Near McConnelsville in Morgan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Deerfield Township

Rebels at the Weaver Farm

— John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail —

Deerfield Township Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Carl "Skip" Roos, May 12, 2021

1. Deerfield Township Marker

Inscription. Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and 600 Confederate cavalrymen entered Deerfield Township, Morgan County, about dusk on July 22, 1863. Morgan rested his men for the night at the John Weaver Farm near the Island Run headwaters.

General Morgan entered the Weaver cabin and, after assuring the family that they would not be harmed, pulled a "straw tick" from a bed and fell asleep on the floor. The raiders slept in the orchard. Although the Confederates burned some fence rails for firewood and fed a small amount of the Weavers' newly harvested wheat to their horses, they did no other harm to the farmstead. Mrs. Weaver stayed up all night making breakfast of griddlecakes and biscuits for the soldiers. The following morning Morgan asked Weaver to guide him to Eagleport, a recognizable landmark on his map. As the Confederates approached Eagleport, they released Weaver unharmed. County Name Origin: Morgan County was named in honor of John Hunt Morgan's ancestor, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, of American Revolutionary War fame. Picture Caption: The Weavers' log farmhouse was moved to Dublin Ohio, and converted into a restaurant called the Morgan House.

Erected by Ohio Civil War Trail Commission, Civil War 150 Ohio, Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 36.)

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This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail in Ohio series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 22, 1863.

Location. 39° 44.651′ N, 81° 57.397′ W. Marker is near McConnelsville, Ohio, in Morgan County. It is on Ohio Route 669, on the right when traveling north. Just south of Solomons Lutheran Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: McConnelsville OH 43756, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eagleport (approx. 2.3 miles away); Muskingum River Navigation System (approx. 2.7 miles away); Rokeby Lock (approx. 2.7 miles away); Morgan's Raid (approx. 2.7 miles away); Morgan Raiders (approx. 3.1 miles away); Gaysport Bridge (approx. 5.4 miles away); Nelson McCoy Pottery Company (approx. 7.7 miles away); Milligan, Ohio’s Icebox (approx. 7.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McConnelsville.

Photographed by Carl "Skip" Roos, May 12, 2021

2. Deerfield Township Marker

Photographed by Gregory Roos, May 12, 2021

3. Deerfield Township Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2021, by Gregory Roos of Cincinnati, Ohio. This page has been viewed 928 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 18, 2021, by Gregory Roos of Cincinnati, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.