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Col. Morgan Morgan
By Cosmos Mariner, May 18, 2019
Morgan Chapel Marker (wide view from Runnymeade Road • Morgan Chapel in background)
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| On Runnymeade Road (County Route 26) at Soldier Drive, on the right when traveling west on Runnymeade Road. |
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At Bunker Hill in 1726, Colonel Morgan Morgan founded the first permanent settlement of record in what is now West Virginia. In commemoration of this event, the state of West Virginia has erected a monument in Bunker Hill State Park, and has . . . — — Map (db m134056) HM |
| On Runnymeade Road (County Route 26) at Soldier Drive, on the right when traveling west on Runnymeade Road. |
| | 300 yards west is one of the oldest Episcopal churches in West Virginia. Built in 1740 by Morgan Morgan. Five Revolutionary soldiers buried in church yard. Used as a barracks during war between the states. — — Map (db m134064) HM |
| On Runneymead Road, 0.5 miles west of Goldmiller Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Originally built 1731-34 as second home of Morgan Morgan-first white settler in West Virginia. Rebuilt with some of original logs in 1976 as a State and County Bicentennial project. It was here during the Revolution that James Morgan, the grandson . . . — — Map (db m12798) HM |
| On Runnymead Road, 0.4 miles west of U.S. 11, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First Episcopal Church in West Virginia Established 1740 by Col. Morgan Morgan known as Morgan's Chapel Present building 1851 — — Map (db m12848) HM |
| On Winchester Pike (U.S. 11) north of Old Mill Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Two miles west is the site of the first house in present West Virginia. It was built by Col. Morgan Morgan who came from Delaware in 1726. It was destroyed and the one now there was built in 1800 by another Morgan. — — Map (db m57717) HM |
| On Winchester Pike (U.S. 11) just north of Old Mill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Nov. 1, 1688 — Nov. 17, 1766. Erected by the State of West Virginia. In commemoration of the first settlement within the present boundaries of said State, which was made by Col. Morgan Morgan, a native of Wales, and Catherine Garretson, his . . . — — Map (db m1169) HM |
Apr. 30, 2024
