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Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan (July 6, 1736 – July 6, 1802) was an American pioneer, soldier, and United States Representative from Virginia. One of the most gifted battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion (1791–1794).
==Early years==
Morgan is believed to have been born in the area of Junction (now Hampton) in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.〔Kreis, Anthony M. ("By perseverance and fortitude: A Brief History of People and Events of the Township of Bethlehem" ), Township of Bethlehem. Accessed November 13, 2013. "General Daniel Morgan was a Revolutionary War general and a United States Representative from the State of Virginia. Morgan was born outside of Hampton, New Jersey in 1736."〕 All four of his grandparents were Welsh immigrants who lived in Pennsylvania.〔(Edward Morgan Log House ), Genealogy, accessed November 12, 2011.〕 Morgan was the fifth of seven children of James Morgan (1702–1782) and Eleanor Lloyd (1706–1748). When Morgan was 17, he left home following a fight with his father. After working at odd jobs in Pennsylvania, he moved to the Shenandoah Valley. He finally settled on the Virginia frontier, near what is now Winchester, Virginia.
He worked clearing land, in a sawmill, and as a teamster. In just a year, he saved enough to buy his own team. Morgan had served as a civilian teamster during the French and Indian War, with his cousin Daniel Boone.〔(Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania )〕 After returning from the advance on Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) by General Braddock's command, he was punished with 499 lashes (a usually fatal sentence) for punching his superior officer. Morgan thus acquired a hatred for the British Army. He then fell in love with Abigail Curry; they married and had two daughters, Nancy and Betsy.
Morgan later served as a rifleman in the provincial forces assigned to protect the western settlements from French-backed Indian raids. Some time after the war, he purchased a farm between Winchester and Battletown. By 1774, he was so prosperous that he owned ten slaves.〔Higginbotham p.13-15〕 That year, he served in Dunmore's War, taking part in raids on Shawnee villages in the Ohio Country.
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