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Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Sr.

Male 1799 - 1882  (83 years)


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  • Name Jesse Thomas Scruggs  [1
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 1 Feb 1799  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Nov 1882  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Information about this family was provided by Irene Walton. She forwarded a copy of a message posted by Leatha A. Betts to the Rootsweb TXSABINE-L relating the Jesse Thomas Scruggs family Bible. This Bible was copied by Blanche Toole on 17 Apr 1970 in the home of Mary Louise Vickers McGown Harvey, from the Jesse T. Scruggs Family Bible, American Bible Society, 1857.

      Births
      Jesse T. Scruggs was born 1 Feb. 1799 in Virginia
      Mary Ann Tolan Mcguire was born 28 June 1818
      Finch T. Scruggs was born 14 July 1824 Ala.
      Sarah A. Scruggs was born 10 Jan. 1826
      Nathaniel T. Scruggs was born 10 Dec 1827
      William A. Scruggs was born 21 Mar. 1830
      Nancy T. Scruggs was born 31 (sic) Sept 1832
      [Note: above children were by first wife, Sarah Thornton, following by second wife Mary Ann Tolan McGuire]
      Jesse T. Scruggs was born 18 Mar 1836
      Laurence M. Scruggs was born 15 Dec. 1837
      Hambleton M. Scruggs was born 1 Jan. 1839
      George W. Scruggs was born 20 May 1842
      Charles A. Scruggs was born 2 Aug. 1845
      Mary Stephenson Scruggs was born 20 Oct 1846, Sabine County, Texas
      Angus Griffith Scruggs was born 26 Sept 1851, Sabine County, Texas
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      Mary Ann Loving was born 13 Mar 1834
      [Note: Third wife, daug. of Manuel Walton Loving, widow of George Arnold]
      Paralee Scruggs was born 14 Jun 1866
      Emer J. Arnold was born 19 Oct 1852, Sabine Co. Texas
      Elizabeth T. Arnold was born 24 Apr 1855, Sabine Co. Texas
      Martha A. Scruggs was born 20 Jul 1858, Sabine Co. Texas
      George B. Scruggs was born 26 November 1861, and died May 6, 1864 age 2 yrs, 5 months, 5 days
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      Lavelle Harvey was born 15 Feb. 1910
      Jewel Harvey was born 11 Oct 1911, Sabine Co. Texas
      Luther Bill Harvey was born 28 May 1920
      Doris Glynn Harvey was born 22 Jan. 1926
      Mary Estelle Harvey was born 10 May 1929
      [Note: Children of Perkins Harvey and his first wife]

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      Marriages

      Jesse T. Scruggs and Mary Ann Tolan McGuire was married on the 2nd say (sic) of April 1835 in the town of Grenada, Mississippi, by Reverand Thomas F. Davidson

      Jesse T. Scruggs and Martha A. Arnold was married on the first day of October 1857 in Sabine County, Texas

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      Deaths

      James M. McGuire, son of L. McGuire departed this life on 3rd day of April at his residence in Haywood Co. Tenn. A.D. 1839

      Margaret McGuire, consort of Dr. L. McGuire, departed this life on the 9th day of April 1839 in Sabine County, Texas

      Arabella E. Harvey departed this life 16 March 1852, Sabine County

      Dr. L. McGuire departed this life 16 September at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock in the evening in Sabine County, Texas 1853

      Sabine County, Texas, Finch P. Scruggs departed this life 11 Jan. 1853. His death was accasioned by a fall from a horse, his body was entered on the bank of the Patroon at Dr. McGuire's Burying Ground, there to remain until the morning of the resurrection

      Emma J. Arnold departed this life 30 December 1864 Sabine County

      Jesse T. Scruggs, Sr. departed this live 16 November 1882 age 83 years, at the house of his oldest child Sarah Harvey in Sabine County, Texas 15 minutes past 3 o'clock in the morning, this note by his youngest son, A.G. Scruggs

      Laurence M. Scruggs departed this life Teusday (sic) 15 September 1851 Sabine County, Texas

      Jesse T. Scruggs, Jr. departed this life 17 Jul 1860 at his residence in Sabine County, Texas. 24 years of age.

      Aprial the 6th day of 1857 a severe frost and freze bitting fruit and maes. Then on the 12th Knight a snow some storm in the snow was some 2 in. deep on the ground recorded Aprial 12th by Jesse T. Scruggs

      George W. Scruggs departed this life 29 September 1860 in the State of Virginia in the service of the Southern Confederacy

      George B. Scruggs departed this life 6 May 1864 age 2 yrs 5 months and 5 days

      Mary A. T. Scruggs, consort of Jesse T. Scruggs departed this life the 4th day of March 1856 in Sabine County, Texas half past one o'clock in the morning, her remains deposited at thr burying ground on Patroon there to remain until the morning of the resurrection
    Person ID I3208  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2014 

    Family 1 Susan A. Thornton,   b. Bef 1805,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Bef 1825  [1
    Children 
     1. Finch P. Scruggs,   b. 14 Jul 1824, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1853, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     2. Sarah Anabella Scruggs,   b. 16 Jan 1826, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1913, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Nathaniel T. Scruggs,   b. 10 Dec 1827,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. William Allen Scruggs,   b. 22 Mar 1830, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1900, Taylor, Williamson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     5. Nancy Thomas Scruggs,   b. 30 Sep 1833, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1919, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann Tolan McGuire,   b. 28 Jun 1818, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1856, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1835  Grenada County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • "Jesse T. Scruggs and Mary Ann Tolan McGuire was married on the 2nd say (sic) of April 1835 in the town of Grenada, Mississippi, by Reverand Thomas F. Davidson"

      From the Jesse Thomas Scruggs family Bible. This Bible was copied by Blanche Toole on 17 Apr 1970 in the home of Mary Louise Vickers McGown Harvey, from the Jesse T. Scruggs Family Bible, American Bible Society, 1857.
    Children 
     1. Jesse Thomas Scruggs, Jr.,   b. 16 Mar 1836, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1860, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     2. Lawrence M. Scruggs,   b. 15 Dec 1837,   d. 15 Sep 1851, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     3. Hambelton Mcguire Scruggs,   b. 1 Jan 1839,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. George W. Scruggs,   b. 20 May 1842,   d. 29 Sep 1860, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     5. Charles A. Scruggs,   b. 2 Aug 1845,   d. 15 Feb 1863, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     6. Mary Stephenson Scruggs,   b. 20 Oct 1848, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Angus Griffith Scruggs,   b. 26 Sep 1851, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2014 
    Family ID F1279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Martha Ann Loving,   b. 13 Mar 1834, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1 Oct 1857  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Martha A. Scruggs,   b. 20 Jul 1858, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. George B. Scruggs,   b. 26 Nov 1861,   d. 6 May 1864  (Age 2 years)
     3. Paralee Scruggs,   b. 14 Jun 1866,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F1875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Feb 1799 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Apr 1835 - Grenada County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Oct 1857 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Nov 1882 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S485] Walton, Irene Email Transcription of Affadavit of Sarah A. HARVEY dated 24 Jan 1913.

    2. [S339] Betts, Leatha A--Family Researcher (jlabetts@burgoyne.com) 777 West 1000 South Woods Cross, UT 84087, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=leathaabetts).

    3. [S194] McClendon, Ron--Family Researcher (rmcclend@highfiber.com).

    4. [S434] Toole, Blanche "Sabine County Marriages 1875-1900 1900-1910 Prior to 1875" c. 1983.