Hi Ellen, First did you look at the 1840 Jackson County census for Daniel and Margaret? It is often overlooked that Jackson County was formed in 1831 and about one third of it was taken from Mason County. I have several ancestors who were listed in Mason County census up through 1830 and then in Jackson County from 1840 on without moving from their original locations. Also I will print out a copy of your email and take to work with me. Ron Morgan works the same job as me but on a different shift. He does have quite a bit of information on the Morgan family. Les Shockey At 04:07 AM 8/18/2005, you wrote: >I'm sorry this is going to be such a long one but I am having >trouble with these families and am wondering if there is anyone out >there who might recognize this family. > >Margaret YEAGER daughter of Peter Yeager married a Daniel MORGAN >some time before 1824 when their first child Solomon was born. In >the 1830 Federal Census for Mason Co. Virginia Margaret is listed as >Head of house hold with 1 male between 5-10 and one female under age >of 5. I have a deed where she and Daniel are named grantors along >with her sisters Catherine wife of Daniel ROUSH, Sarah wife of >George AUMILLER, brother Solomon Yeager and wife Susan. Brother >Joseph was the grantee, as he took over their deceased father's >mill located on Old Town Creek, in Mason Co. WV dated 20 Aug 1831. >This is my only proof that Daniel and Margaret were married, however >only Margaret signed the deed whereas all the other spouses of the >brother and sisters signed the deed. >Where is Daniel????? > >This family disappears in 1840, doing a line-by-line search of >Morgan Co. there are NO Morgan's living in Mason Co. in 1840. Daniel >and Margaret Morgan's son Solomon and Rachel CALDWELL were married >13 Feb. 1845 in Mason Co. On 17 January 1847 Solomon and Rachel >purchased a piece of property that borders the Yeager Mill (this >comes from the descriptions of the land in the deed between >Hutchinson McDaniel, his wife Hannah and Solomon and Rachel). >Solomon and Rachel had the following children: > >1850 Mason Co. census - Daniel V. Morgan age 4 (he married Mary >Francis Meek in Greenup Co. KY 1868) > >1860 " " Daniel V age 14 > James W. age 6 (he married > Mary E. McNear 1880 Mason Co. WV) > Margaret age 4 > Mary F. age 1 > >In 1870 Solomon is apparently longer living and Rachel has remarried >(I think) to a Henry CHERRY [1868 Mason Co.Marriage Record] however >in the Mason Co Census we find Rachel (now Cherry) age 41 attached >to the household of a John Pullin and his 11 children (his wife >Elizabeth has probably died - I found the Pullin's living near >Solomon and Rachel in the 1850 census and in the same general >vicinity in 1860 so they were neighbors). Rachel now has the >following Morgan children living with her: >James W age 18 (this is my husbands ggrandfather) >Margaret age 14 >Mary F. age 11 >Jesse age 10 >Silia L(?) age 7 (f) >infant age 1/12 (m) > >A closer look at the above 1870 census I discovered that Rachel >owned the land and the Pullins were just working the farm. Where is Henry???? > >I found a Racheal (sic) Morgan age 52 (did she go back to Morgan >from Cherry?) in Robinson, Mason Co. in the 1880 census with a 20 >year old Mary. > >Now this is where the story gets interesting, in Feb 1884 Jesse T >Morgan sued Mary F Morgan wife of Daniel V. Morgan deceased, and all >of his children for the partition of 5 acres of land that was part >of the Solomon Morgan estate. He was claiming his share and that >of his three other siblings. Mary Francis Morgan had been given >permission to live in the abandoned Solomon Morgan estate by Rachel >Morgan after the death of her son Daniel V. Morgan. (In 1883 James >W. Morgan and his wife Mary signed over their share of the estate >for $100.) The upshot of the story is that Mary Francis Morgan and >her children were given $100 and told to leave the Solomon Farm and >to deed over their share of the estate to Jesse T who then sold the >property to Maggie Musgrave for $1000. I am sure there is more to >this story that I have not yet found. Where was Rachel when all this >was going on???? > >Now for the Jackson County part of this story. >Jame W. Morgan married Mary E. McNEAR (McNeer) in Jan. 1880, she is >the daughter of Daniel Forney McNear and Charity RHODES of Roane >Co., Daniel is said to be from TN (this not profen as I can not >locate any McNear in TN, or WV and as yet haven't located him in PA >either) Charity is the daughter of Joseph Rhodes and Sarah (1850 >Jackson Co. census) >In the census I have for Charity and Daniel McNear it lists his >birth place as VA, parents both PA Daniel fought in the CW on the >Union side he was wounded, received a pension as did Charity as his widow. > >Other than the 1870 and 1880 census for Jackson Co. Charity and >Daniel disappear. They had the following children >James S. McNear bn abt 1863 m. Mary Morgan (is this James W. >Morgan's sister) they moved to TX >Mary E, McNear bn Aug of 1865 m James W. Morgan (husbands ggrandlparents) >Martha J. McNear bn abt 1867 m Arnold Harper >William H. McNear bn abt 1869 m Kate Knightep lived in WV >Hannah E. McNear bn abt 1872 m Fred McCullough >Nancy E. McNear bn abt 1875 >Nanny E. McNear bn abt 1877 > >James W. and Mary E.( McNear) Morgan lived in Jackson Co. all of >their married life. I know little of their life except that he was a >farmer and had a store near Ripply. My mother-in-law, his grand >daughter, recalled visiting there and it being the happiest times of >her life. Her mother Alberta Morgan who married Harley P. Fuller >died when she was only 6 years old. > >Children of James W. and Mary E. Morgan: >Della F. bn Aug 1881 m. Forris McCOY 22 Nov 1900 dd 1 May 1948 >Lena S. bn April 1883 m. Ernest MAHON >Alberta bn 06 Aug 1889 m, Harley P. FULLER 07 Mar 1912 dd 22 March >1927 East Liverpool, Ohio >Edna F. bn Mar 1893 m. Jack HALL dd 11 Aug 1963 >Esta P. bn 05 May 1896 m. Russell POWELL 1917 dd Oct 1981 (they had >no children) > >If anyone recognizes any of thees names please contact me. And if >anyone can direct me to the best places to research these two >counties I'd really appreciate it. Will be going to Mason and >Jackson Counties end of Aug. > >Thank you for all the help this list has provided so far. >Ellen Tolleson Reesh > > > > >==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== >If you have made a list of burials of any Jackson County cemetary, >you can send them to [email protected] to have them added to the >Jackson County WVGenWeb pages. > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.10/73 - Release Date: 8/15/2005