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Luther Morgan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: 1805 (28-29)
Near Nacogdoches, Tejas, Reino de Nueva España (hunting accident)
Place of Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial
Immediate Family:

Son of Corp. Gideon Morgan and Patience Morgan
Husband of Ann Cameron Morgan
Father of Samuel Dold Morgan; Alexander G. Morgan, twin; Calvin Cogswell Morgan, Sr. and Luther Morgan, Jr.
Brother of Calvin Gogswell Morgan, Sr.; Col. Gideon Morgan; Captain Rufus M. Morgan; Mary White; William Chilton Morgan and 10 others

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About Luther Morgan

Luther Morgan was the fourth cousin of President John Quincy Adams, and thereby third cousin, once removed, to his father, President John Adams; fourth cousin of the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (and thereby fourth cousin once removed to his son, Justice of the Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.); and fifth cousin of the writer and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.


Luther Morgan was listed as an ensign in the Augusta County, Virginia militia in 1797.


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113011059


Luther Morgan died near Nacogdoches, Texas in a hunting accident.
He married Anna Cameron Dold in 1798.

Davey Crockett's visit in 1813 "After his recovery Colonel Crockett and his party journeyed through Stony Lonesome. From Elyton they went along the Huntsville Road as far as Mt. Pinson and crossed the river at Cook's Ferry. Soon they arrive at the sulphur springs to rest a few days as the guests of Luther Morgan, whose establishment consisted of a wigwam covered with bark near two large birch trees, to one of which a large pet bear was chained. Crockett returned to Tennessee via Bear Meat Cabin and Huntsville."
from Brown and Nabers (Sketches of Alabama) who believe Morgan's wigwam was situated at present day Blount Springs

Father of 

Samuel Dold Morgan Sr.
1798–1880

Calvin Cogswell Morgan
1801–1854

Alexander Gibson Morgan
1802–1847

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Luther Morgan's Timeline

1776
March 21, 1776
New Preston, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1798
November 8, 1798
Staunton, Virginia, United States
1801
December 16, 1801
Staunton, Virginia, United States
December 16, 1801
Staunton, VA
1805
1805
Age 28
Near Nacogdoches, Tejas, Reino de Nueva España
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Non-Cemetery Burial