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The Welsh surname is derived from the Old Welsh personal name "Morcant", which is of an uncertain origin. The surname "Morgan" traces its origin from the powerful Welsh family established c. 1330 by Morgan ap Llewelyn (son of Llewelyn ap Ifor, Lord of St. Clere, and Angharad, daughter and heiress of Sir Morgan ap Maredudd (Meredith), Lord of Tredegar), and is of Welsh origin, meaning either "great kingdom" or "great hundred". It is a popular family name in Wales, as well as there being a group of "Morgan"s from "Morgund". It is possible that the name was Celtic from the Cornovii Tribe who lived in the North of Scotland and in the Severn Valley near the Wrekin in Shropshire. The County of Glamorgan is named after the Princes of South Wales named "Morgan", a group, part of which developed into the name Leyshon.
The term for water sprites in Welsh is morgans.[1] A water sprite (also called a water fairy or water faery) is a general term for an elemental spirit associated with water, according to alchemist Paracelsus. Water sprites are said to be able to breathe water or air and sometimes can fly.
At the time of the British Census of 1881,[2] the frequency of the surname "Morgan" was highest in Brecknockshire (over 16 times the national average), followed by Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire.
Joseph Charles Morgan was born February 27 1867 in Phelps County Missouri- and died June 14, 1919 in Dunklin County Missouri. Birth Month and year confirmed on the 1900 Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri Census. His death record states his birth was April 23, 1866. His son, Josephus A. or J.A. Morgan was the informant.
Joseph was listed as age 5 on the 1870 North Fork, Fulton, AR Census age 10-18 on the 1876 Township 33, Texas County, Missouri State Census.
I believe his Father was Samuel Morgan who was living in Fulton County AR in 1860. I have not been able to prove this.