William SCRUGGS

1763 - 1833  (70 years)

• Name	William SCRUGGS  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1 Apr 1763	Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	272
  Death	6 Jul 1833	Scott County, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I272	scruggshovis
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas SCRUGGS,   b. 1737, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1804, Bedford County, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susannah HUGHES,   b. 1744, Virginia, USA d. 1810, Sinks Grove, Monroe, West Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1762
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BUFORD,   b. 24 Dec 1765, Virginia, USA d. 14 Jun 1854, Kentucky, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1784	Bedford County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Judith SCRUGGS,   b. 20 Nov 1789  [natural]
  Family ID	F95	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Apr 1763 - Virginia, USA Marriage - 8 Feb 1784 - Bedford County, Virginia, USA Death - 6 Jul 1833 - Scott County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  HISTORY: Dunklin (p.40-42) says WILLIAM SCRUGGS (reference I.4.3.1), "eldest son of Thomas Scruggs, was born in Virginia, April I, 1763. He married in Bedford County, Virginia, February 8, 1784 (by the Rev. Charles Clay), Elizabeth Buford, born December 24, 1765, the daughter of Captain James Buford of Virginia State Militia (March 22, 1777) and Elizabeth Bramlett, his wife. William Scruggs enlisted as a private in Captain David Boyd's Company, Colonel Lynch's Regiment, from Bedford County, Virginia. He was also a private under Colonel James Calloway. Virginia State Troops, 1781. He served under command of Colonel William Washington. He was at the Battle of Guilford Court House, and participated in the pursuit of Lord Cornwallis into South Carolina. In September, 1781, he apprehended a deserter, for which act he received a credit of three months' service. His widow, Elizabeth Buford Scruggs, drew a pension from the United States Government until her death for services rendered by her husband during the War of the Revolution. She died June 14, 1854, at the home of her son, Thomas Mitchell Scruggs, in Kentucky. William Scruggs moved from Bedford County, Virginia, to Scott County, Kentucky, in 1793-94, where he died July 6, 1833. He had issue: Sophia, Polly Four, Judith, James, William Buford, Martha (Patsy), Elizabeth, Thomas Mitchell, Frances, Gross Franklin." Elsewhere in Dunklin (p.41-42), there is a list of their children: Sophia b 1785, Pollhy Four (b 1787, d 1833. Judity, b 1789, James, b 1792, William Buford, b 1794, Martha, b 1797, Elizabeth, b 1800, d 1833, Thomas Mitchell, b 1802, Frances, b 1805, and Gross Franklin, b 1808. Elizabeth, who married her cousin Abraham Scruggs (1803). She had one child, James V. Scruggs. She apparently dies and Abraham marries her sister, Frances, who is now widowed. Elizabeth and Frances appear in the database.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.40. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.31. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.66. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.67. [S64] Dunklin, Ethel Hastings Scruggs. Scruggs Genealogy (New York, LaPlante & Dunklin Printing Company, 1912), p.41.