STANLY COUNTY, NC - HOFFMAN - Goin Morgan, grandfather of Drew Morgan
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From the notebook of Lilly Carter Hoffman

Stanly Co.News and Press
Albemarle, NC
July 22, 1955
 
Goin Morgan, Regulator
written by Mrs Lizzie Parker Reynolds
 
Another Regulator in the section was Goin Morgan, grandfather of Stanly 
County, pioneer Drew Morgan. He is listed in NC Colonial records as a 
regulator and petitons for tax relief with others from Anson County. In 1766, 
he was living on land grant on Clarks Street which is near what is now Swift 
Island Bridge, across the Pee Dee River. After the Battle of Alamance, he took 
up residece on Rocky River not far from Bryant Austin. No further service for 
him as a Rev War soldier has been found. Goin Morgan's Bible is today a prized 
possession of a sixth generation. He and his wife Mary Thompson Morgan are 
buried on his homestead, but the graves are not known."
 
Drew Morgan married Margaret Haigler according to his will was a daughter of 
John Haigler.
 
 
Submitted by Jodie Gee