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• Reference Number: 272

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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.

William married Elizabeth BUFORD on 8 Feb 1784 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of James Daniel BUFORD and Elizabeth BRAMLETT) was born on 24 Dec 1765 in Virginia, USA; died on 14 Jun 1854 in Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 463

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Dunklin, p. 41, says "Judith, born November 20, 1789, married James Vallandingham, by whom she had no issue."

Family/Spouse: James VALLANDINGHAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]