Adonijah Morgan (1755 - 1827)

Born 6 May 1755 in Bedford County, Virginia

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Died 27 Dec 1827 at age 72 in Fayette, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Adonijah Morgan is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A203929.

Adonijah Morgan was born 6 May 1755 at Bedford County, Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Lewis S. Morgan (1728-1814) and Cristinia Ann (White) Morgan (1726-1816).

Adonijah married 1st Cleo Coats (c.1755-c.1782) about 1781 at Washington County, North Carolina.^{[citation needed]} Child:

1. Gabriel Morgan (c.1782 - c.1783)

Adonijah married 2nd Isabella Jane (McMachen) Morgan (1765-1829) about 1786 at Greene County, Tennessee.^{[citation needed]}

1. Amaziah Morgan (1786-1839) m. Mary Ford.
2. Lewis Morgan (13 Mar 1888 - 20 Mar 1852) m. Mary Causey, m. Ann Elizabeth Fain, m. Sally Matthews, m. Nancy Evans
3. Isabella "Ibby" Morgan (c.1790-27 Apr 1852) m. Thomas Sargent
4. John Blair Morgan (20 Dec 1791-20 Sep 1865) m. Elizabeth McDonald
5. White Morgan (11 Apr 1794-20 Feb 1869) m. Maria Louisa McDonald
6. Dorcas Morgan (7 Apr 1796-18 Dec 1872) m. Peter Moore
7. Adonijah Morgan (abt.1780-) m. Betsy Mathews, m. Sarah Brumley
8. Ruth B Morgan (8 Mar 1800-20 Sep 1849) m. Rans Bird Green
9. Margaret Morgan (c.1802-c.1827)
10. William F Morgan (31 Jul 1804-21 Apr 1880) m1. Elizabeth "Betsy" Boggs, m2. Elizabeth Ward
11. Jane Chloe Morgan (1807-1837) m. Tunstal Quarles Matthews

Adonijah Morgan passed on 27 Dec 1827 at Fayette County, Indiana, USA. He was buried at the Lick Creek Cemetery near Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana.

Military

On 19 October 1778 Adonijah Morgan took the Oath of Allegiance. Adonijah served in the Revolutionary War while in western North Carolina. On June 12, 1783, Adonijah was paid 5 pounds, 1 shilling and 6 pence for his service by the auditors responsible for paying claims in western North Carolina. Adonijah's pay was a relatively small amount compared to others. They were paid in specie which could be exchanged for western frontier North Carolina land.

Adonijah Morgan, Thomas Morgan, and Lewis Morgan were listed as a Privates on the muster roll of Capt. Samuel Beard's company of militia. Comprised mainly of men from Greene County in the Territory South of the River Ohio (later Greene County, Tennessee). Territorial Governor William Blount called on the militia to muster in the fall of 1792 in support of settlers in the Cumberland region who were under attack by Native American forces. Col. John Sevier was commander of the East Tenn. brigade, in which these militia companies served.^[1][2]

Residences

Adonijah moved with his parents and brother, Thomas, to what was then western North Carolina and later became Greene County, Tennessee. He is listed on the 1783 Census for Greene County (the year it was created as Green County, North Carolina). He's on Greene County juries in Feb., May, Aug., and Nov. of 1797, and Jan., Apr., July, and Oct. of 1799.

In 1793, he bought 200 acres of land adjoining Thomas Davis on the east side of Camp Creek (Nolichucky River) in Greene County, Tennessee.^[3]

His brother, Thomas Morgan, purchased 50 acres on the south side of Nolichucky on Camp Creek ash the mouth of water fork adjoining Francis Hughes, (Sparling)Bowman, 26 Dec 1791. He sold the same acreage in 1798.

He moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky and is found on the tax lists in 1800 thru 1817. While in Pulaski, he was a court commissioner (in 1805).

According to an 1880 biography of his son, William F Morgan, Adonjah, his wife, and some of his children moved to Indiana in 1818. Some of his other children moved to Ross County, Ohio.

In 1819 he was appointed County Assessor for Fayette County, Indiana; also named as Lister.

1820 US Census: Columbia City, Fayette, Indiana records Adonijah Morgan, Sr - Males: 1 age 10-16, 1 age 45+; Females: 1 under 10, 2 age 10-16. 2 people engaged in agriculture.^[4] Adonijah Morgan Jr. found on the same census page.

On 28 August 1823, he purchased 57 acres of land for $186 in Fayette County, Indiana, part of east side of NW Quarter of Section 10, Twp. 13, Range 12E. This land is two miles south of Connersville and one mile west of the White Water River on Fall Creek in Columbia Two.

In 31 March 1827, Adonijah Morgan sold the above property to William F Morgan for $60. The property was passed to his son. Adonijah (Jr.) and Betsy Morgan sold the above property for $400 on 26 Nov 1831. The property passed out of the family when it was sold to James Lawson.

Sources

1. ↑ Muster roll of Capt. Samuel Beard's company of militia, Sept. 8, 1792
2. ↑ Transcript
3. ↑ Land purchase, page 133: page 398 no. 1092, "North Carolina land grants recorded in Greene County, Tennessee" compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1981
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG4-J39 : accessed 17 January 2022), Adonijah Morgan, Senior, Columbia Township, Fayette, Indiana, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm

See also:

• FamilySearch profile of Adonijah Morgan
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 17, 2022), "Record of Adonijah Morgan", Ancestor # A203929.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #192299093 Adonijah Morgan (1753–1827), citing Lick Creek Cemetery, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, USA (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192299093/adonijah-morgan: accessed 01 June 2022); Maintained by Vivian A. Brown (contributor 47343285).