First Settlement in West Virginia
Morgan arrived in what is now West Virginia in 1731. In January 1734, Morgan Morgan, among others, was appointed one of the 'Commission of the Peace.' He likely received a Patent for 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) 'n the Forks of the Rappahannock River & Westwood of Sherrando River' on 12 Dec 1734. In 1735, he 'presented unto Court his military commission and was sworn thereto'. He engineered the first road in West Virginia. The road went from Mill Creek to Winchester, Virginia and was some 12 miles (19 km) long. Morgan Morgan constructed Mill Creek Church. It was the first church of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He became a community leader serving first as Justice of the Peace and Captain of the Militia. He later acquired the title "Colonel". He opened the first Inn for Pioneer travelers. He is reported to have consulted with George Washington. Morgan Morgan was the Presiding judge when the first Frederick County Court met in Winchester in 1742. Also in 1742, he 'presented another, promoting him to the rank of Major.' He died at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, in what is now Bunker Hill, West Virginia and was buried in the Morgan Chapel Graveyard.
Read more about this topic: Morgan Morgan
Famous quotes containing the words settlement, west and/or virginia:
“... if the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.”
—Jane Addams (1860–1935)
“In trying to understand the appeal of best-sellers, it is well to remember that whistles can be made sounding certain notes which are clearly audible to dogs and other of the lower animals, though man is incapable of hearing them.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
“While I am in favor of the Government promptly enforcing the laws for the present, defending the forts and collecting the revenue, I am not in favor of a war policy with a view to the conquest of any of the slave States; except such as are needed to give us a good boundary. If Maryland attempts to go off, suppress her in order to save the Potomac and the District of Columbia. Cut a piece off of western Virginia and keep Missouri and all the Territories.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)