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Descendants of Theophilus MORGAN of North Henderson County and South Carroll County, Tennessee

First Generation

1. Theophilus MORGAN was born about 1760 in North Carolina. He died on 18 Aug 1844 in Desoto County, Mississippi.

Theophilus married Ruth OWENS, daughter of Basil OWINGS and Bathsheba, on 6 Aug 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Theophilus Morgan was a Revolutionary soldier, and a relative of General Daniel Morgan, of Revolutionary fame. He was present atthe surrender of General Cornwallis.
THEOPHILUS MORGAN was a North Carolina Militia member. He enlisted into the NC Militia in Rowan Co., NC He married Nancy Mason 20 Jan 1813 in Robertson County, TN.  He died 18 Aug 1844
 in DeSoto County, MS. His widow applied for a pension in 1875 in Madison County, TN at age 85. Children were Lucretia Morgan, Henry H. Morgan, Theophilus B. Morgan, Bryant C. Morgan,
(1 child name cannot be read), Thomas J. Morgan, Perry M. Morgan and Nancy E. Morgan. Information provided by researcher, Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith.   CARROLL COUNTY
DEED BOOK A,1820-1827pages 23-24. July 24, 1822, THEOPHILUS MORGAN, Carroll County,Tenn. sold to JOHN MORGAN, Henderson County., Tenn., land on Big Sandy River for $278.
Witness WASHINGTON RAYBURN. Registered March 1, 1823.

Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements Pension application of Theophilus Morgan R16544 Nancy fn19NC Transcribed by Will Graves 5/15/09[Methodology:
Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Also, the handwriting of the original scribes often lends itself to
varying interpretations. Users of this database are urged to view the original and to make their own decision as to how to decipher what the original scribe actually wrote. Blanks appearing in the transcripts
reflect blanks in the original.][fnp. 2: printed form with file ins in blue text]Declaration of Original Pension of A Widow -- Child or Children under Sixteen Years of Age Surviving State of Tennessee,
County of Madison On this 28 day of December, A.D. 1875 personally appeared before me S. D. Barnett Clerk of the County Court of said County the same being a court of record within and for
 the County and State aforesaid, Nancy Morgan aged 85 years, who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided by Acts of Congress
granting pensions to widows: That she is the widow of Theophilus Morgan who enlisted under the name of Theophilus Morgan at Rowan County North Carolina on the __ day of about the year, A.D. 1780,
 in Carlton's Command Davidson's division in the war of the Revolution, who died in the year 1844 of congestion of the lungs in DeSoto County Mississippi on the 18th day of August, A.D.1844,
 who bore at the time of his death the rank of private, in Cavalry service aforesaid; that she was married under the name of Nancy Mason to the said Theophilus Morgan on the 20th day of January, A.D. 1813
by Esquire Duncan at Robertson County Tennessee, there being no legal barrier to such marriage; that she has not been previously married but her husband had been previously married to Ruth Owens
by whom he had 8 children, ages of children not know, that she has to the present date remained his widow; that the following all the names and dates of birthof all his legitimate children yet surviving
 who are under 16years of age at my father's death, to wit: His by herself | His by a Former Marriage Lucretia born the 1813 |Henry H. born 1815 None under |Theophilus be born 1816 16 years |
Bryant C. born 1818 | None Sallie born 1821 |Thomas born 1823 |Perry M born 1824 |Nancy E. born 1826 |That she has not abandoned the support of any one of his children, but that they are
still under her care or maintenance: they are now all providing for themselves that are living That she has not in any manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the rebellion in the United States;
that no prior application has been filed deceased or your petitioner, for the reason that both the deceased & petitioner had a plenty up to the late war that she hereby appoints Thomas C. Moore
her attorney to prosecute her claims; that her residence is No.Cumberland Street, Jackson Tennessee and that her post offic eaddress is Jackson Madison County Tennessee S/ A. S. Sayle S/

Nancy Morgan, X her mark

They had the following children.

Theophilus also married Nancy MASON on 20 Jan 1813 in Robertson County, Tennessee. Nancy was born in 1790 in North Carolina. She died in 1885 in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA.

They had the following children.

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