Individual Details

Benjamin Morgan

(October 10, 1762 - September 29, 1841)

"Benjamin Morgan is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, six miles from Nashville, Tennessee. His tombstone recites that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and that his wife is buried in South Carolina. She is buried on the old homestead, 17 miles from Spartanburg, South Carolina, and her son Charles is buried at her side. Daniel Morgan, who commanded at the battle of Cowpens, in the Revolutionary War, was a cousin of Benjamin Morgan's children. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is a second cousin of these children, as also General John H. Morgan." (GENEALOGY OF THE KEMPER FAMILY by Willis Miller Kemper, 1899, page 69.)

Events

BirthOctober 10, 1762
MarriageNovember 1, 1782Cedar Grove, near Warrington, Fauquier County, Virginia - Elizabeth Kemper
DeathSeptember 29, 1841
BurialSpring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseElizabeth Kemper (1760 - 1821)
ChildJames Morgan (1783 - 1799)
ChildCharles Morgan (1785 - 1806)
ChildAnn Taylor Morgan (1789 - 1876)
ChildJohn Morgan (1791 - 1850)
ChildElizabeth Fishback Morgan (1793 - )
ChildBenjamin Morgan (1795 - )
ChildSpencer Morgan (1796 - )
ChildHarwood Morgan (1798 - 1899)
ChildThomas Richard Morgan (1809 - 1836)
FatherJames Morgan ( - )
MotherElizabeth Taylor (1740 - )
SiblingSarah Morgan (1758 - )
SiblingElizabeth Morgan (1760 - 1862)