1. David was a skilled surveyer, and according to the "Morgan Bible" he killed 7 Indians total; thus earning the title of the "Great Indian Fighter", and Revolutionary War Soldier who served in the Virginia Militia.
2. He stood 6' l" tall, weighed about 190 pounds, powerfully built, and had black hair, black eyes. He had a large scar on his cheek that he had gotten when he was soldiering with Braddock's army. His contemporaries said that he was one of the kindest people and the best neighbors that you could ever have.
3. But, he was fearless when it came to Indians or wild beasts, and the only time he was ever out-shot was by his young friend, John Bunner, who is also an ancestor.
4. David was not a man to suffer cowards gladly and he liked to talk like the frontiersman that he was and threw off the genteel speech that characterized both his brothers; Col. Zackwell and the young Reverend Morgan Morgan. But, when the time came for his 'company manners" and speech" he was more than up for the task.
5. One of his sons said that he was a bit overindulgent with his children.
6. He fought under Capt. Charles Lewis during the French and Indian War.
7. He was appointed by the Colonial Governor of Virginia to assist Stew Holsten in making surveys and explorations of the Southwestern part of the state.
8. Later, he was appointed one of the Commissioners of the colony of Virginia to assist Geroge Washingston in 1748 discovering and establishing the North boundry of Lord Fairfax's estate, which constituted the boundry between Maryland and Virginia. [Mason/Dixon] The monument known as the Fairfax stone, at the mouth of the Potomac River commerates their labors.
9. When he died, at age 93, he was still pretty robust, and most of his hair was still black. He only lost his teeth in extreme old age. His body was held for five days to allow time for his friends and family from all over to get there.
10. "Slow River Charlie" Nourse went around telling everyone that if ever things get so bad they can't be fixed, David would put his bones and meat back together and come back and set things right.
11. David had looked ahead and carved the headstones for both himself and his wife. "He was honest and a first-rate surveyor who's surveys were so good that they are entered in the deed books".
12. The state of West Virginia erected a monument to David Morgan at Rivesville where he died.
1. Sarah was a Pennsylvania Quaker...who was called "Aunt Sally" by her younger kinfolk.
1. It appears that Morgan Morgan & Levi Morgan had a "double wedding"...
1. It appears that Morgan Morgan & Levi Morgan had a "double wedding"...
1. Mahala Wickson married for the first time to Moses Stone...
2. Second time to Philo Fairchild.
3. Third to Levi Morgan. At the time of her marriage to Levi she was already a widow with 5 children...