Zachariah Prickett

Yesterday I uploaded a 147-page descendant report about the family of Zachariah Prickett to my Box account.  Access is by invitation or request only.

Prickett's Fort State Park

Prickett's Fort Memorial Foundation

Dick Henthorn
12 Apr 2017

Morgan, David

David Morgan

Birth: 12 MAY 1721 Christiana, New Castle Co.,DE
Death: 8 MAY 1813 Rivesville, Marion Co., VA
Burial: MAY 1813 Marion Co., VA, Morgan Cemetery

COMMENT:
David Morgan was one of the earliest settlers of the frontier. He was a man of great energy, of character, and of sterling worth.

COMMENT:
Later in that same month [April 1770], a settlement was established by the Prickett-Hall-Ice party on the Monongahela River, five miles below the mouth of the Tygart River at the mouth of the stream they named Prickett's Creek. Fearful of being attacked, they petitioned for government protection and, later in the summer, a small fortification called Prickett's Fort was established adjacent to the settlement by David Morgan, built under direction of Col. William Byrd on the Monongahela adjacent to the settlement.
[Amplification Notes: Prickett's Settlement and Prickett's Fort were located at the mouth of present Prickett's Creek, five miles below present Fairmount, [WV] and about a mile below the village of Baxter, Marion Co., WV.
(Source: "That Dark and Bloody River," by Allan W. Eckert, 1995, p. 19)


Problem: The death date of, 5 or 8 May 1813, is disputed by a Bible entry showing 1796. Pat Bugher has the date of death as, 19 May 1813 in Rivesville, Marion, VA. Pat obtain the date from the grave marker which states: David Morgan, Deceased, May 19, 1813, Aged 92. The marker is located in the Morgan family cemetery, on the farm of his son, Stephen Morgan, near Rivesville, Marion Co., VA (WV).

Ahnentafel Chart for Sylvester Morgan

Ancestors of Sylvester MORGAN - 12 Feb 2010
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First Generation

1. Sylvester MORGAN was born on 2 Mar 1835 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. He died on 15 May 1912 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL.
SPOUSE: Mahala Canady

Second Generation

2. Thomas Scott MORGAN was born on 3 Jul 1808 in Monongalia Co., VA. He died on 23 Jul 1869 in Preston, Hickory Co., MO. Thomas Scott MORGAN and Brooky KYGER were married on 20 Feb 1834 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL.

3. Brooky KYGER was born on 8 May 1817 in Monroe Co., OH. She died on 8 Aug 1852 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL.

Third Generation

4. Achilles MORGAN was born on 29 Jun 1772 in Fairmont, Marion Co., WV. He died on 20 Jan 1860 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. Achilles MORGAN and Susannah SCOTT were married about 1791.

5. Susannah SCOTT was born on 28 Sep 1772. She died on 16 Sep 1851 in Vermilion Co., IL.

6. Daniel KYGER was born about 1762. He died on 27 Apr 1849 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL. Daniel KYGER and Ann HENTHORN were married on 2 Sep 1796 in Monongalia Co., VA.

7. Ann HENTHORN was born on 3 Jul 1780 in Pennsylvania. She died on 9 Jun 1859 in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL.

Fourth Generation

8. Morgan MORGAN was born on 20 Dec 1746 in Berkley Co., VA. He died in 1829. Morgan MORGAN and Drusilla PRICKETT were married between 1768 and 1770.

9. Drusilla PRICKETT was born on 3 Mar 1752. She died in Aug 1817 in Marion Co., VA.

10. Unknown SCOTT has no further information available.

11. Mary UNKNOWN died on 10 Nov 1842.

14. James HENTHORN II was born in 1735 in Baltimore Co., MD. He died about 1818 in Newport Twp., Monroe Co., OH. James HENTHORN II and Elizabeth UNKNOWN were married in 1770/71.

15. Elizabeth UNKNOWN died in 1820 in Newport Twp., Monroe Co., OH.

Prickett's Fort

Prepared by:
Richard E. Henthorn
Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Prickett's Fort

Link to Prickett's Fort in West Virginia. This place has a connection to the Morgan who founded Morgantown, WV.

Prickett's Fort

David Morgan of Delaware and Virginia

Birth: 12 MAY 1721 Christiana, New Castle, DE
Death: 8 MAY 1813 Rivesville, Marion, VA
Burial: MAY 1813 Marion, VA, Morgan Cemetery

COMMENT:
David Morgan was one of the earliest settlers of the frontier. He was a man of great energy, of character, and of sterling worth.

COMMENT:
Later in that same month [April 1770], a settlement was established by the Prickett-Hall-Ice party on the Monongahela River, five miles below the mouth of the Tygart River at the mouth of the stream they named Prickett's Creek. Fearful of being attacked, they petitioned for government protection and, later in the summer, a small fortification called Prickett's Fort was established adjacent to the settlement by David Morgan, built under direction of Col. William Byrd on the Monongahela adjacent to the settlement.
[Amplification Notes: Prickett's Settlement and Prickett's Fort were located at the mouth of present Prickett's Creek, five miles below present Fairmount, [WV] and about a mile below the village of Baxter, Marion Co., WV. REH]
(Source: "That Dark and Bloody River," by Allan W. Eckert, 1995, p. 19)

Problem: The death date of, 5 or 8 May 1813, is disputed by a Bible entry showing 1796. Pat Bugher has the date of death as, 19 May 1813 in Rivesville, Marion, VA. Pat obtain the date from the grave marker which states: David Morgan, Deceased, May 19, 1813, Aged 92. The marker is located in the Morgan family cemetery, on the farm of his son, Stephen Morgan, near Rivesville, Marion Co., VA (WV).

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