Site of the Home of George Morgan

Accounts of the Morgan killings do not agree on who died. The marker names George Morgan, Mrs. George Morgan, Mrs. Jackson Morgan and Adeline Marlin. J. Marvin Hunter's account in Frontier Times names Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Marlin and Adeline, aged sixteen, and says a Marlin enslaved girl was taken and never heard of again. A county genealogy page adds Andrew Jackson Jones. Both say Stacey Ann Marlin Morgan was left for dead and lived, and that Isaac Marlin ran seven miles for help. The Handbook of Texas dates the attack to January 1, 1839.

What the plaque says

Site of the Home of George Morgan 400 yards northeast is the site of the home of George Morgan. Indians attacking the house on the night of Jan. 1, 1839 killed George Morgan, Mrs. George Morgan, Mrs. Jackson Morgan, Miss Adeline Marlin.

Where it stands

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