Christian Grim & Mary Morgan - Person Sheet
Christian Grim & Mary Morgan - Person Sheet
BurialPrickett Cemetery, Marion Co., WV577
OccupationInnkeeper, Soldier577
FatherCol. Morgan MORGAN (1688-1766)
MotherCatherine GARRETSON (1692-1773)
Misc. Notes
Zackquill was the founder of Morgantown, WV; County Lieutenant of Monongalia Co., WV; and an officer in the Revolutionary War.165
“Col. Zackquill Morgan was born in 1735 and came from the eastern panhandle (Berkley County, WV) in 1766-68 with his brother, David, to settle in the Monongahela Valley. His stout log cabin became Fort Morgan and the nucleus around which grew Morgan’s Town, now Morgantown, West Virginia. He died January 1, 1795 and is buried in the Prickett Cemetery at the site of the old Prickett Fort in Marion County, WV.
Zackquill was made county lieutenant of Monongalia County, WV February 17, 1777 and was the military and civil leader of the community. After the Revolution he laid out the town of Morgantown which was established by act of the Virginia Legislature in 1785. He maintained an inn. His home was on University Avenue, north of Fayette Street, until torn down to make way for a filling station.”577
“Col. Zackquill Morgan was born in 1735 and came from the eastern panhandle (Berkley County, WV) in 1766-68 with his brother, David, to settle in the Monongahela Valley. His stout log cabin became Fort Morgan and the nucleus around which grew Morgan’s Town, now Morgantown, West Virginia. He died January 1, 1795 and is buried in the Prickett Cemetery at the site of the old Prickett Fort in Marion County, WV.
Zackquill was made county lieutenant of Monongalia County, WV February 17, 1777 and was the military and civil leader of the community. After the Revolution he laid out the town of Morgantown which was established by act of the Virginia Legislature in 1785. He maintained an inn. His home was on University Avenue, north of Fayette Street, until torn down to make way for a filling station.”577