... Capt. John Morgan, who married Mary Hall, daughter of Maj. William Hall and Thankful Doak Hall. He and family moved to Sumner County in 1784 with his father-in-law, Major Hall. He had married Mary before leaving North Carolina. He built his fort on an eminence in the vicinity of Rogana on lands since owned by Dr. Jesse Johnson. Some of the logs of which the fort was constructed are now in the wall of a barn on this farm. Capt. Morgan's father, "Squire John Morgan," came with him and was killed by an Indian warrior under the hill. The Indian rushed upon him and sank his tommy-hawk deeply into his brain, where it was left, being too tightly wedged into the skull to be withdrawn. Capt. John's brother, Armstead, a fine young man and very popular with the settlers, was killed from ambush at Southwest Pass, while piloting a party of emigrants from Knoxville. Capt. John Morgan or Capt. Charles Morgan, husband of Thankful Hall, was wounded by the Indians at the time of Major Hall and his son, Richard, were killed. His son James had been killed shortly before this.
The children of Capt. John Morgan and Mary Hall Morgan are:
- Nancy, married James Bright.
- Patsy, married George Gillespie; lived near Franklin, Tenn.
- Malinda, married Francis Porterfield, of Fayetteville, afterwards of Nashville.
- Susan, married Dr. Davis.
- Polly, married James Fulton.
- Thankful, married John Cage, son of Maj. William Cage and Elizabeth Douglass Cage, of Sumner County.
These daughters were said to be quite handsome and sensible. His sons were: Hiram, John H., Dan (who died young), and Charles, a prominent citizen of Sumner County. ... Capt. Morgan left Sumner County and settled at Mulberry, near Fayetteville. He died in 1820 as reported by one of his descendants, although "Historic Sumner County," by Cisco, reports his death in the 1830's. He was buried in his garden at Mulberry. On the breaking out of the Creek War, Capt. Morgan raised a company of mounted troops and joined Gen. Jackson at the rendezvous at Huntsville, Ala. "He was a large, handsome man, with noble features and gray hair that hung down on his shoulders, and when he rode through Fayetteville, at the head of his company, his appearance and the occasion was never forgotten by those who witnessed it, and is one of the traditions of the town." He was well advanced in years, but he said: "A man should never get too old to fight the British and Indians." His wife, Mary Hall Morgan, had black eyes that flashed at the mention of either, but could one expect differently of her whose father (Maj. William Hall) and two brothers (James and Richard), father-in-law (Esquire John Morgan), two brothers-in-law (Charles and Armstead Morgan), were all killed by Indians? Mary Hall Morgan Died in 1850, about 90 years of age, at the home of her daughter, Polly, and her husband, Col. James Fulton, in Fayetteville, and was buried in the old Fayetteville Cemetery at the Presbyterian Church. ...
