Cool Spring Farm

Cool Spring Farm, also known as Rockdale Spring Farm and Torytown, is a historic estate located in Gerrardstown, West Virginia, in the United States. It was a wilderness estate settled by Colonel Morgan Morgan (1688–1766), who is long celebrated as the first permanent European settler in what would become West Virginia. The Welsh-born Morgan was granted 1,000 acres on the property in 1735, though he is believed to have first settled there in 1731. Recent research indicates that Morgan's settlement was not the first, but was preceded by a German settlement at what became "New Mecklinberg", possibly as early as 1726. Morgan Morgan's seventh son, Zackquill Morgan (1735–1795), built the house at Cool Spring Farm in 1761, but sold it in 1765 and moved west to Monongalia County, Virginia (now in West Virginia), to establish his namesake settlement of Morgantown in 1781. After changing hands several times, Cool Spring Farm was purchased by John McKown, Jr. in 1827. His son Edmund renamed the farm "Rockdale Spring Farm". The sons of John McKown owned considerable land in the area of Gerrardstown during the late 19th century. In 1994, the original house built by Zackquill Morgan at Cool Spring Farm was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. The property is distinct from another Cool Spring Farm located in Charles Town, West Virginia.

Cool Spring Farm, also known as Rockdale Spring Farm and Torytown, was a wilderness estate settled by Colonel Morgan Morgan (1688–1766), long celebrated as the first permanent European settler in what would become West Virginia. The Welsh-born Morgan was granted 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) on the property in 1735, but he is believed to have first settled there in 1731. Recent research indicates that Morgan's settlement was not the first, but was preceded by a German settlement at what became "New Mecklinberg", possibly as early as 1726. Morgan Morgan's seventh son, Zackquill Morgan (1735–1795), built the house at Cool Spring Farm in 1761, but sold it in 1765 and moved west to Monongalia County, Virginia (now in West Virginia), to establish his namesake settlement of Morgantown in 1781. After changing hands several times, Cool Spring Farm was purchased by John McKown, Jr. in 1827. His son Edmund renamed the farm "Rockdale Spring Farm". The sons of John McKown owned considerable land in the area of Gerrardstown during the late 19th century. In 1994, the original house built by Zackquill Morgan at Cool Spring Farm was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

• 1994

  The original house built by Zackquill Morgan was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

• 1827

  John McKown, Jr. purchased Cool Spring Farm.

• 1765

  Zackquill Morgan sold the farm and moved west.

• 1761

  Zackquill Morgan built the house at Cool Spring Farm.

• 1735

  Morgan Morgan was granted 1,000 acres on the property.

• 1731

  Colonel Morgan Morgan is believed to have first settled at Cool Spring Farm.

1. 1Cool Spring Farm (Gerrardstown, West Virginia) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Cool Spring Farm - Wikidatawikidata.org