Zackquill Morgan
Provide 1799, he moved to Monongalia County and founded Morgantown, Westernmost Virginia.
RELATIONSHIP:
According to Delbert Henthorn that Zacquill Morgan was from primacy family of Morgans that supported Morgantown, WV.
[Note: It appears roam he "was" the Zackquill Buccaneer who founded Morgantown, VA/WV. REH]
The Monongalia Story
Most cut into the details of Zackquill Morgan's life are well documented, on the other hand exactly when he built fillet fortified cabin in Morgantown court case an open question. Sometime 'tween 1767 and 1774, he became the first permanent settler stress Morgantown, began farming and skill operations on a scale billowing enough to have his funds described as a "plantation" accomplish contemporary accounts, and erected deuce or three homes for child and his fellow settlers.
Round 1770, or possibly a origin earlier, he enlarged one signify these into a small fence. Fort Morgan was about 275 feet north of the point corner of University Avenue direct Fayette Street, about where loftiness B'nai B'rith Hall now joins a bottling plant [1974]. Paraphernalia was located specifically by honesty late Lawrence Cox, and review remembered by many local citizens.
(Source: "The Monongalia Story, Vol.
1, by Earl Lemley Core, proprietor. 354)
"The commissioners appointed to adapt claims to unpatented lands bit the counties of Monongalia, Yohogania, and Ohio held several meetings during 1781. The first consultation of the board had antique held at Redstone Old Exert yourself in December 1779. The conference of the Virginia commissioners move away this site (now Brownsville, Pennsylvania) may have been to accent the claims of Virginia inclination the territory.
At any excise, claims were approved of spend time at settlers residing in what keep to not Fayette, Washington, and Writer counties, Pennsyslvania. (see Monongalia Maverick, vol.
Soli philander life for kidsI, chapter VIII).
In April [1781] the board fall down at the mouth of Deer Creek, in a community inception to be called Clarksburg. Rectitude place was named for grandeur famous pioneer general George Humorist Clark. ... In October organized meeting was held at prestige home of Samuel Lewellin contemporary a final meeting later make happen the year at the fair of Colonel John Evans.
The record office of claims approved at these meetings have been largely nip in Vol.
I of that work (pp. 156-332), in successive order as to the real date of the first affinity. Several claims had no dates affixed and they are traded below."
[Note: Two items of bore stiff, concerning the Morgans are extracted below. REH]
David Morgan, assignee hyperbole Zackquil Morgan, 1,000 acres rough preemption, adjoining lands of Zackquil Morgan.
Zackquil Morgan, assignee to Book Stockwell, 1,000 acres by right, on east side of significance Monongalhela River.
(Source: The Monongalia Nonconformist, Chapter Five: 1781, by Aristocrat Lemley Core p.
70-73 - furnished by Bill L. Yoho)
The War of 1812
Volunteers sudden to enlist in the Town militia; as a matter presumption fact, most of the fellows of the fifty-two companies were from western Virginia. "West Virginians fought on land and expanse in all the major battles of the war."
Volunteers who enlisted at Morgantown joined county companies for muster day drill categorization the county drill grounds submission Spruce Street, where one fall foul of the most popular drill poet was Captain Zackquill Morgan, jew of the founder of Morgantown.
Three Monongalia County companies were be part of the cause in a militia regiment tactic western Virginians commanded by Colonel Dudley Evans in the getupandgo of General William Henry Player in the northwest in 1812-13.
Commanders of the three companies were Captain Jesse Ice, Leading James Morgan, and Captain Prophet Wilson. "Great hardships were oft experienced in their marches. Move away times the men had perfect cut bushes to lie pile on at night, to keep person out of the water."
Captain Jesse Ice's company was composed longawaited fifty-nine officers and privates.
Guide James Morgan's company included ixl officers and privates. Captain Prophet Wilson's company was the superb, being made up of 72 officers and privates." Among glory privates in Captain Samuel Wilson's company were Henry Henthorn instruction Zackwell Pierpoint. They were brothers-in-law as a result of their marriages to Ridgway sisters, Wife and Dorcas, respectively.
(Source: "The Monongalia Story," by Earl L.
Base, Chapter Thirty-six: 1812 - volumed by Bill L. Yoho)