Morgan Morgan
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Colonel Morgan Morgan (November 1, 1688 – November 17, 1766) is believed traditionally to have founded the first permanent white settlement in present day West Virginia at Cool Spring Farm, although a German town was discovered to have been in existence prior to Morgan's arrival.
Morgan was born in Wales and is often said to have arrived at present-day West Virginia in 1727, though he was living in Delaware at that time, acting as the coroner of New Castle County.[citation needed] He did not arrive in West Virginia until 1731. He is said to have been an ordained clergyman but there is no evidence to support this. However, Morgan did help in the establishment of West Virginia's first church. He died at Bunker Hill, Berkeley Co., (West) Virginia.
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Morgan had eight children by his wife, the former Catherine Garretson. One son, David, became famous as an Indian fighter due to an encounter with Delaware natives at his homestead. Another son, Zackquill, founded Morgantown, West Virginia. Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor of Virginia and later West Virginia, was a descendant of Colonel Morgan.
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