James "SQUIRE" Morgan

1780 - 1854  (73 years)

• Name	James "SQUIRE" Morgan
  Birth	27 Oct 1780	Rutherford Co., NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	943D368A85B0DA11BE2B00C0267EFAB0A845
  Death	26 Oct 1854	Rutherford Co., NC
  Person ID	I965	Finchum
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Rev. Perminter Morgan,   b. 29 Aug 1755, Hartford Co., MD d. 28 Apr 1824, Rutherford Co., NC (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Gracie Jones,   b. 27 Mar 1755   d. 14 Dec 1834, Rutherford Co., NC (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1775
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret"Peggy " Grant,   b. 9 Jan 1788, Burke County North Carolina d. 9 Oct 1845, Buncombe Co., NC (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1802	Rutherford County NC
  Children	1. Susan Tabitha Morgan,   b. 1 Oct 1804   d. 1839/1840 (Age 35 years)   2. Perminter D. Morgan,   b. 26 Jun 1806, McDowell NC d. 29 Jan 1865, Petersburg Dinwiddle County Virgina (Age 58 years)   3. Mary Ann "Polly" Morgan,   b. 1809, Buncombe County NC d. 27 Jan 1877, Buncombe NC (Age 68 years)   4. Jones H. (James) Morgan Sr.,   b. 1 Sep 1812, nc d. 16 Jul 1854, Buncombe County North Carolina (Age 41 years)   5. Margaret Morgan,   b. 1814, Buncombe County NC d. 1874, White county Georgia (Age 60 years)   6. Lewis R. Morgan,   b. 1818   d. Buncombe County North Carolina   7. Morris G. Morgan,   b. 1819, Buncombe County NC   8. Millie Morgan,   b. 1822, Burke County North Carolina   9. Elijah C. Morgan,   b. 9 Aug 1824, Buncombe Co., NC d. 27 Oct 1879, Buncombe Co., NC (Age 55 years)   10. Mattie Morgan,   b. 1824, Buncombe County NC   11. Stephen A. Morgan,   b. 1828, Honimy Creek Buncom County NC   12. John Gano Morgan,   b. 1829
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "p. 165. 25 Feb. 1853.. I, James Morgan, residing on the Reedy Branch of South Hominy Creek & being of sound mind and memory & that death is certain, I do make this as my last will. I give and bequeath in the following manner. FirstI desire that my executor and family bury me in a plain & decent manner by theside of my wife in what is now called the Miller Grave Yard & my executor pay all my lawful debts that I may owe at my decease from the money on hand. I will& desire that my three youngest sons & one dtr. that is Elijah Morgan, StephenMorgan & John Gane Morgan and Polly Morgan their sister all the land that I now posses or may have at my decease to be equally divided among them, that is mythree sons & my daughter. Also I desire that my farming tools be divided amongst my three sons at my decease. "I desire that my little granddaughter MarthaMorgan dtr. of Maris G. Morgan that I received from a child to hold an equal in the personal estate at my decease with my little property that her grandmother left her at her death." I will & desire that the rest of my personal property that has not been mentioned in this will to go to the children before mentioned, such as cattle, horses, hogs & sheep with the other property to be equallydivided. I appoint my sons Elijah & Stephens Morgan as my executors. Wit:E. Morgan, S.D. Clark & P.D. Morgan. Signed James Morgan...." 1803 Justice of the peace Rutherford County NC