Rachel

Female Abt 1705 - 1789  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Rachel  
    Born Abt 1705  Fincastle, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 7AE7CEF1D07749B19C9E4155873203E8D59B 
    Died 1789  Montgomery Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • DOB source: The Ragles of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky and Kansas, Author: Compiled and Published by Dr. Harold E. Ragle in 1971

      CONFUSION

      More than likely, Rachel's maiden name was not Moredock. There were two James Skaggs living in the New River Valley at the same time. The James married to Rachel were the parents of the famous Long Hunters. The other James was married to Susanna and eventually ended up in Warren Co. KY. Her maiden name may have been Moredock. Many researchers have combined the two women into Rachel Susannah Moredock, but in reality they are two separate women who married two different James Skaggs and lived side by side at one time.

      For a good explanation and sources for research:
      http://oldpeterskaggs.blogspot.ca/2015/06/will-real-james-skaggs-please-stand-up_16.html

      FAMILY INFORMATION

      177? Sept. 13. A list of persons sworn to the States in Capt. McCORKLE's Company of Montgomery Co., VA, includes HENRY SCAGGS, son of AARON; James (longman); John (Gourd Head); John, Jr.; John Zachariah; and Moses SCAGGS.

      Another researcher interpreted the preceding list as:
      Sworn of Capt. Daniel Triggs Company: 9th September 1777
      Sept. 13, 1777, includes John Scaggs, Junr.; Archibald Scaggs; Charles Skaggs; John Skaggs (Goard Head); Moses Skaggs; John Hankins [md. Elizabeth "Betsy" Skaggs]; John Skaggs; HENRY SKAGGS (son to AARON); Zachariah Skaggs.
      Sept. 15: Richard Whitt [md. Susannah Skaggs]; James Skaggs (Longman).

      Ruby Altizer Roberts, Cambria, Va., in Virginia Vital Records (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984), 214-15; actual page images at Family Tree Maker's GenealogyLibrary.com

      Deposition of WILLIAM RATLIFF (27 April 1836 at the home of WILLIAM SKAGGS, Aleck Fork of Pitman Creek). I was acquainted with MOSES SKAGGS of Green County, KY. He had 4 sisters, to wit: SUSANNAH, wife of RICHARD WHIT; LYDIA, wife of MATTHIAS HARMON, ELIZABETH "Betsy," wife of JOHN HANKINS; and NANCY, wife of WILLIAM MERIDY. I was quite intimate with them in Virginia. I knew them before they married. MOSES had a brother named JOHN SKAGGS. I knew the brothers of MOSES SKAGGS. They were HENRY, JAMES, CHARLES, JOHN, RICHARD and JACOB SKAGGS. I knew them in Kentucky and they all raised large families.

      Deposition of FRANCES SAMPLES (27 April 1836). I was familiar with MOSES SKAGGS who died in Green County about 40 years ago. He had 4 sisters, to wit: SUSANNAH, wife of RICHARD WHIT; LYDIA, wife of MATTHIAS HARMAN; ELIZABETH, wife of JOHN HANKINS, and NANCY, wife of WILLIAM MERIDY. They lived in Virginia. When I knew them, MOSES had 6 brothers: HENRY, JOHN, JAMES, CHARLES, RICHARD and JACOB.
    Person ID I4558  Master File
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2017 

    Family James SKAGGS,   b. 1700, at sea Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1769-1798, Montgomery Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married Bef 1723  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Henry (The Long Hunter) SKAGGS,   b. 8 Jan 1723/24, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 4 Dec 1810, Green Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 86 years)
     2. John (Gourdhead) SKAGGS, Sr.,   b. Abt 1728, Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1829  (Age ~ 101 years)
     3. Charles SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1729, Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1815, Green Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years)
     4. Susanna SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1730, Augusta Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1797, Montgomery Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     5. Nancy SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1732
     6. Moses Atheron SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1733, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1805, Green Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     7. James SKAGGS, Jr.,   b. Abt 1734, Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Nov 1811, Indian Creek, Joachim Twp. District of St. Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     8. Aaron SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1739, Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Elizabeth (Betsy) SKAGGS,   b. Between 1740-1745, Tazewell Co VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1820, Tazewell Co VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     10. Jacob SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1741, Fincastle, Botetourt Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1830, Weakly Co. TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years)
     11. Richard SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1744, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1821, Barren Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     12. Lydia SKAGGS,   b. 1745, Strasburg, VA Orange Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1814, Dry Fork, D.G. Sayers Farm, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     13. Zachariah SKAGGS,   b. Abt 1748, Pittsylvania Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart