A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A132519

This information found on Ancestry.com: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2594110/person/-1814629283/media/1?p...

For what bit of information about James Morgan [and molly/Mary Davis], that was contained in the package of information on Bessie Parr, his service record was not there. Going back into my ‘stash of stuff’ – found this about James Morgan. Research was done by Shirley Wright Bishop – whom I trust implicitly as a researcher for the Wright/Morgan/Parr lines:

James Morgan, Sr, born circa 1729 in Rowan Co, North Carolina and died in 1810. He married Mary Polly Davis on the 18th of July in 1754, in St. George Parish in Baltimore County, Maryland. This is the James Morgan who was a signer of the Regulator Petition, and who's son was the Rev. James Morgan, Jr. who was born in Baltimore Co, Maryland. The Rev. James Morgan, Jr. testified in his Revolutionary War Pension Application #57251, that he was born in Baltimore Co, MD & this fact gives credence to the notion that the 1754 marriage record found in Baltimore Co, MD does belong to his parents. The pension records do not offer proof of the Reverend's parentage, but the couple was named in the memoir of his nephew, Enoch Parr, who states that his maternal grandparents were James Morgan and Molly Davis. Parr further describes entering his Uncle James Morgan's ( James Morgan, Jr) school once he turned 5 years old. This fact is significant in properly identifying the family, because James, Jr. does make reference in his application to his years as a teacher. The Parr manuscript glues and binds the Morgan genealogy together.

James Morgan, Sr m. 1754 to Mary Molly Davis Rev. James Morgan, Jr. Mary Polly Morgan m. Arthur Parr Enoch Parr Also:From Nicholas Ross Morgan's account of early Morgans, Rosses, Congers: "James, brother of my father married and lived in Rowan Co. on the Yadkin. Of his family nothing is known. He was Justice of the Peace and Major in the Militia." And:James Morgan was in Baltimore County, Maryland before 1737, at which time it appears that he married Elizabeth Walker. He had one son by his first wife - John Permenta Morgan, b. 12 Feb 1738. There may have been other children, but no record has been found for them.

He married his second wife, Mary Davis on 18 Jul 1754 and three children by his second wife - Children born to James Morgan and Mary Davis are:

1. Perminter Morgan, b. 29 Aug 1755;

2. Sarah Morgan, b. 7 Dec 1757

3. James Morgan, b. 16 Apr 1760. **

4.     Nancy Morgan, b. abt 1762; married Richard Wright, Jr. in 1780; (my ancestry line)

5. B arbara Morgan, b. abt 1764, married Benjamin Wright, brother of Richard, Jr.
6. Mary Morgan, b. 12 Feb 1766, married Arthur Parr 22 Feb 1782;
7. M artha Morgan, b. 8 Aug 1768; married William Wright, brother to both Benjamin and Richard, Jr.

8.     El ijah Morgan, b. abt 1773; married Mary Crum

9. Isaac Morgan, b. abt 1775, married Susan Fouts abt 1798

10. Susannah Morgan, b. abt 1780; married Levi Truitt abt 1800

** James Morgan, son of James Morgan and Mary Davis, was b. in Baltimore County, Maryland and lived in Randolph County, North Carolina at the time of his enlistment in the Revolutionary War in 1781.  He moved to Guilford County, North Carolina and also enlisted there in 1782.  At various times he served under Captains John Hines, Thomas Dougan and Daniel Gillespie.  He lived for awhile in South Carolina.  By 1834 he was living in Yancey County, North Carolina where he applied for a pension (S7251) on 20 Oct 1834. (North Carolina Genealogy, Fall-Winter, 1972, pages 2787-2788, and St. George’s Parish Registers 1689-1793.  Rev. James Morgan, Jr. who was born in Baltimore Co, Maryland. The Rev. James Morgan, Jr. testified in his Revolutionary War Pension Application #57251, that he was born in Baltimore Co, MD & this fact gives credence to the notion that the 1754 marriage record found in Baltimore Co, MD does belong to his parents. The pension records do not offer proof of the Reverend's parentage, but the couple was named in the memoir of his nephew, Enoch Parr, who states that his maternal grandparents were James Morgan and Molly Davis. Parr further describes entering his Uncle James Morgan's ( James Morgan, Jr) school once he turned 5 years old. This fact is significant in properly identifying the family, because James, Jr. does make reference in his application to his years as a teacher. The Parr manuscript glues and binds the Morgan genealogy together.

Other documents referenced are:

1. Maryland Marriages 1634-1777 by Robert Barnes, pg 126

2. Baltimore MD Families 1659-1759 by Robert Barnes, pg 456;

3. History of Bartholomew & Jackson Cos., Indiana, pg 745, ESWAU Huppeday, Broad Rv Gen Soc, Shelby NC;

4. GSA pension records (Rev. War) for James Morgan Jr.

5. Memoir of Enoch Parr, Ind Mag of Hist VOl XXII, #4; and

6. Rowan Co., NC 1790-1800-1810 Censuses

Finally – in the event you don’t have the entire document, this is where you can read the “Memoir of Enoch Parr”, whereby he writes of his father [Arthur Parr] doing his service during the Revolutionary War. The Memoir of Enoch Parr can be read at the following source found at: http://w ebapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/imh/view.do?docId=VAA4025-022-4-a02&query=text:(enoch%20parr)  

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Jane Brashier, b. 1704 (age 4 in 1708, per court record; age 6 in 1710, when "Jane Brasier, d/o William, [was] bound to Sarah Day of BalCo to age 16 or date of marriage," IS#A, p.181); m. 13 Dec 1728, James Morgan, St. George's Parish. Jane may have d. young: James Morgan m.?2. 8 Jul 1737, Elizabeth Walker; m.?3. 18 Jul 1745, Mary Davis; m.?4. 12 Nov 1749, Mary Green.

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