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Robert Stoball SCRUGGS

Male 1800 - 1890  (90 years)


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  • Name Robert Stoball SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 19 Jun 1800  Rutherford, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 469 
    Death 7 Dec 1890  Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Buried in New Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, South Carolina. Findagrave Memorial# 70722064.
    Person ID I469  scruggshovis
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

    Father Richard SCRUGGS,   b. 1 Sep 1776, Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1855, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary DOBBINS,   b. 1767, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1854, Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine CONNEL,   b. 1805, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902 (Age 97 years) 
    Family ID F177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Jun 1800 - Rutherford, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Dec 1890 - Cherokee County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CENSUS 1860: on familysearch.org. Robt, 60, b in North Carolina, occupation; merchant, living with wife Catherine57, and 5 children: JulyE.26, RobtD.18, Martha16, Sampson14, JasA.12. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

      CENSUS 1870: on familysearch.org. Robt, 75, b in North Carolina, occupation: farmer, living with wife Catherine65 and children: Emma13, Clara10, Frank9, Sally8, George7, Matilda4. location: South Carolina. In the list of family, there are 3 others: Mary23 (domestic help), Alice21 (domestic help), Munro20 (farm laborer). It is not clear if they are Scruggs, or if they are related at all to the family.

      CENSUS 1880: on familysearch.org. Robert, 79, b in North Carolina, occupation: farmer, living with wife Catharine75, and children: MarthaJ.30, SusanMartin35, and her children: Green14, Myra10, Martin5. Location: Lewestone Springs Twp, Spartanburg County, S. Carolina.

      BURIAL 1890: findagrave.com. Buried in New Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, South Carolina. Findagrave Memorial# 70722064. Findagrave also lists a sister (Temperance Scruggs Durham (1802-1887) and 7 children (5 boys and 2 girls).

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    2. [S35] 1860 US Federal Census, Location: Northern Division, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, citing p. 194, household ID 1349, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 805,226. Found on familysearch.com.

    3. [S7] 1870 US Federal Census, Location: South Carolina, United States; citing p. 37, family 387, NARA microfilm publication M593; FHL microfilm 553,007. Found on familysearch.org.

    4. [S36] 1880 US Federal Census, Location: Limestone Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 144, sheet 246A, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1240; FHL microfilm 1,255,240. Found on familysearch.org.


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