Skaggs, Henry 1a

Birth Name Skaggs, Henry
Nick Name The Long Hunter
Gender male
Age at Death 87 years, 10 months, 27 days

Narrative

1. Sons of James and Rachel listed in the Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South-Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee 1799-1899 by C. P. Cawthorn & N. L. Warnell copyright 1985. Portions received from Brenda Harper 3/15/97.
2. Henry was one of the early Long Hunters of 1761-1775 of which Kentucky Historians have recorded much about. He was considered very prominent in the settlement of early Kentucky.
3. iaw note 1 above: Henry was at the present site of Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1775.
4. iaw note 1 above: In the fall of 1779 Henry Skaggs started up from Tennessee for his usual Winter hunt. Indians attacked, stole the game his party had collected and frightened most of the hunters back to camp, leaving Henry alone with his young son and another hunter named Sinclair. Shortly after the three of them started further into the wilderness, Sinclair drowned in the icy Green River. Then young Skaggs took sick and died. The old hunter left his son's body in a hollow log, the ground being frozen too hard for a proper burying........which son?
5. When the gospel was first sent to the Green River section of Kentucky, the land was wild and uncultivated. Alas! for the poor Baptists, death at the hands of a lawless savage was an ever present chill on the hearts of the living, and who could tell whether it would continue to advance with the quiet of a blight, or vet burst upon them with the fury of a tempest?
A great number of these first Baptists were among the "Long Hunters" who came from the "Baptist Valley" area of Southwest Virginia.'
These families were the forerunners of the "foot-washing" Baptists which subsequently moved into Kentucky and established many of the Baptist Churches of the frontier land. Among the leaders was the Skaggs family consisting of Rev. James Skaggs and his brothers Henry, Richard, Jacob, Charles, Moses, and William. These were the early "Long Hunters" of 1761-1775 of which the Kentucky historians have recorded much about. Henry and Richard were particularly prominent. Henry Skaggs was at the present site of Bowling Green. Kentucky in 1775. A brother, Moses, was killed by Indians on his second trip into Kentucky.
Richard Skaggs had three sons named Shadrach, Mashack, and Abednego. It was Mashack who was killed by Indians on the creek named after him in present Monroe County, Kentucky.
The men who lived on the frontier took protracted hunting trips into Kentucky, hence the name "Long Hunters." Later when Daniel Boone led a group of Yadkin farmers into Kentucky, they used a wilderness track referred to as the "Skaggs Trace." This track became a part of the Boone Trace and Wilderness Road that led the pioneers into Kentucky from Virginia.
The first settlement of the Green River Baptists was in Green County in 1780, and was known as Skaggs Station. It was established by Rev. James Skaggs and was the third station in what is now Green County, Ky.; Glovers Station having been established in the Fall of 1779, and Pitman's Station in March of 1780.
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From The SW Virginian, Vol. 1, #3, Wise, VA, page 29, transcribed by
Rhonda S. Roberson. This is a petition asking the House of Delegates of
VA to place a line "fixed along Clinch Mt. and Montgomery line to the
Carolina line" to separate them from Washington Co. These inhabitants
include those of Clinch River, Mocason Creek, Powels Valley, north branch
of Holstein River, and "others." Dated Dec. 9, 1785. Washington Co., VA,
is in the far southern section of VA, just before the border into TN and
not far from NC. Alexander SEAL, James SHEWMAKER, John SHOEMAKER,
John SHORT, Thoms. SHORT, David SKAGGS, Solomon SKAGGS, John
SKAGGS, Henry SKAGGS, Edwd. SMITH, H. SMITH, John SMITH, Enius
SMITH, Elijah SMITH, Wm. SMITH, Wm. SMITH, Eli SMITH, Evens
SMITH, Jr., Edward SMOTE, Tom STACY, Masheck STACY, Meshack
STACY, Sammuel STALLARD, Edward STAPLETON, Edw. STAPLETON,
Isaiah STILLS, Yeah STILS?, John TATE, Thomas TATE, Robert
TATE, Jr., Rober TATE, Sr., Richd THOMPSON, John THOMPSON,
Wm. THOMPSON, John THOMSON, Saml VANCE, John VANDYETHE,

Deeds:
21 July/24 Aug 1784, A 325, Henry Skaggs and Mary Skaggs, to William Grayson, 100 acres, (Monetary terms), Little River, branch of Woods River;
witness, James McCorkle, John Kirk, Robert Currin, John Grayson, and William Christian. (Montgomery County, Christianburg Courthouse)

Henry, the Long Hunter, died 1809-1810, and his will is recorded in
Green Co., Book 1, p. 48. In W. R. Jillson's Kentucky Land Grants, Henry SKAGGS obtained 400 acres on Pitman Creek, Nelson Co., March 15, 1791. Pitman Creek begins in present-day Taylor County and runs southwest into Green County where it empties into the Green River. He lived in the northeast sector of present day Green Co.

 

"According to Virgil Skaggs, a genealogy researcher of Independence,MO. the first known people to enter America by the name of Skaggs was two brothers and a sister, who came over from Scotland about 280 years ago(about 1700). The Skaggs originally came from Norway and was spelled Skeg, meaning "bearded one", from Skeg to Skeggs, and Skaggs.They went from Norway to England and Scotland. The English way to spell the name was Skegs or Skeggs and the Scottish way was Scaggs. The two brothers who came to America argued over how to spell their name, the English way or the Scottish way. One brother said"you spell it your way and I will spell it my way", so the story goes. From this, four tribes were created, a Moses tribe, Gideon, Noah and an Elijah tribe of Skaggs. There is a Skaggs plantation at Alderson, W.Va. that was bought from William Penn. The plantation is still in the Skaggs family at the time Mr. Virgil Skaggs wrote this, late 1960's.

This is long and taken directly from the book "The life of Daniel Boone", written by Lyman C Draper, LL.D., ( A noted Historian)
Henry, Charles and Richard Skaggs, and three other brothers were granddsons of an Irishman who fled from Ireland of Londonderry in 1688-'89, when so many of the Scotch-Irish race emigrated to the shores of the New World. We find his adventureous decendants, natives of Maryland, living on the frontiers of New River and sharing largely in the toils and hardships of the Long Hunters in 1770-'71.
In June 1775, we find Henry aiding to pilot Col. Thomas Slaughter and others on an exploratory tour of the Green River country. Henry Skaggs and brothers were a noted family of hunters and nothing but hunters, and keeping pace with the advancing settlements, they pushed forward to Clinch River and were forting in 1777 at Shadrach White's Station in the neighborhood of the Maiden Spring Fork of the Clinch. In 1781 one of the family of Skaggs, who had been residing in the Cumberland settlements removed to Kentucky.
In 1779 Henry Skaggs , accompanied by upwards of twenty men, started for Kentucky, were attacked by indians in Powells Vally, lost part of their horses, when all had returned save Skaggs, his son John a mere youth, and a man named Sinclair. With eleven horses, they went to the Green River country to hunt, and during the succeding winter Sinclair got lost, probably drowned in the Green River and young Skaggs sickened and died, and amidst the severities of the season a hollow log was his burial place. His father was left alone to finish the hunt and return home with the horses, pelts and furs. He settled on Pitmans Creek in the Green River country within present Taylor County, Kentucky, in 1789 with his children and connections around him sharing freely in the indian difficulties of the times; and there he died in 1808 or '9, aged upwards of eighty years. Possing a large and bony frame, he was bold, enterprising and fearless. His brothers Charles and Richard who also settled in that region, lived to a good old age There is much more in the book, but this is the most important part."-Russ Skaggs Website

 

HENRY SKAGGS WILL
5 APRIL 1809
GREEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Will Book 1 pp. 56-57

Will

In the name of God Amen, I HENRY SKAGGS of the County of Green and state of Kentucky do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (To wit) I leave all my Estate both real and personal to my beloved Wife to be enjoyed by her during her life, and after her death, the tract of Land wher on I now live I give to my Grand son JOHN SKAGGS son of JAMES SKAGGS; my Negro man Bob I give to my son DAVID SKAGGS; my negro woman Lucy I give to SYLVIA ROARK; I give to my Daughter SARAH
SKAGGS a negro girl Rachel; I give to my son JAMES SKAGGS the rest of my negroes, jinney, and all her Children except (Rachel) and her further increase should she have any during either my life time or the lifetime of my Wife. The ballance of my Estate is to be sold, and I give one Dollarto
STEPHEN SKAGGS, the Ballance to be equally divided amongst my Children hereafter named, SOLOMON SKAGGS, LUCY STACY, RACHEL RAY, NANCY D SPANE,
POLLY COMBS what I have here left to each of my Children is in addition to what I have heretofore given Lastly I do appoint my son JAMES SKAGGS and ELIAS BARBEE Executors to this my last Will Revoking all others heretofore
made by me. In testamony where of I here unto set my hand and seal this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord 1809.

HENRY SKAGGS (mark) (seal)
Signed, sealed and puplished in the presence of

ELIAS BARBEE x
JOHN BARBEE x
LARKIN DURRET x
JAMES RAFITY x
WILLIAM BARBEE x

At a County Court held for Green County on the 4th Monday in december1810. This will was produced into Court and proven by the oath off LARKIN DURRET, JAMES RAFFIRTY and JOHN BARBEE and ordered to be recorded whichis
done accordingly by Clerk JOHN BARRET DC Parents: James Skaggs and Rachel.

He was married to Mary Thompson about 1756. [gcfamilies.GED]

 

 

Deeds:
21 July/24 Aug 1784, A 325, Henry Skaggs and Mary Skaggs, to WilliamGrayson, 100 acres, (Mone tary terms), Little River, branch of Woods River;
witness, James McCorkle, John Kirk, Robert Currin, John Grayson, andWilliam Christian. (Mont gomery County, Christianburg Courthouse)

Henry, the Long Hunter, died 1809-1810, and his will is recorded in Green Co., Book 1, p. 48. In W. R. Jillson's Kentucky Land Grants, HenrySKAGGS obtained 40 0 acres on Pitman Creek, Nelson Co., March 15, 1791.Pitman Creek begins in present-day Taylo r County and runs southwest intoGreen County where it empties into the Green River. He live d in thenortheast sector of present day Green Co.

 

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1723-01-08 Maryland   1b
Death 1810-12-04 Green County, Kentucky   1c
Event Note

 

 

 

Age: 87y 10m 26d

Burial   Hiseville Park, Barren County, Kentucky   2a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Skaggs, James17001798
Mother Moredock, Rachel Susannah16971784
         Skaggs, Henry 1723-01-08 1810-12-04
    Brother     Skaggs, John 1728
    Brother     Skaggs, Moses 1733
    Brother     Skaggs, James 1734 1816
    Sister     Skaggs, Susannah 1735
    Sister     Skaggs, Lydia 1736
    Brother     Skaggs, Charles 1737
    Sister     Skaggs, Elizabeth 1740
    Brother     Skaggs, Jacob 1741 1830-10-00
    Brother     Skaggs, Richard 1744
    Brother     Skaggs, Abram
    Brother     Skaggs, Stephen
    Brother     Skaggs, Aaron
    Sister     Skaggs, Nancy

Families

Family of Skaggs, Henry and Thompson, Mary

Married Wife Thompson, Mary ( * 1739-09-18 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1756   Religious Marriage  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Skaggs, Jamesabout 17551832-12-14
Skaggs, Sarah1757
Skaggs, John Thompson1760-12-04
Skaggs, Lucy1762-12-05
Skaggs, Solomon1766-01-15after 1817-10-19
Skaggs, David1767-04-28before 1813-06-12
Skaggs, Sylvia1769-02-181865-08-07
Skaggs, Mary Ann1771-12-191866-03-05
Skaggs, Rachel1774
Skaggs, Stephen1784

Source References

  1. Linda Kaye Cope Lanier: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lkcopelanier&id=I31686 FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA AND WEST TO OKLAHOMA
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        ID: I31686
        Name: Henry SKAGGS
        Sex: M
        Birth: 08 JAN 1723 in Maryland
        Burial: "High on a hill in the woods he loved on Mr. Bishop's farm, Green Co. KY (now Hiseville-Park, Barren Co. KY)
        Death: DEC 1810 in Green Co. KY
        Note:
        Henry was one of the "Long Hunters" who gained fame for their hunting trips and exploration of Kentucky and Tennessee.

        He served in the Revolutionary War in at least one major campaign,that of Kanawha River.

        His name is recorded in a multitude of records in several counties inVirginia and Kentucky. From these records we can determine that Henrywas living in New River, Pulaski Co. VA in 1770, in Fincastle,Botetourt Co. VA. from 1773 to 1780. He was living in Russell Co. KYin 1787, on Pitman Creek in Nelson Co. KY in 1791, and at Brush Creekin Green Co. KY from just after 1791 until his death. That part ofGreen Co. KY later became a part of Barren Co. KY.

        In the "SW Virginian", vol. 1, #3, Wise Co. VA, page 29 is atranscription of a petition asking the House of Delegates of Virginiato place a line "fixed along Clinch Mt. and Montgomery line to theCarolina line" to separate them from Washington County. Theseinhabitants include those of Clinch River, Moccason Creek, PowellsValley, North Branch of Holstein River and others and is datedDecember 9, 1785. Among those signing the petition were Henry Skaggsand three of his sons, David, John, and Solomon. Also signing thepetition was Henry's father-in-law, JohnThompson.

        Henry is mentioned in the book, "The Life of Daniel Boone" written byLyman C. Draper, a noted historian. An exerpt from the book reads asfollows: "Henry, Charles, and Richard Skaggs, and three otherbrothers were grandsons of an Irishman who fled from Ireland ofLondonderry in 1688-89, when so many of the Scotch-Irish raceemigrated to the shores of the New World. We find his adventureousdescendants, natives of Maryland, living on the frontiers of New Riverand sharing largely in the toils and hardships of the Long Hunters in1770-71.

        In June1775, we find Henry helping pilot Col. Thomas Slaughter andothers on an exploratory tour of the Green River country.

        Draper also wrote, "Henry Skaggs and brothers were a noted family ofhunters and nothing but hunters, and keeping pace with the advancingsettlements, they pushed forward to Clinch River and were forting in1777 at Shadrach White's Station in the neighborhood of the MaidenSpring Fork of the Clinch...In 1779 Henry Skaggs, accompanied byupwards of twenty men, started for Kentucky, were attacked by Indiansin Powell's Valley and lost part of their horses. All of the menreturned save Skaggs, his son John, a mere youth, and a man namedSinclair. With eleven horses, they went to the Green River country tohunt, and during the succeding winter Sinclair got lost, probablydrowned in the Green River and young Skaggs sickened and died, andamidst the severities of the season a hollow log was his burial place. His father was left alone to finish the hunt and return home with thehorses, pelts, andfurs. He settled on Pitmans Creek in the GreenRiver country within present Taylor County, Kentucky in 1789 with hischildren and connections around him sharing freely in the Indiandifficulties of the times, and there he died in 1808 04 09, agedupwards of eighty years. Possessing a large and bony frame, he wasbold, enterprising and fearless. His brothers Charles and Richard whoalso settled in that region, lived to a good old age."

        Robert L. Kincaid, in his book, "The Wilderness Road" wrote thefollowing: "One of the early leaders in these hunting expeditions wasa man by the name of Walden. On one of his first trips he wasaccompanied by his father-in-law William Blevins, his brother-in-lawJack Blevins, Henry Skaggs, Walter Newman, Charles Cox, and about adozen other trained woodsmen. The party spent about eighteen monthson the trip and ranged as far as the vicinity of Cumberland Gap. Thearea was a hunter's paradise abounding in deer, buffalo, beaver,otter, mink, and small game for their daily food supply. They broughthome a large supply of pelts and hides. In 1763, Walden and his partyagain went on a Long Hunt, passing through Cumberland Gap this timeand going as far as the present town of Crab Orchard, Kentucky."Kincaid also mentions in his book that Henry Skaggs fought in theRevolutionary War against the British.

        Henry and Mary are mentioned in the "Archibald Thompson Diary".Archibald's sister Mary married Henry Skaggs and his sister Lucymarried Henry's brother, Charles Skaggs. On page 10 in the diary,Archibald mentions the births and dates of some of Henry and Mary'schildren, Sollomon, David, Silvanus, and Mary. On page 25 he alsomentions that he spent some time at the Henry Skaggs Plantation. Theentry reads as follows: "...removed my family to Henry Skaggsplantation February 20th, 1778, then cropt there two years..."

        Henry is mentioned in the book "Stories of Early Days" by CyrusEdwards, page 208. The author related that "Henry Skaggs, the LongHunter, came to the home of his grandfather, Cader Edwards, in Nov.1765, asked for lodging and remained until spring. (Cader Edwardslived next door to Henry's brother, Richard Skaggs). This wasrepeated every winter thereafter until 1769, when Henry Skaggs wentwith a group of explorers in 1770-71, trapping beaver at the bigbeaver dam on Barren River, near the big spring at the Adolphus Deppplace. (The author noted that this was the first arrival of the whiteman in Barren County). Henry Skaggs told Cader Edwards that ifanything ever happened to him to "bury me high on a hill in the woodsI loved, whereever I die." After a wild turkey hunt he spent thenight at his friend Mr. Bishop's. A sudden illness overcame him andhe died there. A huge tree stands as a sentinel at the head of thegrave, not far from Mr. Bishop's house. (In 1921 his grave stood atthe residence of J.W. Irwin, near what is now the Park Post Office.)"This information was provided by Dan Betts <danbetts@home.com>. Hiswebsite can be found on RootsWeb.

        "The Kentucky Explorer" magazine, October1999 issue, features anarticle about the efforts of the South Central Kentucky HistoricalSociety to mark forgotten cemeteries in the area. The article has aphoto of society volunteers who placed a sign on or near the burialplace of Henry Skaggs, located on the property of former KentuckyGovernor Louis Nunn, at Hiseville Park, KY in Barren Co. KY and verynear the Green Co. KY boundary.

        Henry's will is recorded in Green Co. KY Will Book 1, p. 56-57. Itreads as follows: "In the name of God Amen, I Henry Skaggs of theCounty of Green and state of Kentucky do make this my last Will andTestament in manner and form following (To wit) I leave all my Estateboth real and personal to my beloved wife to be enjoyed by her duringher life, and after her death, the tract of land where on I now live Igive to my grandson John Skaggs, son of James Skaggs; my Negro man BobI give to my son David Skaggs; my Negro woman Lucy I give to SylviaRoark; I give to my daughter Sarah Skaggs a Negro girl Rachel; I giveto my son James Skaggs the rest of my Negros, Jinney, and all herchildren, except Rachel and her further increase should she have anyduring either my life time or the lifetime of my wife. The ballanceof my estate is to besold, and I give one dollar to Stephen Skaggs,Lucy Stacy, Rachel Ray, Nancy D. Spane, Polly Combs. What I have leftto each of my children is in addition to what I have heretofore given. Lastly, I do appoint my son James Skaggs and Elias Barbee Executorsto this my last Will, revoking all others heretofore made by me. Intestamony whereof I here unto set my hand and seal this fifth day ofApril in the year of our Lord 1809. (Signed) Henry Skaggs, in thepresence of Elias Barbee, John Barbee, Larkin Durret, James Rafity,and William Barbee.

        At the County Court held for Green County on the 4th Monday inDecember 1810, This will was produced into court and proven by theoath of Larkin Durret, James Raffirty, and John Barbee, and ordered tobe recorded which is done accordingly by Clerk John Barret, DC.

        Henry's will was contested in Green Co. KY Circuit Court Case #5389,Jun 1815 by his daughters Nancy Despain and her husband Peter, SylviaRoark and her husband Reubin, Mary Combs and her husband William, andRachel Ray and her husband Thomas VS. Elias Barbee and James Skaggs,executors of the will; Mary Skaggs, widow of Henry Skaggs; and DavidSkaggs, Solomon Skaggs, Stephen Skaggs, Lucy Stacy and her husbandJohn, Sally Skaggs, children of Henry Skaggs; and John Skaggs, son ofJames Skaggs and grandson of Henry Skaggs. The complaint stated that"Henry Skaggs departed this life leaving your orators (the plaintiffs)heirs to part of his estate and that the deceased intended by a willto have devised his estate in such a manner as it might be wellunderstood and for that purpose appointed Elias Barbee and JamesSkaggs in said will to be his Executors and to act for the benefit ofall the legatees named in said will, but said will either being souninteligible as that said Executor could not act properly on saidwill or otherwise they have so mistaken said will so as to do greatinjustice to your orators and have acted contrary to the last will andwish of the testator and your orators veryly believes that the will isso vague and uncertin that it cannot be acted upon so as to do justiceto the parties according to the true intent and meaning of thetestator which will and the inventory and appraisement of said estateyour orators prays may be taken and read as a part of this bill andthat the said executors Elias Barbee and James Skaggs may be madedefendants to this bill and that your honors may by a decree of yourhonorable court make nul and void said will or otherwise if yourhonors should be of opinion that the said will can be understood so asto be acted upon your orators prays your honors to compell the saiddefendants to do justice according to the true intent and meaning ofthe deceased and compell the different legatees to act according tothe justice of the case, to wit, David Skaggs, Solomon Skaggs, StephenSkaggs, John Stacy and Lucy Stacy his wife all of whom your oratorsprays may be made defendants to this bill and your orators fartherstates that Mary Skaggs the wife of the deceased was left inpossession of all the estate real and personal and has so wasted theestate or want of proper care and through neglect so as to depriveyour orators from the benefit of their part of the estate when thesaid Mary Skaggs who is also made defendant hereunto was left in fullpossession of one tract of land the rents of which would have morethan doubly supported her and also one valuable negro fellow named Bobwhose labour alone with good management would have supported her andone other negro man named Ned whose labour was entirely sufficient tohave supported her and your orators farther states that the deceasedwas none indebted and left several other negroes sufficient to supporther and her daughter Sally Skaggs who is also made defendant hereuntoall of which land and negores are now and have been in the possessionand in the use of said defendant Mary Skaggs and if the will is notrevoked the land to remain hers during her life and then to descend toJohn Skaggs son of James Skaggs which John Skaggs isa lso madedefendant hereunto. And your orators would farther state that if thewill is not made nul and void that they were and are entitled to alarge share of the property of the deceased as ill appear from thewill and inventory and the right of the increase of one negro womanwhich at present is three negroes all of which goods have been sold atpublic sale and otherwise made way with except the three negroesmentioned as the increase and they have in no accounted to yourorators for any part of the estate when it was the wish and desire ofthe testator that the said defendant Mary his wife should be freelyand honourably supported and that proper care should be taken by theexecutors and the defendant Mary and that after her suppoet thebalance should be for your orators and that nothing should go towaste, but your orators state that there is a total neglect and in thedefendant Mary Skaggs want of care which is much to the damages ofyour orators. All which actings and doings are contrary to equity andgood conscience and tend greatly to injure your orators in tenderconsideration whereof and as your orators are with out remedy atcommon law and only relievable at equity before your honors wherefrauds are detected and hardships relieved against may it please yourhonors the premis considered to grant the Commonwealths writ ofsubpoena ad responendum by which the defendants may be compelled ontheir corpal oaths true and perfect answers to make it all andsingular the premises as perfectly and as fully as if they were againrepeated and interogated and that the Honourable Court may appointcommissioners to adjust and settle the said estate and that by a finaldecree of the Honourable Court they may make nul and void the saidwill as being too vague to be understood so as to do justice orotherwise decree to your orators such part of the estate as to themdoes justly belong and grant an injunction all waste of said estate infurthergranting to the defendant Mary Skaggs the wife of the deceaseda full and honourable support out of the estate and such other andfarther relief as to equity doth belong and your orators as in dutybound shall ever pray. (Signed) John Emerson, Attorney forComplainants"

         

         

         

        Father: James SKAGGS b: 1700 in On board a ship from Ireland
        Mother: Rachel [SKAGGS]

        Marriage 1 Mary THOMPSON b: 18 AUG 1739
        Married: ABT 1756 in Wise Co. VA
        Children
        Has No Children Sarah SKAGGS b: 1757
        Has Children Nancy SKAGGS b: 1759 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children John Thompson SKAGGS b: 04 DEC 1760
        Has Children Lucy SKAGGS b: 05 DEC 1762
        Has Children Solomon SKAGGS b: 15 JAN 1766 in Washington Co. VA
        Has Children David SKAGGS b: 28 APR 1767 in VA
        Has Children Sylvia SKAGGS b: 18 FEB 1769
        Has Children Mary "Polly" SKAGGS b: 19 DEC 1771
        Has Children Rachel SKAGGS b: 1774
        Has Children James SKAGGS b: ABT 1775 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children Stephen SKAGGS b: 1784 in Green Co. KY

         

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      • Source text:

        ID: I31686
        Name: Henry SKAGGS
        Sex: M
        Birth: 08 JAN 1723 in Maryland
        Burial: "High on a hill in the woods he loved on Mr. Bishop's farm, Green Co. KY (now Hiseville-Park, Barren Co. KY)
        Death: DEC 1810 in Green Co. KY
        Note:
        Henry was one of the "Long Hunters" who gained fame for their hunting trips and exploration of Kentucky and Tennessee.

        He served in the Revolutionary War in at least one major campaign,that of Kanawha River.

        His name is recorded in a multitude of records in several counties inVirginia and Kentucky. From these records we can determine that Henrywas living in New River, Pulaski Co. VA in 1770, in Fincastle,Botetourt Co. VA. from 1773 to 1780. He was living in Russell Co. KYin 1787, on Pitman Creek in Nelson Co. KY in 1791, and at Brush Creekin Green Co. KY from just after 1791 until his death. That part ofGreen Co. KY later became a part of Barren Co. KY.

        In the "SW Virginian", vol. 1, #3, Wise Co. VA, page 29 is atranscription of a petition asking the House of Delegates of Virginiato place a line "fixed along Clinch Mt. and Montgomery line to theCarolina line" to separate them from Washington County. Theseinhabitants include those of Clinch River, Moccason Creek, PowellsValley, North Branch of Holstein River and others and is datedDecember 9, 1785. Among those signing the petition were Henry Skaggsand three of his sons, David, John, and Solomon. Also signing thepetition was Henry's father-in-law, JohnThompson.

        Henry is mentioned in the book, "The Life of Daniel Boone" written byLyman C. Draper, a noted historian. An exerpt from the book reads asfollows: "Henry, Charles, and Richard Skaggs, and three otherbrothers were grandsons of an Irishman who fled from Ireland ofLondonderry in 1688-89, when so many of the Scotch-Irish raceemigrated to the shores of the New World. We find his adventureousdescendants, natives of Maryland, living on the frontiers of New Riverand sharing largely in the toils and hardships of the Long Hunters in1770-71.

        In June1775, we find Henry helping pilot Col. Thomas Slaughter andothers on an exploratory tour of the Green River country.

        Draper also wrote, "Henry Skaggs and brothers were a noted family ofhunters and nothing but hunters, and keeping pace with the advancingsettlements, they pushed forward to Clinch River and were forting in1777 at Shadrach White's Station in the neighborhood of the MaidenSpring Fork of the Clinch...In 1779 Henry Skaggs, accompanied byupwards of twenty men, started for Kentucky, were attacked by Indiansin Powell's Valley and lost part of their horses. All of the menreturned save Skaggs, his son John, a mere youth, and a man namedSinclair. With eleven horses, they went to the Green River country tohunt, and during the succeding winter Sinclair got lost, probablydrowned in the Green River and young Skaggs sickened and died, andamidst the severities of the season a hollow log was his burial place. His father was left alone to finish the hunt and return home with thehorses, pelts, andfurs. He settled on Pitmans Creek in the GreenRiver country within present Taylor County, Kentucky in 1789 with hischildren and connections around him sharing freely in the Indiandifficulties of the times, and there he died in 1808 04 09, agedupwards of eighty years. Possessing a large and bony frame, he wasbold, enterprising and fearless. His brothers Charles and Richard whoalso settled in that region, lived to a good old age."

        Robert L. Kincaid, in his book, "The Wilderness Road" wrote thefollowing: "One of the early leaders in these hunting expeditions wasa man by the name of Walden. On one of his first trips he wasaccompanied by his father-in-law William Blevins, his brother-in-lawJack Blevins, Henry Skaggs, Walter Newman, Charles Cox, and about adozen other trained woodsmen. The party spent about eighteen monthson the trip and ranged as far as the vicinity of Cumberland Gap. Thearea was a hunter's paradise abounding in deer, buffalo, beaver,otter, mink, and small game for their daily food supply. They broughthome a large supply of pelts and hides. In 1763, Walden and his partyagain went on a Long Hunt, passing through Cumberland Gap this timeand going as far as the present town of Crab Orchard, Kentucky."Kincaid also mentions in his book that Henry Skaggs fought in theRevolutionary War against the British.

        Henry and Mary are mentioned in the "Archibald Thompson Diary".Archibald's sister Mary married Henry Skaggs and his sister Lucymarried Henry's brother, Charles Skaggs. On page 10 in the diary,Archibald mentions the births and dates of some of Henry and Mary'schildren, Sollomon, David, Silvanus, and Mary. On page 25 he alsomentions that he spent some time at the Henry Skaggs Plantation. Theentry reads as follows: "...removed my family to Henry Skaggsplantation February 20th, 1778, then cropt there two years..."

        Henry is mentioned in the book "Stories of Early Days" by CyrusEdwards, page 208. The author related that "Henry Skaggs, the LongHunter, came to the home of his grandfather, Cader Edwards, in Nov.1765, asked for lodging and remained until spring. (Cader Edwardslived next door to Henry's brother, Richard Skaggs). This wasrepeated every winter thereafter until 1769, when Henry Skaggs wentwith a group of explorers in 1770-71, trapping beaver at the bigbeaver dam on Barren River, near the big spring at the Adolphus Deppplace. (The author noted that this was the first arrival of the whiteman in Barren County). Henry Skaggs told Cader Edwards that ifanything ever happened to him to "bury me high on a hill in the woodsI loved, whereever I die." After a wild turkey hunt he spent thenight at his friend Mr. Bishop's. A sudden illness overcame him andhe died there. A huge tree stands as a sentinel at the head of thegrave, not far from Mr. Bishop's house. (In 1921 his grave stood atthe residence of J.W. Irwin, near what is now the Park Post Office.)"This information was provided by Dan Betts <danbetts@home.com>. Hiswebsite can be found on RootsWeb.

        "The Kentucky Explorer" magazine, October1999 issue, features anarticle about the efforts of the South Central Kentucky HistoricalSociety to mark forgotten cemeteries in the area. The article has aphoto of society volunteers who placed a sign on or near the burialplace of Henry Skaggs, located on the property of former KentuckyGovernor Louis Nunn, at Hiseville Park, KY in Barren Co. KY and verynear the Green Co. KY boundary.

        Henry's will is recorded in Green Co. KY Will Book 1, p. 56-57. Itreads as follows: "In the name of God Amen, I Henry Skaggs of theCounty of Green and state of Kentucky do make this my last Will andTestament in manner and form following (To wit) I leave all my Estateboth real and personal to my beloved wife to be enjoyed by her duringher life, and after her death, the tract of land where on I now live Igive to my grandson John Skaggs, son of James Skaggs; my Negro man BobI give to my son David Skaggs; my Negro woman Lucy I give to SylviaRoark; I give to my daughter Sarah Skaggs a Negro girl Rachel; I giveto my son James Skaggs the rest of my Negros, Jinney, and all herchildren, except Rachel and her further increase should she have anyduring either my life time or the lifetime of my wife. The ballanceof my estate is to besold, and I give one dollar to Stephen Skaggs,Lucy Stacy, Rachel Ray, Nancy D. Spane, Polly Combs. What I have leftto each of my children is in addition to what I have heretofore given. Lastly, I do appoint my son James Skaggs and Elias Barbee Executorsto this my last Will, revoking all others heretofore made by me. Intestamony whereof I here unto set my hand and seal this fifth day ofApril in the year of our Lord 1809. (Signed) Henry Skaggs, in thepresence of Elias Barbee, John Barbee, Larkin Durret, James Rafity,and William Barbee.

        At the County Court held for Green County on the 4th Monday inDecember 1810, This will was produced into court and proven by theoath of Larkin Durret, James Raffirty, and John Barbee, and ordered tobe recorded which is done accordingly by Clerk John Barret, DC.

        Henry's will was contested in Green Co. KY Circuit Court Case #5389,Jun 1815 by his daughters Nancy Despain and her husband Peter, SylviaRoark and her husband Reubin, Mary Combs and her husband William, andRachel Ray and her husband Thomas VS. Elias Barbee and James Skaggs,executors of the will; Mary Skaggs, widow of Henry Skaggs; and DavidSkaggs, Solomon Skaggs, Stephen Skaggs, Lucy Stacy and her husbandJohn, Sally Skaggs, children of Henry Skaggs; and John Skaggs, son ofJames Skaggs and grandson of Henry Skaggs. The complaint stated that"Henry Skaggs departed this life leaving your orators (the plaintiffs)heirs to part of his estate and that the deceased intended by a willto have devised his estate in such a manner as it might be wellunderstood and for that purpose appointed Elias Barbee and JamesSkaggs in said will to be his Executors and to act for the benefit ofall the legatees named in said will, but said will either being souninteligible as that said Executor could not act properly on saidwill or otherwise they have so mistaken said will so as to do greatinjustice to your orators and have acted contrary to the last will andwish of the testator and your orators veryly believes that the will isso vague and uncertin that it cannot be acted upon so as to do justiceto the parties according to the true intent and meaning of thetestator which will and the inventory and appraisement of said estateyour orators prays may be taken and read as a part of this bill andthat the said executors Elias Barbee and James Skaggs may be madedefendants to this bill and that your honors may by a decree of yourhonorable court make nul and void said will or otherwise if yourhonors should be of opinion that the said will can be understood so asto be acted upon your orators prays your honors to compell the saiddefendants to do justice according to the true intent and meaning ofthe deceased and compell the different legatees to act according tothe justice of the case, to wit, David Skaggs, Solomon Skaggs, StephenSkaggs, John Stacy and Lucy Stacy his wife all of whom your oratorsprays may be made defendants to this bill and your orators fartherstates that Mary Skaggs the wife of the deceased was left inpossession of all the estate real and personal and has so wasted theestate or want of proper care and through neglect so as to depriveyour orators from the benefit of their part of the estate when thesaid Mary Skaggs who is also made defendant hereunto was left in fullpossession of one tract of land the rents of which would have morethan doubly supported her and also one valuable negro fellow named Bobwhose labour alone with good management would have supported her andone other negro man named Ned whose labour was entirely sufficient tohave supported her and your orators farther states that the deceasedwas none indebted and left several other negroes sufficient to supporther and her daughter Sally Skaggs who is also made defendant hereuntoall of which land and negores are now and have been in the possessionand in the use of said defendant Mary Skaggs and if the will is notrevoked the land to remain hers during her life and then to descend toJohn Skaggs son of James Skaggs which John Skaggs isa lso madedefendant hereunto. And your orators would farther state that if thewill is not made nul and void that they were and are entitled to alarge share of the property of the deceased as ill appear from thewill and inventory and the right of the increase of one negro womanwhich at present is three negroes all of which goods have been sold atpublic sale and otherwise made way with except the three negroesmentioned as the increase and they have in no accounted to yourorators for any part of the estate when it was the wish and desire ofthe testator that the said defendant Mary his wife should be freelyand honourably supported and that proper care should be taken by theexecutors and the defendant Mary and that after her suppoet thebalance should be for your orators and that nothing should go towaste, but your orators state that there is a total neglect and in thedefendant Mary Skaggs want of care which is much to the damages ofyour orators. All which actings and doings are contrary to equity andgood conscience and tend greatly to injure your orators in tenderconsideration whereof and as your orators are with out remedy atcommon law and only relievable at equity before your honors wherefrauds are detected and hardships relieved against may it please yourhonors the premis considered to grant the Commonwealths writ ofsubpoena ad responendum by which the defendants may be compelled ontheir corpal oaths true and perfect answers to make it all andsingular the premises as perfectly and as fully as if they were againrepeated and interogated and that the Honourable Court may appointcommissioners to adjust and settle the said estate and that by a finaldecree of the Honourable Court they may make nul and void the saidwill as being too vague to be understood so as to do justice orotherwise decree to your orators such part of the estate as to themdoes justly belong and grant an injunction all waste of said estate infurthergranting to the defendant Mary Skaggs the wife of the deceaseda full and honourable support out of the estate and such other andfarther relief as to equity doth belong and your orators as in dutybound shall ever pray. (Signed) John Emerson, Attorney forComplainants"

         

         

         

        Father: James SKAGGS b: 1700 in On board a ship from Ireland
        Mother: Rachel [SKAGGS]

        Marriage 1 Mary THOMPSON b: 18 AUG 1739
        Married: ABT 1756 in Wise Co. VA
        Children
        Has No Children Sarah SKAGGS b: 1757
        Has Children Nancy SKAGGS b: 1759 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children John Thompson SKAGGS b: 04 DEC 1760
        Has Children Lucy SKAGGS b: 05 DEC 1762
        Has Children Solomon SKAGGS b: 15 JAN 1766 in Washington Co. VA
        Has Children David SKAGGS b: 28 APR 1767 in VA
        Has Children Sylvia SKAGGS b: 18 FEB 1769
        Has Children Mary "Polly" SKAGGS b: 19 DEC 1771
        Has Children Rachel SKAGGS b: 1774
        Has Children James SKAGGS b: ABT 1775 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children Stephen SKAGGS b: 1784 in Green Co. KY

         

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        ID: I31686
        Name: Henry SKAGGS
        Sex: M
        Birth: 08 JAN 1723 in Maryland
        Burial: "High on a hill in the woods he loved on Mr. Bishop's farm, Green Co. KY (now Hiseville-Park, Barren Co. KY)
        Death: DEC 1810 in Green Co. KY
        Note:
        Henry was one of the "Long Hunters" who gained fame for their hunting trips and exploration of Kentucky and Tennessee.

        He served in the Revolutionary War in at least one major campaign,that of Kanawha River.

        His name is recorded in a multitude of records in several counties inVirginia and Kentucky. From these records we can determine that Henrywas living in New River, Pulaski Co. VA in 1770, in Fincastle,Botetourt Co. VA. from 1773 to 1780. He was living in Russell Co. KYin 1787, on Pitman Creek in Nelson Co. KY in 1791, and at Brush Creekin Green Co. KY from just after 1791 until his death. That part ofGreen Co. KY later became a part of Barren Co. KY.

        In the "SW Virginian", vol. 1, #3, Wise Co. VA, page 29 is atranscription of a petition asking the House of Delegates of Virginiato place a line "fixed along Clinch Mt. and Montgomery line to theCarolina line" to separate them from Washington County. Theseinhabitants include those of Clinch River, Moccason Creek, PowellsValley, North Branch of Holstein River and others and is datedDecember 9, 1785. Among those signing the petition were Henry Skaggsand three of his sons, David, John, and Solomon. Also signing thepetition was Henry's father-in-law, JohnThompson.

        Henry is mentioned in the book, "The Life of Daniel Boone" written byLyman C. Draper, a noted historian. An exerpt from the book reads asfollows: "Henry, Charles, and Richard Skaggs, and three otherbrothers were grandsons of an Irishman who fled from Ireland ofLondonderry in 1688-89, when so many of the Scotch-Irish raceemigrated to the shores of the New World. We find his adventureousdescendants, natives of Maryland, living on the frontiers of New Riverand sharing largely in the toils and hardships of the Long Hunters in1770-71.

        In June1775, we find Henry helping pilot Col. Thomas Slaughter andothers on an exploratory tour of the Green River country.

        Draper also wrote, "Henry Skaggs and brothers were a noted family ofhunters and nothing but hunters, and keeping pace with the advancingsettlements, they pushed forward to Clinch River and were forting in1777 at Shadrach White's Station in the neighborhood of the MaidenSpring Fork of the Clinch...In 1779 Henry Skaggs, accompanied byupwards of twenty men, started for Kentucky, were attacked by Indiansin Powell's Valley and lost part of their horses. All of the menreturned save Skaggs, his son John, a mere youth, and a man namedSinclair. With eleven horses, they went to the Green River country tohunt, and during the succeding winter Sinclair got lost, probablydrowned in the Green River and young Skaggs sickened and died, andamidst the severities of the season a hollow log was his burial place. His father was left alone to finish the hunt and return home with thehorses, pelts, andfurs. He settled on Pitmans Creek in the GreenRiver country within present Taylor County, Kentucky in 1789 with hischildren and connections around him sharing freely in the Indiandifficulties of the times, and there he died in 1808 04 09, agedupwards of eighty years. Possessing a large and bony frame, he wasbold, enterprising and fearless. His brothers Charles and Richard whoalso settled in that region, lived to a good old age."

        Robert L. Kincaid, in his book, "The Wilderness Road" wrote thefollowing: "One of the early leaders in these hunting expeditions wasa man by the name of Walden. On one of his first trips he wasaccompanied by his father-in-law William Blevins, his brother-in-lawJack Blevins, Henry Skaggs, Walter Newman, Charles Cox, and about adozen other trained woodsmen. The party spent about eighteen monthson the trip and ranged as far as the vicinity of Cumberland Gap. Thearea was a hunter's paradise abounding in deer, buffalo, beaver,otter, mink, and small game for their daily food supply. They broughthome a large supply of pelts and hides. In 1763, Walden and his partyagain went on a Long Hunt, passing through Cumberland Gap this timeand going as far as the present town of Crab Orchard, Kentucky."Kincaid also mentions in his book that Henry Skaggs fought in theRevolutionary War against the British.

        Henry and Mary are mentioned in the "Archibald Thompson Diary".Archibald's sister Mary married Henry Skaggs and his sister Lucymarried Henry's brother, Charles Skaggs. On page 10 in the diary,Archibald mentions the births and dates of some of Henry and Mary'schildren, Sollomon, David, Silvanus, and Mary. On page 25 he alsomentions that he spent some time at the Henry Skaggs Plantation. Theentry reads as follows: "...removed my family to Henry Skaggsplantation February 20th, 1778, then cropt there two years..."

        Henry is mentioned in the book "Stories of Early Days" by CyrusEdwards, page 208. The author related that "Henry Skaggs, the LongHunter, came to the home of his grandfather, Cader Edwards, in Nov.1765, asked for lodging and remained until spring. (Cader Edwardslived next door to Henry's brother, Richard Skaggs). This wasrepeated every winter thereafter until 1769, when Henry Skaggs wentwith a group of explorers in 1770-71, trapping beaver at the bigbeaver dam on Barren River, near the big spring at the Adolphus Deppplace. (The author noted that this was the first arrival of the whiteman in Barren County). Henry Skaggs told Cader Edwards that ifanything ever happened to him to "bury me high on a hill in the woodsI loved, whereever I die." After a wild turkey hunt he spent thenight at his friend Mr. Bishop's. A sudden illness overcame him andhe died there. A huge tree stands as a sentinel at the head of thegrave, not far from Mr. Bishop's house. (In 1921 his grave stood atthe residence of J.W. Irwin, near what is now the Park Post Office.)"This information was provided by Dan Betts <danbetts@home.com>. Hiswebsite can be found on RootsWeb.

        "The Kentucky Explorer" magazine, October1999 issue, features anarticle about the efforts of the South Central Kentucky HistoricalSociety to mark forgotten cemeteries in the area. The article has aphoto of society volunteers who placed a sign on or near the burialplace of Henry Skaggs, located on the property of former KentuckyGovernor Louis Nunn, at Hiseville Park, KY in Barren Co. KY and verynear the Green Co. KY boundary.

        Henry's will is recorded in Green Co. KY Will Book 1, p. 56-57. Itreads as follows: "In the name of God Amen, I Henry Skaggs of theCounty of Green and state of Kentucky do make this my last Will andTestament in manner and form following (To wit) I leave all my Estateboth real and personal to my beloved wife to be enjoyed by her duringher life, and after her death, the tract of land where on I now live Igive to my grandson John Skaggs, son of James Skaggs; my Negro man BobI give to my son David Skaggs; my Negro woman Lucy I give to SylviaRoark; I give to my daughter Sarah Skaggs a Negro girl Rachel; I giveto my son James Skaggs the rest of my Negros, Jinney, and all herchildren, except Rachel and her further increase should she have anyduring either my life time or the lifetime of my wife. The ballanceof my estate is to besold, and I give one dollar to Stephen Skaggs,Lucy Stacy, Rachel Ray, Nancy D. Spane, Polly Combs. What I have leftto each of my children is in addition to what I have heretofore given. Lastly, I do appoint my son James Skaggs and Elias Barbee Executorsto this my last Will, revoking all others heretofore made by me. Intestamony whereof I here unto set my hand and seal this fifth day ofApril in the year of our Lord 1809. (Signed) Henry Skaggs, in thepresence of Elias Barbee, John Barbee, Larkin Durret, James Rafity,and William Barbee.

        At the County Court held for Green County on the 4th Monday inDecember 1810, This will was produced into court and proven by theoath of Larkin Durret, James Raffirty, and John Barbee, and ordered tobe recorded which is done accordingly by Clerk John Barret, DC.

        Henry's will was contested in Green Co. KY Circuit Court Case #5389,Jun 1815 by his daughters Nancy Despain and her husband Peter, SylviaRoark and her husband Reubin, Mary Combs and her husband William, andRachel Ray and her husband Thomas VS. Elias Barbee and James Skaggs,executors of the will; Mary Skaggs, widow of Henry Skaggs; and DavidSkaggs, Solomon Skaggs, Stephen Skaggs, Lucy Stacy and her husbandJohn, Sally Skaggs, children of Henry Skaggs; and John Skaggs, son ofJames Skaggs and grandson of Henry Skaggs. The complaint stated that"Henry Skaggs departed this life leaving your orators (the plaintiffs)heirs to part of his estate and that the deceased intended by a willto have devised his estate in such a manner as it might be wellunderstood and for that purpose appointed Elias Barbee and JamesSkaggs in said will to be his Executors and to act for the benefit ofall the legatees named in said will, but said will either being souninteligible as that said Executor could not act properly on saidwill or otherwise they have so mistaken said will so as to do greatinjustice to your orators and have acted contrary to the last will andwish of the testator and your orators veryly believes that the will isso vague and uncertin that it cannot be acted upon so as to do justiceto the parties according to the true intent and meaning of thetestator which will and the inventory and appraisement of said estateyour orators prays may be taken and read as a part of this bill andthat the said executors Elias Barbee and James Skaggs may be madedefendants to this bill and that your honors may by a decree of yourhonorable court make nul and void said will or otherwise if yourhonors should be of opinion that the said will can be understood so asto be acted upon your orators prays your honors to compell the saiddefendants to do justice according to the true intent and meaning ofthe deceased and compell the different legatees to act according tothe justice of the case, to wit, David Skaggs, Solomon Skaggs, StephenSkaggs, John Stacy and Lucy Stacy his wife all of whom your oratorsprays may be made defendants to this bill and your orators fartherstates that Mary Skaggs the wife of the deceased was left inpossession of all the estate real and personal and has so wasted theestate or want of proper care and through neglect so as to depriveyour orators from the benefit of their part of the estate when thesaid Mary Skaggs who is also made defendant hereunto was left in fullpossession of one tract of land the rents of which would have morethan doubly supported her and also one valuable negro fellow named Bobwhose labour alone with good management would have supported her andone other negro man named Ned whose labour was entirely sufficient tohave supported her and your orators farther states that the deceasedwas none indebted and left several other negroes sufficient to supporther and her daughter Sally Skaggs who is also made defendant hereuntoall of which land and negores are now and have been in the possessionand in the use of said defendant Mary Skaggs and if the will is notrevoked the land to remain hers during her life and then to descend toJohn Skaggs son of James Skaggs which John Skaggs isa lso madedefendant hereunto. And your orators would farther state that if thewill is not made nul and void that they were and are entitled to alarge share of the property of the deceased as ill appear from thewill and inventory and the right of the increase of one negro womanwhich at present is three negroes all of which goods have been sold atpublic sale and otherwise made way with except the three negroesmentioned as the increase and they have in no accounted to yourorators for any part of the estate when it was the wish and desire ofthe testator that the said defendant Mary his wife should be freelyand honourably supported and that proper care should be taken by theexecutors and the defendant Mary and that after her suppoet thebalance should be for your orators and that nothing should go towaste, but your orators state that there is a total neglect and in thedefendant Mary Skaggs want of care which is much to the damages ofyour orators. All which actings and doings are contrary to equity andgood conscience and tend greatly to injure your orators in tenderconsideration whereof and as your orators are with out remedy atcommon law and only relievable at equity before your honors wherefrauds are detected and hardships relieved against may it please yourhonors the premis considered to grant the Commonwealths writ ofsubpoena ad responendum by which the defendants may be compelled ontheir corpal oaths true and perfect answers to make it all andsingular the premises as perfectly and as fully as if they were againrepeated and interogated and that the Honourable Court may appointcommissioners to adjust and settle the said estate and that by a finaldecree of the Honourable Court they may make nul and void the saidwill as being too vague to be understood so as to do justice orotherwise decree to your orators such part of the estate as to themdoes justly belong and grant an injunction all waste of said estate infurthergranting to the defendant Mary Skaggs the wife of the deceaseda full and honourable support out of the estate and such other andfarther relief as to equity doth belong and your orators as in dutybound shall ever pray. (Signed) John Emerson, Attorney forComplainants"

         

         

         

        Father: James SKAGGS b: 1700 in On board a ship from Ireland
        Mother: Rachel [SKAGGS]

        Marriage 1 Mary THOMPSON b: 18 AUG 1739
        Married: ABT 1756 in Wise Co. VA
        Children
        Has No Children Sarah SKAGGS b: 1757
        Has Children Nancy SKAGGS b: 1759 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children John Thompson SKAGGS b: 04 DEC 1760
        Has Children Lucy SKAGGS b: 05 DEC 1762
        Has Children Solomon SKAGGS b: 15 JAN 1766 in Washington Co. VA
        Has Children David SKAGGS b: 28 APR 1767 in VA
        Has Children Sylvia SKAGGS b: 18 FEB 1769
        Has Children Mary "Polly" SKAGGS b: 19 DEC 1771
        Has Children Rachel SKAGGS b: 1774
        Has Children James SKAGGS b: ABT 1775 in Green Co. KY
        Has No Children Stephen SKAGGS b: 1784 in Green Co. KY

         

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        KENTUCKY
        HENRY SKAGGS' BURIAL SITE

        An AKERS researcher sent me a clipping from "The Kentucky Explorer" magazine, October, 1999, issue that features an article about the efforts of the South Central Kentucky Historical Society to mark forgotten cemeteries in the area. This article has a photo of society's volunteers who have placed a sign on or near the burial place of HENRY SKAGGS, the Long Hunter, located on the property of former Kentucky Governor LOUIE NUNN, at Hiseville-Park, Ky.
        The site is in Barren Co., Ky., and near Green Co., Ky., where HENRY SKAGGS and CHARLES SKAGGS' wills are filed. HENRY SKAGGS m. MARY THOMPSON, d/o JOHN and MARY UNKNOWN THOMPSON.