Mar 25, 1826LaGrange, Georgia, United StatesDied on 23 Jul 1899 (aged 73)Aries
About Robert J. Morgan
Judge Robert J.
Morgan (1826–1899) was an American lawyer, planter and Confederate veteran.
Born and educated in Georgia, he became a lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee and planter in adjacent Mississippi.
During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the infantry of the Confederate States Army from 1861 to 1863, and as Adjutant-General to Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk in 1863-1864.
He served as Chancellor on the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee from 1870 to 1878.