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Thomas SCRUGGS

Male 1737 - Abt 1804  (67 years)


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  • Name Thomas SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 1737  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 200 
    Death Abt 1804  Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I200  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. 1694, New Kent, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1788, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth MITCHELL,   b. 20 Feb 1702, New Kent, St. Peter's Parish, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1716  New Kent, St. Peter's Parish, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susannah HUGHES,   b. 1744, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1810, Sinks Grove, Monroe, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1762 
    Children 
     1. William SCRUGGS,   b. 1 Apr 1763, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1833, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     2. Elizabeth SCRUGGS,   b. 1767, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820 (Age 53 years)  [natural]
     3. Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. Abt 1767, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Scott County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)  [natural]
     4. Martha SCRUGGS,   b. Bef 1799   d. Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Gross SCRUGGS,   b. 1769, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856 (Age 87 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Family 2 Jane SCOTT 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1797  Chesterfield, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Reaves Scott SCRUGGS,   b. Nov 1799, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1873, Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)  [natural]
     2. Richard Mitchell SCRUGGS,   b. 1802, Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1824 (Age 22 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1737 - Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Sep 1797 - Chesterfield, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1804 - Bedford County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • HISTORY: This Thomas is reference I.4.3 in Dunklin. Dunklin does not mention the name of his first wife. That comes from Ancestry family trees. Their children are listed as William, Elizabeth (Betsy), Thomas Jr., Martha (Patsy), Gross. (See Dunklin, p. 26,31-32.)

      "Thomas Scruggs, after the death of his first wife, and about the year 1793-94, went to Scott County, Kentucky, with his five grown children, and settled them there (with the exception of his son Gross, who returned to Virginia). He gave to each, adjoining tracts of land near "Lindsay Station," about twelve miles from the city of Frankfort, and known to this day as the "Old Scruggs' Place." He gave, in addition, to his eldest son, William, two valuable slaves, man and wife, named Kiah and Joan, who had been among his own, trusted, faithful servants, and who were said to possess unusual sagacity, common sense and loyalty. These slaves, or their increase, continued in the family some time after the close of the Civil War. Thomas Scruggs returned from Kentucky to Virginia prior to 1798, and was married there to Jane Scott, the daughter of Walter Scott of Bedford County, by whom he had issue: Reaves Scott born in Bedford County, Virginia, November, 1799, Richard Mitchell, born in Bedford County, Virginia, 1802." (Dunklin, p. 32)

      "Thomas Scruggs' will was dated November 17, 1801, and probated in Bedford County, Virginia, October 22, 1804, in which he leaves his real and personal estate to his loving wife Jane, and at her death to be equally divided between her two children. To the elder son Reaves Scott, at his majority, he bequeathes two negroes, man and wife, named Sampson and Joannah. He appoints his son Gross Scruggs and his wife Jane Scruggs, executors.
      The will is sealed, signed and delivered in the "presents" [sic] of Abner Ferrel, Henry Buford, Sr., Ursley G. Scott." (Dunklin, p.33)

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, Found on Ancestry.com.

    2. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.26.

    3. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.31.

    4. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.32.

    5. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.33.

    6. [S55] U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, Source number: 774.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4.

    7. [S58] Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, Found on familysearch.org.


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