"John Morgan a brother in law of Elisha used to relate how he came by his own wound. He and a comrade got onto the parapet for better range and opportunity to fire when his companion said "There now John we ve a good chance at them." But they soon found the good chances were pretty evenly divided as John received a ball in his knee which gave him a stiff leg and afterward a pension while his comrade whose name could not be recalled was killed outright John on the death of his sister and her husband took charge of the family and reared them as his own. He died in 1840 a bachelor"

source: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports ...

By William Wallace Harris, p. 248

John Morgan 3d a volunteer wounded in the fort with a mufket ball near the joint of the knee by means of which his knee is rendered intirely ftiff and he much difabled in walking and the like exercifes

source: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports ...

By William Wallace Harris   p. 129

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John Morgan - Wounded at Ft. Griswold and Paroled, Age 21

Gravestone Inscription:

       In memory of
M R.  J O H N  M O R G A N.
  who died April 17, 1840.
      in the 80th. year
          of his age.
Severely wounded at the taking of Fort
Griswold in 1781, he sustained through
Life the character of a Hero a Patriot and
            an honest man
As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive