Judge Thomas G. Morgan Family, prominent BR Family of 1800's

Judge Thomas Gibbes Morgan Family

The Morgan family was a prominent Baton Rouge family

in the 19th century, they lived on Church St., now called 4th St.

Morgan home -[ http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/dawson/ill6.html 

Photos of Family

Father - Judge Thomas Gibbes Morgan
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/dawson/ill7.html

Mother -  Sarah 'Fowler' Morgan
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/dawson/ill4.html
Daughter - Sarah 'Morgan' Dawson
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/dawson/dawsonfp.gif  

Sarah Morgan, daughter of Judge Morgan wrote,

a now famous, Diary called, "A Confederate Girls' Diary",

She wrote about the Union troops garrisoned in Baton Rouge.
link -[ Short synopsis of Sarah's story
Interesting summary on the Morgan family (see link that follows)

http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/dawson/summary.html/

Morgan House site on 4th St.

Plaque reads:

MORGAN HOUSE SITE

On this site stood the home where Sarah Morgan Dawson (1842-1909) wrote A Confederate Girl's Diary, which has become a Civil War classic. The diary depicts the occupation of Baton Rouge by Union forces.

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