It is widely believed that William Skaggs is the son of James and Mary Skaggs and the grandson of James and Rachel Skaggs due partially to the fact that they lived in the same area of Brush Creek and used the same naming pattern for children.
William was said to have been born on 20 December 1757 (his tombstone shows 1754) near "Horse Pasture" North Carolina. He died 20 August 1848 in Green Co KY. [Horse Pasture may have been in North Carolina at the time that Mr. Skaggs was born there, but it is now in Henry County, VA, near Martinsville on VA 58. - Member 48788118]
William enlisted in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War as a Private, 1 March 1778 and served a total of eleven months as an Indian Spy [scout] in the Company of Capt Thomas Mastin and the Regiment of Col Shelby. In 1831, he applied for and received a pension of $36.66 per year.
He married 1) Mary Simpson in 1778 and had three children: Elizabeth (Bettie), Mary, and Nancy Skaggs. Mary Simpson Skaggs died about 1801.
He married 2) Mary (Polly) Pierce on 2 Sep 1802 in Green Co KY. William and Mary had the following children: William, Fields, Rachel, Lydia, Jeremiah, Jane, Stephen, Henry and Louisa Skaggs.
William was well known as an early settler and it is said he was called "Squire" due to his vast land ownings in Green County KY.
(Thanks to Russell Perkins for his help in the bio)
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TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL - Green County, Vol II, Issue 3, Fall 2014, page 66
"DIED - At his residence on Brush Creek, Green County, Ky., on the 20th day of August William Skaggs, Esq, aged 100 years. Mr. Skaggs was one of the old pioneers of the "dark and bloody ground" - was a private in the army of the Revolution, and, withal, an upright honorable man. He has left behind him a wife and large family of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, to whom such a name is the most inestimable of legacies."
Taken from the Louisville Courier, August 25, 1848 and submitted by Martha Houk.
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NOTE: Oct 2011 - My cousin, Carolyn Scott, Ray Perkins and I visited this cemetery on my recent vacation. This "cemetery" had recently had the tall trees cut off of it and lots of debris and piles of brush are left. William's stone is still intact. Care will have to be taken by someone or brush will grow up and obscure the last remaining stones now that the trees are gone. Cathea Curry
William was said to have been born on 20 December 1757 (his tombstone shows 1754) near "Horse Pasture" North Carolina. He died 20 August 1848 in Green Co KY. [Horse Pasture may have been in North Carolina at the time that Mr. Skaggs was born there, but it is now in Henry County, VA, near Martinsville on VA 58. - Member 48788118]
William enlisted in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War as a Private, 1 March 1778 and served a total of eleven months as an Indian Spy [scout] in the Company of Capt Thomas Mastin and the Regiment of Col Shelby. In 1831, he applied for and received a pension of $36.66 per year.
He married 1) Mary Simpson in 1778 and had three children: Elizabeth (Bettie), Mary, and Nancy Skaggs. Mary Simpson Skaggs died about 1801.
He married 2) Mary (Polly) Pierce on 2 Sep 1802 in Green Co KY. William and Mary had the following children: William, Fields, Rachel, Lydia, Jeremiah, Jane, Stephen, Henry and Louisa Skaggs.
William was well known as an early settler and it is said he was called "Squire" due to his vast land ownings in Green County KY.
(Thanks to Russell Perkins for his help in the bio)
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TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL - Green County, Vol II, Issue 3, Fall 2014, page 66
"DIED - At his residence on Brush Creek, Green County, Ky., on the 20th day of August William Skaggs, Esq, aged 100 years. Mr. Skaggs was one of the old pioneers of the "dark and bloody ground" - was a private in the army of the Revolution, and, withal, an upright honorable man. He has left behind him a wife and large family of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, to whom such a name is the most inestimable of legacies."
Taken from the Louisville Courier, August 25, 1848 and submitted by Martha Houk.
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NOTE: Oct 2011 - My cousin, Carolyn Scott, Ray Perkins and I visited this cemetery on my recent vacation. This "cemetery" had recently had the tall trees cut off of it and lots of debris and piles of brush are left. William's stone is still intact. Care will have to be taken by someone or brush will grow up and obscure the last remaining stones now that the trees are gone. Cathea Curry
It is widely believed that William Skaggs is the son of James and Mary Skaggs and the grandson of James and Rachel Skaggs due partially to the fact that they lived in the same area of Brush Creek and used the same naming pattern for children.
William was said to have been born on 20 December 1757 (his tombstone shows 1754) near "Horse Pasture" North Carolina. He died 20 August 1848 in Green Co KY. [Horse Pasture may have been in North Carolina at the time that Mr. Skaggs was born there, but it is now in Henry County, VA, near Martinsville on VA 58. - Member 48788118]
William enlisted in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War as a Private, 1 March 1778 and served a total of eleven months as an Indian Spy [scout] in the Company of Capt Thomas Mastin and the Regiment of Col Shelby. In 1831, he applied for and received a pension of $36.66 per year.
He married 1) Mary Simpson in 1778 and had three children: Elizabeth (Bettie), Mary, and Nancy Skaggs. Mary Simpson Skaggs died about 1801.
He married 2) Mary (Polly) Pierce on 2 Sep 1802 in Green Co KY. William and Mary had the following children: William, Fields, Rachel, Lydia, Jeremiah, Jane, Stephen, Henry and Louisa Skaggs.
William was well known as an early settler and it is said he was called "Squire" due to his vast land ownings in Green County KY.
(Thanks to Russell Perkins for his help in the bio)
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TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL - Green County, Vol II, Issue 3, Fall 2014, page 66
"DIED - At his residence on Brush Creek, Green County, Ky., on the 20th day of August William Skaggs, Esq, aged 100 years. Mr. Skaggs was one of the old pioneers of the "dark and bloody ground" - was a private in the army of the Revolution, and, withal, an upright honorable man. He has left behind him a wife and large family of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, to whom such a name is the most inestimable of legacies."
Taken from the Louisville Courier, August 25, 1848 and submitted by Martha Houk.
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NOTE: Oct 2011 - My cousin, Carolyn Scott, Ray Perkins and I visited this cemetery on my recent vacation. This "cemetery" had recently had the tall trees cut off of it and lots of debris and piles of brush are left. William's stone is still intact. Care will have to be taken by someone or brush will grow up and obscure the last remaining stones now that the trees are gone. Cathea Curry
William was said to have been born on 20 December 1757 (his tombstone shows 1754) near "Horse Pasture" North Carolina. He died 20 August 1848 in Green Co KY. [Horse Pasture may have been in North Carolina at the time that Mr. Skaggs was born there, but it is now in Henry County, VA, near Martinsville on VA 58. - Member 48788118]
William enlisted in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War as a Private, 1 March 1778 and served a total of eleven months as an Indian Spy [scout] in the Company of Capt Thomas Mastin and the Regiment of Col Shelby. In 1831, he applied for and received a pension of $36.66 per year.
He married 1) Mary Simpson in 1778 and had three children: Elizabeth (Bettie), Mary, and Nancy Skaggs. Mary Simpson Skaggs died about 1801.
He married 2) Mary (Polly) Pierce on 2 Sep 1802 in Green Co KY. William and Mary had the following children: William, Fields, Rachel, Lydia, Jeremiah, Jane, Stephen, Henry and Louisa Skaggs.
William was well known as an early settler and it is said he was called "Squire" due to his vast land ownings in Green County KY.
(Thanks to Russell Perkins for his help in the bio)
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TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL - Green County, Vol II, Issue 3, Fall 2014, page 66
"DIED - At his residence on Brush Creek, Green County, Ky., on the 20th day of August William Skaggs, Esq, aged 100 years. Mr. Skaggs was one of the old pioneers of the "dark and bloody ground" - was a private in the army of the Revolution, and, withal, an upright honorable man. He has left behind him a wife and large family of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, to whom such a name is the most inestimable of legacies."
Taken from the Louisville Courier, August 25, 1848 and submitted by Martha Houk.
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NOTE: Oct 2011 - My cousin, Carolyn Scott, Ray Perkins and I visited this cemetery on my recent vacation. This "cemetery" had recently had the tall trees cut off of it and lots of debris and piles of brush are left. William's stone is still intact. Care will have to be taken by someone or brush will grow up and obscure the last remaining stones now that the trees are gone. Cathea Curry
Gravesite Details
The Skaggs cemetery is located just north of Big Brush Creek on the south side of Highway 566. It is in the woods just west of Highway 61 north of Allendale. It has several fieldstones. (Courtesy of the Green County Library)
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