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The Robert F. Morgan Branch of Morgans originated
on the Keowee River of in the backwoods of South Carolina
immediately after the Revolutionary War about 1790. Research
of local records show several Morgans living in the area in
1790, the first census. There was a Benjamin Morgan, probably
the grandfather of Robert F. Morgan. Some of the descendants
of Benjamin Morgan settled in the Brevard, North Carolina area
in the early 1800s. There was a John Morgan, a large land
owner, and a Morgan Morgan living in the piedmont area of
South Carolina at the census of 1790. These Morgans probably
migrated from Pennsylvania. Daniel Boone's mother was Sarah
Morgan, being the wife of Squire Boone. They lived in the
Rutherforton, North Carolina area before Daniel Boone explored
over the Cumberland Gap Kentucky. General Daniel Morgan, a
fellow soldier and friend of George Washington, who led the
battle of King's Mountain must have been a close relative of
Daniel Boone and Morgan Morgan, the first white settler of
West Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia was named for him.
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