The final word on the Stephen Morgan story

(from John Boback): This has so far been a great series of postings on the traditional accounts of Prickett’s Fort. It really helps to illuminate the dangers of relying on unverifiable historical documents and vague oral tradition. As one of my mentors at WVU pointed out, “Memory can be a very selective thing.” In response [...]

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More on the Stephen Morgan description of Pricketts Fort

In my earlier article, Provenance for the Stephen Morgan description of Pricketts Fort, I quoted Glenn Lough who stated that Stephen Morgan “. . . gave the . . .  description  of Pricketts Fort to the editor of the Northwestern Journal (1822), who published it in that newspaper; later the article appeared in other newspapers, published at [...]

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Pricketts Fort origin accounts #2: A tradition regarding the fort among three area families

 A tradition in the Morgan, Prickett, and Haymond families states that the fort stockade was square with walls of equal length, each being 150 yards long and twelve feet high.  The rear wall, or southern wall, was said to have been very near the graveyard.  The front wall of the fort was said to face somewhat [...]

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Provenance for the Stephen Morgan description of Pricketts Fort

  Mr Lough gives the following as a source for the Stephen Morgan story:  “Stephen Morgan, son of David Morgan, born Oct 14, 1761, twice sheriff of Monongalia County, Virginia (WV), gave the following description (see below) of Pricketts Fort to the editor of the Northwestern Journal (1822), who published it in that newspapaer; later [...]

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Pricketts Fort origin accounts #1: Stephen Morgan’s description of the fort

Given the sustained interest over the decades in the actual origins of Pricketts Fort, and the difficulties in attaining any conclusive certainty regarding them, it would be useful to collect the earliest accounts we have of how the fort was built, and how itwas constituted, and transcribe them in full here on the Fortblog.  The [...]

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