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between the States. He was commissioned a colonel in 1862 and later in
the same year was made a brigadier-general. His daring raids from Ten-
nessee into Kentucky and on through the southern parts of Indiana and
Ohio provided some of the notable exploits of the war, but eventually
led to his capture in the last—named State in July, 1863. After an im-
prisonment lasting only a few months he contrived to escape and again
led his men on dashing forays until he was killed at Greenville, Tennessee, T
on September 4, 1864. He is buried at Lexington.
Morgan's mother was the daughter of John Wesley Hunt, original
builder of Hopemont, and she inherited the place at the death of her father, `
who had come to Kentucky from New Jersey in 1794 to engage in the mercantile Q
business. The property was purchased by the present owner, Mrs. John John-
stone, from the estate of Mrs. Katherine Reed, who inherited it from rela-
tives of the Morgan family. “
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Eight miles southeast of Stanford is the William Whitley home, said .
to have been the first brick house in Kentucky. Though still used as a
_ dwelling, the house has not been kept in good repair. Then too, its
original symmetrical contour was changed by the addition of a portico and
a porch. The structure, two full stories in height exclusive of attic and 1
1 basement, was built in 1786 by Colonel William Whitley, famous pioneer and ·