James Milton Morgan (1755 - 1823)

Born 10 Feb 1755 in Frederick County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1823 at age 68 in Franklin Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States

Biography

James Milton Morgan was born on 10 Jan 1755 in Frederick County, Virginia. He was the son of John Morgan and Mary (Morgan) Curtis.

Research Notes

• James may be confused with a cousin, son of James Morgan and Ann Overman.

From Findagrave

James Morgan

Birth: Jan. 10, 1755, Frederick County, Virginia; Death: Apr. 11, 1823, Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio, USA.

James was a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War of 1774 and Revolutionary War soldier. He was of Welsh descent.

He married Hannah Cox in 1778. In late 1806, they moved their family of 10 children to Ohio and in 1808 settled in Wayne County, Ohio, near Wooster. He died in 1823 and was buried in Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio, in the Butler-Morgan cemetery south of Moreland.

The DAR installed a memorial marker for his service in the Revolution in the Wooster, Ohio cemetery.

"James Morgan, a native of old Virginia but of Welsh ancestry, settled in Franklin township early in the spring of 1808. He removed to Ohio, and squatted on the Mohican, in 1806, but removed to Franklin township in the year just mentioned, entering the lands composing the farm owned at this time by Thomas Doty.

Thomas Butler, born in the Old Dominion, also, emigrated to this township in 1808, and married Rebecca, daughter of James Morgan, April 12, 1809." (page 599)

James had a family of ten children: Jesse, Isaac, John, James, Joseph, William, Jonathan, Sarah, Rebecca and Hannah, not one of whom is living in Wayne county. James died of dropsy in 1822 and is buried in the grave yard on the Jacob Bucher farm.

Jesse, his oldest son, perished in a snow storm near the present site of Indianapolis; he was on horseback, the drifts overwhelmed him, he got into a swamp, became lost and died." [Jesse Morgan actually died in Lake County, Indiana under the same circumstances.]

Thomas Butler, born Monongahela [sic.]County, VA but in what is now Preston county, W VA, Aug 10, 1783, and came to Franklin twp (Wayne county Ohio) in 1808. Boarded with James Morgan, and on 4-12-1809, married Rebecca, daughter of James Morgan (first marriage in the county). Had eight children: Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Morgan, Jonathan, Isaac, John and Andrew.

"Wayne County Burial Records" (page 316): Butler-Morgan cemetery: Thomas Butler died 3-18-1837 age 53 or 58; Rebecca Butler died 1849 age 59-5-7; Thomas Butler child of 14 or 15 months; James Morgan 1822, Rev War soldier; James Morgan Jr."

Source: History of Wayne County, Ohio, 1878, page 176.

Thanks to Jo Ann Morgan Richmond, Denver, Colorado for supplying this information.

Family links: Children: Sarah Morgan Butler (1785 - 1865), Jesse Morgan (1787 - 1853), Rebecca Morgan Butler (1789 - 1849), James Morgan (1794 - 1840).

Burial: Butler Cemetery, Moreland, Wayne County, Ohio, USA^[1]

Biography from the History of Wayne Co., Ohio^[2]

"James Morgan, a native of old Virginia but of Welsh ancestry, settled in Franklin township early in the spring of 1808. He removed to Ohio, and squatted on the Mohican, in 1806, but removed to Franklin township in the year just mentioned, entering the lands composing the farm owned at this time by Thomas Doty.

Thomas Butler, born in the Old Dominion, also, emigrated to this township in 1808, and married Rebecca, daughter of James Morgan, April 12, 1809. (page 599)

James had a family of ten children: Jesse, Isaac, John, James, Joseph, William, Jonathan, Sarah, Rebecca and Hannah, not one of whom is living in Wayne county. James died of dropsy in 1822 and is buried in the grave yard on the Jacob Bucher farm.

Jesse, his oldest son, perished in a snow storm near the present site of Indianapolis; he was on horseback, the drifts overwhelmed him, he got into a swamp, became lost and died." [Jesse Morgan actually died in Lake County, Indiana under the same circumstances.]

Thomas Butler, born Monongahela County, VA but in what is now Preston county, W VA, Aug 10, 1783, and came to Franklin twp (Wayne county Ohio) in 1808. Boarded with James Morgan, and on 4-12-1809, married Rebecca, daughter of James Morgan (first marriage in the county). Had eight children: Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Morgan, Jonathan, Isaac, John and Andrew.

"Wayne County Burial Records" (page 316)

Butler-Morgan cemetery:

Thomas Butler died 3-18-1837 age 53 or 58,

Rebecca Butler died 1849 age 59-5-7,

Thomas Butler child of 14 or 15 months,

James Morgan 1822, Rev War soldier,

James Morgan Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88415465/james-morgan: accessed February 7, 2024), memorial page for James Morgan Jr. (–), Find A Grave: Memorial #88415465, citing Butler Cemetery, Moreland, Wayne County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by La Chatte (contributor 46881808).
2. ↑ Originally cited in FG memorial: Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Days of the Pioneers and the First Settlers to the Present Time. Indianapolis, Indiana: Douglass, 1878. page 176. Archive.org. https://archive.org/details/cu31924028848765. Accessed 17 Jan 2023.

Acknowledgments

• Wikitree profile Morgan-15943 was created by Patricia Prickett Hickin on 18 March 2017.

See Also

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8JG-VJ2

Acknowledgments

This profile was created from an unsourced family tree handed down to Nancy (Rumsey) Thornton.