Zachariah Morgan b. 1774-75 m. Mary Polly Holt
I have been a participating a a Morgan DNA project. The results from this are ongoing. A couple of things that we have proven from this so far are:
1. Zachariah Morgan was definitely a Morgan, not the illegitimate son of John Benton as told in the Dickey Diary interview with Joseph G. Morgan.
2. Evidence shows that Zachariah was not the son of Charles Morgan of Chatham NC. He still could have been a grandson though. We need additional testing.
3. Zachariah was not from the Morgan Morgan of WV line. Some thought he may have been a son of Morgan Morgan's son Henry who was thought to have moved to SC.
This is a slow process but it sems to be yielding some clues.