Person:David Morgan (47)

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Brig. Gen. David Banister Morgan
b.21 Aug 1772 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
d.15 Jul 1848 Covington, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States
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  • F.  John Morgan (add)
m. Bef 1766
  1. John Morgan1762 -
  2. Benjamin Morgan1766 -
  3. Lydia Burt Morgan1768 -
  4. Dolly Morgan1770 -
  5. Brig. Gen. David Banister Morgan1772 - 1848
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Name Brig. Gen. David Banister Morgan
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 21 Aug 1772 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 11 Oct 1772 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] 15 Jul 1848 Covington, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Birth Record.

    "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11680-113726-61?cc=1865477 : accessed 30 May 2014), 004375670 > image 444 of 594; citing City Hall.
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    David Morgan, son of John Morgan and Margaret Morgan, of Springfield, was born August 21st A.D., 1772.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baptism Record, in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of West Springfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1944-1945)
    p 158.

    [West Springfield Births]
    MORGAN, David, s. Lt. Jo[h]n, bp. Oct. 11, 1772, C.R.I.

  3.   David Banister Morgan, in Morgan, Appleton. A history of the family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to present times. (New York: Published for subscribers only, 1902)
    p 56.

    ... DAVID BANISTER MORGAN was born at West Springfield, October 2, 1773. He removed to Louisiana in 1803, and was a member for several terms of the territorial legislature. Was a member of the constitutional convention, and upon the admission of Louisiana as a State served for several years in the Legislature. He was Surveyor-General of Louisiana and Mississippi, and commanded the militia of those States in the war of 1812 with the rank of Brigadier-General. At the battle of New Orleans he was second in command in Jackson's army, being in command on the opposite side of the river, where, with 300 militia and no artillery, he met and turned the assaults of Col. Thornton's two regiments of British troops, which had fought in the Peninsula with Wellington. He died in Covington, La., July 15, 1848. ...
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    [Note of Caution: The parents and birthdate are wrong in this source. See Talk page for explanation.]

    Gen. David Banister Morgan
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