Stephen Morgan (1761 - 1850)

Born 17 Oct 1761 in Bunker Hill, Frederick, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Sommerville — married 1797 (to 26 Jul 1836) in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1850 at age 89 in Fairmont, Marion County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

According to the Bible of Charles Morgan (Stephen's nephew), Stephen was born October 14, 1761.[1]

Stephen Morgan^[1][2] was born on October 17, 1761 in Bunker Hill, Frederick County, Virginia, the seventh of nine known children and the youngest of seven sons of David and Sarah Stevens Morgan.

In 1797, when he was in his mid-thirties, he married Sarah Sommerville. She bore him two known children, a son and a daughter:

1. George Morgan
2. Ann Morgan

Stephen was twice sheriff of Monongalia County, Virginia.^[3]

On 30 November 1850, about six weeks after his eighty-ninth birthday. Stephen died in Fairmont, Marion County, Virginia, of unknown causes.

Stephen Morgan, was the sheriff of Monongalia County when he made this statement to the Monongalia Gazette, of Morgantown, in October of 1808:

Some historians have asserted that my father killed three Indians in the fight at our homestead in 1779. He was responsible only for the death of two Indians; they were of the Delaware Nation, and about thirty years old. One was very large, weighing about two hundred pounds; the other was short and stocky, weighing about one hundred and eighty pounds. My father (David Morgan) was six feet one inch tall, and at that time weighed one hundred and ninety pounds, about. It has been published that my father tomahawked and skinned the savages. This is not true. He left one Indian alive, but dying, and returned to the fort and to his bed, which he had left less than an hour before, where he remained for the remainder of the day

The oft' made statement that he attempted to escape to the fort by flight is not true. He did not run a single step with the exception of getting away from the savages. The running he did was done to gain an advantage over the enemy, and this he accomplished. "My father traveled the frontier wilderness from boyhood, from Canada, New York, Pittsburgh, to Kentucky, Tennessee, to South Carolina, and fought the Indians and other enemies of our country as often as became necessary. Before the fight at our homestead, he had fought and killed seven Indians in single handed combat. Others there were, including French and British soldiers, wounded and killed by him as a soldier in battle. He well understood the Indians and their method of warfare, and could speak the languages of the Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyndotte nations. "In his manner of living and defending himself and others, he was no different from his contemporaries. I certainly would not class him an Indian-fighter, no more than I would class Jacob Prickett, Frederick Ice, or Nathaniel Cochran as such. He was a Christian, a patriot, a soldier, a surveyor, and a very good farmer, the profession of which he is most proud, and a loving, and most times, a too indulgent parent." ^[4][5][6]

From Findagrave.com

Stephen Morgan

Birth: 17 Oct 1761 Frederick County, Virginia; Death: 30 Nov 1850 (aged 89) Marion County, West Virginia, USA; Burial: David Morgan Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia, USA. Memorial #: 101051861.

Bio: Buried with no stone, son of David and Sarah Stevens Morgan. It was requested that by contributor AZSuzi that also include this: Stephen Morgan was the sheriff of Monongalia County when he made this statement to the Monongalia Gazette, of Morgantown, in October of 1808: Some historians have asserted that my father killed three Indians in the fight at our homestead in 1779. He was responsible only for the death of two Indians; they were of the Delaware Nation, and about thirty years old. One was very large, weighing about two hundred pounds; the other was short and stocky, weighing about one hundred and eighty pounds. My father (David Morgan) was six feet one inch tall, and at that time weighed one hundred and ninety pounds, about. It has been published that my father tomahawked and skinned the savages. This is not true. He left one Indian alive, but dying, and returned to the fort and to his bed, which he had left less than an hour before, where he remained for the remainder of the day. The oft' made statement that he attempted to escape to the fort by flight is not true. He did not run a single step with the exception of getting away from the savages. The running he did was done to gain an advantage over the enemy, and this he accomplished. "My father traveled the frontier wilderness from boyhood, from Canada, New York, Pittsburgh, to Kentucky, Tennessee, to South Carolina, and fought the Indians and other enemies of our country as often as became necessary. Before the fight at our homestead, he had fought and killed seven Indians in single handed combat. Others there were, including French and British soldiers, wounded and killed by him as a soldier in battle. He well understood the Indians and their method of warfare, and could speak the languages of the Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyndotte nations. "In his manner of living and defending himself and others, he was no different from his contemporaries. I certainly would not class him an Indian-fighter, no more than I would class Jacob Prickett, Frederick Ice, or Nathaniel Cochran as such. He was a Christian, a patriot, a soldier, a surveyor, and a very good farmer, the profession of which he is most proud, and a loving, and most times, a too indulgent parent." (‘’Now and Long Ago’‘, pp. 521-522)

Family Members: Parents: David Morgan (1721-1813), Sarah Stephens Morgan (1726-1799); Spouse: Sarah Sommerville Morgan (1770-1836); Siblings: Morgan Morgan (1746-1826), James Morgan (1748-1840), Evan Thomas Morgan (1753-1850), Zackquill Morgan (1758-1834), Catherine Morgan West (1769-1848); Children: Henry Sommerville Morgan (1799-1873), William Stephen Morgan (1801-1878), Elizabeth S. Morgan Willey (1803-1875), Ann Morgan McClean (1806-1866), Albert G. Morgan (1814-1870), Sarah Jane Morgan Merrill (1818-1897), George Pinkney Morgan (1823-1861)^[7]

Acknowledgments

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Sources

1. ↑ "Family:Stephen Morgan and Sarah Somerville (1)." This page was last modified 01:48, 8 March 2015. WeRelate.org. URL: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Stephen_Morgan_and_Sarah_Somerville_(1) Accessed 16 June 2019.
2. ↑ Cunningham, Bill <billcham@frontiernet.net>, comp., "Stephen Morgan, b1761," Wetzel County, WV Connections, Updated: 2007-02-24. Rootsweb.ancestry.com URL: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bill%5Fc&id=I27208 Accessed 16 June 2019.
3. ↑ Provenance for the Stephen Morgan description of Pricketts Fort February 11, 2010 by bj omanson More on the Stephen Morgan description of Pricket's Fort URL: FortBlog https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/more-on-the-stephen-morgan-description-of-pricketts-fort/ 10 Nov 2014
4. ↑ Lough, Glenn. Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Area. (Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia: McClain Printing, 1969). 298, 521-522. Print.
5. ↑ Provenance for the Stephen Morgan description of Pricketts Fort February 11, 2010 by bj omanson More on the Stephen Morgan description of Pricket's Fort URL: FortBlog https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/more-on-the-stephen-morgan-description-of-pricketts-fort/ 10 Nov 2014
6. ↑ Provenance for the Stephen Morgan description of Pricketts Fort February 11, 2010 by bj omanson More on the Stephen Morgan description of Pricket's Fort URL: FortBlog https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/more-on-the-stephen-morgan-description-of-pricketts-fort/ 10 Nov 2014
7. ↑ Dena West (47057753), “Stephen Morgan,” Findagrave.com. Record added 21 Nov 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101051861/stephen-morgan. Accessed 16 June 2019.

• Cunningham, Bill <billcham@frontiernet.net>, comp., "Stephen Morgan, b1761," Wetzel County, WV Connections, Updated: 2007-02-24. Rootsweb.ancestry.com URL: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bill%5Fc&id=I27208 Accessed 16 June 2019.

• "Family:Stephen Morgan and Sarah Somerville (1)." This page was last modified 01:48, 8 March 2015. WeRelate.org. URL: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Stephen_Morgan_and_Sarah_Somerville_(1) Accessed 16 June 2019.

• More on the Stephen Morgan description of Pricket's Fort URL: FortBlog https://prickettsfort.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/more-on-the-stephen-morgan-description-of-pricketts-fort/ 10 Nov 2014

• Dena West (47057753), “Stephen Morgan,” Findagrave.com. Record added 21 Nov 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101051861/stephen-morgan. Accessed 16 June 2019.