Tri-County Heritage Society
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Morgan Homestead
This was the home built and
occupied by Col. Jacob Morgan. It sits on a gently sloping hillside just North of and overlooking the
village of Morgantown. It is believed that Jacob
Morgan constructed the back, kitchen portion of the House sometime between 1748
when he applied for the warrant for the property and 1756 when he sold the
property, with Appurtenances, to his
brother Francis. This transaction occurred just after Jacob was Commissioned as
a Captain in the French and Indian War. Perhaps he was not sure he would
return. He did return and, in 1761, he bought the property back from his
brother.
Jacob Morgan laid out the
general plan for “Morgan’s Town” in1770 on the land he had inherited from his
father Thomas. In 1776 he was selected
to represent Berks County at the Provincial Conference and at the
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
which followed.
The front, stone portion of
Morgan’s house which is visible to all who look north on Rt. 10 from the center
of town, bears a datestone which states. “Built in the 7th year of
our Independence” It was here that Jacob Morgan resided until
his death in 1792.