Morgan Morgan - Firsts

Firsts

Morgan Morgan is credited with many firsts:

• First permanent white settler of present-day West Virginia
• First church founder
• First civil officer
• First judicial officer
• First commissioned military officer
• First licensed tavern keeper
• First engineer of roads, as well as builder of the first road (about 12 miles (19 km) long)
• First militia organized, 1735, now the 201st National Guard