James Morgan - Wauwatosa Cemetery - Wauwatosa, WI
N 43° 03.795 W 088° 00.513
16T E 417878 N 4768332
James Morgan enlisted in the Continental Army at the age of 30. His grave is located in the Wauwatosa Cemetery in Wauwatosa, WI.
Waymark Code: WM58K5
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2008
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The marker reads:
"REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN |
Patriot James Morgan was born April 5, 1748, in Frederick County, Virginia. At the age of 30, Morgan enlisted in the Revolution for a three-month tour in Colonel John Evan's Virginia Regiment. He served with General McIntosh's campaign in the Ohio country. Morgan re-enlisted in 1779, for a three-month term with a Pennsylvania Regiment. His third enlistment was again with Colonel Evans, as a scout and spy against Loyalist Indians. James Morgan was discharged in August 15, 1780. |
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ERECTED IN 2005
WISCONSIN SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION FROM A GENEROUS
CONTRIBUTION FROM WILLIAM RODDIS,
AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE MORGAN-
KOSCIUSZKO CHAPTER" |
"REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN |
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James Morgan resided in Morgantown, Virgina until 1820, when he moved to Vermillion County, Illinois. He subsequently moved to Wauwatosa in the late 1830s. There he died at the age of 92 on March 3, 1840, and is buried in this cemetery. |
Two other descendants of the American Revolution -- Lyman Wheeler and Annis Avery Hill are also buried in this cemetery. Wheeler's grandfather was a eighth-generation American who answered the call to arms in Lexington on April 19, 1775. Annis Hill's father, Jonathan Avery, was a Minute Man and Orderly Sergeant in the Revolution. |
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY" |
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: April 5, 1748
Date of Death: March 1, 1840
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text: James Morgan
Virginia
Col John Evan's
VA Troops
Revolutionary
War
April 5, 1748
March 1, 1840
Ranks: Colonel
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