Uriah Morgan
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Uriah Morgan (1774 - 1850)

Uriah Morgan
Born in , , Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], , , , , , , , , [half], , , , and
Husband of — married about 1797 (to before 1832) in , Monongalia County, Virginia, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 16 Dec 1832 in , Monongalia County, Virginia, United States of Americamap
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Died at about age 75 in Tyler County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Uriah Morgan was born on 22 July 1774 in Virginia, the ninth of sixteen children of Zackquill Morgan and the fourth of nine sons of Zacquill and his second wife, Drusilla Springer Morgan.
He was involved in Indian warfare. He appeared on the census in 1810 in Monongalia County, Virginia] , on the 1830 census in Tyler County, Virginia], and on the 1850 census in Wetzel County, Virginia (Wetzel was formed from Tyler County in 1846). His first wife had died in 1832
In 1797, when he was in his mid-twenties, he married Sarah Prickett in Monongalia County, Virginia]. She bore him seven known, four sons and three daughters, including:
  1. Josiah Morgan
  2. Zackquill Morgan
  3. Zadock Morgan
  4. David Morgan
On 16 December 1832, when he was fifty-eight, he married Mary Hill in Monongalia County, Virginia.
In 1850, when he was in his mid-seventies, he died in Tyler County, Virginia], of unknown causes.

1810 Census

Uriah appears in the 1810 census living in a household of ten persons, all free whites, in Monongalia County, Virginia.

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1810 census for Uriah Morgan household
Free White Persons - Males < 10: 3; 10-15: 1; 16 -25: 1; 26-44: 1.
Free White Persons - Females - < 10:: 2; 10-15: 1; 26-44:1.
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7.
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2.
[Total] Number of Household Members: 10.[1]

1820 census

Uriah appears in the 1820 census living in a household of five persons, all free whites, in Tyler County, Virginia.

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1820 census for Uriah Morgan household
Name: Uriah Morgan; Home in 1820: Tyler County, Virginia; Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820.
Free White Persons - Males - 16-18: 2; 16-25: 3; 45 and over: 1.
Free White Persons - Females - 26-44: 1.
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4.
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2.
Total Free White Persons:5.
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5.[2]

1830 Census

Uriah Morgan appears in the 1830 United States Federal Census living in a household of three persons, all free white adults, two males and one female.

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1830 census for Uriah Morgan household
Uriah is third from the bottom.
Name: Uriah Morgan; Home in 1830: Tyler County, Virginia .
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1.
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1.
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1.
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3.
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3.[3]

1840 census

I am unable to find Uriah in the 1840 census index on AncestryHeritageQuest.com. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 13 June 2019).

1850 census

Uriah Morgan appears in the 1850 United States Federal Census as a 76-year-old illiterate farmer with $2000 in real property living with his illiterate wife, Mary. A six-year-old male pauper who attended school the previous year is living with them

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1850 census for Uriah Morgan household
Name: Uriah Morgan; Age: 76; Birth Year: c1774; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: District 64, Wetzel County], Virginia; Gender: Male; Family Number:708.
Household Members: Name Age
Uriah Morgan 76
Mary Morgan 62
James W Dill 6.[4]

Citations

  1. ↑ 1810 census, Monongalia Co., Virginia Roll: 69; Page: 519; Image: 0181429; Family History Library Film: 00819.Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Monongalia, Virginia; Roll: 69; Page: 519; Image: 00819; Family History Library Film: 0181429. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=xgz147&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=B7OlKjwrrRr8Ccz0AVz1Kw%3D%3D&db=1810usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=uriah&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msrpn__ftp=virginia&MSAV=1&uidh=mpf&pcat=35&fh=0&h=681581&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7613/4433173_00819?pid=681581&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dxgz147%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26qh%3DB7OlKjwrrRr8Ccz0AVz1Kw%253D%253D%26db%3D1810usfedcenancestry%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Duriah%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msrpn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26pcat%3D35%26fh%3D0%26h%3D681581%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xgz147&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Accessed 13 June 2019.
  2. ↑ 1820 U S Census, Tyler County, Virginia; Page 85, Image 7 of 12, NARA Roll M33_140, Image 159, Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=xgz136&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1820usfedcenancestry&qh=Ly95aAxnyfZ5%2BjJXPagnmg%3D%3D&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=uriah&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1774&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&msrpn_x=1&msrpn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=mpf&MSV=1&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=1122720&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7734/4433241_00159?pid=1122720&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dxgz136%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1820usfedcenancestry%26qh%3DLy95aAxnyfZ5%252BjJXPagnmg%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Duriah%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1774%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26msrpn_x%3D1%26msrpn__ftp_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D1122720%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xgz136&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Accessed 13 June 2019.
  3. ↑ 1830 Census, Tyler County, Virginia; Series M19, Roll 200, Page 177, Image 27 of 50, Family History Library Film 0029679.Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=xgz138&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1830usfedcenancestry&qh=Ly95aAxnyfZ5%2BjJXPagnmg%3D%3D&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=uriah&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1774&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&msrpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=49&msrpn_x=1&msrpn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=mpf&MSV=1&successSource=Search&_phtarg=xgz136&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=941672&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8058/4411348_00344?pid=941672&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dxgz138%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1830usfedcenancestry%26qh%3DLy95aAxnyfZ5%252BjJXPagnmg%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Duriah%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1774%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26msrpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D49%26msrpn_x%3D1%26msrpn__ftp_x%3D1%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26MSV%3D1%26successSource%3DSearch%26_phtarg%3Dxgz136%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D941672%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xgz138&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Accessed 13 June 2019.
  4. ↑ 1850 Census, District 64, Wetzel County, Virginia; Roll M432_981, Page 52A, Image 109 (98 of 99). Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=xgz132&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1850usfedcenancestry&qh=/CSTK8Ytr2G639BLdgGWvQ%3D%3D&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=uriah&gsfn_x=0&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=0&msbdy=1774&msbpn__ftp=Virginia,%20USA&msbpn=49&msddy=1850&msrpn__ftp=Tyler%20County,%20West%20Virginia,%20USA&msrpn=2942&MSAV=1&uidh=mpf&MSV=1&pcat=USFEDCEN&fh=0&h=15631038&recoff=&ml_rpos=1 Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/8054/4206471_00109?pid=15631038&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3Dxgz132%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3D1850usfedcenancestry%26qh%3D/CSTK8Ytr2G639BLdgGWvQ%253D%253D%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Duriah%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dmorgan%26gsln_x%3D0%26msbdy%3D1774%26msbpn__ftp%3DVirginia,%2520USA%26msbpn%3D49%26msddy%3D1850%26msrpn__ftp%3DTyler%2520County,%2520West%2520Virginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D2942%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Dmpf%26MSV%3D1%26pcat%3DUSFEDCEN%26fh%3D0%26h%3D15631038%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xgz132&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Accessed 13 June 2019.

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Glenn Smith for creating WikiTree profile Morgan-4722 through the import of Appleyard Family Tree.ged on May 2, 2013.

Sources

  • James Morton Callahan, History of the Making of Morgantown, West Virginia: a type study in Trans-Appalachian Local History (Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University Studies in History, 1926), FHL Book 975.452/M1 H2c.
  • Earl L. Core, The Monongalia Story: A Bicentennial History (Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company, 1976), FHL Book 975.452 H2c v.2.
  • George and Marcia [Degen] <noemailgiven>, Our Ancestors: George and Marcia [Degen] Paxton (Updated 6 MAY 2013).
  • Henke, Mary L., "Re: Prickett, Sarah & Morgan Uriah," Prickett Family Genforum #0042, (June 29, 1998 at 23:02:58).
  • Thomas Condit Miller and Hu Maxwell, West Virginia and Its People, Volume 3 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), 1186-1188, Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 19 February 2016).
  • French Morgan, A History and Genealogy of the Family of Col. Morgan Morgan, the First White Settler of the State (Parsons, West Virginia: Virginia C. Tuttle, 1966), digitized by FamilySearch.org.
  • Prickett Fence, vol.4, #3, p50; vol.5, #3, p49.
  • David W. Swisher, Descendants of Morgan Morgan ([S.I.]: D.W. Swisher, 2007), FHL Book 929.273 M823sd.
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR4P-XVW : 4 December 2014), Uriah Morgan and Mary Morgan, 16 Dec 1832; citing Tyler, West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 464,990.
  • West Virginia, Marriage Index. 1832 Place: Tyler, West Virginia, United States Bride Name: Mary Morgan; Groom Name: Uriah Morgan.




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1850 Census showing Uriah Morgan in Wetzel County, VA
1850 Census showing Uriah Morgan in Wetzel County, VA
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