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County: Logan
Revolutionary War Widow
Marker Number:
1314
Location:
KY 100, 2 mi. SE of Russellville
Abigail, wife of General Daniel Morgan, died in 1816 and was buried in family cemetery 1/2 mi. south. Her husband, one of Washington's chief strategists during the Amer. Revolution, campaigned from Boston and Quebec, 1775, to the Carolinas, 1781. After Morgan's death and burial in Va., 1802, Mrs. Morgan came here and lived in this area about 10 years.