Revolutionary War Service of William Morgan
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN WILLIAM MORGAN
Declaration of Pensioner
Prince Edward County, Virginia, 17 September 1832
Pensioner declares that he was born in 1757.
In 1776, he enlisted as a private, serving under Captain Robert Hughes and Lieutenant Edward Munford. They marched from Cumberland County to Richmond, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. He was discharged at Yorktown after two months' service.
In 1777 or 1778, he served two months as Sergeant of the Guard, overseeing 200 British prisoners at the old Cumberland Courthouse in Powhatan County.
In April 1780, he joined a cavalry unit organized in Powhatan County, commanded by Captain Littleberry Mosby and Lieutenants Horatio Turpin and Wade Mosby. They rode to Richmond and Williamsburg, then across the Chickahominy River at Bottom's Bridge, to Petersburg. At Petersburg, they were joined by another cavalry unit from Dinwiddie County. Led by General Steuben, they succuessfully drove the British back to Richmond and down the James River. He was discharged after serving two months.
In February 1781, he joined a rifle company in Prince Edward County, serving under Captain Andrew Baker, Lieutenant Parker, and Ensign Read. They met with General Nathanael Greene near the Dan River, and were attached to Colonel Call's Regiment. After one month, he returned to Prince Edward for provisions, but rejoined the army to march against Ramsay's Mill on the Deep River. They were then put under the command of General Robert Lawson. He was discharged in Halifax County, North Carolina, having served two months.
Source: Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, by Herbert Joseph Thompson McAllister. McAllister Publishing Company, Hot Springs, Virginia, 1913.