RFN: 166 QUAY: 0 The 1870 Pike County Kentucky Census was taken June 1, 1870 and lists the following: District #1, P. O. Piketon, June 1, 1870, by A. E. Adams Household 121: Morgan C. W., age 34, farmer $0 property owned, $200 personal property owned and b. in KY. Minerva J., wife age 28 and b. in KY; John D. Sowards, age 9 son and b. in KY; Georgia A., age 6, son and b. in KY; Lewis, age 2 son and b. in KY; Kentucky, daughter age 10 months and b. in KY; Lettitia Ramsey, age 88, grandmother and B. in KY. M.C.W. Sowards age 45, he and parents b in Pike, married Louisa Rasnack age 28, b in Washington County Virginia at M.C. Sowards on August 11, 1879. ===================================================== The 1880 Pike County Kentucky was taken in June 1880 and Sopia wasn't listed, so she was born sometime in the last 6 months of that year. It lists Morgan as a farmer, Laura A. as the housewife, John D. as a farm laborer, Lewis as a farm laborer and the other 7 children at home. It shows that Georgie, Lewis, Kentucky, Henry and Virginia as being in school during 1880. It also shows that Georgie and Lewis could not write. It appears there is a check mark for John D. as being deaf and dumb. The above information was found on e.d. 95, page #28 and Supervisor's dist # 5, they lived in Precinet #11. ==================================================== The 1900 Pike County census lists the following: MCM Sowards born June 1834 - 65 years old and had been married for 23 years; Laura wife born September 1851 - 48 born in Virginia; Henry son born March 1872 - 28 years old; Sophia daughter born October 1880 - 19 years old; Garfield son born May 1887 - 13 years old; Lorin Sowards grandson born Feb 1893 - 7 years old; Dewey Sowards grandson born May 1898 - 2 years old. The above information was found on ED 77, page 4 - 31, line 71. ===================================================== NO UNION ARMY RECORD AND NO 1868 VOTER RECORD During the time of the Civil War Morgan ran a General Store at the Forks of the Levisa River near Millard. Most of the supplies for the store were brought in by steamboat, but some were brought on pack horses. One of the family stories is an incident that happened during the War when a group of Confederate soldiers rode through. They robbed and ransacked Morgan's store. They also took large bolts of material and strowed them up and down the road. Then they rolled them in the dirt and let their horses walk over them. Morgan became so angry that he grabbed his shotgun and followed them down the riverside. Later he found his father, Captain Lewis Sowards, and his division. After what had happened at his store he decided he better stay and fight (which he did until the war was over). He was never mustered in or mustered out of the army therefore there wasn't any Civil War record for him. Later Morgan ran the first hotel or boarding house in Pikeville. It was located on Third street and a large barn, or stable, was located behind the house for the guests to keep their horses and rigs. His cornfield was located where the old Pikeville High School stood on the corner of Fourth and Cline streets. The city sidewalks were made of wood and one ran alongside the road that led to the river ferry at the end of Main street. This walk connected Main street and Scott Avenue which was named for Kentucky Sowards' first husband, William M. Scott (FROM THE PIKE COUNTY HISTORICAL PAPERS NUMBER FOUR)