David Morgan (12 May 1721 – 19 May 1813), sometimes known as "The Great Indian Fighter", was a soldier, mountaineer, pioneer, and frontiersman in what is now the state of West Virginia.
The most famous Indian fight he was in occurs in 1778 when he was bedridden in Prickett's Fort, he had a dream that his children were running around scalped.
He grabbed his gun, ran outside, and found his children chasing a cow near two Indians on his land in present-day Rivesville, West Virginia.
He then returned to live at Morgantown in 1772 and built the Fort Morgan stockade before he finally moved to area of Fairmont, West Virginia.
In 1745, Morgan built a log cabin at Bunker Hill, Frederick (now Berkeley) County, (West) Virginia.
Even though he may not have a large rank or as remembered as his brother Zackquill, he was still courageous, smart, and proud to fight for his family and his country.
[2] During the French and Indian War, David fought under the command of Captain Charles Lewis with the 1st Virginia Regiment.
David served in a militia company under his brother Zackquill, then served as a private under the command of Captain William Haymond's Co., Virginia Militia; he had previously fought with the 10th Virginia Regiment for a few months; and even earlier as Captain of 5th Co., 8th Lancaster Battalion under Col. Peter Grubb.
He and the Morgan clan vowed themselves to George Washington and the American cause, and David was there willing to fight blue-coated in volley lines and frontier style.