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• Occupation: farmer
• Reference Number: 107

Notes:

HISTORY: SIMEON SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3.6), "son of Thomas Scruggs, Jr., by his wife Judith Buford, married Eloise [sic] Herndon, by whom he had issue, Mary Shipp, a noted beauty of Leavenworth, Kansas." (Scruggs Genealogy by Ethel Hastings Scruggs Dunklin; La Plante and Dunklin Printing Co., 1912, p.71)

HISTORY: "Dec. 18, 1856, Capt. W. S. Murphy, who with Simeon Scruggs, established the pioneer saw mill in Leavenworth that sawed the lumber from which the town was built, died at Weston." from December Events, Scrap (online source) http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/leavenwo/library/Scraps/Scraps10.htm, accessed August 12, 2013

HISTORY: from Wichita Daily Eagle. 6 Jun 1884 Atchison, KS. Known in Leavenworth, KS as Captain Simeon Scruggs. Simeon Scruggs and William S. Murphy owned a Leavenworth sawmill (1854). After the death of W.S. Murphy, the sawmill closed, about 1859. Simeon them moved to Kickapoo.
One of the earliest and most valuable institutions of Leavenworth, in the way of buildings, which commenced to flourish at this time, was the saw mill of Murphy & Scruggs, at the mouth of Three-Mills Creek, north side. Capt. W. S. Murphy and Capt. Simeon Scruggs were partners and completed the mill in the fall of 1854, so that they were able to issue the following advertisement in October: "Murphy & Scruggs have erected and have in successful operation at Leavenworth, K. T., a large steam saw mill of the most approved model and with all the recent improvements. They are ready to fill bills for lumber of every description and in quantity at the shortest notice and on favorable terms." This was the first saw mill not only in the county, but in the Territory. Although they made considerable money, the death of Capt. Murphy, and subsequent legal complications, so disarranged and consumed the partnership property that Capt. Scruggs lost nearly all his share in Leavenworth and retired to his farm near Kickapoo.

CENSUS: 1840. on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, aged 30-40. Location: Gallatin County, Kentucky

CENSUS: 1850 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 42, farmer, b. in Kentucky, living with Elvira S. 39; Emma E. 11; Robt. W. 6; Henry V. 4; Joseph M.1 Scruggs. Location: Weston, Platte, Missouri

CENSUS: 1860 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, no age given, no occupation b. in Kentucky; living with Elvira no age given; Robert 16; Henry 14; Joseph 10 Scruggs. Location: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas

CENSUS: 1865 (Ks) on ancestry.com. S. Scruggs, 56, b. in Kentucky, occupation: farmer, living with Mrs, 52, Robt M 22, Henry18, Joseph16, Emmett Emory 27, Eliza Emory 7 Scruggs. Location: Stuben township, Leavenworth, Kansas;

CENSUS; 1870 on ancestry.com. Simeon Scruggs, 61, b. in Kentucky; occupation: farmer, living with Elvira 57; Jospeh M 22; H.V. 24; Sarah 17 Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

CENSUS: 1880 on ancestry. Simeon Scruggs, 71, b. in Kentucky; living with his son/daughter-in-law:Joseph 31, Susan 25, and children:Walter B 2, Herndon 1, Martha 1 mo. Scruggs. Location: Walnut, Atchison, Kansas

HISTORY: On Findagrave.com. Memorial of son Joseph Murphy Scruggs gives copies of his obituaries; these mention the father Simeon Scruggs.

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Name:
Simeon was the 6th son listed in Dunklin (p. 42-43); there were also 3 daughters. Birth dates given for only first 2 sons.

Simeon married Elvira S. HERNDON about 1830 in Kentucky, USA. Elvira (daughter of Richard Wyatt HERNDON and Catherine BRANHAM) was born in 1811 in Kentucky, USA; died on 1 Dec 1872 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Shipp SCRUGGS was born on 21 Mar 1831 in Liberty, Calloway, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Mar 1852 in Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA.
2. Emma West SCRUGGS was born in 1838 in Kentucky, USA; died on 9 Apr 1892 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
3. Robert SCRUGGS was born in 1844 in Kentucky, USA; died on 20 Aug 1877 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
4. Henry V. SCRUGGS was born on 30 Jun 1846 in Kentucky, USA; died on 17 Dec 1926 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
5. Joseph Murphy SCRUGGS, I was born in Jan 1849 in Weston, Platte, Missouri, USA; died on 5 Jan 1917 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA; was buried in 1917 in Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States of America.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 198
• _MILT: SAR 43845

Notes:

HISTORY: Dunklin says that Thomas (reference I.4.3.3) "moved to Kentucky with his father and brothers in 1793-94 and settled there on the 'Scruggs Place'. The Scruggs Place was located in Scott County, Kentucky, where Thomas settled with his five grown children (with the exception of his son Gross, who returned to Virginia). He gave to each, adjoining tracts of land near 'Lndsay Station' aout twelve miles from the city of Frankfort, and known to this day as the 'Old Scruggs Place'." (Dunklin, p.32)

THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3), "second son of Thomas Scruggs, was born in Virginia. He married in Bedford County, Virginia, March 1, 1787 (by the Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher), Judith Buford, the daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett, and a sister of Elizabeth Buford, who had married William Scruggs. Thomas Scruggs went to Kentucky with his father and brothers in 1793-94, and settled there on the 'Scruggs Place.' He had issue: William, Thomas Buford, John, Abraham, Valentine, Simeon, Elizabeth, Pamelia, Nancy". (Dunklin p.42-43)

Wikitree adds some birth and death dates: ThomasBuford-b1790 in VA/dMar1850 in Jo Daviess, Illinois, Permilia-b1790 in VA/dSept5,1829 in Carrollton, Carroll, KY, John-b1795/d 1829, William-bJun7, 1797 in KY/dSept8,1870 in Owen,KY, Nancy-b1801 in VA/d1870 in New LIberty, Owen KY, HenryValentine-b1805 in Scott Co., VA/ (more info on hiswifeAnna Elizabeth Sinclair, son Marcellus and his wife Amanda Harlow), Simeon [see this database], Abraham [see this database], Elizabeth and Betsy - no known data, then Nancy#2-b1823 in KY.

MARRIAGE 1787: on Virginia, Marriages 1785-1940. Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford in 1787 in Virginia.

Birth:
SAR membership application lists his birth date as 1760 and death as 1828.

Thomas married Judith BUFORD on 1 Mar 1787 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. Judith (daughter of James Daniel BUFORD and Elizabeth BRAMLETT) was born about 1767 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA; died in 1854 in Scott County, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 199

Notes:

Research note: A family tree on familysearch.org says she was born in 1767. Another family tree on ancestry.com has birthdate as 1776; that would make her just 11-12 when she got married. (jan19,2016, ts)

HISTORY: (Dunklin. p. 42) THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.3), "second son of Thomas Scruggs ... married March 1, 1787 (by the Rev. Jeremiah Hatcher), Judith Buford, the daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett, and a sister of Elizabeth Buford, who had married William Scruggs."

MARRIAGE 1787: on Virginia, Marriages 1785-1940. Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford in 1787 in Virginia.

Note: One Ancestry Family Tree (Marc Taylor Family Tree, accessed March 29, 2020) says she died in 1854. It references "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965", Film 994054, 526 pages. It is not indexed, but it says the following:
- a female Scruggs, a widow, 88 years old, b in Virginia, residing in Scott Co, KY, daughter of xx & Eliza Buford, died in Scott County, Ky possibly on Dec. 26?, cause of Death - apoplexy. Although it does not name this person, the stats fit Judith Scruggs, née Buford. p. 291. (The deaths in Scott County in 1854 are on pages 289-294.)


Died:
p.291 of 526.

Notes:

Married:
Viriginia, Marriages, 1785-1940, reference pg 218, FHL micorfilm 30,591.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 200

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)

Thomas married Susannah HUGHES about 1762. Susannah was born in 1744 in Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in Sinks Grove, Monroe, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 260

Notes:

Dunklin does not mention the name of the first wife of Thomas (ref, I.4.3.). The name (Susannah Hughes) comes from Ancestry family trees. Their children are listed as William, Elizabeth (Betsy), Thomas Jr., Martha (Patsy), Gross. (See Dunklin, p. 26,31-32.)

NOTE: Thomas remarried in 1797 to Jane Scott. But, if Susannah died in 1810, this means that she and Thomas divorced. Is that what happened? Some Ancestry family trees do not list Thomas' second wife. There are also conflicting dates about his death and about Susannah's brith date.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 419

Notes:

HISTORY: (Dunklin, p.40) the wife of William Scruggs (Ref. 1.4.3.1), Eilzabeth Buford, was daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett. William's brother Thomas Scruggs married Judith Buford, Elizabeth's sister.

Notes: there are numerous lists of descendants found in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 and also in U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, 1889-1970. Found on ancestry.com.


Name:
James' family name is spelled "Beauford" in some documents.

James married Elizabeth BRAMLETT in 1761 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William BRAMBLETT and Elizabeth CALLOWAY) was born on 9 Aug 1739 in Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 6 May 1814 in Scott, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 420

Notes:

HISTORY: Dunklin (p.40) says that the wife of William Scruggs (Ref. 1.4.3.1), Eilzabeth Buford, was daughter of Captain James Buford and Elizabeth Bramlett.

Name:
Last name also appears as Bramblett.

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• Reference Number: 275

Notes:

HISTORY: THOMAS SCRUGGS (reference I.4), "son of Henry Scruggs by his wife Anne Grose, was bom in New Kent County, Virginia. He married twice, firstly Mitchell, a sister of Valentine Mitchell. He married secondly Juday Buford. Thomas Scruggs moved from New Kent County to Buckingham County and settled just prior to his death in Cumberland, where his will was dated April 26, 1788, in which he mentions his wife, his son Drury and his grandson Finch Scruggs, and 'my other children.' The will is signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Thomas Scrugs [sic], Obedier Scrugs [sic], William Anderson." (Dunklin, p.25; See also p.23.)

Dunklin does not distinguish which wife had the 5 children mentioned by Dunklin.

Note: Dunklin and other researchers have posited that Thomas was married a second time, to “Juday Buford” and may have had one son by her. Several researchers on ancestry.com posit that they married on March 1, 1787; he would have been around 93 years of age. It seems to me to be suspicious that his grandson, Thomas3, married Judith Buford on the same day. This second marriage of Thomas1 needs more research.

Died:
Will dated April 26, 1788

Thomas married Elizabeth MITCHELL about 1716 in New Kent, St. Peter's Parish, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 20 Feb 1702 in New Kent, St. Peter's Parish, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 276

Notes:

Dunklin (p.25) does not give Ms Mitchell's first name; that comes from Ancestry family trees. She is a sister of Valentine Mitchell.

HISTORY: Ancestry FT says that Elizabeth was born 1698 and died 1736 in Virginia -- no sources.

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• Reference Number: 1644

John married Judith EARLY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2457

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• Reference Number: 1645

William married Elizabeth CALLOWAY. Elizabeth was born about 1688; died in 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1646