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Reaves Scott SCRUGGS

Male 1799 - 1873  (~ 73 years)


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  • Name Reaves Scott SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Nov 1799  Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 291 
    Death 1873  Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Buried in Prebyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Viriginia. Findagrave Memorial# 112033426.
    Person ID I291  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. 1737, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1804, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane SCOTT 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1797  Chesterfield, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred Leftwich OTEY 
    Children 
     1. Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. 1832, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F759  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Nov 1799 - Bedford County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1873 - Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • HISTORY: Dunklin says i)_REAVES SCOTT SCRUGGS, eldest son of Thomas Scruggs by his second wife Jane Scott, was born in Virginia, November, 1799. He was an influential planter in Bedford County, Virginia, and a political leader, representing the county in the State Legislature in 1S46-7, and in 1847-8. In a recent letter received from Mr. Roland D. Buford, late Clerk of the County Court of Bedford County, he speaks of Reaves Scott Scruggs as follows:
      "Reaves Scott Scruggs was a gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence, and a fair scholar; his chyrography was exceptional, and he was a gentleman of elegant and cultured manners.
      "His last sickness was immediately preceded by a sudden attack in my office, and as he was falling I caught him in my arms and prevented his fall to the floor. His first wife was a first cousin to my sainted mother."
      Reaves Scott Scruggs married twice; first, 1820, Mildred Leftwich Otey, born 1803, the daughter of Frazier Otey and his wife ^Mildred Leftwich,* and granddaughter of Captain John Otey, the Revolutionary soldier, and Mary Hopkins, his wife. He married secondly Sephia Cobbs. He died 1873. He had issue by his first wife." These were James (1821-), Richard Mitchell (1822-), Ella Jane [John W. Holt], another unnamed, William Reaves (1828-), Elizabeth/Betty [James R Holt], Thomas, Sarah/Sallie, Edward G., Mildred L. [William Kinnen], Gus A., Charles Otey (p.45-47) and 2 more by his second wife: John M. [Annie Booth], Virginia R. [T.E. Cobbs] (p.47)

      HISTORY: List of 11 children from the Findagrave Memorial: Richard Mitchell 1822-1904, James 1822-1847, Ella Jane [Holt] 1827-1908, Elizabeth [Holt] 1830-1904, Thomas 1832-1844, Edward G 1834-1892, Gustavus A 1835-1921, Sallie F. 1837-1923, Charles Otey 1840-1926, Mildred Lelia [Kinnier] 1842-1866, Virginia Reeves [Cobbs] 1845-1919. (These, and Reaves' wives, are not in this database at this time, 2017, ts.)

      BURIAL 1873: Findagrave.com. Reaves Scott, 73, buried in Prebyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Viriginia. Findagrave Memorial# 112033426

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

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

    3. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.45.

    4. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    5. [S57] Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, Found on Ancestry.com.

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


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