I can't take much credit for researching my Dad's genealogy. He always had a sense of family , and quite a few of his relatives had researched their genealogy.
My mom never talked much about her genealogy. I knew that my maternal grandma Lily had told me about her father Stanley Jones Morgan, a Baptist preacher. While visiting NC one year, I found a cousin who knew quite a bit about the Morgan genealogy and I found that it was very well documented and that some had even written extensively about their ancestors, my ancestors.
My mom had always talked about Morgan Hill. I thought it was a mythical place. It wasn't ! There were even two Morgan Hill areas in the Asheville ,NC area. My Morgan Hill was North of Asheville in the Weaverville-Flat Creek area.
This is a photo of Morgan Hill Baptist Church today. I believe that my great grandfather Stanley Morgan was the founding pastor. Stanley Morgan was the son of Stephen Morgan and his obituary was published in Flat Creek Baptist Church 1833 Minutes, an invaluable book published by Norma Morgan.
The Morgan Hill area of my ancestors is mentioned in this chart
This is the cemetery of Morgan Hill Baptist Church, where my great grandfather SJ Morgan and many of his descendants are buried.
I did not know there was a public school at the site. My mother lived in Asheville but I will bet that a lot of her first cousins attended this school. I found that mom's Aunt Adaline Morgan Ammons lived in the area and her husband Jud Ammons was the principal.
This is the gravestone of my great grandfather Stanley Jones Morgan.
The obituary of Stanley Morgan's Father from the Flat Creek Minutes.
"obituary of Brother Stephen Morgan
copied from Flat Creek Baptist Church Minutes..published by Norma Morgan
original spelling unchanged
who departed this life July 23rd 1896. Born Nov. 1st 1809 age eighty six
years eight months and 22 days professed faith in Christ the ninth year
of his age and joined the church at FLAT CREEK in the 22 year of his age
In the year 1832 and lived a faithful and devoted member of the same
until his death making him a member of the church sixty four years. He was
ordained a deacon of the church June the third 1837 and served the church
fifty nine years. He was married to Jane Buckner in the 22 year of age
and there was born unto them ten children. He lived with her thirty six
years and she died in full triumph of a liveing faith leaving him and the
children to morn her departure. In 1867 January 1st he was married to
Rachael Miles and lived with her thirty years a more devoted husbon and
a loving father to children never lived. He lived religion every day
as a living epistle and read and known of all around him. He talked it
by the wayside at home at the church at his neighbors house. We have
oftimes seen him shout and praise God in church in his home and in the
field when about the dailey avocation of life in all his relation with the church
there was never naught brought against him in over 50 years. He never missed
a church meeting, I have often heard him say the grate success of a flourishing
church was the faithful attendence of the church members at the church meetings.
Oh how he will be missed at old Flat Creek but he has gone to
reap the reward that remains for the people of God. He leaves a dear wife and
three children and a large number of grandchildren and friends to mourn his
departure aned we have no doubt that their loss is his eternal gain.'
Baptist Preacher I wrote about him in another blog...http://thereadonwnc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/rev-stephen-morgan-17761859
This was also written about Stephen Morgan on the WNC website..click here
Stephen Morgan Sr. was the son of Perminter/ Perminter Morgan.
Perminter Morgan 1755-1824 was a very well known Baptist Preacher in his day.
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