The Skaggs-Files

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1. Skaggs, Henry
   1. , Nancy
      1. Skaggs, James W.
      2. Skaggs, Mary Ann
         1. Robertson, Francis
         2. Wade, Richard
            1. Skaggs, Richard Wade
      3. Skaggs, Stephen
      4. Skaggs, William Brock
      5. Skaggs, Sarah Ann
      6. Skaggs, Nancy
      7. Skaggs, Jeremiah P.
      8. Skaggs, Joseph

Ancestors

Source References

1. Green Co., KY Deed Book 9, pg. 500-502 (9 Oct 1820) Green Co., KY Deed Book 9, pg. 500-502 (9 Oct 1820)
2. Joyce Guest: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3085705&id=I528 SKAGGS & BURLING Families
   1. • Source text:

         

        ID: I528
        Name: James SKAGGS
        Given Name: James
        Surname: Skaggs 1 2
        Sex: M
        Birth: 1771 in , , Virginia, USA 1
        Death: Jan 1814 in , Hardin County, Kentucky, USA 1 3 4
        Occupation: Bet 1801 and 1814 Reverend With Rolling Fork Church (Otter Creek) In Green County, KY. Then At Liberty Baptist Church, Also In Green County, KY. Then In 1812, He Was A Reverend In The Lynn Camp Church.
        Residence: Linn Camp Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky
        Event: Misc Was A Beloved Baptist Preacher.
        Event: Misc 1 James Had A Song Written About Him By Rev. William Downs, When James Died.
        Change Date: 29 Feb 2004 at 16:56
        Note:
        Rev. James Skaggs, who joined Liberty Baptist Church in 1802, was the son of Old James Skaggs of Skaggs Station. He moved his membership from Liberty to Lynn Camp Church prior to his death in January 1814. Rev. William Downs said of him: "I have no doubt but James Skaggs, was a man who supported as unspoiled a character as any other man upon earth, and was perhaps, as much esteemed by his neighbors. His independence in religious sentiments, were not exceeded by any preacher."
        SOURCE: "Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee, 1799-1899" FHL US/CAN Book 976 K2c, pg.224.
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        SOURCE: Kentucky Skaggs Records, by Juanita Skaggs Luttrell
        Page 336 - 337 - Green County, Kentucky
        Order Book #6, Page 447 - 25 Oct 1819

        Wm. SKAGGS is appointed guardian to the infant heirs of Stephen SKAGGS dec'd and also the infant heirs of James SKAGGS dec'd. it is ordered that Math. OWENS, James SCOTT & Wm. BARNETT be appointed Commissioners to divide the land of James SKAGGS, Senr. dec'd. between the sons and daughters of his three sons Stephen SKAGGS, Henry SKAGGS, & James SKAGGS which three sons have departed having rec'd a joint deed from their father for said land this life. It is ordered that the said Commissioners Convey to the sons and daughters of the said Stephen SKAGGS dec'd their proportion of said lands and in like manner convey to the sons and daughters of Henry SKAGGS dec'd. their proportions and in like manner to the sons daughters of James SKAGGS dec'd. their porportion of said land.
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        Father: James SKAGGS b: 1734 in , , Virginia, USA
        Mother: Mary THOMPSON

        Marriage 1 NANCY
        Change Date: 30 Dec 2002
        Children
        Has No Children Matthew SKAGGS
        Has No Children James SKAGGS
        Has No Children Sally SKAGGS
        Has No Children Lydia SKAGGS
        Has No Children Nancy SKAGGS
        Has No Children William SKAGGS
        Has No Children John SKAGGS
        Has Children Stephen SKAGGS b: Abt 1764 in , , Virginia, USA
        Has No Children Mary SKAGGS
        Has No Children Moses SKAGGS
        Has No Children Lettice SKAGGS
        Has Children Henry SKAGGS

        Sources:
        Abbrev: Gene Pool Individual Records - From: Ancestry.com
        Title: Gene Pool Individual Records - From: Ancestry.com
        Abbrev: Green Co., KY Deed Book 9, pg. 500-502 (9 Oct 1820)
        Title: Green Co., KY Deed Book 9, pg. 500-502 (9 Oct 1820)
        Abbrev: Rev. William Downs volume of hymns and poems; Song 69 "On the Rev. James Skaggs, who departed this life January, 1814"
        Title: Rev. William Downs volume of hymns and poems; Song 69 "On the Rev. James Skaggs, who departed this life January, 1814"
        Abbrev: Green County Review by Green Co., KY Historical Society, Vol. 4 No. 1 OCT 1980 pg. 6
        Title: Green County Review by Green Co., KY Historical Society, Vol. 4 No. 1 OCT 1980 pg. 6

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        e-mail: brguest5@msn.com

3. rfhp: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rfhproject&id=I00898 Rankin Family History Project
   1. • Source text:

         

        ID: I00898
        Name: Mary Ann Skaggs
        Sex: F
        Birth: 1787 in Kentucky

         

         

        Marriage 1 Robson

        Marriage 2 Richard Wade b: 1790 in Louisiana
        Married: 13 Mar 1829

      • Citation:

        e-mail: rfhp@att.net

4. G945-H7S FamilySearch.org
5. Green County, Kentucky Court Order John Skaggs v. Jeremiah Skaggs
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        Green co., Ky., Order Books: Sept. 2, l836, John Skaggs vs. Jeremiah Skaggs. This day came the complainants by his counsel and filed his bill herein and on his motion and its appearing to the satisfaction of the courts that Jeremaih Skaggs, Richard Wade & Mary his wife formerly Skaggs, Wm. Graham and Sally his wife formerly Skaggs, Stephen Skaggs, James Skaggs, Nancy Skaggs, Elizabeth Skaggs, Jeremiah Skaggs, James Skaggs, John Pearce & Letta his wife, Henry Skaggs, James Skaggs, John Patterson and Jane his wife, John Jackson and Elizabeth his wife are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth. It is therefore ordered by the court that unless the sd. non resident defendants to appear here on or before the lst day of Dec. term next and file their answer to the complainants bill that said bill will be taken against them as confessed and the prayer thereof decreed accordingly.

      • Citation:

        Green County, Kentucky Court Orders vol. 10-11; 2 September 1836

        https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/SRL4-T78?context

6. Wadesboro, Louisiana, "Wikipedia"
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        Wadesboro is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 2 miles (3.22 kilometres) southwest of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

        History
        In 1812 Richard Wade, born in 1790 and his wife Mary Ann Skaggs, born in 1787, settled in the area and purchased 960 acres of land from the United States Federal Government located near the Natalbany River and Ponchatoula Creek. He was a cotton farmer and engaged in riverboat trade utilizing his river landings to export goods. In 1821 he purchased a schooner and named it the Admiral. Local court documents reveal that in 1826 Wade owned and operated a tavern in the area. Later in life he began planning the establishment of a town and named it Wadesborough.[2][3]

        References
        U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wadesboro, Louisiana
        Jim Perrin. "Maritime Commerce and the Founding of Wadesboro, Tangipahoa Parish". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
        The Ponchatoula Times. "Wadesboro, Tangipahoa Parish". Smalltown papers Inc. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

      • Citation:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadesboro,_Louisiana

7. Remembering Wadesboro 2019, "The Ponchatoula Times"
   1. • Source text:

        By JIM PERRIN

        Special to The Times

        (Part Two In A Series)

        Schooners provided access for the citizens of the Ponchatoula area to the markets of New Orleans.

        These vessels had been plying the area rivers and lakes for many years, sailing on the Natalbany, Ponchatoula, and Tangipahoa rivers. Since each of these waterways are shallow twisting streams, maneuverable vessels with a large cargo capacity were needed.

        Shallow draft schooners generally of local construction, were used in the Ponchatoula area for well over a century and a half.

        The St. Helena Parish court records indicate several schooners operated on the Natalbany River in the period from 1811-1820. The sloop Syviana (1811) and the schooner St. Helena Packet (1812) both operated in the Springfield area. The sloop Hornet, of 18 tons, constructed in July 1815, operated from Springfield in

        1816 and continued to sail until at least 1822 when the vessel was again sold. The schooner Batchelor, of about 11 1/3 tons, also operated from Springfield from 1816

        until at least 1819 when the ship was transferred to another owner. This vessel sailed between Springfield and Bayou St. John in New Orleans. Also sailing in these waters was the sloop Hector, owned by Thomas J. Davidson in 1816.

        The schooner Jealous was constructed at Bayou St. John near New Orleans in 1813, and was registered in New Orleans in April 1827. This vessel was just over 49 feet long, 14 feet in breadth, and 4'9" in depth, and 30 and 2/3 tons in burden. The Jealous had the typical configuration of a single deck and two masts. It was owned by Robert Palmer of Springfield.

        The sloop Cichos was built at Springfield and was operating there in 1817. During the

        1820's the following schooners were operating in St. Helena Parish at the time of their sale: Admiral (1820, 1827, 1828), Caroline (1825), Little Cock (1828), and Creole (1827).

        Most of the vessels meantioned above operated on the Natalbany River, but others, probably a much smaller number navigated the Tangipahoa River. A prosperous shipyard operated on the east bank of the Tangipahoa River, near the entrance of that stream

        into Lake Pontchartrain. Records indicate that as early as 1833, sailing vessels were being constructed at the yard.

        Four two-masted barges were constructed on the Tangipahoa in the 1830's, as well as a steamboat, the Geneva, in 1838.

        The 1840's and early 1850's were the busiest at the shipyard, with sixteen sailing vessels, mostly schooners, being built there between 1840 and 1853.

        Shipbuilding at the Tangipahoa River yard, declined after 1853, with only two additional vessels being identified as being constructed there during the balance of the 1850's. This decline in activity could have been caused by the competition with the nearby railroad line completed in 1853 in Ponchatoula.

        Shipbuilding on the Tangipahoa apparently ceased soon after the War Between the States.

        An 1879 map of the lower Tangipahoa River shows three buildings labeled as "old ship yard" at the site.

        One area resident who was engaged in commerce on the Tangipahoa was Captain George

        Mitchell. Mitchell had served in the Louisiana Militia in the War of 1812 and his widow later received bounty land for his brief military service. Mitchell married Emily Brou, widow of Nicholas Ursin Hano (Heneau), Dec 22, 1833 in Livingston Parish.

        George Mitchell was a schooner captain and sailed his vessel from Mitchell's Landing on the Tangipahoa River to New Orleans carrying barrel staves and naval stores. On April 28, 1835 he drowned in a storm on Lake Pontchartrain.

        Other landings on the lower Tangipahoa River included Salt Landing, Cooper's Landing, Washla Landing, Parker's Landing, Robertson's Landing, Raiford's Landing, and Lee's Landing. One area resident recalled his father and others rafted logs on the river to

        a mill located downstream.

        On the Ponchatoula River early settler Richard Wade had established a location sometimes called Ponchatoula Landing, but usually referred to as Wade's Landing. Richard Wade and his wife Mary Ann Skaggs (Scuggs, Skeggs) settled in St. Helena Parish by 1812, owning land on the Natalbany River, By 1819, Richard had established his landing on the Ponchatoula River. Wade was a cotton planter and also engaged in commerce at his landing. He was listed as owning 960 acres of land on tax lists in both 1824 and 1826 on the Ponchatoula River in what was then St. Helena Parish. He was also taxed as the owner of a tavern in 1826. In later years he was to lay out a town at his landing and begin the settlement of Wadesborough.

        Other settlers listed as living on the Ponchatoula River, listed on the 1820, 1823, and 1826 St. Helena Parish tax records were: Isaiah and Elizabeth Driggers, Absalom and Benjamin Trailor, Henry Arnold, Samuel Richardson, James Rogers, Mary Sims, Richard and Jesse Hagin, William Hutchinson, the heirs of John Knight, William McGilvery, James Parker, Robert Palmer, and Samuel C. Rankin. Listed as living on the Yellow Water River were: Luther Bradley, John, Margaret, and Hannah Gainey, Jesse Hagin, and Zelotas Tucker.

        Anyone having information, photographs, or documents on the people, places and

        events that have shaped our community are invited to communicate with the

        author, Jim Perrin, at 14187 Randall Ave., Hammond, LA 70403

         

         

      • Citation:

        http://ptl.stparchive.com/page_image.php?paper=PTL&year=2019&month=1&day=24&page=3&mode=F&base=PTL01242019p03&title=The%20Ponchatoula%20Times

8. ST. HELENA PARISH, LA. MARRIAGE'S
   1. • Source text:

        Wade, Richard to Robson, Mary Ann 3-13-1829

      • Citation:

        St. Helena Marriage Index W, 1809-1933 St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
        Submitted by: Margie Throckmorton

        http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/vitals/marriages/index/w-indx.txt