Morgan Family
History
Generation 1:
Isaac Morgan m.
Leatice (?)
Child of Isaac Morgan and Leatice
is:
i. Thomas Morgan, died in Bedford Co
VA.
Generation 2:
Thomas Morgan married
Ester c 1715.
Children of Thomas Morgan and Ester
are:
- i. Lewis Morgan, born 1728 in
Brunswick Co VA; died 1814 in Pulaski Co KY.
- ii. Thomas Morgan.
- iii. Ann Morgan. She married Mr. Honsey.
- iv. Elizabeth Morgan. She married John Vardiman 7 Sep 1743 in
Pulaski Co KY.
- v. John Morgan.
- vi. William Morgan.
- vii. Leatice Morgan. She married Mr. Richardson.
- viii. Mary Morgan.
- ix. Suanna Morgan.
- x. Samuel Morgan.
- xi. Hanar Morgan. She married Mr. Inmon.
- xii. Reeace Morgan.
- xiii. Pheaby Morgan.
- xiv. Reachel Morgan.
- xv. Mordecia Morgan.
- xvi. Abraham Morgan.
Read Thomas
Morgan's Will
Generation 3:
Lewis Morgan was born 1728 in
Brunswick Co VA, and died 1814 in Pulaski Co KY. He married
Christina Ann White, daughter of Robert
White and Margaret Hoge, in 1750.
Children of Lewis Morgan and Christina
White are:
- ii. Thomas Morgan, born 1751 in Lunenbuerg Co VA; died Aft.
1840 in Greene Co TN. He married Sarah, and their children were
Thomas, born 1784, and Lewis, who married Mary Evans 1792 in
Greene Co TN.
- ii. Amaziah Morgan, born 1753 in Bedford Co VA; died 10 Oct
1791 in Detroit, Lansing, Michigan.21. He was captured by Indians
at the age of 5, and although his father later located him, he
refused to return to his family. Amaziah married an Indian woman,
had 3 daughters, and was then killed in battle.
- iii. Adonijah Morgan, born 6 May
1755 in Bedford Co VA; died 27 Dec 1827 in Fayette Co IN (also
buried there).
- Possibly others.
Generation 4:
Adonijah Morgan was born 6 May
1755 in Bedford Co VA, and died 27 Dec 1827 in Fayette Co IN (he is
also buried there). He married (1) Cleo Coats c 1784 in Greene Co.,
TN. He married (2) Isabelle Jean McMahon
1786 in Greene Co TN.
More About Adonijah Morgan: He is found in the 1783 census
creating Greene Co TN from NC. In 1793, he bought 200 acres of land
in Greene Co TN. In 1798, he sold the 200 acres. In Nov 1799, he
served on a jury in Greene Co TN. In 1800, he appears on Pulaski Co
KY tax lists (until 1818). He moved to Ross Co OH, and then to Shelby
Co IN.
Children of Adonijah Morgan and Isabelle
McMahon are:
- i. Amaziah Morgan, born 25 Dec 1786 in Greene Co TN; died 10
Oct 1839 in Rush Co IN (buried there).He married Mary (Polly)
Ford, 1 Jan 1815, in Ross Co, OH.
- ii. Lewis Morgan, born 13 Mar 1788 in Greene Co TN; died 20
Mar 1852 in Bellevue, Jackson Co IA. He married Sally Matthews 18
Mar 1806 in Pulaski Co KY.
- iii. Ibby Morgan, born 1790 in Greene Co TN.
- iv. John Blair Morgan, born 20 Dec 1791 in Greene Co TN; died
2 Sep 1865 in Nodaway Co MO. He married Elizabeth McDonald.
- v. White Morgan, born 11 Apr 1794 in Greene Co TN. He married
Maria Louisa McDonald 2 Mar 1820.
- vi. Dorcas Morgan, born c 1796.
- vii Adonijah Morgan, born 17 Mar
1798 in Tennessee; died 12 May 1870 in Dade Co., MO (Rice
Cem.).
- viii. Ruth B. Morgan, born 1798 in Pulaski Co KY.
- ix. Margaret Morgan, born 1802 in Pulaski Co KY; died
1827.
- x. William F. Morgan, born 31 Jul 1804 in Pulaski Co KY.
- xi. Jane Chlo Morgan, born 10 May 1807 in Pulaski Co KY.
Generation 5:
Adonijah Morgan was born 17 Mar 1798
(some sources say 1800) in Tennessee, and died 12 May 1870 in Dade
Co., MO (buried in Rice Cem.). He married his cousin, Betsy Mathews,
on 27 Feb 1820 in Ross Co., Ohio.
Children of Adonijah Morgan and Betsy
Mathews are:
- i. Lysander White (Lucky) Morgan, born 14 Dec 1824 in IN; died
17 Mar 1890 in Dade Co., MO. He married Zarilda M..
- ii. William Watson (Wick) Morgan, born 22 Oct 1827 in Indiana;
died 31 Jul 1902 in Dade Co., MO. He married Nancy Worley on 2 Jun
1845 in Dade Co., MO
- iii. Sarah Ann (Sallie) Morgan, born 11 Jan 1831 in IN; died 1
Oct 1898 in Dade Co., MO. She married John Wesley Smith
c1853.
- iv. James Henry Morgan, born c
1835 in IN; died 13 Mar 1889 in Springfield, Greene Co., MO.
Generation 6:
James Henry Morgan was born c
1835 in IN, and died 13 Mar 1889 in Springfield, Greene Co., MO. He
married Emily Sarelda Tarrant, daughter of John Tarrant and Nancy
Potter, on 24 Jul 1871 in Dade Co. Mo.
Child of James Morgan and Emily
Tarrant is:
i. Horace Emil Morgan, born 11 Aug
1865; died 19 Jan 1920 in Missouri.
Generation 7:
Horace Emil Morgan was born 11
Aug 1865, and died 19 Jan 1920 in Missouri. He married (1) Dolly
Edith Madison who died giving birth to their son, Lewis. He married
(2) Mary Amner Compton 9 Jan 1895 in
Dadeville, MO, daughter of Isaac Compton and Arena Rachels.
Children of Horace Morgan and Mary Compton
are:
- i. Ella Valentine Morgan, born 10
Nov 1895 in Dade County, MO; died 30 Nov 1967 in Cox Hosp, Spfld
MO. She married Don Bloomfield Vanhooser 18 Jan 1918 in
Greenfield, Mo by Wright Smith, JP. Don and Ella were my
grandparents.
- ii. Ruby Arena Morgan, born 27 Oct 1898. She married William
Edgar Davis 6 Nov 1912 in Dadeville MO.
- iii. Emily Carolyn (Carrie) Morgan, born 16 Nov 1900 in Dade
Co. MO; died 8 Apr 1972 in Dade Co. MO. She married William Jacob
Dunn 22 Mar 1922.
- iv. Ralph Edward Morgan, born 19 Jul 1907. He married (2) Ruth
Morgan.
More information about the early Morgan family can be found in:
- National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 65, #3 Sept
1977
- "A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio" by Lyle S. Evans,
ed. 1917
- "Ross County, Ohio families" by Ross Co. Gen. Soc. 1976
- "A History of the family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to
present times" by Appleton Morgan, ca. 1902
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