Daniel Morgan

Abt 1800 - Bef 1886  (85 years)

• Name	Daniel Morgan  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1800	North Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1886	Roganville, Jasper County, Texas
  Burial	Morgan Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas
  Notes	MINUTES of the ANTIOCH HARDSHELL BAPTIST CHURCH BUNA, TEXAS 1862 - 1874 (Transcription courtesy of Bonnie Smith) "at an Association at Antioch Sept. 25, 1868 Simon William joined Church by Experance also Daniel Morgan..." June Conferance 1872, "Church met and after Divine servise set in conferance the Church taken up the subject of Brother Daniel Morgans non attendance as a Church member, it was unanimously resolved that Brothers Amos Richardson J.R. Davis visit the Brother and know the cause of his non attendance at Church and to report the same to the Church as early as convenient....." July Conferance, 1872 "Church met and after Divine servise set in conferance. Community caled on to report the case of Defaulting Brethren D. Morgan and E. Shepherd and the Brethren being present themselves made their own excuse it was received as good..." Nan located a copy of a deed from the Heirs of Daniel Morgan to John McLemore. The heirs were deeding the "160 acres of land granted by the state of Texas to said Daniel Morgan by Patent No. 550, Vol 41, and dated Feb 3, 1874 said 160 acres being community property of said Daniel and Mary Morgan to John McLemore." This deed was dated May 1886. The heirs listed, "being the only surviving heirs of said decedents....(were) James Morgan, Elizabeth Jones, Owen Morgan, heirs at law....(and also) the following named persons who are the grandchildren of the said decedents, viz: J.F. McLemore and Mary Ann Horn and her husband Elma Horn, Jesse Morgan and Allie Morgan, Ebenezer B. Lee, Timothy Lee, Angelina Watson and her husband John Watson." (Vol P, Page 367) In a letter to Melinda Strong dated September 4, 1999, Carolyn Lockhart indicated that she had heard "that all he had was 160 acres and a member of the family tried to contest the will." (Research):Census Information: 1830 Census, Sampson County, North Carolina (p. 186) Daniel Morgan Males 1 under 5 (James) [Note: No male listed between 10-15 on this census, but an older male, between 15 -20, DOES appear on the subsequent census] 1 between 30-40 (Daniel b. ca 1800) Females 2 under 5 (Sarah, Elizabeth) 1 between 30-40 (Mary b. ca 1800) 1840 Census, Sampson County, North Carolina (p. 9) Danl Morgan Notes: Why isn't there a listing for a male, under the age of 5? (Daniel/David, born ca 1838) 1 male between 5-10 (Owen) 1 male between 10-15 (James) 1 male between 15-20 (Note: this is likely to have been JOHN McLEMORE, son-in-law of Daniel, who married his eldest child, Sarah. The date of their wedding is not known, so John may have either already been married to Sarah, or been living with the family as a farmhand prior to his marriage) 1 male between 40-50 (Daniel) 2 females between 5-10 (Dorcus, Elizabeth) 1 female between 10-15 (Sarah) 1 female between 40-50 (Mary) 1850 Census, Decatur County, Georgia 518/518 Morgan, D.,50,M, Farmer,50 Ga. Morgan, Mary,50,F Ga. Morgan, Elizabeth,21,F Ga. Morgan,Reubin,18,M,Laborer Ga. Morgan, Oliver (sic),16,M,Laborer Ga. Morgan,Dorcas,14,F Ga. Morgan,Daniel,12,M Ga. The state of birth are listed in error as Georgia, whereas the Morgan's were actually all born in North Carolina. Daniel and Mary's two oldest children had left home prior to the above census. Son James was already in Jasper County, Texas, listed as a laborer in the home of 74 year old Elijah ISAACS of South Carolina. Elijah ISAACS is said to be the son of Samuel ISAACS and Mary MORGAN of Lincoln Co., TN; Pendleton Co, S.C, Wilkes Co, N.C. and Lincoln Co, TN. Daughter Sarah, along with her husband John McLemore, lived two households away (516/516) from her parents in Decatur County. Also living nearby was Daniel's nephew, Malachi Morgan. The family moved westward, as in 1860, they could be found in Jasper County, Texas: 1860 Census Jasper County, Texas #352-352 Daniel Morgan 61 M Farmer $160 $200 NC Mary Morgan 61 F NC Owen Morgan 24 M Domestic NC Can't Read or Write David (???) Morgan 22 M Domestic NC Ruby Boyett Burkett reports that two of Daniel and Mary's two youngest daughters, Elizabeth and Dorcus, stayed behind in Georgia. Both of them were widowed during the Civil War, and they journeyed from Georgia to Texas by boat. Daniel met the boat in Galveston, taking his daughters and grandchildren back to Jasper by wagon. Daniel himself was widowed at the time of the 1870 Federal census, and can be found living with this daughter Elizabeth Jones: 1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas Morgan, Daniel,68,Farmer, $600 $300North Carolina Jones, Elizabeth,40, Keeping House, $--- $100 North Carolina Jones, Newton,16,Farm Labor, Georgia Jones, Mary Matilda,15, Georgia Jones, Martha A.,13,Georgia Jones, Elizabeth,11, Georgia Jones, Sarah J.,10, Georgia Jones, Henrietta,8, Georgia Jones, George S,7,Georgia Morgan,Owen,38,Farm Labor, North Carolina , Idiot According to the FamilySearch 1880 Census, Daniel is living with another of his widowed daughters, Dorcus Lee: Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 15 RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Darcus LEE Self F W W 43 NC Occ:Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: NC Ebenezer LEE Son M S W 22 GA Occ:Works On Farm Fa: GA Mo: NC Daniel MORGAN Father M W W 79 NC Occ:Retired Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC Owen MORGAN Brother M S W 45 NC Occ:Idle Fa: NC Mo: NC Alley MORGAN Brother M S W 18 TX Occ:At Home Fa: NC Mo: GA
  Person ID	I2033	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Rueben Morgan,   b. Aft 1770   d. Aft 1840, Lowndes County, Georgia (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Dorcus Newton,   b. Bef 1773, Duplin County, North Carolina d. 3 May 1824, Duplin County, North Carolina (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1793	Duplin County, North Carolina   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	According to "MARRIAGE BONDS OF DUPLIN COUNTY, NC 1749-1868" by Cora Bass (Southern Historical Press: 1959) Rhuben MORGAN and Darcas NEWTON were married on 25 November 1793 by David WILLIAM, with Wm. DICKSON, CC as witness. A few years later, on 2 Feb 1796, Samuel MORGAN and Elizabeth TONANS were married with Wm. WILKINSON officiating, and Wm. DICKSON, CC as witness. The relationship between Rueben and Samuel is unknown.
  Family ID	F1335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary ???,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina d. Aft 1860, Roganville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1826
  	Unable to locate a marriage record for them, even though the marriage records for his siblings were located. The McDaniel/Scarborough/Lutman tree on WorldConnect INCORRECTLY shows her as Susan Mary McShan of Union, South Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bigdocmcd&id=I184136 The maiden name of Daniel's wife, Mary, has currently NOT been proven.
  Children	1. Sarah Morgan,   b. Abt 1826, North Carolina d. Bef 1859, Texas (Age 32 years)   2. James M. Morgan,   b. 23 Jan 1828, North Carolina d. 8 Aug 1888, Jasper County, Texas (Age 60 years)   3. Elizabeth Morgan,   b. 31 Dec 1830, North Carolina d. 13 Dec 1902, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 71 years)   4. Rueben Morgan,   b. Abt 1832, North Carolina d. Bef 1870 (Age 37 years)   5. Owen Morgan,   b. Abt 1834, North Carolina d. Aft 1886 (Age 53 years)   6. Dorcus Morgan,   b. Abt 1836, North Carolina d. Bef 1886 (Age 49 years)   7. Daniel Morgan,   b. Abt 1838, North Carolina d. Bef 1886 (Age 47 years)
  Photos		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  Headstones		Morgan, Daniel and Mary This marker was placed on their final resting place more than 100 years after their death, replacing an ironstone rock
  Family ID	F1301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1800 - North Carolina Death - Bef 1886 - Roganville, Jasper County, Texas Burial - - Morgan Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S222] Morgan, Abner--Letter written about his family in 1946. [S369] Smith, Barbara--Family Researcher (bbsmith2@swbell.net), She shows him being born ca 1802 (Reliability: 3). [S83] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, "CD-ROM," Marriage Index #229. [S437] Trimble, Jeanie Blanton-Family Researcher (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/i/Jeanie-M-Trimble/). [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Morris, Mel (51harley@excite.com) "Our Family" Ver. Sun F eb 22 10:43:41 2004 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bi n/igm.cgi?db=51harley (Reliability: 3). [S116] Graves Family Association "Captain Thomas Graves: 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia and His Descendants (ca. 1580-2012), (http://www.gravesfa.org/).