nancy Morgan born 1786 in Sumner Co TN Died 1858 m. James Bright 1792 - 1871
Charles Morgan 1788–1860, Morgan Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee
John T. Morgan, Jan 8, 1790 - May 26, 1855, born in Armagh Ireland. A member of Union Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons.(s/o Capt John & Mary (Hall) Morgan.) Burial in the Old City Cemetery of Fayetteville Tennessee, Lincoln Co., TN
John Hall Morgan 1805–1853, Edmondson Cemetery, Southaven, DeSoto Co., Mississippi.
Mary Polly Morgan Fulton 1806 – 1856, Old Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Susan Morgan
Thankful Morgan
Martha Morgan
Malinda Morgan
Hiram Suttle Morgan
William Paul Morgan
I have included an article from GenForum below:
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 fort 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 man, 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 1830'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."
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I have been down the road that takes one beside this site. I did not go out into the fields to explore though. This is a historical cemetery. A USGS Mapping) and Google maps I am lead to believe evidence of this cemetery was located at GPS N 35.20177 X -86.47142.. This is based on studying mapping by USGS and other less accurate plotting. Tim & Helen Marsh says there was no sign of a grave back in 1985. The plot was marked by their book which covered the cemeteries of Lincoln County Tennessee. Other places nearby that could be examined for evidence of graves are N 35.20019 X -86.47594 or even N 35.20107 X W -86.48229. One of these places could be an old house site or old slave graveyard with few signs of the graves today or even a unreported cemetery for other settlers. [CWA 2011]
He was born 1753 and died 1816 or 1817 and was known to be a Revolutionary War Soldier.
Information according to the book Cemetery Records of Lincoln County Tennessee by Tim & Helen Marsh. Their source was court house records.
However it is known that Lewis Morgan and Henry Morgan lived in this neighborhood as found in the 1820-1830 censuses. I do not know if they died here or transferred elsewhere. See Austin Morgan settlements map here of the East/West Forks of Mulberry creek.
Anyone that can add to this Morgan family connection I would like to hear from you.
C. Wayne Austin
Find A Grave contributor Vonnie Cantrell has made the following available to the readers:
Captain John Morgan, Jr., DAR Ancestor Number A080464, was the son of Squire John Morgan, 1735 - 1787, DAR Ancestor #: A080465, and Martha Ann Settle, 1732 - 1820. He married Mary Hall (Find A Grave Memorial# 45035472)1763 - 1850, daughter of William Hall 1740 – 1787, Ancestor Number A049579, and Thankful Doak.Captain and Mary Hall Morgan were the parents of several children, including:
Nancy Morgan born 1786 in Sumner Co TN Died 1858 m. James Bright 1792 - 1871
Charles Morgan 1788–1860, Morgan Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee
John T. Morgan, Jan 8, 1790 - May 26, 1855, born in Armagh Ireland. A member of Union Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons.(s/o Capt John & Mary (Hall) Morgan.) Burial in the Old City Cemetery of Fayetteville Tennessee, Lincoln Co., TN
John Hall Morgan 1805–1853, Edmondson Cemetery, Southaven, DeSoto Co., Mississippi.
Mary Polly Morgan Fulton 1806 – 1856, Old Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Susan Morgan
Thankful Morgan
Martha Morgan
Malinda Morgan
Hiram Suttle Morgan
William Paul Morgan
I have included an article from GenForum below:
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 fort 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 man, 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 1830'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."
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I have been down the road that takes one beside this site. I did not go out into the fields to explore though. This is a historical cemetery. A USGS Mapping) and Google maps I am lead to believe evidence of this cemetery was located at GPS N 35.20177 X -86.47142.. This is based on studying mapping by USGS and other less accurate plotting. Tim & Helen Marsh says there was no sign of a grave back in 1985. The plot was marked by their book which covered the cemeteries of Lincoln County Tennessee. Other places nearby that could be examined for evidence of graves are N 35.20019 X -86.47594 or even N 35.20107 X W -86.48229. One of these places could be an old house site or old slave graveyard with few signs of the graves today or even a unreported cemetery for other settlers. [CWA 2011]
Capt John Morgan is believed to be buried here though his grave is lost.
He was born 1753 and died 1816 or 1817 and was known to be a Revolutionary War Soldier.
Information according to the book Cemetery Records of Lincoln County Tennessee by Tim & Helen Marsh. Their source was court house records.
However it is known that Lewis Morgan and Henry Morgan lived in this neighborhood as found in the 1820-1830 censuses. I do not know if they died here or transferred elsewhere. See Austin Morgan settlements map here of the East/West Forks of Mulberry creek.
Anyone that can add to this Morgan family connection I would like to hear from you.
C. Wayne Austin
Find A Grave contributor Vonnie Cantrell has made the following available to the readers:
Captain John Morgan, Jr., DAR Ancestor Number A080464, was the son of Squire John Morgan, 1735 - 1787, DAR Ancestor #: A080465, and Martha Ann Settle, 1732 - 1820. He married Mary Hall (Find A Grave Memorial# 45035472)1763 - 1850, daughter of William Hall 1740 – 1787, Ancestor Number A049579, and Thankful Doak.Captain and Mary Hall Morgan were the parents of several children, including:
Nancy Morgan born 1786 in Sumner Co TN Died 1858 m. James Bright 1792 - 1871
Charles Morgan 1788–1860, Morgan Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee
John T. Morgan, Jan 8, 1790 - May 26, 1855, born in Armagh Ireland. A member of Union Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons.(s/o Capt John & Mary (Hall) Morgan.) Burial in the Old City Cemetery of Fayetteville Tennessee, Lincoln Co., TN
John Hall Morgan 1805–1853, Edmondson Cemetery, Southaven, DeSoto Co., Mississippi.
Mary Polly Morgan Fulton 1806 – 1856, Old Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Susan Morgan
Thankful Morgan
Martha Morgan
Malinda Morgan
Hiram Suttle Morgan
William Paul Morgan
I have included an article from GenForum below:
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 fort 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 man, 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 1830'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."
---------------------
I have been down the road that takes one beside this site. I did not go out into the fields to explore though. This is a historical cemetery. A USGS Mapping) and Google maps I am lead to believe evidence of this cemetery was located at GPS N 35.20177 X -86.47142.. This is based on studying mapping by USGS and other less accurate plotting. Tim & Helen Marsh says there was no sign of a grave back in 1985. The plot was marked by their book which covered the cemeteries of Lincoln County Tennessee. Other places nearby that could be examined for evidence of graves are N 35.20019 X -86.47594 or even N 35.20107 X W -86.48229. One of these places could be an old house site or old slave graveyard with few signs of the graves today or even a unreported cemetery for other settlers. [CWA 2011]
He was born 1753 and died 1816 or 1817 and was known to be a Revolutionary War Soldier.
Information according to the book Cemetery Records of Lincoln County Tennessee by Tim & Helen Marsh. Their source was court house records.
However it is known that Lewis Morgan and Henry Morgan lived in this neighborhood as found in the 1820-1830 censuses. I do not know if they died here or transferred elsewhere. See Austin Morgan settlements map here of the East/West Forks of Mulberry creek.
Anyone that can add to this Morgan family connection I would like to hear from you.
C. Wayne Austin
Find A Grave contributor Vonnie Cantrell has made the following available to the readers:
Captain John Morgan, Jr., DAR Ancestor Number A080464, was the son of Squire John Morgan, 1735 - 1787, DAR Ancestor #: A080465, and Martha Ann Settle, 1732 - 1820. He married Mary Hall (Find A Grave Memorial# 45035472)1763 - 1850, daughter of William Hall 1740 – 1787, Ancestor Number A049579, and Thankful Doak.Captain and Mary Hall Morgan were the parents of several children, including:
Nancy Morgan born 1786 in Sumner Co TN Died 1858 m. James Bright 1792 - 1871
Charles Morgan 1788–1860, Morgan Cemetery, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee
John T. Morgan, Jan 8, 1790 - May 26, 1855, born in Armagh Ireland. A member of Union Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons.(s/o Capt John & Mary (Hall) Morgan.) Burial in the Old City Cemetery of Fayetteville Tennessee, Lincoln Co., TN
John Hall Morgan 1805–1853, Edmondson Cemetery, Southaven, DeSoto Co., Mississippi.
Mary Polly Morgan Fulton 1806 – 1856, Old Fayetteville City Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., Tennessee
Susan Morgan
Thankful Morgan
Martha Morgan
Malinda Morgan
Hiram Suttle Morgan
William Paul Morgan
I have included an article from GenForum below:
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 fort 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 man, 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 1830'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."
---------------------
I have been down the road that takes one beside this site. I did not go out into the fields to explore though. This is a historical cemetery. A USGS Mapping) and Google maps I am lead to believe evidence of this cemetery was located at GPS N 35.20177 X -86.47142.. This is based on studying mapping by USGS and other less accurate plotting. Tim & Helen Marsh says there was no sign of a grave back in 1985. The plot was marked by their book which covered the cemeteries of Lincoln County Tennessee. Other places nearby that could be examined for evidence of graves are N 35.20019 X -86.47594 or even N 35.20107 X W -86.48229. One of these places could be an old house site or old slave graveyard with few signs of the graves today or even a unreported cemetery for other settlers. [CWA 2011]
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