Patriot Defender/David Morgan (1721-1813)
Inscription
David Morgan, soldier French & Indian War, serving at Fort Necssity and in Braddock and Forbes Expeditions. Soldier in Revolutionary War. Provided drill grounds at Pettyjohn. Surveyed Pricketts Fort and southwest Virginia. Justice of the peace. Noted for saving two of his children in a fight with two Indians.
[Reverse]
Son of Col. Morgan Morgan. Surveyed with Washington for Fairfax Stone; explored with Boone & Gist. Settled here in 1771. Surveyed Pleasantville (Rivesville) 1776. Upriver on his nearby 361 - acre River See he est. Pettyjohn with ferry, mail drop, trading post, and home (extant) with salt works.
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