James Scruggs

John married Teresa Newell Carter 7 Sep 1824. Teresa (daughter of Francis Jackson Carter and Esther Crockett) was born 8 Oct 1806, Virginia; died 9 Nov 1888, Monroe Co., Tennessee; was buried , Old Sweetwater Cemetery, Monroe Co., TN. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Buried in the Family Cemetery with her parents.

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Married:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Carter&GSiman=1&GScid=278203&GRid=35786880&
Children of John Scruggs and Teresa Newell Carter, d/o Francis Watkins & Esther Crockett:
Mary Scruggs Brown (1825 - 1871)
Elizabeth E. Scruggs Yearwood (1827 - 1905)
Sarah Stokley Scruggs Stevens (1829 - 1895)
John Jarnigan Scruggs (1839-1839)
Abijah Douglas Scruggs (1842 - 1909)
Miranda L Scruggs Carson (1844 - 1914)
George Washington Scruggs (1846 - 1849)
Zachery Taylor Scruggs (1848 - 1849)
Rufus Scruggs (1850 - 1856)
Richard Francis Scruggs (1834-1903)
James Scruggs 30 May 1840-1906

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1809 PP tax Pittsylvania Co.
Drury Scruggs - 1
Drury Scruggs, Sr. - 2
Drury Scruggs - 1
Pittsylvania Co. DB 16, p. 265 2/9/1809 Rec: 2/11/1809
Drury Scruggs Sr. and wife Elizabeth, County of Pittsylvania to Samuel Nowlin - 550 pounds - 505 acres by survey on both sides Camp Branch of Straightstone. Lines: Patrick, Long, John's, Andrew McHaney, George, pointers, branch.
s/Drury Scruggs/Elizabeth (x) Scruggs Wit: N. Tucker, Langhorn Scruggs, Warfield Scruggs, William Doss Pittsylvania Co. DB 22, p. 56 8/8/1818 Deed of Trust Rec: 9/25/1818 Drury and Milley Scruggs, county of Pittsylvania to George Gilbert and Cornelius McHaney - $300 due Andrew McHaney by notes - sold - draughts of Straightstone Creek - 163 acres.
Pittsylvania Co. DB 23, p. 487 2/17/1821 Deed of Trust - Rec: 2/19/1821 Drury Scruggs of Pittsylvania Co. to A. C. Shelton and John Dick - 32 pounds 7 shillings 6 pence - due P. S. Grasty by bond bearing date 2/17/1821 - furniture, personal goods, animals, etc.
Pittsylvania Co. DB 24, p. 383 10/13/1821 Rec: 3/18/1822 George Gilbert and Cornelius McHaney(1) George Dejarnette(2) - indenture from Drury and Milley to Gilbert and McHaney - 163 acres - George Dejarnett became
purchaser for $299.
Pittsylvania Co. DB 30, p. 208 6/25/1828 Deed of Tr
ust Rec: 7/21/1828 - Drury Scruggs(1) Anthony Minter and Turner Rogers(2) all of Pittsylvania Co. Page 11 - $200 due George Dejarnette, personal goods, crops, animals. Wit: Henry Turner, George Turner, Allen (x) Tuck Pittsylvania Co. DB 11, p. 498 6/28/1799 Rec: 6/28/1799
John Wood and Fanney his wife, County of Halifax to Drury Scrugs, County of Pittsylvania - 150 acres Camping
Branch of Straightstone Creek. John Wood conveyed to Jesse Hodges, wife Fanney not made part of sale.
Pittsylvania Co. DB 11, p. 499 6/28/1799 Rec: 6/28/1799
John Stone and James Dejarnette, Sr., gentlemen Justices of Halifax Co. - release of Fanney's dower rights. (see above)

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Genforum Notes on Carters and Associates

http://genforum.genealogy.com/carter/messages/14608.html

Drury married Elizabeth Tabb. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Tabb and Lockey Langhorne) was born 1755, Cumberland County, Virginia; died 1830, Sumner County, Tennessee.. [Group Sheet]

Francis married Esther Crockett 13 Feb 1798, Wythe, Virginia. Esther (daughter of James Crockett and Mary Drake) was born Jan 1780, Augusta Co., Virginia; died 9 Jul 1870, Montgomery County, Tennessee; was buried , Chestue Baptist Church Cemetery, Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Richard Scruggs was granted 230 acres in 1755 Cumberland Co., VA Index to Land Grants Book 32

Birth:
Ebeling; 1 Feb 1725, New Kent Co., VA

Died:
Died 8/26/1782 Inventory of estate 23 Jan 1786 by William Scruggs DB 1 Cumberland Co. [no child named William-Brother?]

Drury married Mary Carter 16 Nov 1742, Goochland, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Theodorick2 Carter and Elizabeth Webb) was born Abt 1710, Henrico County, Virginia; died 1802, Cumberland Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
Date of the Will of Drury Scruggs; name's wife Mary;

Thomas married Lockey Langhorne. Lockey (daughter of John Langhorne and Mary Beverly/Beverley) was born Est 1723, York Co., Colonial Virginia; died Apr 1792, Prob. Cumberland Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Mary was the 12th child in the Beverley home. Her mother died soon after her birth. To understand her marriage at age 41 to John Langhorne (who was 17 years younger), we need to know the three rules for marriage in colonial Virginia. 1: The elite families were very much into class structure so that intermarriage among the elites was a requirement. 2: Marriages to the widowed were no problem. 3: Money and real estate holdings counted hugely.

As for elite status, John Langhorne?s grandfather, Capt. John Langhorne, and Mary?s father, Maj. Robert Beverley, had been close friends and colleagues, both owning vast tobacco plantations with fine homes in early Virginia. Together with William Byrd they had been responsible for fortifying the major rivers of the colony from attack.

As for wealth and real estate, Mary had married William Jones III in 1694 when she was only 16. He had inherited large landholdings from his father, Capt. William Jones, who was a member of the House of Burgess. All this made her a desirable catch as a widow.

Despite her age, Mary became the mother of three children: two successful sons, Maj. Maurice Langhorne II and Maj. William Langhorne, and one daughter, Lockey Langhorne, who was a sought after heiress with the highest social status and wealth to boot.- Sandra Powell44
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Lockey Langhorne
s the sole heir of John Langhorne, Maurice Langhorne (1670-1698) inherited a huge estate. Around 1690 he married Anne Cary of "The Forest". Anne Cary was the daughter of Capt. Henry Cary, a planter who was well known as the master builder of Williamsburg. The marriage of Maurice Langhorne to Anne Cary was a good one, for the Carys were one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the Virginia Colony. In 1695, Maurice and Anne Langhorne had their only child, whom they named John Langhorne. Within three short years Maurice Langhorne died, and young John was sent to "The Forest" to be raised by his maternal grandparents Henry and Judith Cary. Anne Cary Langhorne soon remarried, a member of another prominent Tidewater family, Benjamin Harrison III of Charles City County. Until John Langhorne III (1695-1767) reached his majority, the Harrison family operated Gambell plantation. For the next twenty years, John Langhorne would spend his days in the polite atmosphere of the Cary plantation.



When in his early twenties however, John Langhorne III had become anxious for his own personal success. Thus in 1719, he took over Gambell and married Mary Beverley of Middlesex County. Mary Beverley was a granddaughter of Capt. John Langhorne's old friend and contemporary Maj. Robert Beverley. Throughout his long career, Hon. John Langhorne served as a Justice of the Peace, a member of the House of Burgesses, Sheriff of Warwick County, and Presiding Justice of Warwick County from 1749-1762. In addition to his numerous political duties, John Langhorne III continued to expand his land holdings by purchasing new plantations in Chesterfield County, and was also a highly successful merchant, continuing the tradition laid out by his fortune-founding grandfather some fifty years before. John Langhorne and Mary Beverley had three children who left issue. Their only daughter Lockey (named after Judith Lockey, the wife of Capt. Henry Cary and mother of Anne Cary) was successfully courted by Thomas Tabb. Lockey's considerable dowry helped to establish the Tabb family as members of the Tidewater elite. The elder son, Maj. Maurice Langhorne II (1719-1790) removed to Cumberland County to live near his cousin Col. Archibald Cary of "Ampthill" and his lovely wife, the former Mary Randolph of "Curles". This Maurice Langhorne bought thousands of acres in Cumberland and established himself as a great success in his own right.
Sandra Powell44
http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/planter_aristocrats/langhorne2.asp

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Married:
Children of Thomas and Lockey Tabb (nee Langhorne):

Mary Tabb b. 19 Dec 1740, d. b 1782
Edward Mallory Tabb+ b. 9 Sep 1742, d. c 1806
Margaret Tabb+ b. 4 Apr 1744
Anne Tabb+ b. 6 Mar 1745
John Tabb b. 31 Dec 1747, d. 1748
Daughter Tabb b. c 1751
Martha Tabb+ b. c 1753
Elizabeth Tabb+ b. 1755, d. 1783
Lockey Tabb b. 1757
Langhorne Tabb (1749 - 1830)

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Signer of Deeds with nephew Richard GS
1785 Census has Richard GS, Richard T, and Richard S, along with 3 George Carters on the same page #55.

George married Mary dar Craig. Mary was born Abt 1740, Virginia; died Abt 1796, Wythe Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

James married Mary Drake. Mary was born Est 1755; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]