"Morgan Acres"

Two miles west is the site of the first house in present West Virginia. It was built by Col. Morgan Morgan who came from Delaware in 1726. It was destroyed and the one now there was built in 1800 by another Morgan.

Marker is on Winchester Pike (U.S. 11) north of Old Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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